Berry Tramel

OU won the Big 12 South with a 6-2 conference record in 2002.  That’s nothing new in the Big 12 Conference, where less-than-gaudy records regularly have won a division.In the South, 6-2 won in 1996 (Texas), 1997 (Texas A&M), 1999 (Texas) and 2002 (OU). In the North, 6-2 won in 2000...

Colorado football seems in good hands. The Hawkins hands. Coach Dan and quarterback Cody engineered Colorado’s 27-24 upset of OU on Saturday, and the rally from a 24-7 deficit could be a defining moment for the Buffaloes. Dan, in his second year in the Flatirons, and his staff clearly...

Sorry for the lateness of this week’s dispatch from the College Football Road. It’s been a crazy week. On rare occasions, I’ve covered two college football games in a weekend. Heck, one day, I did a doubleheader on a single Saturday. Oct. 19, 1996, OSU-Iowa State in Stillwater, with a 1...

Florida’s Tim Tebow leads the latest Scripps-Howard Heisman Trophy poll. I don’t know which is sillier; the Tebow part or the poll itself. A Heisman poll in November seems a little shaky. A Heisman poll in September is ridiculous. These guys have played two or three games, often against...

Things are getting nasty in Seattle. The Sonics file for arbitration; the city files a lawsuit. You would think this guarantees one thing. The Sonics are leaving. We just don’t know when. Can you imagine the ice age if the Sonics win their suit and the Sonics are forced to stay at KeyArena...

Lost in the what’s-wrong-with-Bobby Reid talk and the Mike Gundy tirade against Jenni Carlson is this: OSU now plays its best quarterback. Zac Robinson can’t make all the throws that Reid could make, but he makes enough, and he tops it with excellent running ability. Scrambles and options...

This game is coming into focus. OSU’s offense looks good. Tech’s offense looks good. OSU’s defense stinks. Tech’s defense stinks. And neither team’s fans have distinguished themselves. Tech’s contingent up from Lubbock is well below Big 12 standards. Less than 2,000 I’d say. Most...

OSU freshman Kendall Hunter reeled off a 9-yard gain in Tech territory, and from the luxury suite next to the pressbox, which housed a Texas Tech contingent including athletic director Gerald Myers, came this cry of dismay: “Hey, Tech, they’re wearing orange, they’re not that hard to...

Graham Harrell has 166 yards passing with 3:16 left in the first quarter. If OSU’s offense keeps scoring, Harrell could throw for 800 yards. Tech just faced 3rd-and-13 from its 19-yard line, and Harrell just heaved a deep ball. Sort of a backyard throw. No, no backyard could hold that...

Kendall Hunter just danced his way to a 46-yard touchdown run off a draw play, and I swear, I thought it was Dantrell Savage until Hunter got to the goal line. Savage has been spectacular so far, with 60 yards on eight carries and a bunch of darting, where-did-he-go runs. But then along comes...

Dez Bryant just caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Zac Robinson, and finally we’re seeing what all the fuss was about. Bryant has been largely a bust so far; a freshman phenom who drops passes and can’t learn the playbook, even though he’s sorely needed at wide receiver. But Bryant now...

The decision to go with Zac Robinson is looking better and better. Zac just scrambled 48 yards for a touchdown to give OSU a 28-21 lead, and Robinson is doing two things better than Bobby Reid did. He’s running better. And he’s running more. We kept waiting for Reid to tuck it and run;...

OSU-Texas Tech is a tennis match. This game is all about breaking serve. Any possession in which a touchdown is not scored is a lost serve. OSU broke Tech in the second quarter, forcing a Red Raider punt. That’s how OSU got up 21-14. Tech broke back by intercepting Zac Robinson’s deep ball...

OSU’s defense is improving. It made Texas Tech wait 87 seconds before scoring. The Red Raiders went 69 yards in six plays to take a 7-0 lead. OSU’s overmatched secondary was apparent in the drive. Martel Van Zant was turned around by Tech freshman Michael Crabtree, making a short slant a...

No. 14 lined up in the slot after OSU reached first down at the Texas Tech 16-yard line. Some identified the player as Bobby Reid, but no way it could be. Mike Gundy told us quite clearly that Reid would not be used at any position besides quarterback. So No.

Here’s why Tulsa will be hard-pressed to stay with the Sooners, even if it plays a game for the ages: 4th-and-1 is a passing down. The Hurricane faced 4th-and-1 from the OU 28-yard line and tried a direct snap to linebacker-turned-single wing tailback Chris Chamberlain, who tried to find a...

The first volleys have been fired in the OU-Tulsa debate over who has the better quarterback in this game. The first was fired by Tulsa defensive back Roy Roberts. Roberts stepped in front of Malcolm Kelly and intercepted, returning the ball 20 yards to the Tulsa 37-yard line. The second volley...

The Big 12 stinks. I think we can officially make that claim, after Texas A&M’s performance in the Orange Bowl against Miami. The Canes led 31-0 and won 34-17 after letting off the gas. Suddenly, Miami looks like a solid pick for the ACC title. Florida State’s not much. Virginia...

Allen Patrick has 60 yards on eight carries with 3:20 left in the first quarter, which means he could be headed for a big day rushing. The last time OU played in Tulsa, Quentin Griffin had a career day, rushing 17 times for 237 yards. That was the day Jason White struggled in the 2002 season...

Billy Tubbs, watching the game at home, just called our man John Rohde in the pressbox. Rohde and Tubbs are radio partners on WKY. Tubbs had a mission for Rohde. “Go up there and kick Bob Davie’s butt,” Tubbs told Rohde. Tubbs was miffed that Davie was talking about Notre Dame, and Lou...