Faced with an odd set of circumstances, the Oklahoma football team finished the pandemic-plagued 2020 season on a high note with a 53-20 win over Florida in the Cotton Bowl. The Sooners had to overcome the suspension of some key players, two early losses in the Big 12, the cancellation of the West Virginia game,…
Texas fired Coach Tom Herman and has hired Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian. Herman was 32-18 at Texas and 1-4 against Oklahoma. Sarkisian, who won the Broyles Award for the best assistant coach in the nation, will stay with No. 1 Alabama through the national championship game. As a head coach at USC and Washington,…
For the fourth time in the last five seasons, Oklahoma State has won a bowl game. Cowboys quarterback Spencer Sanders passed for 305 yards and four scores as OSU (8-3) edged past No. 18 Miami, 37-34, in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando, Florida. He hit 27 of 40 passes. “The one area that (Sanders) gained…
Tulsa played in the American Athletic Conference championship game and came within two points of beating an Southeastern Conference opponent in the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth on New Year’s Eve. The Golden Hurricane (6-3) fell to Mississippi State 26-28 after they failed to recover an onside kick attempt late in the game. Tulsa…
At this time each year, we look back and remember those in the sports world who died the previous year. There were over 100 notable sports figures who passed away in 2020. Space does not allow me to feature all of them, so I’d like to highlight just a few who have made an impact…
Fans can expect a high-scoring match when No. 6 Oklahoma takes on No. 7 Florida in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas at 7 p.m. on December 30. This is probably the best bowl game outside the College Football Playoff. And it’s a long-awaited rematch of the 2008 National Championship game between then-No. 1 Florida…
It might be a bit extreme to say the game was decided by a single penalty, but that’s my take on the American Athletic Conference Championship game. The Cincinnati Bearcats kicked a 34-yard field goal with no time remaining to defeat the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 27-24, Saturday night at Nippert Stadium, in Cincinnati. With 1:04…
While bowl games are being canceled across the country and teams are choosing not to accept bowl bids, a bowl game in Orlando, Florida, is a nice reward for a topsy turvy college football season. Oklahoma State, who finished in third place in the Big 12, will play Miami of the Atlantic Coast Conference in…
It’s difficult to believe it’s been this long, but here’s my 20th Annual Sports Fan’s Letter to Santa Claus. Dear Santa Claus, Wow, what a year! I don’t think even you could have seen that coming. The coronavirus pandemic certainly has consumed our lives and has affected everything; people have lost their jobs and thousands…
In a coronavirus scarred season, Oklahoma will have a chance for redemption as the Sooners face Iowa State for the Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma will play Iowa State at 11 a.m. Saturday in at the A&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in the Big 12 Championship Game on ABC TV. Oklahoma’s December 12 game at West…