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After a wild 2020, here are my predictions for 2021 sports

January 14, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

I, Sportsradamus, the great, and all knowing one (not according to my wife), will now unveil my prognostications for this, the year 2021. First, in no way should you blame me for not predicting the kind of year we had last year. There’s nobody on this planet that could have predicted the entire sports world…

Collins wins the Benarik Award

January 14, 2021

Tulsa All-American linebacker Zaven Collins has won the Bednarik Award, presented each year to the best linebacker in the nation. Collins didn’t play in TU’s bowl game and has announced he is entering the NFL Draft, foregoing his final year of college eligibility. The other two finalists for the award were Notre Dame senior linebacker…

OU players transfer, opt for draft

January 14, 2021

Oklahoma defensive end Ronnie Perkins will forego his eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. Perkins was a Freshman All-American in 2018 and then a Second Team All-Big 12 selection in 2019 and 2020. Due to a drug test, Perkins was ruled ineligible for the College Football Playoff semifinal in 2019 and he was suspended this…

Football picks ends in dead heat

January 14, 2021

Jon Biggs and Tulsa Beacon editor Charles Biggs ended the year tied in the Tulsa Beacon Football Picks competition. Jon Biggs picked Alabama and Charles Biggs selected Ohio State in the National Championship game and that made a tie since Charles Biggs was one game ahead going into the national championship. Both ended the year…

OSU players transfer, opt for draft

January 7, 2021

Oklahoma State linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga is declaring for the 2021 NFL draft. Ogbongbemiga had 80 tackles – the second-highest on the team. He set a new school record with three forced fumbles in a single game against TCU. OSU linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez will return to play for the Cowboys next season. Senior wide receiver Landon…

OU finishes by dominating Florida

January 7, 2021

Faced with an odd set of circumstances, the Oklahoma football team finished the pandemic-plagued 2020 season on a high note with a 53-20 win over Florida in the Cotton Bowl. The Sooners had to overcome the suspension of some key players, two early losses in the Big 12, the cancellation of the West Virginia game,…

New Texas coach

January 7, 2021

Texas fired Coach Tom Herman and has hired Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. Herman was 32-18 at Texas and 1-4 against Oklahoma. Sarkisian, who won the Broyles Award for the best assistant coach in the nation, will stay with No. 1 Alabama through the national championship game. As a head coach at USC and Washington,…

OSU tops Miami in Cheez-It Bowl

January 7, 2021

For the fourth time in the last five seasons, Oklahoma State has won a bowl game. Cowboys quarterback Spencer Sanders passed for 305 yards and four scores as OSU (8-3) edged past No. 18 Miami, 37-34, in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida. He hit 27 of 40 passes. “The one area that (Sanders) gained…

MSU edges TU in AF Bowl

January 7, 2021

Tulsa played in the American Athletic Conference championship game and came within two points of beating an Southeastern Conference opponent in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth on New Year’s Eve. The Golden Hurricane (6-3) fell to Mississippi State 26-28 after they failed to recover an onside kick attempt late in the game. Tulsa…

We lost some sports legends in 2020

January 7, 2021 Jeff Brucculeri

At this time each year, we look back and remember those in the sports world who died the previous year. There were over 100 notable sports figures who passed away in 2020. Space does not allow me to feature all of them, so I’d like to highlight just a few who have made an impact…