BEST CASE, WORST CASE: BALL STATE CARDINALS

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Ball State comes to town at a perfect time for Oklahoma. There is consensus that the Sooners didn’t play to their potential against Missouri from media and players alike. Frankly, Ball State is “that game” on the schedule every year that everyone knows is a gimme. If there’s to be […]

SATELLITE CAMPS BANNED: AVOIDING ANOTHER ARMS RACE

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Last week’s decision by the NCAA to nix satellite football camps reminded me of something that happened when I was in graduate school. I arrived in an economics class one day early in the semester to submit a paper and found a particularly industrious (and disturbingly competitive) classmate publicizing that she […]

Oklahoma 34, Kansas 19: The good, the bad and the ugly

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Another bad start from the Sooners and more questions at quarterback. Let’s be honest – OU would have been in severe trouble with that effort Saturday playing anyone but Kansas. The good Lacoltan Bester’s pass Bester’s toss to Jalen Saunders probably saved the game for OU by retaking the lead and all the momentum. […]

RED-WHITE GAME REVIEW

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By April, the lack of college football can turn a spring game into the ultimate fools’ gold for fans. When a program locks down for spring ball the way that Oklahoma does, the temptation to jump to grand conclusions based on the annual Red-White Game is strong. Stars usually see little action […]