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Buffalos crush the Cowboys 52-0

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It’s the end of a miserable season for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, and the exclamation mark was a 52-0 loss last Friday at Colorado. OSU finishes the season with a 3-9 overall record, 0-9 in the Big 12. It’s the first time since 1994 that the Cowboys went winless in the conference. Oklahoma State ended…

TU loses to FAU

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Florida Atlantic picked up its first conference win of the season by beating the University of Tulsa, 63-16, Saturday at H.A. Chapman Stadium. With the win, the Owls improved to 3-9 overall and 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference. Tulsa finished the season with an identical 3-9 and 1-7 AAC record. Following the firing of…

Bills in the snow is not fun

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I’m sitting here watching the Buffalo Bills against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football and wondering why in the world did the Bills decide to not put a roof on their new stadium that is currently under construction? It had been snowing in the Buffalo area for three days but stopped before game…

Arbuckle named as OU Offensive Coordinator

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University of Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables announced Monday that he has hired Ben Arbuckle as the Sooners’ new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Arbuckle, who will call offensive plays, joins the OU staff after serving the last two seasons in the same capacity at Washington State University. He has presided over a 2024…

Sooners surprise Alabama in 24-3 win

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Alabama came into the game ranked No. 7 in the country, but left Norman embarrassed as the Oklahoma Sooners defeated the Crimson Tide, 24-3, Saturday night. The game was delayed with 28 seconds on the clock, when fans poured onto the field. After security personnel cleared the field, the Sooners quarterback took a knee to…

Cowboys lose to Texas Tech

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The Oklahoma State losing streak has now reached eight games, as Texas Tech rode out of Stillwater Saturday with a 56-48 win over the Cowboys. This loss and the fact that OSU will miss out on going to a bowl game this year, has left many Cowboys fans wondering if Mike Gundy will be the…

TU Coach Kevin Wilson let go

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TULSA, Okla. –– The University of Tulsa Vice President and Director of Athletics Justin Moore has announced that Tulsa Head Football Coach Kevin Wilson has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Wilson concludes his two-year tenure at Tulsa with an overall record of 7-16, including 3-12 in conference play. “I would like to extend…

TU loses big to USF

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South Florida jumped out to a big lead and Tulsa attempted a fourth quarter comeback, but the Bulls went on to crush the Golden Hurricane, 63-30, Saturday at Raymond James Stadium, in Tampa, Florida. The Bulls (6-5, 4-3 AAC) scored five consecutive touchdowns before the Golden Hurricane got on the scoreboard. With the win, USF…

Head Coaching change at TU

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Anyone who has attended a University of Tulsa football game this season had to think that it was only a matter of time before TU would make a head coaching change. Some fans, in fact, on social media, were calling for the firing of Kevin Wilson after the fifth game of the season, when Tulsa…

TU loses in a close game to Eastern Carolina

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It was a game filled with turnovers and mistakes, but in the end, East Carolina came out on top by beating Tulsa, 38-31, Thursday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium. The two teams combined for six turnovers in the game, the Pirates committed four while the Golden Hurricane committed two. Tulsa fell to 3-7 overall and…