While bowl games are being canceled across the country and teams are choosing not to accept bowl bids, a bowl game in Orlando, Florida, is a nice reward for a topsy turvy college football season. Oklahoma State, who finished in third place in the Big 12, will play Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference in…
It’s difficult to believe it’s been this long, but here’s my 20th Annual Sports Fan’s Letter to Santa Claus. Dear Santa Claus, Wow, what a year! I don’t think even you could have seen that coming. The coronavirus pandemic certainly has consumed our lives and has affected everything; people have lost their jobs and thousands…
In a coronavirus scarred season, Oklahoma will have a chance for redemption as the Sooners face Iowa State for the Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma will play Iowa State at 11 a.m. Saturday in at the A&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in the Big 12 Championship Game on ABC TV. Oklahoma’s December 12 game at West…
No. 20 Tulsa will travel to No. 6 Cincinnati Saturday for a 7 p.m. kickoff on ABC TV in the American Athletic Conference Championship. “I am so excited for our players, for our coaches, for our university,” said TU coach Philip Montgomery. “We get an opportunity now to go play in the championship and that’s…
No. 22 Oklahoma State, which was ranked as high as No. 6 at one point, finished the regular season in third place in the Big 12 conference following a convincing 42-3 thrashing of Baylor in Waco, Texas, Saturday. OSU was the only Big 12 team to beat No. 8 Iowa State, who finished the regular…
No. 11 Oklahoma (7-2, 6-2 in the Big 12) took a big step toward their goal of a record-setting sixth straight Big 12 Championship with a hard-fought 27-14 win over Baylor Saturday night in Norman. The win clinched a spot in the Big 12 Championship game for the Sooners, who will get a chance to…
The Tulsa game versus Cincinnati scheduled here for Saturday has been canceled due to the coronavirus impact at Cincinnati. The two teams are atop the American Athletic Conference and will play in the championship game on December 19 in Cincinnati. Both schools have 6-0 league marks but the Bearcats get to host the title game…
Injuries and inexperience finally caught up Oklahoma State (6-3, 5-3 in the Big 12) as the Cowboys were upset by TCU, 22-29, Saturday in Fort Worth. The loss ended OSU hopes for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game against Iowa State. “I don’t think we are the same team from when we started…
Last week, two local sports icons who were affectionately known simply as “Coach,” passed away. One, David Bales, was not really a coach, and the other, Rod Replogle, was more than just a coach. I first met Bales in November 1988, when I was performing as the mascot “Bubby Breaker” for the Tulsa FastBreakers games….
Backup running back Dezmon Jackson rushed for career highs of 235 yards and three touchdowns as No. 21 Oklahoma State raced past Texas Tech 50-44 on Saturday in Stillwater OSU is tied with Oklahoma in the Big 12 Conference standing behind Iowa State. The Cowboys can be one of the two teams that make the…