"I've had families ask if they can sleep on their son's hotel room floor"
Great stuff from Kelvin Sampson about how the NCAA should find a way to help with travel to the Tournament for families that can't afford the trip.
@UHCougarMBK
#MarchMadness
Lincoln Riley didn’t leave Oklahoma because USC’s ceiling was higher than OU’s.
He didn’t leave because California has the ocean and mountains and better schools.
Lincoln Riley left Oklahoma because he made a mess of it, and he was smart enough to know it.
"I don't know how many people would go to a car that was on fire and try to pull someone out, but I'm sure glad Coach Dunn was there."
OK State Wrestling Coach John Smith discussing Kasey Dunn's heroic actions last night.
"Why can we never f------ beat them!1?"
From the 2010 Bedlam -- Landry Jones to James Hanna puts the game away and our ace Photog Johnny Thomason gets two of the best fan cut-aways there will ever be.
Pretty great stuff from Bill Self on
@TheTraeYoung
.
"That's what people don't understand: It's not that he took 39 shots... it's that he's good enough he can get 39."
Courtesy: KUTheShiver/Youtube
#Sooners
I love Brian Kelly, but when he's ready for retirement, Matt Rhule is 1, 2 & 3 on my ND wish list.
What a fantastic answer to a question about not being able to recruit this week because he's preparing for the Big 12 Title Game.
Courtesy: Sic 'Em Sports/YouTube
With ‘Bama putting it on UGA, OKState’s Defense is the only one in the country that didn’t allow more than 3 off TD in any game this season.
12 of 13 opponents held below 400 yards.
7, including Baylor today, held below 300.
Didn’t have a bad day all year. Incredible unit.
Texas dunking on a school for lack of player development cracks me up.
So does this:
Texas has as many 1st round Picks in the last 12 years (2) as
@TulsaFootball
has in the last two.
A&M is basically a black hole for highly ranked DBs from the state of Texas.
From 2002-2017, of the 8 different Rivals 5 stars (1) and high 4 stars (7) that have completed their eligibility, none were drafted by NFL teams.
If I'm Sark, I might point that out to Javien Toviano.
The
#Sooners
have had 8 different opening day starting QB's since 2003 (White, Bomar, Thompson, Bradford, Jones, Knight, Mayfield & Kyler).
If Murray wins Saturday, exactly half of them will have won the Heisman Trophy.
Unreal.
BREAKING: Ohio State Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach Kevin Wilson has agreed to become the next Head Coach at Tulsa.
Wilson had a great 9 season run at OU from 2002-10, before becoming the Head Coach at Indiana & then OC at tOSU.
I expect him to be introduced tomorrow.
OU’s record vs. Big 12 teams in the last decade:
Kansas 10-0
Texas Tech 10-0
West Virginia 9-0
TCU 10-1
Iowa State 9-2
Oklahoma State 8-2
Texas 8-3
Baylor 8-3
Kansas State 6-4
I’m objective. Love Notre Dame and don’t care what else happens.
That said, and I wouldn’t have said this in the past — games in Stillwater are just more fun than Norman.
Incredible atmosphere start to finish.
Only one day after senior running back Kayson Toliver was slain, Beggs rallies to defeat Sperry for the district title in an emotional victory.
#OKPreps
"Yeah, we're going to go get Chris."
After committing to the Sooners today, the next order of business for
@gentrywilliams5
: Help fill out OU's Defensive class of 2022 - starting w/Owasso's
@ChrisDMac10
.
We spoke with McClellan today, and he sounds ready to make his decision.
Kirk Herbstreit on the
#Sooners
possibly sneaking into the
#CFP
conversation by week's end:
"I think they're better right now -end of December- than they were when they had Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray or Jalen Hurts... this is a more complete Oklahoma team."
Upon re-watch, that
#OKState
vs. Iowa State game is the best I’ve seen all year.
Everything I love - physical Football, teams that know what they’re doing, everything contested and every big play made hard-earned.
Awesome Football.
People had Caleb Williams as a Heisman contender after one or two starts and Malcolm Rodriguez can’t even make the Butkus finalist list…
I get your 365 days a year frustration, OSU people.
Brennan Presley (
@bprezzle
) has now made 65 catches in his last *6* games.
He is up to 241 career receptions -- 12 behind Justin Blackmon for
#2
all-time at OK State.
Saturday, he faces off with his little brother,
@braylinpres2022
for the first time in their College careers.
"We got bigger goals..."
"This is that moment. You damn right."
Some great postgame moments with Brent Venables from Saturday with Joe C, Isaiah Coe and Justin Broiles.
Tulsa National (
@TulsaLL
) is now one step away from Williamsport.
Journey Boswell tosses the complete game as Oklahoma defeats Texas West (for the first time ever), 2-1 and advances to the Southwest Regional Final tomorrow against Texas East.
So,
@daxhill5
will be playing for Jim Harbaugh this fall.
His brother,
@jhill21_
will be playing for John Harbaugh and the
@Ravens
.
Here's John on Justice: "If he gets a crack, they're gonna be chasing him."
"There'd be many days when you'd go out to stretch and every group would be there except one group -- those Linebackers were still meeting... because his guys were gonna be prepared."
Kevin Wilson on Brent Venables and the 9 seasons they spent together on the OU Coaching Staff.
I'm hearing Ohio State Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends Coach Kevin Wilson is expected to be named the new head coach at Tulsa today.
Wilson had a great 9 season run at OU from 2002-10, before becoming the Head Coach at Indiana and then OC at tOSU.
Since 2011, here’s the list of teams with more wins over ranked opponents than
@CowboyFB
(29):
Alabama (59)
Ohio State (39)
LSU (37)
Oklahoma (34)
Georgia (33)
Clemson (32)
That’s it. That’s the list.
Also, ‘Bama - lol
Gundy says
#OKState
's program is on solid ground, the future is bright and fans need only trust him and be patient with a young team...
Just fyi, couple naughty words in here.
After the 2016 loss to Ohio State, Baker Mayfield promised 'I'm gonna work harder than anybody Coach Stoops has ever seen.'
Since then:
#Sooners
are 22-1
45.6 Points/Game
580.8 Yards/Game
Mayfield: 461-642 (71.8%)-7,512 yds, 74 TD, 11 INT
Bob Bowlsby mentions National Champion
@KUHoops
and Big 12 Football Champion
@BUFootball
by name but the 2022 Softball National Championship was won ‘by the Conference.’ 😂
Sort of respect it.
I don't know a ton about Wrestling, but I know Daton Fix (
@_Greatest_Ever1
) is pretty, pretty... pretty good.
The Sand Springs native &
#OKState
Wrestler dominated the competition on his way to Gold at the Pan Am Games in Peru - his first senior level International Competition.
"Brent has a lot of Defense, and he carries it all... so, you go in to a game and you're not really sure what you're gonna get."
Steve Sarkisian on Brent Venables' Defense and Danny Stutsman.
Can I interest you in a crazy dropped lateral-turned-75-yard game winning TD on the final play of a 5th Grade Championship Game by
#OKState
receiver Brennan Presley (
@bprezzle
)?
This is the day TU should've offered 😂
Last season, the
#OKState
Defense surrendered at least 28 points in every Big 12 game.
Last four games:
ISU 27
TCU 27
KU 13
WVU 13
Last time the Cowboys held 4 straight Big 12 opponents below 28 points?
Never.
It's never happened in Big 12 play.
(1985 in Big 8 last time).
.
@UnionFootball
's
@TheJaydenRowe
signs with OU today.
Venables won him over quickly, so no second guessing his pledge to OU.
The 6-3 DB isn't sure exactly what position he might play, but Venables' track record has him excited to get to Norman and get to work.
#ChampU22
“I saw no fear on the sidelines, I can tell you that straight up.”
Peyton Bowen on how the Sooners responded in the 4th quarter when the lead was cut to 14-11.
Iowa as a 2-seed and
#OKState
as a 3 is hilarious to me.
The NET is whack, but I'll play along.
Here are Iowa's wins over teams in the NET's Top 25:
8 Ohio State
22 Purdue
Here are OK State's:
2 Baylor
11 Kansas
14 Arkansas
17 Texas Tech
17 Texas Tech
21 Texas
23 WVU
23 WVU
#OKState
's Brock Martin:
"It wasn't just Knowles... you've gotta have some great players to be able to be able to do the things we did this year as a Defense."
#FiestaBowl
After a spectacular career for the
@McABuffaloes
,
@ErikMccarty13
will sign with the Sooners tomorrow morning.
OU is getting a big time athlete with big time toughness.
Heather Dinich thinks the Selection Committee would have issues with
#OKState
as a CFP contender because its Defense allowed 500+ yards vs Tech.
That D also allowed only 5.1 yards/play and held TTU scoreless for its final six drives.
Also -- Yds/Play D:
OSU 5.3
Tennessee 5.2
"Tell your agent to quit calling us and asking for more money. It's nonnegotiable now. It'll start again in December... Now, we're able to direct ourselves just to Football, and that part has been fun."
Mike Gundy is happy the season is underway.
Number of 4/5 star players on each Big 12 roster this season (per On3 Rankings; includes transfers, but only HS Recruiting rankings):
OU: 54
UT: 53
TCU: 23
UCF: 13
Baylor: 11
Tech: 11
Houston: 8
OK State: 7
WVU: 7
KU: 6
Iowa St: 5
Cincinnati: 5
K-State: 4
BYU: 3
Bill Blankenship expected to announce his retirement today after 7 seasons at Owasso and four decades in coaching.
6 State Titles with three different schools.
An absolute legend.
15 years ago, he was named College Basketball's top assistant coach.
By 2017, he was out of College Coaching & unsure he'd ever get back in.
Today, Russell Springmann is the Head Coach at
@ORUMBB
& believes all the ups & downs happened for a reason -- leading to this moment.
"I thought it would just be an informative interview. It ended up being 6.5 hours long, and afterwards (I was like) he's the guy."
Mike Gundy on the interview process in hiring new Defensive Coordinator Bryan Nardo.
If Spencer Sanders returns with the line, Ollie and a few of his WR friends….
OSU is likely unbeaten; with a chance to end the Bedlam series with a win; never pay for a meal again in this state and see his name in the BPS Ring of Honor, imo.
When the
#Sooners
make today’s AP Top-25, it’ll be the 5th time OU Football has made the Preseason poll in every season of a decade.
1950’s, 70’s, 80’s, 2000’s & 2010’s.
"We're aligning with an organization in the SEC that represents those same things (OU does)."
Brent Venables talking OU to the SEC this morning in Tulsa.