OKLAHOMA’S GHOST A OF COTTON BOWL PAST

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Expectations were high for the Sooners to repeat as national champions 11 years ago even though Josh Heupel’s graduation had left a vacancy at quarterback. Nate Hybl and Jason White shared duties under center to lead OU to seven straight wins before dropping a 20-10 decision to Nebraska. White injured […]

Podcast: Navy Quarterback Ricky Dobbs

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He’s the People’s Choice for the Heisman Trophy. Navy quarterback Ricky Dobbs joins Homerism for a very special podcast to discuss life on and off the field. Dobbs offers insight into the life of an athlete at the U.S. Naval Academy, as well as what brought him to Annapolis. He also fills us […]

THE ‘STACHE EFFECT?

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I recently came across a post from our buddy Dave Bartoo at cfbmatrix.com about drafting quarterbacks that might raise the interest of Sooner fans. With the NFL draft quickly approaching, Bartoo found an intriguing relationship between his “Coaching Effect” statistic and quarterback play in the NFL. (A team’s Coaching Effect reflects the […]

Engineering an early win total for Oklahoma

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Beyond the Bets, one of my favorite gambling/handicapping sites around, published a fantastic article Tuesday on the process for setting college football regular season win totals. The BtB post came on the heels of an article posted a week earlier by our friend Todd Fuhrman of Caesar’s Palace on how he determines […]

Lack of defensive talent hamstringing Sooners

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“If you can’t play defense, people will beat your ass.” Legendary Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer made that statement to the Tulsa World three days after the Sooners lost to Kansas State last year. And the King is right. The Sooners played horrible defense in 2012—ranking 45th in total defense by giving up […]