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The Sooners’ secondary was the strength of the defense last year, but only one starter, Aaron Colvin, will be around for 2013. As such, secondary coaches Mike Stoops and Bobby Jack Wright have some work to do this spring figuring out who’s going to be in the mix this fall. […]

In his first spring practices at Oklahoma, new offensive line coach Bill Bedenbaugh will have four starters back from last year and a few players who have playing experience as well. He recently told Jessica Coody of Sooner Sports TV that the best way to play the line is to […]

The poorly kept secret that Oklahoma planned to hire West Virginia’s Bill Bedenbaugh as its offensive line coach finally got some confirmation on the Mountaineers’ side of the fence, as columnist Mitch Vingle of the Charleston Gazette reported that a deal is now done. Carely Murdock of SoonerScoop.com reported earlier in the week […]

The Oklahoma Sooners are preparing to open up spring practice on Mar. 9 facing arguably more questions than any OU squad in recent memory. Jake Trotter of ESPN’s SoonerNation joins Homerism for a podcast to preview all the latest news leading up to spring camp, including the addition of three new faces […]

OU’s eight verbal commitments for 2017 had a great showing at The Opening, Nike and ESPN’s annual recruiting extravaganza. Team Vapor Speed, which was full of OU commits, dominated the event’s 7-on-7 tournament and won the trophy. Three Sooner verbals made the all-tourney team: Robert Barnes, who won safety MVP award; […]

Nearly six tumultuous years have passed since the ground started shifting beneath the feet of college sports through conference realignment. The massive quakes came and went, but the aftershocks still haven’t subsided. The latest realignment rumblings are coming from Oklahoma, where OU president David Boren is publicly hounding the rest […]

Well, the Ohio State Game sucked, ending OU’s slim chances of being relevant in the College Football Playoff chase. Despite all the message board wailing, however, the loss had a limited immediate impact on OU’s overall recruiting. No verbals decommitted en masse. Actually, the huge recruiting weekend was pretty successful […]

Asking what constitutes good defense in college football in the era of the spread offense isn’t exactly breaking new ground. The subject came up Tuesday morning during a spot on ESPNU Radio on SiriusXM with Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley, one of the most gifted practitioners of the Air Raid […]

Head coach Brian Kelly (16-10 overall at Notre Dame) took the Fighting Irish to the 2012 national championship game in his second year at the helm – where his team got drubbed, 42-14. If the Irish are going to make noise on the national level again this year, they’ll have […]

The Sooners’ defense will be a huge question mark this season, just as it was last year when the “D” had many folks scratching their heads. As is the case with the defensive line this spring, uncertainty is the dominant theme at linebacker. There’s talk that defensive coordinator Mike Stoops is […]