Sports

Venables identifies leaders; Gundy talks about his longevity

July 28, 2022

Here are some comments from the Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas, earlier in July. New Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables brought quarterback Dillon Gabriel, wide receiver Marvin Mims, defensive end Ethan Downs, cornerback Woodi Washington and defensive back Justin Broyles to the media event. Venables was asked who would be the team…

It’s about time for these to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame

July 28, 2022 Jeff Brucculeri

“It’s about time,” could have been the theme of the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 induction ceremony, last weekend in Cooperstown, N.Y. For many years, baseball fans and historians have questioned why players like Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges and Buck O’Neil weren’t already in the Hall of Fame. That injustice…

Gundy: The Big 12 will be just fine without OU and Texas

July 21, 2022

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy always seems to cut to the chase in interviews. Gundy told the media at last week’s Big 12 Media Days that the league will flourish even without Oklahoma and Texas, who are bolting for the SEC by 2025. ”I don’t think there’s any question as this moves forward that…

New OU coach Venables is ready to coach a ‘new’ team

July 21, 2022

Oklahoma has a new football coach and a whole lot of new players. In an interview during Big 12 Media Days in Dallas, new coach Brent Venables thinks any newness will be overshadowed by the 14 years he spent as an OU assistant before becoming the defensive coordinator at Clemson. On the Sooners 2022 Team,…

Decades of exposure to baseball evokes many memories

July 21, 2022 Jeff Brucculeri

I’ve been thinking lately. Actually, I’ve been reminiscing a lot lately. Maybe because I’m in my 50’s and I’m a grandparent, but whatever the reason, I’ve spent a lot of time looking back on my life. Baseball has been a huge part of my life since I was a kid. Until the pandemic shutdown minor…

Former TU QB Dane Evans stars in Canadian league

July 14, 2022 Jeff Brucculeri

Former University of Tulsa quarterback Dane Evans is now in his fourth season of professional football north of the border. Evans is a member of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. Evans, whom I follow on Twitter, is a native of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and graduated from high school in Sanger, Texas. He completed…

Former OU coach Lon Kruger heads to the Hall of Fame

July 14, 2022

Former Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger, now retired, was named to the 2022 National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Class. Kruger coached for over 40 years, with his final 10 years in Norman as the head coach of Oklahoma. A native of Silver Lake, Kansas, Kruger had a record of 195-128 (.604) with the Sooners….

Conferences scrambled thanks to OU, Texas, UCLA, USC

July 7, 2022

When Oklahoma and Texas decided to leave the Big 12 Conference and join the Southeastern Conference, it had a ripple effect that impacted at multiple college athletic conferences. And the shakeup could be even more dramatic as USC and UCLA have been approved and will switch to the Big 10 Conference in 2024. The vote…

The reason for all of these conference changes is money

July 7, 2022 Jeff Brucculeri

TV networks to change schools? There was a time in the not too distant past that college athletic conferences were very traditional and very regional. Member schools competed against each other every year for decades, creating some of sports most heated rivalries. That’s no longer the case. The leading motivator for colleges to stay or…

Mississippi stops OU’s try for a national championship

June 30, 2022

Mississippi’s baseball team topped Oklahoma 4-2 Sunday to deny the Sooners a chance for a third national championship. OU was undefeated in College World Series play in Omaha, Nebraska, until they fell to Mississippi 10-3 on Saturday and then on Sunday. Horton, from Norman, also set an MCWS Championship series mark with his 13 punch…