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Dodgers win tight World Series

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Wow, what a World Series. Seriously. The seven game battle between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays had all the excitement of fireworks going off in a barrel. There were game winning home runs, walk off hits in extra innings and superb pitching performances. It was the second consecutive World Series title…

Sooner comeback effort falls short in 4th Quarter

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Ole Miss took control of the fourth quarter and turned away the Oklahoma Sooners in a 34-26-win Saturday at Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The No. 8 Rebels improved to 7-1, 4-1 SEC, and the Sooners are now 6-2, 2-2 SEC, and dropped six spots to No. 18 in the AP Poll….

OSU shutout by Texas Tech

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Things have not gotten any better since Mike Gundy was fired as OSU’s head coach, in fact, some may argue that things are worse. The Cowboys suffered yet another blowout loss, this time it was at Texas Tech, 42-0, on Saturday. The Cowboys now have three shutout losses of at least 42 points since 2022….

TU loses close one in OT

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In a competitive game from start to finish, the Tulsa Golden Hurricane battled the Temple Owls, but in the end, Temple came away with a 38-37 overtime win on Saturday, at H.A. Chapman Stadium in Tulsa’s 100th Homecoming game. It was the highest scoring game this season for the Golden Hurricane. Tulsa dropped to 2-6,…

College head coach costly buyouts

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Louisiana State University fired their head football coach, Brian Kelly, following the team’s 49-25 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday. It was LSU’s third loss in four games, and that comes after being ranked as high as No. 3 in the polls earlier this season. With Kelly’s departure, that brings the total to ten college…

OSU falls to Cincinnati

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It was a disappointing night for the Oklahoma State faithful for homecoming in Stillwater, as No. 24-ranked Cincinnati defeated the Cowboys, 49-17, on Saturday in front of 46,901 fans at Boone Pickens Stadium. The Bearcats improved to 6-1 overall to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2022. Cincinnati also remained undefeated, 4-0, in…

Sooners rout the gamecocks

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It wasn’t a high scoring game, but the Oklahoma Sooners did just enough to defeat South Carolina, 26-7, on Saturday in Columbia, S.C. The Sooners (6-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) bounced back from their loss to Texas last week, and played solid, mistake-free offense. OU head coach Mike Venables was proud of the way his team…

Tulsa fights hard but loses to Pirates

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Tulsa kept battling, but East Carolina’s offense never let up, as the Pirates defeated the Golden Hurricane, 41-27, Thursday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, in Greenville, N.C. East Carolina (4-3, 2-1 AAC) was coming off a 26-19 loss at Tulane the week before. “I thought the guys didn’t let last week’s loss turn into two losses,”…

Strat-O-Matic sports games

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Did you ever play Strat-O-Matic sports games when you were a kid, or maybe you still do? I never did, but I knew they were very popular during my younger days in the 1960s and 70s, and you couldn’t pick up a copy of a Sporting News or Baseball Digest without seeing an ad for…

OSU loses in the second half

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Once again, the Oklahoma State Cowboys were off to a good start and it appeared they might be headed for a victory, but just like previous weeks, OSU could not maintain the momentum and Houston beat OSU, 39-17, on Saturday at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. Houston is now 5-1 overall, for the first time…