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Now that the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff has concluded, it’s never too early to start looking ahead to the 2026 event. The expanded format brought plenty of surprises, thanks to the addition of eight more teams from the previous four-team model. Among the biggest surprises were the unexpected programs that made it into the […]

The Oklahoma football program is continuing to grow its quarterback room with its latest signing. They landed Cole Gonzales, the former signal-caller for Western Carolina, according to Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. Through three seasons, he’s thrown for 6,682 yards and 51 touchdowns. Gonzales also has two more years of eligibility. However, the No. 1 […]

Oklahoma looks to end their season on a high note as they face Navy in the Armed Forces Bowl. It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Oklahoma-Navy prediction and pick. Oklahoma-Navy Last Game – Matchup History Oklahoma comes into the game at 6-6 on the year. They opened the year […]

East Carolina football is adding an SEC playmaker ahead of a huge 2025-26 season in the American conference. Coming off three winning campaigns in the last four years, the Pirates are hoping to keep that success going with former Oklahoma wide receiver Jaquaize Pettaway joining the offense. Pettaway announced his commitment on Friday, per ESPN’s […]

Former Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron likely would not be considered a big fan of former Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold, who is joining the Auburn football program next season. When discussing NIL deals of some of the top quarterbacks in the transfer portal around college football on McCready & Siskey, McCarron was told that Arnold, who […]

UPDATE: Oklahoma football has officially landed John Mateer from Washington State, according to Hayes Fawcett. After Jackson Arnold left Oklahoma football, the Sooners have found possibly their next two guys in quarterback John Mateer and wide receiver Javonnie Gibson. The Washington State signal-caller is the number one quarterback in the portal and the number one […]

LSU football has earned a huge win in the transfer portal. Former Oklahoma wide receiver Nic Anderson has announced his commitment to join the Tigers in 2025. Anderson missed all of last season because of injury, but was one of the top wideouts in the portal. Anderson has racked up 38 catches for 798 yards […]

One of the biggest names in the transfer portal is former USC wide receiver Zachariah Branch, who announced that he would be looking for a new home in 2025 after spending the last two seasons in Los Angeles. Branch immediately becomes one of the top options on the market and will be highly coveted by […]

Washington State quarterback John Mateer is reportedly in the transfer portal and he may soon play his football games in Norman, Oklahoma. On3 reporter Pete Nakos predicted Mateer to land with the Oklahoma Sooners, which would give OU perhaps the most coveted player available in the portal. A third-year Cougar, Mateer just completed his first […]

Oklahoma football just went through another disappointing season. Brent Venables’ group went just 6-6 on the year, although the squad did post a memorable win over Alabama. The Sooners are now working in the transfer portal, like every other team, to help correct the problems. The team really struggled offensively, as offensive coordinator Seth Littrell […]

Mississippi State football is beginning its rebuild after a disappointing 2024 campaign. The Bulldogs are grabbing wide receiver Brenen Thompson from the transfer portal, per On3. Thompson previously played at SEC rival Oklahoma. Thompson finished the 2024 season with 19 receptions for 230 yards, and two touchdowns. He is one of six Oklahoma football wide […]

Oklahoma football witnessed some 2024 Sooners added to the transfer portal Thursday. OU and head coach Brent Venables lost not one, but three different players to portal entries all in a matter of minutes. Wide receiver Brenen Thompson emerged as the first entry out of Norman, per 247Sports reporter Chris Hummer at 12:39 p.m. PT. […]

The Oklahoma football program had an up and down 2024 season, concluding with a tough loss against LSU in Death Valley but also including some huge wins, including most notably a blowout victory over Alabama. Oklahoma ultimately finished the season at 6-6 in their first full campaign as members of the SEC, and are now […]

Jackson Arnold will seek a new change of scenery

Mississippi State quarterback Blake Shapen isn’t going anywhere amid the Jackson Arnold buzz.

Auburn football’s Hugh Freeze is in need of a significant offseason. The Tigers head coach is looking to make a splash on the transfer front by potentially adding quarterback Jackson Arnold, who is expected to visit Auburn this week despite the Mississippi State interest, per Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports and 247 Sports. Spending the […]

The offseason is already in full swing for the Oklahoma football program, as the team recently learned it would be losing quarterback Jackson Arnold in the transfer portal along with wide receiver Nic Anderson, among others. Now, it appears that even more talent is moving out of Norman in search of greener pastures. “Oklahoma wide […]

Oklahoma football quarterback Jackson Arnold might already have a new school in mind only a few days after putting his name in the transfer portal. The Sooners’ starter for much of the year is leaving head coach Brent Venables after a disappointing season in Norman. Despite the struggles, Arnold is a very talented quarterback, and […]

As if Oklahoma’s opening season in the SEC hadn’t been rough enough, now at the conclusion of a disappointing 6-6 campaign, the Sooners are dealing with their share of transfer portal woes. On Wednesday, starting quarterback Jackson Arnold announced his intention to transfer out of Norman, with the Georgia Bulldogs emerging as the favorites to […]

Oklahoma football quarterback Jackson Arnold is expected to enter his name into the transfer portal. The transfer portal will officially open up on December 9th, and Arnold will search for a new home. The Sooners still have one more game this season as they did win six games. They will find out which bowl they […]

The end of the season means the start of a lot of changes for Oklahoma football. After a very disappointing 6-6 season in its first year in the SEC, the Sooners are making a lot of changes heading into year two in college football’s best conference. On Monday, Oklahoma brought in Ben Arbuckle to be […]

Oklahoma football fans are getting excited about the Sooners’ future on offense after the hiring of Ben Arbuckle. The former OC at Washington State is set to bring new life to Brent Venables’ team, which struggled offensively under first-year starter Jackson Arnold. Based on recent speculations about the Sooners’ quarterback situation, the former 5-star recruit’s […]

It was a frustrating first season in the SEC for Oklahoma football. The Sooners struggled mightily on offense for most of the season and could never settle on a quarterback between former five-star recruit Jackson Arnold and true freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. Oklahoma fired its former offensive coordinator, Seth Littrell, after seven games this season […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Oklahoma-LSU predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Oklahoma-LSU. The 2024 SEC football schedule, with Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference this year, contained so many matchups which, in August — when everyone had a clean slate and no conference games had […]

Whether Alabama football fans want to admit it or not, this season has fallen far short of expectations. The Crimson Tide (8-3, 4-3 SEC), once a preseason favorite to make the 12-team College Football Playoff, now most likely will find themselves on the outside looking in after suffering their third loss in Week 13. Kalen […]

Oklahoma football pulled off the unthinkable on Saturday, absolutely dominating College Football Playoff hopefuls Alabama by a score of 24-3. It was definitely one of the biggest Week 13 upsets and after the game, head coach Brent Venables revealed the key to the Sooners taking home the victory. Venables said Oklahoma was the “more physical […]

Oklahoma football is far from the top 10 powerhouse it once was. Saturday in Norman, however, felt like old times for fans of the Sooners with annual power Alabama in town. The unranked Sooners and head coach Brent Venables turned to defense and a punishing running attack to pull the stunner. Oklahoma pummeled the Crimson […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with Alabama-Oklahoma predictions and a pick. Find out how to watch Alabama-Oklahoma. The Alabama Crimson Tide have not rolled through this 2024 college football season, but they responded well when they hit maximum turbulence. It looked very dark and grim for Alabama after losses to […]

Oklahoma football is rounding out the final stretch of a lost season at 5-5 and 1-5 in the SEC. As head coach Brent Venables continues balancing the hefty duties for the Sooners’ current roster and the potential talent that could be arriving in the offseason, there was a bit of a hiccup on the recruiting front […]

Oklahoma football coach Brent Venables says his wife’s cancer has returned, per On3. Venables’ spouse had surgery in recent days to remove a tumor. She had found out about the return of the cancer in May, before the college football season. “Last Monday she had surgery to remove her lymph nodes and her tumor, and […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables just got a strong endorsement from OU president Joseph Harroz Jr. While the Sooners have had a tough first season in the SEC, concerns about the head coach’s job security have seemingly been shut down. According to On3 Sports OU reporter George Stoia III, Harroz Jr. clarified his support for […]

Missouri football coach Eli Drinkwitz is offering a strong defense of his quarterback. Drinkwitz is standing up for his play caller Drew Pyne, following a win for the Tigers Saturday against Oklahoma. “I just can’t say how proud I am of Drew Pyne for all the crap he’s taken,” Drinkwitz said, per On3. “You know, […]

Oklahoma football is trying to make the most of a season that got away from it a little bit during the month of October. Three consecutive uncompetitive losses — against Texas, South Carolina and Ole Miss — took Brent Venables and the Sooners out of SEC title contention and left them battling just to become […]

Oklahoma football used last Saturday’s game against Maine as a chance to regain their confidence and work out some of their offensive issues. Trouncing an FCS opponent at home is far different than defeating an SEC squad on the road, though. Quarterback Jackson Arnold is hoping to build off his strong Week 10 outing in […]

Nobody expected that life would be easy for the Oklahoma Sooners as they made the transition from the Big 12 to the SEC. But in Norman, you would’ve been hard-pressed to find anyone who thought that a season that would end without an appearance in a bowl game was on the horizon. But that’s exactly […]

It is time to continue our college football odds series with an Oklahoma-Missouri prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Oklahoma Missouri. This isn’t a headline-generating game in Week 11, but it sure is interesting for so many different reasons. Oklahoma and Missouri were neighbors and competitors in the old Big Eight Conference for […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables provided an injury update on a pair of Sooners players on Monday ahead of the team’s upcoming matchup against the Missouri Tigers. And it is an optimistic one for those rooting for the Sooners, via George Stoia III of On3 Sports. “When asked about the chance of Deion Burks […]

Oklahoma football (4-4) is not adjusting to life in the SEC as they had anticipated, losing their last three games in league play and getting dangerously close to failing to qualify for a bowl game. A meeting with FCS program Maine (4-4) is the perfect reprieve for the desperate and injury-plagued Sooners. Though, as has […]

It’s rare to see a matchup as weird as this one in the late season. Nevertheless, the Maine Black Bears will travel to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners in a much-needed buy game for the struggling Oklahomans. Oklahoma hasn’t looked good in their first season in the SEC, as they are in the […]