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Jeff Brucculeri

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OU blows 1st half lead, loses to Ole Miss

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A good first half was negated by a poor performance in the second half, as the Rebels of Ole Miss beat the Oklahoma Sooners, 26-14, Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. It was the first time these teams had met on either campus and the first time the Sooners have never played in the…

Cowboys lose a close one to BYU Cougars

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With 1:13 left to go in the game, it was all but over, but it wasn’t over. The Oklahoma State Cowboys had taken a 35-31 lead late in the fourth quarter but left just enough time on the clock for BYU to hustle down the field and score the game winning touchdown. Cougars’ quarterback Jake…

Sooners plagued by turnovers, lose to SC

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Turnovers in the first quarter doomed both the Oklahoma Sooners and their starting quarterback, as South Carolina defeated OU, 35-9 Saturday afternoon at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, in Norman. “Just so happy for our players,” said South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer said. “To come off the heartbreak of last week and respond…

Season Opener for Tulsa Oilers

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It was a very successful season opening weekend for the Tulsa Oilers hockey team. Tulsa swept a two-game series on Saturday and Sunday against Rapid City and did it by scoring a lot of goals. On Saturday, six different players got on the scoresheet for the Oilers, as they defeated the Rush, 7-1, in front…

TU loses to Temple 20-10

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Temple jumped out to a 17-0 lead and cruised to a 20-10 win over the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, in front of 18,721 fans at Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday afternoon, in Philadelphia. The Owls improved to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in the American Athletic Conference, while Tulsa fell to 2-5 and 0-3 in the conference….

OU – Texas not even close this year Sooners

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When Oklahoma defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. picked off a pass from Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers on the Longhorns’ first possession, it looked like it was going to be a great day for the Sooners, but it wasn’t to be. The No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns easily defeated then No. 18 Oklahoma, 34-3, in the Allstate…

Does payroll determine standings?

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Much has been made about the payrolls of Major League Baseball teams for decades. Since the league doesn’t have salary caps, the sky is the limit on what a team can pay an individual player or a whole roster. This has become especially of interest during the current MLB postseason. Three of the four final…

Army Black Knights defeat Golden Hurricane

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It was a day filled with military appreciation, but the Tulsa Golden Hurricane didn’t appreciate the way the Army Black Knights ran away with a 49-7 victory at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday. A crowd of 24,409 fans saluted and cheered for the Golden Knights parachute troop and other pregame festivities involving members of the…

Patriotism on display at the Army – Tulsa game

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From the National Anthem to the final whistle, it was all about the Army and patriotism at H.A. Chapman Stadium on Saturday. The Black Knights of West Point defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 49-7. This was the second meeting between Tulsa and Army and the first in Tulsa. Tulsa won the previous meeting 49-39 at…

West Virginia pounds the OSU Cowboys 38-14

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Oklahoma State football is not trending in the right direction, as the Cowboys lost their third straight game, and third Big 12 contest, 38-14 to West Virginia on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. OSU (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) was picked as one of the preseason favorites to contend for the Big 12 title…