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With fall camp now in progress for the Sooners, Eddie Radosevich of SoonerScoop.com joins Homerism for a podcast to update us on the latest developments from fall camp. Eddie and I discuss: *The general mood around the program with practices underway; *The effect of the new additions to the coaching staff; *The strength of […]

SoonerScoop.com broke the news this morning that Calvin Thibodeaux will replace departed defensive line coach Diron Reynolds on Oklahoma’s staff. After spending the last four seasons at Tulsa and Kansas, Thibodeaux doesn’t have the sexiest coaching pedigree. The news probably won’t sit well with Sooner fans hoping for splashier hires such as Michigan […]

I’m voting in The Student Section Top 25 again this year. In the interest of transparency, I’ll publish my ballot here every week. A note about my methodology: I try to reward achievement. I favor teams that beat quality opponents. Going on the road is a big plus. How you win matters, […]

Adrian Peterson is going to the Pro Bowl for the fifth time, and he’s bringing a couple of Sooners with him to Honolulu on January 27. Peterson had a remarkable year for the Minnesota Vikings by rushing for 2,096 yards after overcoming a knee injury late in 2011. Since turning […]

The Big 12’s annual spring meetings ended on Friday with surprising fanfare. I don’t know if the conference CEOs are spinning or truly feeling good about the state of affairs, but happy talk was in abundance. A few of my takeaways: *I wouldn’t say that I feel bad for Bob Bowlsby or anyone […]

Million-dollar salaries for football assistants might be commonplace now in college football. Until Lincoln Riley came along, Oklahoma’s athletic department was holding fast against doling out seven-figure deals. OU gave Riley an extension Thursday that upped his annual salary to $1.3 million for the next three years. The football program’s announcement […]

New Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury last week gave the perfect summation of the rationale behind the rise of up-tempo, spread offenses in college football: “You want me to play slower, well, OK, you need to get smaller, less strong defensive linemen. To me, it’s asking to do that. Stop recruiting […]

Tons of appealing plays on this week’s slate of games, which is usually when Lady Luck bites back. BLATANT HOMERISM–Week 8 (Last week: 4-1; Overall: 23-12) Memphis at Tulsa (+11) Consider this a situational play. The Tigers just scored arguably the biggest win in program history on Saturday. A trip […]

*Based on the scoring and yards gained in the national title game, it’s a little hard to take the “SEC defenses dominate spread offenses” storyline too seriously. However, if you want to have any hope of slowing down spread offenses with mobile QBs like Deshaun Watson, you have to have […]

A potentially crippling loss for OU. The Sooners needed to go at least 2-1 in their three September matchups and now they are looking at 1-2 through non-conference play. The myriad of execution, personnel and coaching errors exploited by Houston don’t appear to be fixable in two weeks for a […]