Sports

More bad budget news

September 17, 2020

OSU’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is making immediate cuts in personnel and operating budget due to fiscal challenges triggered by COVID-19, athletic director Mike Holder said. The personnel decisions, along with previous cuts in the operating budget and a hiring freeze that keeps nine positions vacant for the foreseeable future, will remove approximately $13 million…

The Spencer Rattler era at OU begins Saturday vs. MSU

September 10, 2020

The last three years there have been three starting quarterbacks for Oklahoma – Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray an Jalen Hurts. For the fourth year in a row, Oklahoma will have a new starting quarterback and on Saturday night it will be redshirt freshman Spencer Rattler. OU hosts Missouri State, with new coach Bobby Petrino, at…

OSU-Tulsa football game is postponed until September 19

September 10, 2020

The University of Tulsa’s season opener against Oklahoma State has been postponed one week and will now be played on Sept. 19 at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater. The game was originally scheduled for this Saturday, Sept. 12. The Tulsa football team has been limited in practice sessions since the beginning of preseason camp on…

Questions swirl around football

September 10, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

In early August, I wasn’t convinced we would see any college football this fall, as many conferences around the country were postponing their seasons until the spring semester. However, there are a few conferences playing this fall, and several began their seasons last weekend. This weekend, the three in-state schools will open up their seasons….

OU is No. 5, OSU No. 15 in preseason AP Top 25 poll

September 3, 2020

The Oklahoma Sooners are ranked at No. 5 and the Oklahoma State Cowboys are No 15 in the preseason AP Top 25 poll. OU opens the season by hosting Missouri State on September 12 and OSU will play Tulsa in Stillwater on the same day. The starting times for both games have not been announced….

We need changes that will lead to peace

September 3, 2020 Jeff Brucculeri

What Bruce Arians said was not wrong, was it? The head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a post-workout press conference said he had a meeting with his players regarding the protests against the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. In that meeting, Arians challenged his players to not just protest but to take…

OU’s Creed Humphrey, OSU’s Chuba Hubbard are All-American

September 3, 2020

University of Oklahoma center Creed Humphrey and Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard were named to the Associated Press preseason All-America first team. OU kicker Gabe Brkic was named to the preseason All-America second team and so was OSU receiver Tylan Wallace. The team was selected by 47 AP poll voters, who were asked to…

No football tailgating at OU, OSU

September 3, 2020

In a response to the Chinese coronarvirus pandemic, The University of Oklahoma will not allow tailgating on campus during football games this fall. OU has canceled its homecoming events. “In past years, a typical game day in Norman draws over 100,000 people to campus,” OU Vice President for University Operations Eric Conrad said in a…

TPS gets waiver for middle schools

September 3, 2020

Tulsa Public Schools got a waiver from the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association that allows the district to postpone fall sports for nine of the 10 middle schools. Football, volleyball, cross country and cheerleading will start practicing on Jan. 4, with games scheduled to begin on Feb. 6. That is about a week after the…

No fans in the stands at UNC games

September 3, 2020

North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham (formerly at Tulsa) said UNC will start the football and other fall sports without fans at home games because of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Cunningham said the restriction will last through September for football, men’s and women’s soccer, field hockey, volleyball and cross country. Tailgating has been banned. Cunningham…