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New Texas coach blames inconsistency for lack of success

July 29, 2021

How can a team like Texas with top-notch facilities, highly paid coaches and five-star and four-star recruits not win the Big 12 Championship? New Texas Coach Steve Sarkisian indicated that the Longhorns lacked consistency. “And the best teams that win at a high level, that win big games, understand the consistency needed on a daily…

Iowa State must solve QB Rattler

July 29, 2021

Iowa State beat OU in Ames in the regular season and then lost to the Sooners in the Big 12 Championship game. Can the Cyclones take that next step and dethrone the Sooners? “I think what we’ve done is we certainly understand that there’s a pathway to become the best, but right now, you know,…

KSU wants three in a row vs. OU

July 29, 2021

Kansas State has upset Oklahoma two years in a row. Can the Wildcats pull off the hat trick? “I don’t know if we have anybody’s number,” said KSU coach Chris Klieman. “I have so much respect for Lincoln and his staff and his team, and they are a great, great team, and they deserve to…

Expansion better late than never

July 29, 2021

TCU coach Gary Patterson wishes that expansion of the College Football Playoff would have happened years ago. “I put it in a playoff perspective,” Patterson said. “I think that in the eight years we’ve been in the Big 12, ‘14, ‘15, and ‘17 I think we would have in the playoffs if we would have…

Baylor adds defense improvement

July 29, 2021

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…

Cumbie is new OC at Texas Tech

July 29, 2021

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….

WVU finally gets to face Rattler

July 29, 2021

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 sees a new day

July 29, 2021

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…

God the Father gave all authority to Jesus Christ the Son

July 22, 2021 Walker Moore

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….

OU’s challenge is simple: Win the national championship

July 22, 2021

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…