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Six Sooners, three Cowboys named to All-Big 12 team

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Hurts, Murray rate individual recognitions If the media pundits are correct, Oklahoma should be in great shape for a run at a fifth consecutive Big 12 Conference football title. Six Sooners were picked on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and OU linebacker Kenneth Murray was chosen as the “defensive player of the year” in the…

Brock Vandagriff, No. 1 QB in the nation, commits to OU

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The best player in America will play football for the Oklahoma Sooners. But quarterback Brock Vandagriff first has to finish high school and he won’t sign with the Sooners until sometime perhaps in 2020. His high school class graduates in 2021. Rivals.com has already named the record-setting quarterback as not only the best pro-style quarterback…

Murray leads list of Big 12 draftees

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Thanks to Oklahoma, the Big 12 Conference made a splash during the recent NFL Draft. Oklahoma quarterback and 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray was the top overall selection by the Arizona Cardinals. With the pick, OU became the first school to have QBs go as the top draft choice in consecutive seasons after 2017…

OU has top QB, WR and offensive line

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If the NFL Draft is an accurate indication, Oklahoma had the best quarterback, the best wide receiver and the best offensive line in the nation this year. After just one season as a starter, former OU quarterback Kyler Murray was the No. 1 pick in the draft by the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals were so…

Quarterback choice looms for Oklahoma

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There’s a good chance that Oklahoma will start a transfer quarterback for the third season in row this fall. In 2017, Texas Tech transfer Baker Mayfield started and in 2018 Texas A&M transfer Kyler Murray started. Both won the Heisman Trophy. Mayfield was the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft and that could happen…

Kyler Murray, Justice Hill make headlines at the Combine

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Kyler Murray made a splash without doing much and Justice Hill jumped at the opportunity to shine at last week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Murray is a former Oklahoma quarterback who turned his back on a Major League Baseball contract worth millions to put his name in the NFL Draft. He could go No. 1…

Kyler Murray chooses the NFL over Major League Baseball

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Former Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has made his decision and that is to play in the NFL rather than for the Oakland A’s in Major League Baseball. In a message to fans, Murray wrote, “Moving forward, I am firmly and fully committing my life and time to becoming an NFL quarterback. Football has been my…

Editorial: Congratulations to Kyler Murray and No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners

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Congratulations to Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray and The University of Oklahoma football team. As talented and accomplished as Murray is, even he recognizes that some credit is due to his teammates and his coaches for this prestigious award. Former Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield – now starring for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL –…

Prospect of a shootout with Alabama won’t bother OU

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Oklahoma players like big games away from home and recent trips to the College Football Playoff have helped the Sooners prepare for the big game. No. 4 OU faces No. 1 Alabama in the playoff semifinals at 7 p.m. December 29 in the Orange Bowl near Miami on ESPN. This will be Riley’s second year…

Kyler Murray wins The Heisman

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2nd year in a row for OU QBs The next challenge for Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, winner of this year’s Heisman Trophy, is to win a national championship. It would be the perfect ending to a short but spectacular college career. “This is crazy. This is an honor. Something that I’ll never forget, something I’ll…