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Oklahoma safety Nic Harris, safety Lendy Holmes, wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias, wide receiver Manny Johnson, offensive tackle Phil Loadholt and offensive guard Duke Robinson will be among the more than 300 college players participating in the NFL Scouting Combine Feb. 18-24 in Indianapolis. How they perform... Read More

Sooners land 2010 verbal January 30, 2009 The 2009 recruiting class isn’t finished, but that hasn’t stopped Oklahoma from working on next year’s group. The Sooners received their first commitment for the 2010 recruiting class, garnering a verbal commitment from defensive tackle Daniel Noble out of Flower Mound, Texas, according to the recruiting... Read More

“Sooners Send The Right Message” January 28, 2009 The Oklahoman received an email today from Matt Eventoff, who is a public speaking expert. Eventoff was in Miami a couple of week ago on business and just happened to stay at the same hotel the Sooners did during the BCS National Championship. Eventoff was so impressed by what he encountered, he decided to write us... Read More

OU No. 1 in another poll January 28, 2009 A week after ranking as the No. 1 college football program all-time by ESPN, the Oklahoma Sooners are No. 1 in another ranking. The Bleacher Report made OU its No. 1 program of all-time as well. OU is followed by Alabama and Penn State. To read the rest of the rankings, click on the link. Read More

Reed not giving up January 26, 2009 Former Oklahoma linebacker Mike Reed, whose plight Berry Tramel chronicled last year in this wonderful column, is not giving up on his dream of playing football in the NFL. Reed, who transferred to UCO last year, is on the Texas vs. The Nation all-star game roster. Reed will be playing for The Nation, which will... Read More

Bradford speaks January 26, 2009 Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was the subject of a compelling Q&A with Tim Brando in this morning’s Sporting News daily newspaper. Here’s what Bradford said: “There are a lot of things that went into that decision,” Bradford told Brando. “But I think one of the things that was very important... Read More

OU No. 1 (all-time) January 23, 2009 Who is No. 1 for the ages? Well, according to ESPN.com’s prestige rankings, Oklahoma is. ESPN’s prestige rankings are a numerical method of ranking the best FBS college football programs since the 1936 season. Point values were assigned for certain successes (win a national title, earn 25 points) and... Read More

Senior Bowl reunion January 21, 2009 After a three-year hiatus, quarterback Rhett Bomar will be reunited with two of his receivers from his freshman season at Oklahoma. Bomar will team up with Sooner wideouts Juaquin Iglesias and Manny Johnson on the North team in Mobile, Ala., during Saturday’s Senior Bowl, which will be shown at 6 p.m. on the... Read More

Jones de-commits from Sooners January 20, 2009 Oklahoma is back down to 20 verbal commitments. Three-star athlete Darius Jones, of Marshall, Texas, told the recruiting Web site Rivals.com Tuesday that he has switched his commitment from OU to Baylor and intends to sign with the Bears. “My heart was never into Oklahoma,” Jones said. “I’ve been down... Read More

Bradford was never close to leaving Oklahoma January 20, 2009 Blair Kerkhoff had a story in the KC Star about Sam Bradford’s decision to come back: A final word on last week’s deadline for underclassmen announcing their NFL draft intentions: Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford was never close to leaving college. “He wanted to come back to OU for at least one more year... Read More

Bobby Jack a candidate at UTSA? January 17, 2009 After getting approval from the University of Texas board of regents last month to establish a football program, the University of Texas-San Antonio began searching for a head coach over the weekend. Among the possible candidates mentioned by the San Antonio Express-News was Oklahoma defensive backs coach and... Read More

7 Sooners in all-star games January 15, 2009 Three Oklahoma seniors will participate in the East-West Shrine Game in Houston on Saturday. Wide receiver Manny Johnson, center Jon Cooper and free safety Lendy Holmes will play for the West. Oklahoma State punter Matt Fodge will also play for the West. The Shrine Game will be televised at 3 p.m. on ESPN2.... Read More

Bob Stoops song January 13, 2009 Singer/songwriter Ryan Parker, who has written a ton of funny sports songs over the years (my favorite is Jay Bruce Almighty) has posted an interesting (an unflattering) song about Sooner coach Bob Stoops. Read More

Is Oklahoma re-recruiting Sam Bradford? January 13, 2009 Today, Mayor Mick Cornett declared Jan. 13 “Sam Bradford Day” in Oklahoma City. This should be called “Sam Bradford Week” because that’s all anyone is thinking about this week, including me. Will he turn pro? Truthfully, I can’t say. But the buzz (and who knows if this is what’s actually... Read More

BCS, after the dust has settled…

January 12, 2009 OU’s Sam Bradford gets hit by Florida’s Dustin Doe, center, and Carlos Dunlap during the second half of the BCS National Championship college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Florida Gators on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. PHOTO... Read More

Heupel staying… January 12, 2009 It’s not definite, but it appears that OU quarterbacks coach Josh Heupel will not be leaving to be the offensive coordinator at Minnesota. Word out of Minnesota is that Golden Gophers head coach Tim Brewster spoke with Heupel by phone over the weekend, and either offered Heupel the job and was turned down or... Read More

It’s BCS time

January 08, 2009 We’ve arrived at the stadium and have been outside taking pictures of fans. Here’s some pictures from before the game. Enjoy. Dylan and Rachel Cole of Moore, Okla., take their photo outside Dolphin Stadium before the BCS National Championship college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners... Read More

Welcome to Miami

January 08, 2009 OU football fans travel along I-75 from Fort Myers to the Miami area. By Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman The Oklahoman’s photography crew touched down in Florida yesterday to cover today’s BCS National Championship game between OU and Florida. For the trip we’ve brought three still photographers, Bryan Terry,... Read More

BCS Championship: OU vs. Florida Live Blog January 08, 2009 127 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Titan on Jan 14, 2009 @ 7:49 am Read More

Leftover notebook items about the big game… January 07, 2009 Some leftover notes from Miami we couldn’t fit into the paper: Meyer Wants to Protect Tebow Meyer wants to limit Tebow’s running. Tebow carried 27 times against Ole Miss last season. “I won’t do that again,” Meyer said, even though Tebow carried 154 times this season, almost double any other Gator.... Read More

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The OU Bloggers

Stephanie Kuzydym

OU Sports Reporter

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.

Anthony Slater

Reporter

Anthony Slater has been NewsOK.com's lead sports blogger since the summer of 2012, covering Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Before that, he covered OSU athletics for The Daily O'Collegian, working as the sports editor and beat writer for football and men's basketball. Originally from Northern California, he has lived in Oklahoma the past three years.

Jason Kersey

OU Sports Reporter

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.