Bobby Jack Wright, OU’s cornerback coach, is retiring.
Bob Stoops
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Chicken-Fried News: Sooner diamond
Sooners football coach Bob Stoops is having a rough time, but he isn’t worried.
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Good to be the king
Credit: Brad Gregg Although terms of the new deal were not disclosed, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that King Bob’s compensation will be more than a peasant’s penance. His contract was extended in September 2011 when a new seven-year deal worth $34.3 million before bonuses was agreed upon. He will earn […]
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Oklahomers
Credit: Brad Gregg Stoops and his pride made waves recently in an interview during a Sooner Caravan stop in Tulsa, when he admirably (if not futilely) defended his conference against the big, bad SEC — winner of seven consecutive BCS national championships. “So they’ve had the best team in college football,” he said. “They haven’t […]
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Crazy talk
Credit: Brad Gregg But don’t tell that to ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer, who had this to say moments after the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Jones in the NFL Draft: “I went through all Landry Jones’ 2012 film and I just disregarded it. I do not hold him accountable for what happened last year. The offense is […]
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Sooner scoop
Jake Trotter Credit: Mark Hancock Now, you can just hit “Refresh” on your browser. News these days includes far more than the paper, TV, radio and magazines. There are dedicated Internet sites, chat rooms and blogs making University of Oklahoma Sooners coverage a near-saturated market. And with the popularity of Oklahoma football, the industry of […]
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Tit for tat
But then you’d be wrong. For the fourth time in six years, a debate team from the University of Oklahoma has won the national university debate championship. The latest to do so, OU senior R.J. Giglio and freshman Chris Leonardi, came out on top last week from a field of 167 two-person teams competing in […]
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A fan’s guide to Twitter
But players shouldn’t be the only ones held accountable for what they tweet. As high-profile Twitter transgressions continue to pop up in our collective timeline, an important question should resurface like a Charlie Sheen-inspired hashtag: What role do fans play in the space student-athletes occupy online? Conventional wisdom, Bob Stoops and a decent attorney might […]
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OU linebacker Austin Box dies
OU President David L. Boren released the following statement this afternoon about the former Enid High School star: “The university family is deeply saddened by the tragic death of student-athlete Austin Box. Our hearts go out to his family and friends.” Athletics Director Joe Castiglione released the following statement: “Austin Box will be greatly missed […]