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February 06, 2009 | Football
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Six seniors garnered invitations from the NFL to attend the 2009 Combine on February 18-24: Nic Harris, Lendy Holmes, Juaquin Iglesias, Manuel Johnson, Phil Loadholt and Duke Robinson.
The 2009 Scouting Combine is the annual job fair for prospective new NFL players. For six days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, players are put through a series of drills, tests and interviews with more than 600 NFL personnel including head coaches, general managers and scouts.
2009 Scouting Combine | 2009 Draft | OU in the 2008 Draft
SoonerSports.com is your source for official live coverage of Signing Day direct from the OU football office. The recruits aren't Sooners until we receive their letters of intent on the Switzer Center fax machine. Follow the updated list all morning and watch the official 2009 Signing Day webcast as head coach Bob Stoops and the Sooner coaching staff discuss the latest developments.
2009 OU Football Signing Day: February 4th | 2008 Review
ESPN concluded a feature on Friday ranking all FBS football teams in prestige. The rankings were a numerical method of ranking the best FBS college football programs since the 1936 season. The research department ran all the numbers through the computer to come up with the No. 1 program of the past 73 seasons. Guess who's No. 1?
Oklahoma No. 1 College Football Program | Ivan Maisel on OU
The OU Athletics Department released the 2009 football schedule today. The Sooners begin the season in Arlington, Texas, against BYU and aim to end the regular season headed to the same stadium for the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game. Eight of Oklahoma's 12 opponents played in bowl games last season including three non-conference foes (BYU, Tulsa and Miami).
View OU's 2009 Football Schedule | Printable 2009 Schedule
Extremely interesting research released today by Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated on the impact location plays in recruiting. It's no surprise that recruits want to play close to home in front of family and friends but Staples provides detailed analysis of past recruiting data for BCS schools. Did you know that exactly 49.1% of OU's recruits from the 2004-08 classes were within 200 miles of Norman?
Sports Illustrated Recruiting Study | OU's Past Recruiting Map
Nic Harris, Juaquin Iglesias and Phil Loadholt continue to practice in front of NFL scouts this week in Mobile, Ala., in preparation for Saturday's Senior Bowl (Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. on the NFL Network). We're getting word that WR Manny Johnson (wearing No. 22) was also a late addition to the Senior Bowl North roster.
2009 Senior Bowl | Senior Bowl Tracker | ESPN Coverage
SoonerSports.com is planning its second-annual OU Signing Day Live Webcast presented by Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance beginning at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Fans who sign up for an All-Access account (monthly $9.95, annual $99.95) can watch live updates from the OU football office plus interviews with Sooner coaches as letters of intent roll in for the 2009 football signing class.
Review 2008 OU Signing Day Central | OU All-Access
• From the Kansas City Star: "Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was never close to leaving college. "He wanted to come back to OU for at least one more year all along," said Sam's father, Kent Bradford. Sam Bradford's decision caught some by surprise. He was being touted as one of the top two..."
• From CBS: "For the same reason Florida is No. 1, OU has to be No. 2. The Sooners are loaded. Start with a returning Heisman Trophy winner. Add two 1,000-yard rushers (DeMarco Murray, Chris Brown). There are three All-America-worthy defensive linemen (Gerald McCoy, Auston English and DeMarcus..."
• From Sports Illustrated: "Oklahoma's defense began preparing for 2009 the moment middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds went down against Texas. The Sooners lose safeties Nic Harris and Lendy Holmes, but at least they don't lose McCoy, an athletic tackle who will disrupt all those high-powered Big 12 offenses..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
Senior wide receiver Manny Johnson, center Jon Cooper and free safety Lendy Holmes will play together one more time in the East-West Shrine Game in Houston. The game will be televised by ESPN2 on Saturday at 3 p.m. Look for OU helmets on the West squad.
East-West Shrine Game | Rosters | Johnson | Cooper | Holmes
Three NFL Sooners have been named to the NFC's offensive roster for the 2009 Pro Bowl to be held February 8 in Honolulu: Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson, New Orleans offensive tackle Jammal Brown and Tampa Bay offensive guard Davin Joseph.
"It is heck of a honor and I am thrilled," Joseph said. "Being a player the ultimate goal is to win games, get to the playoffs and win a championship. And certainly a big goal of mine is to win a Super Bowl. But one of the things that I had hoped to accomplish through all my hard work and determination to win a championship was to make it to a Pro Bowl."
2009 NFL Pro Bowl Roster | Peterson | Brown | Joseph
Perhaps lost in the buildup for Oklahoma's bowl game last week was the announcement that four Sooners will participate in the annual Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., later this month: Nic Harris, Juaquin Iglesias, Phil Loadholt and Duke Robinson. The game will be televised on Saturday, Jan. 24th at 6 p.m. on the NFL Network.
Four Sooners Slated for January 24th Senior Bowl
Obviously, big news out of Norman yesterday afternoon with the announcement that Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham and Trent Williams will return for the 2009 football season. You can read a complete transcript and watch video of the press conference:
Oklahoma Underclassmen to Stay in Norman | Watch Video
• Dennis Dodd of CBS: "It is an indicator of Stoops' worth as a recruiter. Or rather a re-recruiter. In 10 years, Stoops has lost less than 10 underclassmen. His message is getting through -- unless you're in financial straits and/or a slam-dunk top 10 pick, it's not worth it. Stoops likes to use the example of Jimmy Wilkerson..."
• From NBC Sports: "Sam Bradford is returning to Oklahoma for his redshirt-junior season and the smile on his face is only equaled (or at least nearly so) by the smiles on the mugs of all of us who love college football. Bradford's return means that for the first time ever a college football season will begin with not one but two..."
• John Shinn of the Norman Transcript: "Bradford's choice was monumental for the Sooners' prospects for next season. When tight end Jermaine Gresham and offensive tackle Trent Williams also decided they would come back for next season, a potential rebuilding season changed to a ready-made run at a national..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
Mayor Mick Cornett proclaimed January 13, 2009, as "Sam Bradford Day" in Oklahoma City. OU's Heisman Trophy winner joined his parents, Kent and Martha, in the mayor's office.
Oklahoma City Celebrates "Sam Bradford Day"
• Dennis Dodd of CBS: "Bob Stoops has an idea which way his Heisman-winning quarterback Sam Bradford is leaning. But he isn't sharing. "I do (have a feeling) but I won't say," the Oklahoma coach said here at the American Football Coaches Association national convention Monday. Bradford, a redshirt sophomore..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Gerald McCoy made his way through the Lloyd Noble Center crowd Monday night like he owned the place, smiling at some fans, waving at others and hugging still more. Obviously, word had gotten out -- McCoy was returning to the Oklahoma Sooners for his junior season..."
• From College Football News: "The Sooners managed to finish No. 2 because of its offense, that set the record for a season with 716 points, to be the difference by a razor-thin margin over Texas. Don't discount all the great wins over terrific TCU and Cincinnati teams, to go along with the wins over Texas Tech, Missouri..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
• From the Sporting News: "Florida took a slightly different tack: they mitigated the run and contested the passing game as no other team did, and did so with a secondary that spent most of 2007 applying ointment to their numerous burns. When you attack the "weakest" link in the Gator secondary on the opening drive..."
• John Hoover of the Tulsa World: "Sam Bradford has a big decision to make, and he'll have had seven days to make it. But he's not in any hurry. "That's plenty of time," Bradford says. So much time, in fact, that Bradford's parents, Kent and Martha, are staying a few extra days on the sunny shores of Miami Beach..."
• Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman: "But one area the Sooners should excel off the bat is at running back, where OU returns the three-headed monster of Chris Brown, Mossis Madu and DeMarco Murray. Combined, the trio rushed for almost 2,700 yards and 40 touchdowns this past season. Even if Murray is slow to return from..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
Oklahoma plays for the program's eighth football national title tonight in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game. The game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports with kickoff slated for 8:19 p.m. (7:19 p.m. Central). View complete coverage including video features, photo galleries and commentary direct from Miami:
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central
• Gregg Doyel of CBS: "And while it's true that Oklahoma hasn't seen a defense like Florida's. It's just as true that Florida hasn't seen an offense like Oklahoma's. Hell, nobody has. Until this season, an offense like Oklahoma's didn't exist. The Sooners throw the ball like BYU back in the day when BYU was..."
• From the Orlando Sentinel: "Anybody who's been in South Florida this week can just feel the seething rage that is simmering within Oklahoma's players and coaches. The Sooners look much like the Gators did two years ago: Angry, focused and possessing a chip on their shoulder the size of a Citrus Bowl cockroach..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Let's give it to OU linebacker Keenan Clayton, who was asked about Florida's speed this week. "We've faced guys with speed all year. Probably not as fast as these guys are gonna be, but they're human just like we are," Clayton said. "They put their pants on one leg at a time..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
If you're following our daily coverage of the Sooners in Miami, you know we're updating OU fans by the minute on all aspects of Oklahoma's bowl week in Miami leading up to Thursday's game. Here's a quick scan of the headlines from Oklahoma, Florida and national college football sites to provide you a broader perspective.
• Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated: "It would be presumptuous to start throwing around "greatest" and "best-ever" tags about 12-1 Oklahoma's offense prior to its toughest test of the season Thursday night against 12-1 Florida, but there's little question these Sooners have produced one of the most prolific..."
• From the Gainesville Sun: "You think offensive coordinator and you think cerebral. You think about schemes and play-calling. You think Xs and you think Os. Kevin Wilson is different. It's not that he doesn't know his offense. The Oklahoma offensive coordinator was named the winner of the Frank Broyles Award which goes..."
• From Dennis Dodd of CBS: "For the leader of the greatest offense of all time, Sam Bradford doesn't look like a legend. It's early and the Heisman winner has a bit of bed head at a Saturday interview session for the BCS title game. "Obviously, we're not claiming that," Bradford said of the label that has been slapped..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
The OU football team travels to Miami today and will hold its first bowl practice in Florida later this afternoon. Follow OU's bowl week leading up to the National Championship Game with video, photos and features online exclusively at SoonerSports.com. We'll check back in from Miami this evening. Boomer Sooner.
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "The most amazing thing about Travis Lewis' season at Oklahoma isn't that he broke Brian Bosworth's record for tackles by a freshman. It also isn't that as the two middle linebackers playing next to him went down, he stepped up to help keep his defense together. Or that when he..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
Happy 2009 Sooner fans! Now back to the serious business at hand. The OU football team departs for Florida on Friday morning and holds its first bowl practice in the Sunshine State later that evening. Check SoonerSports.com frequently throughout the week leading up to the game as we'll post official coverage of the Sooners direct from team headquarters you won't find anywhere else.
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central
• Dennis Dodd of CBS: "We want to have the kind of program that has a chance to play for these things," Castiglione said. "You can't undervalue winning six conference championships in 10 years. That is phenomenal when you do that." So why is Stoops being judged with a skeptical eye going into this championship..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Because the duo has given up few big plays, while playing some of the steadiest, stickiest cornerback of the Bob Stoops era, the Sooners have won 12 of 13. A 13th win would bring OU an eighth national championship. But OU must slow an offense that rings up 45 points per game..."
• Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman: "What's interesting, though, is that the Sooners chose to feed off that banner. They didn't need ESPN to remind them of bowl failure. They remind themselves. "There has been a lot different attitude with this team," OU quarterback Sam Bradford said. "I think it started in the..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football
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Friday, January 30 |
Six seniors garnered invitations from the NFL to attend the 2009 Combine on February 18-24: Nic Harris, Lendy Holmes, Juaquin Iglesias, Manuel Johnson, Phil Loadholt and Duke Robinson.
The 2009 Scouting Combine is the annual job fair for prospective new NFL players. For six days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, players are put through a series of drills, tests and interviews with more than 600 NFL personnel including head coaches, general managers and scouts.
2009 Scouting Combine | 2009 Draft | OU in the 2008 Draft |
Monday, January 26 |
SoonerSports.com is your source for official live coverage of Signing Day direct from the OU football office. The recruits aren't Sooners until we receive their letters of intent on the Switzer Center fax machine. Follow the updated list all morning and watch the official 2009 Signing Day webcast as head coach Bob Stoops and the Sooner coaching staff discuss the latest developments.
2009 OU Football Signing Day: February 4th | 2008 Review |
Friday, January 23 |
ESPN concluded a feature on Friday ranking all FBS football teams in prestige. The rankings were a numerical method of ranking the best FBS college football programs since the 1936 season. The research department ran all the numbers through the computer to come up with the No. 1 program of the past 73 seasons. Guess who's No. 1?
Oklahoma No. 1 College Football Program | Ivan Maisel on OU| ESPN Prestige Rankings | |||||||
| Program | Points |
1958 |
1968 |
1978 |
1988 |
1998 |
2008 |
| 1. Oklahoma | 1,968 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| 2. USC | 1,897 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
| 3. Ohio State | 1,655 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
| 4. Notre Dame | 1,579 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
| 5. Nebraska | 1,553 |
49 |
23 |
8 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
| 6. Alabama | 1,534 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
| 7. Texas | 1,494 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
| 8. Michigan | 1,332 |
10 |
15 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| 9. Florida State | 1,110 |
75 |
70 |
69 |
31 |
11 |
9 |
| 10. Miami | 1,109 |
60 |
52 |
33 |
17 |
12 |
10 |
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Thursday, January 22 |
The OU Athletics Department released the 2009 football schedule today. The Sooners begin the season in Arlington, Texas, against BYU and aim to end the regular season headed to the same stadium for the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game. Eight of Oklahoma's 12 opponents played in bowl games last season including three non-conference foes (BYU, Tulsa and Miami).
View OU's 2009 Football Schedule | Printable 2009 Schedule Extremely interesting research released today by Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated on the impact location plays in recruiting. It's no surprise that recruits want to play close to home in front of family and friends but Staples provides detailed analysis of past recruiting data for BCS schools. Did you know that exactly 49.1% of OU's recruits from the 2004-08 classes were within 200 miles of Norman?
Sports Illustrated Recruiting Study | OU's Past Recruiting Map |
Wednesday, January 21 |
Nic Harris, Juaquin Iglesias and Phil Loadholt continue to practice in front of NFL scouts this week in Mobile, Ala., in preparation for Saturday's Senior Bowl (Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. on the NFL Network). We're getting word that WR Manny Johnson (wearing No. 22) was also a late addition to the Senior Bowl North roster.
2009 Senior Bowl | Senior Bowl Tracker | ESPN CoverageSoonerSports.com is planning its second-annual OU Signing Day Live Webcast presented by Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance beginning at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Fans who sign up for an All-Access account (monthly $9.95, annual $99.95) can watch live updates from the OU football office plus interviews with Sooner coaches as letters of intent roll in for the 2009 football signing class.
Review 2008 OU Signing Day Central | OU All-Access |
Tuesday, January 20 |
• From the Kansas City Star: "Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was never close to leaving college. "He wanted to come back to OU for at least one more year all along," said Sam's father, Kent Bradford. Sam Bradford's decision caught some by surprise. He was being touted as one of the top two..."
• From CBS: "For the same reason Florida is No. 1, OU has to be No. 2. The Sooners are loaded. Start with a returning Heisman Trophy winner. Add two 1,000-yard rushers (DeMarco Murray, Chris Brown). There are three All-America-worthy defensive linemen (Gerald McCoy, Auston English and DeMarcus..."
• From Sports Illustrated: "Oklahoma's defense began preparing for 2009 the moment middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds went down against Texas. The Sooners lose safeties Nic Harris and Lendy Holmes, but at least they don't lose McCoy, an athletic tackle who will disrupt all those high-powered Big 12 offenses..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Friday, January 16 |
Senior wide receiver Manny Johnson, center Jon Cooper and free safety Lendy Holmes will play together one more time in the East-West Shrine Game in Houston. The game will be televised by ESPN2 on Saturday at 3 p.m. Look for OU helmets on the West squad.
East-West Shrine Game | Rosters | Johnson | Cooper | HolmesThree NFL Sooners have been named to the NFC's offensive roster for the 2009 Pro Bowl to be held February 8 in Honolulu: Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson, New Orleans offensive tackle Jammal Brown and Tampa Bay offensive guard Davin Joseph.
"It is heck of a honor and I am thrilled," Joseph said. "Being a player the ultimate goal is to win games, get to the playoffs and win a championship. And certainly a big goal of mine is to win a Super Bowl. But one of the things that I had hoped to accomplish through all my hard work and determination to win a championship was to make it to a Pro Bowl."
2009 NFL Pro Bowl Roster | Peterson | Brown | Joseph |
Thursday, January 15 |
Perhaps lost in the buildup for Oklahoma's bowl game last week was the announcement that four Sooners will participate in the annual Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., later this month: Nic Harris, Juaquin Iglesias, Phil Loadholt and Duke Robinson. The game will be televised on Saturday, Jan. 24th at 6 p.m. on the NFL Network.
Four Sooners Slated for January 24th Senior Bowl Obviously, big news out of Norman yesterday afternoon with the announcement that Sam Bradford, Jermaine Gresham and Trent Williams will return for the 2009 football season. You can read a complete transcript and watch video of the press conference:
Oklahoma Underclassmen to Stay in Norman | Watch Video• Dennis Dodd of CBS: "It is an indicator of Stoops' worth as a recruiter. Or rather a re-recruiter. In 10 years, Stoops has lost less than 10 underclassmen. His message is getting through -- unless you're in financial straits and/or a slam-dunk top 10 pick, it's not worth it. Stoops likes to use the example of Jimmy Wilkerson..."
• From NBC Sports: "Sam Bradford is returning to Oklahoma for his redshirt-junior season and the smile on his face is only equaled (or at least nearly so) by the smiles on the mugs of all of us who love college football. Bradford's return means that for the first time ever a college football season will begin with not one but two..."
• John Shinn of the Norman Transcript: "Bradford's choice was monumental for the Sooners' prospects for next season. When tight end Jermaine Gresham and offensive tackle Trent Williams also decided they would come back for next season, a potential rebuilding season changed to a ready-made run at a national..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Tuesday, January 13 |
Mayor Mick Cornett proclaimed January 13, 2009, as "Sam Bradford Day" in Oklahoma City. OU's Heisman Trophy winner joined his parents, Kent and Martha, in the mayor's office.
Oklahoma City Celebrates "Sam Bradford Day"• Dennis Dodd of CBS: "Bob Stoops has an idea which way his Heisman-winning quarterback Sam Bradford is leaning. But he isn't sharing. "I do (have a feeling) but I won't say," the Oklahoma coach said here at the American Football Coaches Association national convention Monday. Bradford, a redshirt sophomore..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Gerald McCoy made his way through the Lloyd Noble Center crowd Monday night like he owned the place, smiling at some fans, waving at others and hugging still more. Obviously, word had gotten out -- McCoy was returning to the Oklahoma Sooners for his junior season..."
• From College Football News: "The Sooners managed to finish No. 2 because of its offense, that set the record for a season with 716 points, to be the difference by a razor-thin margin over Texas. Don't discount all the great wins over terrific TCU and Cincinnati teams, to go along with the wins over Texas Tech, Missouri..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Monday, January 12 |
• From the Sporting News: "Florida took a slightly different tack: they mitigated the run and contested the passing game as no other team did, and did so with a secondary that spent most of 2007 applying ointment to their numerous burns. When you attack the "weakest" link in the Gator secondary on the opening drive..."
• John Hoover of the Tulsa World: "Sam Bradford has a big decision to make, and he'll have had seven days to make it. But he's not in any hurry. "That's plenty of time," Bradford says. So much time, in fact, that Bradford's parents, Kent and Martha, are staying a few extra days on the sunny shores of Miami Beach..."
• Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman: "But one area the Sooners should excel off the bat is at running back, where OU returns the three-headed monster of Chris Brown, Mossis Madu and DeMarco Murray. Combined, the trio rushed for almost 2,700 yards and 40 touchdowns this past season. Even if Murray is slow to return from..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Thursday, January 8 |
Oklahoma plays for the program's eighth football national title tonight in the FedEx BCS National Championship Game. The game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports with kickoff slated for 8:19 p.m. (7:19 p.m. Central). View complete coverage including video features, photo galleries and commentary direct from Miami:
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central • Gregg Doyel of CBS: "And while it's true that Oklahoma hasn't seen a defense like Florida's. It's just as true that Florida hasn't seen an offense like Oklahoma's. Hell, nobody has. Until this season, an offense like Oklahoma's didn't exist. The Sooners throw the ball like BYU back in the day when BYU was..."
• From the Orlando Sentinel: "Anybody who's been in South Florida this week can just feel the seething rage that is simmering within Oklahoma's players and coaches. The Sooners look much like the Gators did two years ago: Angry, focused and possessing a chip on their shoulder the size of a Citrus Bowl cockroach..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Let's give it to OU linebacker Keenan Clayton, who was asked about Florida's speed this week. "We've faced guys with speed all year. Probably not as fast as these guys are gonna be, but they're human just like we are," Clayton said. "They put their pants on one leg at a time..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Sunday, January 4 |
If you're following our daily coverage of the Sooners in Miami, you know we're updating OU fans by the minute on all aspects of Oklahoma's bowl week in Miami leading up to Thursday's game. Here's a quick scan of the headlines from Oklahoma, Florida and national college football sites to provide you a broader perspective.
• Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated: "It would be presumptuous to start throwing around "greatest" and "best-ever" tags about 12-1 Oklahoma's offense prior to its toughest test of the season Thursday night against 12-1 Florida, but there's little question these Sooners have produced one of the most prolific..."
• From the Gainesville Sun: "You think offensive coordinator and you think cerebral. You think about schemes and play-calling. You think Xs and you think Os. Kevin Wilson is different. It's not that he doesn't know his offense. The Oklahoma offensive coordinator was named the winner of the Frank Broyles Award which goes..."
• From Dennis Dodd of CBS: "For the leader of the greatest offense of all time, Sam Bradford doesn't look like a legend. It's early and the Heisman winner has a bit of bed head at a Saturday interview session for the BCS title game. "Obviously, we're not claiming that," Bradford said of the label that has been slapped..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Friday, January 2 |
The OU football team travels to Miami today and will hold its first bowl practice in Florida later this afternoon. Follow OU's bowl week leading up to the National Championship Game with video, photos and features online exclusively at SoonerSports.com. We'll check back in from Miami this evening. Boomer Sooner.
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central • Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "The most amazing thing about Travis Lewis' season at Oklahoma isn't that he broke Brian Bosworth's record for tackles by a freshman. It also isn't that as the two middle linebackers playing next to him went down, he stepped up to help keep his defense together. Or that when he..."
Local and National Headlines for Sooner Football |
Thursday, January 1 |
Happy 2009 Sooner fans! Now back to the serious business at hand. The OU football team departs for Florida on Friday morning and holds its first bowl practice in the Sunshine State later that evening. Check SoonerSports.com frequently throughout the week leading up to the game as we'll post official coverage of the Sooners direct from team headquarters you won't find anywhere else.
Daily Bowl Updates | OU Fan Primer | Sooner Bowl Central • Dennis Dodd of CBS: "We want to have the kind of program that has a chance to play for these things," Castiglione said. "You can't undervalue winning six conference championships in 10 years. That is phenomenal when you do that." So why is Stoops being judged with a skeptical eye going into this championship..."
• Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World: "Because the duo has given up few big plays, while playing some of the steadiest, stickiest cornerback of the Bob Stoops era, the Sooners have won 12 of 13. A 13th win would bring OU an eighth national championship. But OU must slow an offense that rings up 45 points per game..."
• Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman: "What's interesting, though, is that the Sooners chose to feed off that banner. They didn't need ESPN to remind them of bowl failure. They remind themselves. "There has been a lot different attitude with this team," OU quarterback Sam Bradford said. "I think it started in the..."
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