One of the highlights for Baylor last year was a solid defensive game against Oklahoma in Norman last season. “There’s a lot of pride on defense,” said Baylor coach Dave Aranda. “We’ve got guys on that side of the ball that recognize what great play is and having ownership of that and really work hard…
Sonny Cumbie left TCU for Texas Tech and is the new Red Raider offensive coordinator. “It’s good to have Sonny (Cumbie) back,” said Texas Tech coach Matt Wells. “He’s West Texas, from Snyder, Texas, obviously had a really good senior season at Tech and a career at Tech. He’s been under several staffs before me….
West Virginia almost played Oklahoma twice but the games were never played due to the Chinese coronarvirus. So the Mountaineers never faced Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler. “I don’t think it’s an advantages or disadvantage,” said Mountaineer coach Neal Brown. “We did prepare twice, one game postponed and the other canceled. I was impressed with his…
New Kansas coach Lance Leipold has nowhere to go but up. “I think there’s no simple quick fixes in building a program or in rebuilding a program,” said Leipold, who coached at Wisconsin and Buffalo. “Keep looking forward. I think whether it be success or when programs haven’t had success, you can’t spend any time…
My wife and I once attended a well-known charismatic church. We had friends who attended there, and at their invitation, we went to a small group meeting. There were quite a large number of people there, and when I say “large,” I mean most of them were bigger in girth than my wife and me….
Can Oklahoma win the national championship in 2021? That was the biggest question posed to OU coach Lincoln Riley at the Big 12 Media Days in Dallas last week. Riley has had dramatic success in his four years. He won the Big 12 four times and has taken his team to the College Football Playoff…
Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy is sold on the potential play of his quarterbacks in 2021. Spencer Sanders is the unquestioned starter and that is a great place to start in developing an exciting offense. “We’ve been very impressed and excited about Spencer’s development,” Gundy said at the Big 12 Media Days in Arlington,…
The Big 12 Football media days were held recently and the biggest news coming out of the sessions was the “Horns Down” gesture will likely be penalized. It must be quite a luxury for a major football conference to have nothing more serious to worry about than whether its players use a non-profane gesture to…
Expectations continue to soar for the Oklahoma Sooner football team as 10 players were named to Big 12 Conference preseason honors by a vote of the media. OU quarterback Spencer Rattler, the preseason pick to win the Heisman Trophy by some pundits, was the selection for the No. 1 Big 12 quarterback. He led a…
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State’s Josh Sills and Kolby Harvell-Peel were named to the 2021 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team. Harvell-Peel, a safety from College Station, Texas, earned the distinction after being named an All-Big 12 Second Team selection in 2020 and an All-Big 12 First Team selection in 2019. He enters his senior season with…