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No. 25 Tulsa topples SMU with another comeback win

November 19, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

It was an amazing comeback and a big win for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Saturday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium, as TU erased a 21-point deficit to come away with a 28-24 victory over the 19th-ranked SMU Mustangs. Tulsa is now ranked No. 25 in the AP Top 25 Poll. It’s the first time Tulsa…

Navy vs. Tulsa is postponed

November 12, 2020

Due to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, last Saturday’s game between Tulsa and Navy was postponed. The American Athletic Conference announced the game between Tulsa (3-1, 3-0 in the American Athletic Conference) and Navy in Annapolis, Maryland, has been postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases at the Naval Academy and the ensuing contact tracing of student-athletes….

Banged up Cowboys get a week off before the OU game

November 12, 2020

No. 13 Oklahoma State took a big step toward a spot in the Big 12 Championship Saturday with a hard-fought win over Kansas State, 20-18, in Manhattan. The Cowboys are off this week and they travel to Norman on November 21 for the Bedlam game with No. 18 Oklahoma. If OSU can win the next…

OU’s defense and offense are peaking at the right time

November 12, 2020

No. 18 Oklahoma (5-2, 4-2 in the Big 12) keeps improving both offensively and defensively.The Sooners beat Kansas (0-7, 0-6), 62-9, Saturday in Norman. In their first three Big 12 games (one win and two losses), OU surrendered 120 points (40 points per game) and scored 127 points (42 points per game). In the last…

TU posts victory over East Carolina

November 5, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

Finally, the University of Tulsa was able to play a home game, and they did it in exciting fashion, beating East Carolina, 34-30, Friday night at H.A. Chapman Stadium. T.K. Wilkerson scored his second touchdown of the game on a one-yard run, with 29 seconds left on the clock, to give Tulsa the lead and…

No. 19 Oklahoma could make the Big 12 Championship

November 5, 2020

Several things happened last weekend that point to the possibility that the Oklahoma Sooner football team could play for a record sixth Big 12 Championship in December. – Oklahoma (4-2, 3-2 in the Big 12) demolished Texas Tech (2-4, 1-4), 62-28, Saturday in Lubbock. That pushed OU from No. 24 to No. 19 in the…

OSU in hunt for Big 12 title

November 5, 2020

Saturday’s 34-41 overtime loss to Texas might have cost No. 14 Oklahoma State a shot at the College Football Playoff but the Cowboys are still in the driver’s seat for a spot in the Big 12 Championship game. Saturday was a golden opportunity for Oklahoma State because West Virginia beat K-State, who previously was the…

No. 6 OSU’s confident defense faces Texas on Halloween

October 29, 2020

No. 6 Oklahoma State (4-0, 3-0 in the Big 12) is the seventh best defensive team in the nation. The Cowboys, known for a high scoring offense in a pass-happy Big 12, are giving up only 303 yards of offense to opponents (176 passing yards and 127 rushing yards). Oklahoma State will host Texas on…

Triplets are pacing No. 24 OU

October 29, 2020

Quarterback Spencer Rattler, running back T.J. Pledger and wideout Marvin Mims may become a new set of “triplets” for the Oklahoma Sooners. OU beat TCU 33-14 Saturday in Fort Worth. Rattler hit 13 of 22 passes for 332 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Pledger rushed 22 times for 122 yards and Mims caught four…

After USF win, Tulsa plays its first home game Friday night

October 29, 2020

After a decisive 42-13 win over South Florida (1-5, 0-4 in the American Athletic Conference), Tulsa (2-1, 2-0) is tied with No. 7 Cincinnati and Houston atop league standings. “This is what we’ve been talking about for three weeks,” coach Philip Montgomery said. “Our next step was really to come out and play a…