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…
Just hours before the deadline to withdraw to maintain college eligibility, ORU basketball star Max Abmas withdrew from NBA draft consideration and will return to ORU for another season. Last year, Abmas led the nation in scoring and was a key player in ORU’s Cinderella trip through the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 24.5 points per…
Oklahoma running back Mickey Henderson was released by the team, according to coach Lincoln Riley. Henderson has been identified by the police as the third participant in a robbery on April 15 involving former OU players Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan. The Norman Police Department asked for an arrest warrant from the Cleveland County District…
The Oklahoma is the preseason pick to win the Big 12 Conference football championship in 2021 by a poll of sportswriter. OU has been picked to win six years in a row and has been picked nine times in the 11 years since the Big 12 dropped to 10 teams. OU has won the last…
Oral Roberts athletics department supports new legislation approved regarding Name, Image and Likeness compensation for student-athletes that took effect July 1. On May 28, 2021, Governor Kevin Stitt signed legislation approved by the Oklahoma Senate and House permitting student-athletes participating at colleges and universities in the State of Oklahoma to earn compensation from the use…
The University of Tulsa added University of Tennessee cornerback Kenney Solomon to the Golden Hurricane roster. Solomon is the seventh transfer student-athlete to join the Tulsa football roster since June 1. With the extra collegiate season due to Covid-19, Solomon has three years of eligibility remaining. He is the fourth defensive newcomer transferring to Tulsa…