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The Big 12 conference looks significantly different than it did a few years ago, with the departures Oklahoma and Texas, along with BYU, Houston, Cincinnati and UCF. However, Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy did not pull any punches when talking about Oklahoma’s decision to leave the conference at Big 12 media day. “The Bedlam […]

Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark put Oklahoma and Texas Football in their place at Big 12 media day. After Yormark was asked about Oklahoma and Texas “carrying the conference” in recruiting, Yormark disagreed. “I don’t think they’ve carried the conference in recruiting. They haven’t been in our championship game the past few years,” per Brett […]

The Oklahoma Sooners have another reason to smile this summer, with five-star tight end Davon Mitchell choosing to go to Norman for college, according to Manny Navarro and Ari Wasserman of The Athletic. Mitchell, who is the No. 2 tight end on 247 Sports’ rankings, is part of the 2025 class for Oklahoma football but […]

The Georgia football program continues to stack up victories on the recruiting trail, as Kirby Smart and company added to their no. 1 2024 class with a commitment from 4-star defensive lineman Joseph Jonah-Ajonye, per Hayes Fawcett of On3 Sports. The Bulldogs, who have won back-to-back national championships, have added to that success on the […]

The Michigan State Spartans finished with a 3-6 record in the Big Ten East last season, a massive disappointment for Coach Mel Tucker’s squad. The Spartans got walloped by in-state rival Michigan by a score of 29-7 in Ann Arbor. Tucker and company have more returning talent than most fans think, however. The team’s recruiting […]

This week, the Oklahoma Sooners football team got their first glimpse of what it is going to be like once they join the SEC next year. The SEC announced the entire 2024 conference schedule, where it also said it would be sticking with eight conference games instead of the rumored nine, after Oklahoma and Texas […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are hosting former Indianapolis Colts kicker Rodrigo Blankenship for a tryout on Tuesday. As he was warming up on the field, quarterback Baker Mayfield stopped by to welcome him, although he unsurprisingly has a grudge against him. In the 2018 Rose Bowl, Georgia defeated Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma in an epic […]

The Oklahoma Sooners will look to bounce back from a disappointing season. We are here to share our college football odds series, making an Oklahoma over under win total prediction and pick while previewing their season. Oklahoma had one of the worst seasons in recent record, going 6-7, including 3-6 in the Big 12. Sadly, […]

The Philadelphia Eagles have a proven winner in Jalen Hurts. All throughout his college and pro career, the star quarterback has proven time and time again that he knows how to put himself and his team in a position to succeed. Now, Hurts has earned yet another accolade, and this might be his most impactful […]

After just one season at the University of Texas, wide receiver Brenen Thompson opted to enter the transfer portal. After entering the portal on April 15th, he has already made his decision. Thompson has now found a new home, choosing to join a rival in the Oklahoma Sooners. In his lone season at Texas, Brenen […]

It’s safe to say that Oklahoma football alum and Arizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray still isn’t pleased with how his brief tenure at Texas A&M played out. Murray, who committed to the Aggies as a 4-star recruit back in 2014, played in just eight games as a freshman before transferring to Oklahoma, where he eventually […]

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is now a star in the NFL, but before he made the jump to the professional level, Murray starred at Oklahoma as a two-sport athlete, playing baseball and football. On the gridiron, the 25-year-old played two seasons for the Sooners and ultimately won the Heisman Trophy in 2018. On Saturday, […]

Recruiting is a non-stop war among the top teams in college football, and the Oklahoma Sooners won a small but vital battle by getting a recruiting commitment from quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. The talented quarterback from Frisco Emerson High School in McKinney, Texas gave the Sooners a key victory over TCU. The Horned Frogs also […]

The Oklahoma Sooners are coming off of one of the more disappointing seasons for the team in recent memory. The first year under head coach Will Venables, the Sooners finished 6-7 and ended the season with a 35-32 loss to the Florida State Seminoles. Spring Camp is underway in Norman, and the expectation is that […]

South Carolina football’s Spencer Rattler definitely doesn’t miss the Oklahoma Sooners or their fans. Rattler, a former five-star recruit of the Sooners, transferred to the Gamecocks back in December of 2021 in search of a starting job. During a recent appearance on the Barstool Sports podcast Bussin’ With the Boys, Rattler was asked if Oklahoma […]

Oklahoma football head coach Brent Venables had some strong words about how his defense played last season. With spring camp starting on Wednesday for the Sooners, Venables spoke with reporters on Monday. One of the things he harped on was his urge for Oklahoma’s defense to improve drastically from its performance in 2022. As reported […]

When a college football coach leaves a program they helped build for another more buzzworthy or higher-paying job, it is easy for people to get swept up in the excitement of the new hire. The focus will be on the impact he can add to that school. But what about the program that was ditched […]

Five-star defensive back Peyton Bowen has signed his letter of intent with Oklahoma. But if not for a paperwork error, Bowen would’ve never made it to Oklahoma and would’ve been playing for Oregon. Bowen says he originally sent a signed letter of intent to Oregon, via Eric Bailey of Tulsa World. But with the paperwork […]

News broke recently that the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners had reached an agreement to leave the Big 12 early and depart for the SEC. All in all, the two programs will pay out somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million to the Big 12 for their departure. Their arrival in the SEC marks the […]

As If it was possible, the 2024 college football season just got even bigger. Oklahoma and Texas football are jumping from the Big 12 to the SEC a year early in 2024, and SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey is now in scramble mode to figure out how to best organize this complex, highly lucrative 16-piece puzzle. […]

In a huge turn of events, the Big 12 has come to an agreement with the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners football programs to leave the conference early for the SEC in 2024, sources told Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated. Both the Texas and Oklahoma football programs are now leaving the Big 12 one year […]

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has quickly become one of the biggest names in the NFL. Now, as he prepares to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory, he has the opportunity to cement himself as one of the most dominant quarterbacks in the NFL. When looking at the success that Jalen Hurts is […]

The ever-changing world of college football was stunned in 2021 when Big 12 powerhouses Oklahoma and Texas announced they were leaving that conference for the Southeastern Conference. More details emerging from the FOX & ESPN negotiations, which included an offered broadcasting rights "trade" of Texas' future games involving Ohio State/Michigan. The trade was denied. That […]

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners football teams will have to wait a bit longer to make their Big 12 exit to the SEC. Texas and Oklahoma football’s efforts to leave the Big 12 early in 2024 have ‘stalled’ and it is ‘unlikely‘ to occur at this point, sources told Pete Thamel of ESPN. Instead, […]

Think there’s any lingering tension between the Big 12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners football programs, who are both planning to leave for the SEC? The Big 12 released its schedule for the 2023 football season on Tuesday and every other team besides Texas and Oklahoma football reacted to the schedule drop […]

The debate on whether Alabama or Oklahoma football can claim Jalen Hurts was spurred again by former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy, according to a Tuesday tweet from On3 Sports. ‘They can both claim him because he started and was a finalist at Oklahoma,” Greg McElroy said. “He was at Alabama for three years and started […]

It appears that Dillon Gabriel and the Oklahoma Sooners will be taking on his old school in the UCF Golden Knights at some point during the 2023 campaign. With tomorrow’s release of the Big 12’s 2023 schedule, several matchups have already begun to leak. According to these leaks, Oklahoma will be adding several new opponents, […]

It’s hard to find a bigger breakout star in the NFL this season than Jalen Hurts. The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback has emerged as one of the best in the league this season, accounting for nearly 4,500 yards and 35 touchdowns. He will likely be a MVP finalist, and the Eagles are a Super Bowl contender […]

Folks, it’s official: the Philadelphia Eagles will be taking on the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship game. Two young quarterbacks will each attempt to score on two of the best defenses in the NFL, and fans the world over will tune in to see which player, Jalen Hurts or Brock Purdy, is able […]

Oklahoma Sooners quarterback General Booty is wasting no time in taking advantage of his name to earn money. Since college football players are now allowed to create income streams thanks to the NIL rule, it is no surprise that Booty is capitalizing on his viral-ready name to sell merchandise. His latest? The General’s Crimson Cream. […]

Marvin Mims Jr. is now the latest Oklahoma Sooners player to declare for the 2023 NFL Draft. Mims took to Twitter on Friday to announce that he will be “entering” his name in the upcoming NFL Draft. Thank you Oklahoma ❤️ pic.twitter.com/6MOEzsmXDS — Marvin Mims Jr. (@marvindmims) January 6, 2023 There was some doubt over […]

Dillon Gabriel had a standout season in his first year with Oklahoma, despite the Sooners 6-7 overall record. The star quarterback has now made a decision on his immediate playing future and whether or not he will be back with Oklahoma next season. Gabriel came to Oklahoma after transferring from Central Florida. After one season, […]

Oklahoma football has been one of the best and most exciting programs in college football for generations. The greatness comes from the brilliant players they have had in the programs, several of whom have led the Sooners to national championships over the years. It’s hard to overlook the greatness of defensive lineman Lee Roy Selmon, […]

The Oklahoma Sooners will square off with the Florida State Seminoles on Thursday evening in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando. It’s time to continue our college football odds series with an Oklahoma-Florida State prediction and pick. Oklahoma has struggled in their first season under Brent Venables, going an even 6-6 including a disappointing 3-6 record in […]

Peyton Bowen, a 5-star safety, has had a college football recruiting journey that would make The Clash proud. Bowen, who committed to Notre Dame last January, flipped his commitment to Oregon on Early Signing Day on Wednesday. But Thursday came and there were rumors that the Ducks had an “uphill climb” to secure Peyton Bowen’s […]

In a heartfelt message on Twitter, USC Trojans football head coach Lincoln Riley expressed his sadness over the death of Mississippi State Bulldogs head coach Mike Leach. Riley also did not forget to thank Leach for helping him get his coaching career started. Coach- You will certainly be missed, but your impact on so many […]

On Monday, Brent Venables and the Oklahoma Sooners had a big day without even needing to take the field. Through the transfer portal, and with a big signing, Oklahoma added two four-star recruits in a pair of brothers. Daeh and Dasan McCullough both made the decision to join the Sooners. Sooners recruiting haul: OU picks […]

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns are still members of the Big 12, but it’s no longer a secret that they will most likely shift conference allegiances from the Big 12 to the SEC. The expectation is that that the transfer will come to fruition in 2025, but that could come even earlier, sources […]

Well, it happened again. The Pac-12, which has not had a team make the College Football Playoff since 2016, cannibalized itself once again and ended its playoff hopes. This might be the most heartbreaking instance of said trend, given how close the conference was to break it. No. 4 USC entered Friday night’s Pac-12 Championship […]