Oklahoma Rumors & News

The Athletic "Oklahoma added to its No. 1-ranked 2023 recruiting class with a verbal commitment from five-star wide receiver DeAndre Moore on Friday. Moore, the 33rd-ranked recruit in the 2023 class according to the 247Sports Composite, selected the Sooners over programs such as Alabama, Florida State,..." September 24

SI "The Oklahoma defense has played well through their first three contests, but defensive coordinator Alex Grinch wants even more. While the defensive line has lived up to their preseason hype, Grinch said he needs to see more out of his inside linebackers, specifically when..." September 22

Larry Brown Sports "On July 1, student-athletes earned the right to be compensated for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL) for the first time ever. It didn’t take long before college players started cashing in and earlier this week, Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler joined..." September 18

Sportsnaut "Oklahoma will honor the Selmon brothers — key players of its teams from the early 1970s — with a statue. Plans were revealed Friday night during festivities marking the 50th anniversary of the classic 1971 game between Oklahoma and Nebraska, known as the Game of the..." September 18

Sporting News "Nebraska and Oklahoma haven't played each other since 2010, but clearly no love has been lost between these former Big 12 rivals if their pregame skirmish is any indication. Roughly 20 minutes before kickoff of Saturday's game between the Cornhuskers and third-ranked Sooners,..." September 18

Yardbarker "Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young was in attendance for Saturday's matchup between the Oklahoma Sooners and Nebraska Cornhuskers at the "Palace on the Prairie." Young posted a photo to his Twitter of the jersey he was wearing at Saturday's..." September 18

The Athletic "For the first time since he was hiring an offensive coordinator in 2015, Bob Stoops interviewed Lincoln Riley. This time, of course, it wasn’t a job interview, but an interview for a segment on Fox Sports’ Big Noon Kickoff. Stoops is in his first year as a panelist on the..." September 16

CBS Sports "They'll play a game Saturday morning in which the home team is a 22-point favorite. The game was deemed so non-competitive that the visiting team tried to cancel it a scant six months ago. Forget about the label once affixed to the most notable game in this rivalry's history:..." September 15

Clutch Points "Week 1 of the college football season came and went and there were some upsets, of course. But, there were some big names that absolutely balled out, including Alabama quarterback Bryce Young who led the Crimson Tide to a victory over Miami. On Sunday, the..." September 05

The Big Lead "Spencer Rattler was a very popular preseason Heisman Trophy pick. Rattler is a good player with the kind of skillset to thrive in Lincoln Riley's high-flying passing offense. Rattler is no Kyler Murray or Baker Mayfield right now, but a QB under Riley does not need to..." September 04

Sportsnaut "Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler is the universal favorite to win the 2021 Heisman Trophy based on season-opening odds at regulated sportsbooks. Rattler is +650 at BetMGM, ahead of Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, Alabama quarterback Bryce Young and Georgia quarterback JT..." September 03

ESPN "Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Oklahoma-Tulane game set for Saturday will not be played in New Orleans due to the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, sources told ESPN. Tulane was set to host No. 2 Oklahoma on..." August 30

SI "ccording to a  report in the OU Daily, sophomore running back Tre Bradford is no longer with the Oklahoma football team.  The Daily report cites "multiple" unnamed sources in saying Bradford has missed the Sooners' last two practices...." August 26

Fan Nation "To hear Woodi Washington tell it, he and Key Lawrence staged some pretty good basketball battles growing up in Tennessee. To hear Lawrence tell it, that’s not entirely accurate. “Of course he’s got to say that,” Lawrence said..." August 19

Fan Nation "The Oklahoma offensive line is intent on getting off to a better start in 2021. Though plenty of guys were returning to start ahead of the 2020 season, the pandemic wiping out spring football and summer conditioning bled over to a slow start once the Sooners hit conference..." August 18

Bleacher Report "The University of Oklahoma lost a commitment from elite wideout prospect Luther Burden on Tuesday. Burden announced his decision to reopen his recruitment, calling the choice a "business decision." The East St. Louis, Illinois, native is the No. 5 recruit in the nation,..." August 17

CBS Sports "The defending national champion Alabama Crimson Tide enter the 2021 season in the same positioning in which they finished the 2020 season -- No. 1 in the AP Top 25. With the college football season beginning in less than two weeks, Alabama is clearly projected as the top..." August 16

CBS Sports "Makai Lemon, a five-star athlete and the No. 33 overall player in the Class of 2023, announced live Saturday on CBS Sports HQ that he will continue his football career at Oklahoma. Lemon chose the Sooners over fellow finalists USC, Alabama, Arizona and Arizona..." August 07

Larry Brown Sports "The SEC’s eight-game conference schedule could become a thing of the past within the next few seasons. According to Andy Staples of The Athletic, the SEC is keeping all options on the table for scheduling once Texas and Oklahoma join the conference. One option being..." August 03

Total Pro Sports "The new age of college athletes having the ability to profit off of their name, image and likeness is still getting its feet wet as the athletes are doing everything humanly possible to finally put money in their pockets while in college. Oklahoma redshirt sophomore quarterback..." July 31

CBS Sports "Just nine days after word leaked that Texas and Oklahoma were in talks regarding a landscape-changing move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference, the seismic shift is officially complete. Following Thursday's unanimous vote by the SEC's chancellors..." July 30

CBS Sports "SEC presidents and chancellors will meet this week to discuss adding Oklahoma and Texas, both Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated and Heather Dinich of ESPN are reporting. The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, will mark another step in seismic conference..." July 27

CBS Sports "Texas and Oklahoma have taken the next step towards migrating to the SEC by declaring their intent to leave the Big 12 with a formal statement informing the conference they will not renew their grant of rights agreements once they expire in 2024-25. The shock that came..." July 26

The Wall Street Journal "Texas and Oklahoma have informed the Big 12 that they intend to leave the league, setting off what is likely to be a jolting realignment of the sport in which powerful schools position themselves to jump from one conference to another in search of bigger paydays and more prestigious..." July 26

The Score "The Big 12 is considering measures to keep Texas and Oklahoma in the conference. It was reported on Wednesday that the two schools had reached out to the SEC about possibly joining the conference. In an effort to entice Texas and Oklahoma to..." July 25

ESPN "Texas and Oklahoma could make their move to the SEC official in a matter of weeks, ESPN has confirmed. The Austin American-Statesman reported Friday that a Big 12 source believed talks between the SEC and the two schools had been ongoing for more than six months, though..." July 23

Larry Brown Sports "The SEC has already pulled ahead of the pack when it comes to athletic dominance in many prominent college sports. They generally have the best teams, most resources, and best fan support in football, baseball and softball, among other sports. Other conferences have competitive programs of..." July 22

The Score "Texas and Oklahoma have reached out to the SEC about possibly joining the conference, reports Brent Zwerneman of the Houston Chronicle. An announcement about the potential move of the two Big 12 schools could take place within a couple of weeks, Zwerneman..." July 21

CBS Sports "One of college football's potential future stars made his commitment Sunday on CBS Sports HQ as five-star quarterback Malachi Nelson, one of the top overall prospects in the 2023 class, gave a verbal pledge Oklahoma as part of a big recruiting weekend for Lincoln Riley's..." July 19

OU Daily "Running back Mikey Henderson has been dismissed from OU, head coach Lincoln Riley announced Tuesday night. Earlier Tuesday, an arrest warrant was requested by the Norman Police Department to the Cleveland County District Attorney's office for Henderson, which was first reported by..." July 07

CBS Sports "Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz announced earlier this week that he has created his own logo for merchandise that he plans to sell as new name, image and likeness rules go into effect. Now an even higher-profile signal-caller has joined the..." July 02

SI "The ChampU BBQ is already paying dividends. Gavin Sawchuk, a 4-star running back from Littleton, Co, has committed to the Sooners per a report from Hayes Fawcett on Twitter. He is rated as the No. 2-overall running back in the 2022 recruiting class per the 247..." June 22

The Score "Five-star wide receiver Jordan Hudson decommitted from Oklahoma, he announced Monday. Hudson chose the Sooners last July over offers from several schools, including Alabama, Texas, and LSU. " June 14

SI "Oklahoma football player Isaiah Thomas was arrested early Sunday morning for failing to appear on a previous petty larceny charge and was booked overnight into the Cleveland County Detention Center. The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office didn’t include any details about the..." June 13

SI "Oklahoma athletic director expressed displeasure Thursday with the decision of Fox Sports to show the Sooners’ Sept. 18 home game with Nebraska in the 11 a.m. time slot. “We are bitterly disappointed,” Castiglone said in a statement on social media, “that the..." May 28

The Athletic "Legendary former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer has delivered countless one-liners, but perhaps none more insightful than the one he wrote in a 2003 Sports Illustrated piece, versions of which he’s repeated several times through the years. “I didn’t create the monster...." May 13

CBS Sports "Just a fair warning: you're going to hear a lot about Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler in the coming months. As the 2021 college football season draws closer, the more you're going to hear about Rattler potentially winning the Heisman while carrying the..." May 12

Bleacher Report "Former Oklahoma football players Seth McGowan and Trejan Bridges are facing felony arrest warrants in connection with an alleged armed robbery.  Per Joe Buettner of the Norman Transcript, warrants were filed for McGowan and Bridges in Cleveland County,..." May 07

Bleacher Report "While star players are the headliners of winning teams, the core of a roster provides the foundation for a successful year. In most cases, a quarterback, running back or wide receiver draws the most attention. Once in a while, an edge-rusher or other defensive star might be in the..." May 06

SI "Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan are no longer members of the Oklahoma program. The duo is no longer listed on the online roster, and Lincoln Riley confirmed they are no longer on the team in a Zoom press conference on Thursday. “They’re..." May 06

247 Sports "It appears that Oklahoma will lose a former 4-star recruit, as sophomore running back Seth McGowan entered the NCAA transfer portal on Thursday according to a source. McGowan rushed for 370 yards on 58 carries (6.4 ypc) and three touchdowns last season as a true freshman, and he also..." April 30

USA Today "You can make an argument for every program in the Football Bowl Subdivision benefiting from the transfer portal and the legislation enacted by the NCAA this month allowing all student-athletes one free transfer without sitting out a season. Combined, the portal's exponential..." April 23

Total Pro Sports "Two University of Oklahoma student-athletes are being accused of being involved in a police incident on Thursday night in Norman and have been suspended by the OU athletic department. Their names weren’t released, but eventually two members of the football team were being pegged..." April 17

CBS Sports "Spring games have begun as teams spend the next month winding down spring practices and preparing to enter the offseason conditioning portion of the college football calendar. Every fan is dialed into whatever information they can get from scrimmages or open practices, hoping to get an idea of..." April 12

TMZ "Things Lincoln Riley is good at ... coaching football, drawing up plays and winning games. Things the OU head coach is bad at ... brisket -- clearly. The 37-year-old Sooners head man showed off his Easter dinner on social media Sunday ... and the meat he cooked was..." April 05