Podcast: Bob Stoops goes off-message

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Bob Stoops has had an eventful offseason in 2013. His latest comments about the depth of the SEC has given the punditry about a week’s worth of material. Braden Gall of Athlon Sports and Sirius/XM College Sports joins Homerism for a podcast to chop up what Stoops said and why. Braden and […]

Linking Up: Recruiting, Peyton Manning and More

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Odds and ends from around the online world: *Big 12 blogger Ian Boyd offers up a fairly bullish evaluation of Oklahoma’s recruiting haul from 2016. He uses a scheme-centric rubric that assesses how well teams met their needs, which accounts for its silver-lining flavor. *Howard Bryant of ESPN wrote arguably the best […]

PICKS TRYING NOT TO SUCK: WEEK 10

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The Skinny picked up a game on BH last week as we enter the season’s stretch run. On to this week’s picks… BLATANT HOMERISM–Week 10 (Last week: 2-3; Overall: 28-17) LSU at Alabama (-6.5) I don’t love this pick, but I feel like I’d be doing y’all a disservice if I didn’t […]

NO MANGINO

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Since he got let go at Kansas in 2009, Mark Mangino has, on occasion, cut a sizable figure on the Oklahoma sideline. The former OU offensive coordinator has hovered – quite noticeably, of course – in the background of the program during his coaching hiatus, ostensibly kicking it with his […]

PODCAST: BILL SIMMONS-ESPN DIVORCE WITH JOHN WALTERS

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In the latest episode of the Blatant Homerism Podcast, John Walters of Newsweek and mediumhappy.com joins the show to discuss the falling out between Bill Simmons and ESPN. John and I touch on: Simmons’ influence on today’s sports writing (e.g., his Atlanta Gold Club piece); His conflicts with ESPN; What the break-up says about ESPN’s business model; And more. (Look for […]