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  • Tim Tebow’s a hero

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    A funny song is circulating on the Internet called, “Tim Tebow’s a Hero.” Here’s a link to the song. Below that, are the lyrics.

  • Stoops not the shopper

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Quotable “I haven’t shopped. I haven’t been out to (Sooner Mall) in 10 years once. Took a recruit’s mom there after dinner one time, that’s the only time I think I’ve been in it, other than to go to the playground when my kids were only a year or two old. I’d let them crawl...

  • Robinson, Bradford consensus All-Americans

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    A Big 12 record nine football players have earned 2008 Consensus All-America honors, topping the previous high of eight in 2007. That list included Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, offensive guard Duke Robinson and Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant. Wide receiver Michael Crabtree...

  • OU-BYU in 2009?

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Brigham Young athletic director Tom Holmoe told reporters Wednesday that he’s close to finalizing BYU’s 2009 schedule. Will that include playing Oklahoma in the new Dallas Cowboys stadium in Texas in a season-opener? “I think everybody knows that when I am working with scheduling, I...

  • Billy Sims apologizes

    David Morris | Published: Tue, Dec 16, 2008

    Angi Bruss and I knocked up some quick Sooner headlines today.

  • University of Oklahoma Bowl parties planned---Parties Extra!---December 10, 2008

    Helen Ford Wallace | Published: Wed, Dec 10, 2008

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  • Danielson at it again

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Gary Danielson from CBS Sports joined Andrew Siciliano and Krystal Fernandez Monday on FOX GameTime Live Last week, Danielson said the Big 12 offensive stats “were like pesos. They don’t mean much.” This week, he’s on the stump for Texas, though Danielson said he’s starting to like...

  • MSU officials in KC?

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Mississippi State athletic director Greg Byrne, who is looking for a head football coach, got out of a private plane that was in Kansas City, Mo., for 27 hours last weekend while the Oklahoma Sooners were in town for the Big 12 Championship. The Clarion-Ledger reported Byrne and associate...

  • Who said “fluke?”

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Moments after Saturday’s victory, OU QB Sam Bradford told ABC sideline reporter Lisa Salters the Sooners were motivated by statements made by Missouri players calling OU’s last two wins over the Tigers “flukes.” What statements was Bradford referring to? Hard to say. An exhaustive...

  • LIVE GAME BLOG: The Big 12 Championship

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

  • Q&A with Dave Matter of the Columbia Daily Tribune

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    By Jake Trotter I spoke with Dave Matter, the Missouri football beat writer for the Columbia Daily Tribune, to get his thoughts on the Tigers leading up to the Big 12 Championship. Here’s what he had to say: 1. Why has Missouri struggled at times this year? Turnovers have been a big...

  • Jake Trotter’s All-Big 12 team

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    By Jake Trotter My All-Big 12 first and second team ballot: OFFENSE Position: Name, School First-team Center: Jon Cooper, Oklahoma Second-team Center: David Washington, Oklahoma State First-team Guard-Tackle: Russell Okung, Oklahoma State First-team Guard-Tackle: Duke Robinson, Oklahoma...

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    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

  • Bradford, Brown in this week’s Sports Illustrated:

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

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  • T. Boone Pickens knew OSU would be this good

    David Morris | Published: Wed, Nov 26, 2008

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  • Former boss Snyder back

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Monday, Kansas State announced Bill Snyder, 69, was returning to coach the Wildcats. Stoops and OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables both coached under Snyder at K-State in the 1990s. “I’m excited for coach Snyder,” Stoops said. “You’d expect him to do an excellent job like he...

  • Sooners get another kicker?

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Josh McCuistion at Rivals.com is reporting that Norman North kicker Bryce Easley plans to walk-on at OU, with the hope of earning a scholarship the following year. The Sooners have had an inconsistent kicking game with Jimmy Stevens and Matt Moreland. Easley, who is one of the top kickers in...

  • No Headline

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

  • More on Harrell…

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Don Williams, who has covered Texas Tech football for the Lubbock Avalanche Journal for more than 20 years, gave me his take on why Graham Harrell is outperforming Tech QBs of the past: “Part of what’s allowed Graham Harrell to shine this year is he has 36 career starts, so nearly...

  • TT QBs confident

    Jake Trotter | Updated: Thu, Apr 18, 2013

    Two former Texas Tech are confident, picking the Red Raiders to win in Norman. Their predictions: Cody Hodges, 2005 Tech 49, OU 45: History repeats itself. Graham Harrell throws a TD at the end to win. B.J. Symons, 2003 Tech 45, OU 30: Tech defense is underestimated even though they’ve...



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Stephanie Kuzydym


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Stephanie Kuzydym learned at a young age that life is a game of inches. That's just one reason why she loves football. Kuzydym joined The Oklahoman in July 2012 as a Sooners beat writer.


Before arriving in Norman, Kuzydym was an intern for the sports departments at USA TODAY, the Orlando Sentinel and South Bend (Ind.) Tribune. She was also sports editor of her college paper, the Indiana Daily Student.


Kuzydym is from small town Indiana. She graduated from the IU School of Journalism at Indiana University in May 2012.

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Jason Kersey became The Oklahoman's OU football beat writer in May 2012 after a year covering high school sports and OSU recruiting. Before joining the newspaper in November 2006 as a part-time results clerk, he covered high school football for the Newcastle Pacer. During his time with The Oklahoman, he has also coordinated Thunder coverage, worked on the copy desk and covered several NFL games, including Super Bowl XLV. A Noble High School and OU graduate, he lives in Norman.



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