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Oklahoma will feature true freshmen Trey Franks and Brennan Clay on kick returns Saturday against Utah State, coach Bob Stoops said during his weekly press conference Tuesday. Franks was a state champion in track in Texas. Clay, a dynamic RB and receiver in San Diego. Both players have showed...

Bob Stoops looks up during the last seconds of the first half against the University of Southern California (USC) in the Orange Bowl National Championship game at Pro Player Stadium in Miami on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops was on the Dan Patrick...

OU coach Bob Stoops announced on his weekly radio show Tuesday night that sophomore walk-on Patrick O’Hara has won the kicking competition. O’Hara was 6-of-9 on field goals last season, 15-of-15 on PATs. Stoops said earlier Tuesday he had selected his kicker but wanted to talk to all four...

Two years ago, Gabe Ikard was suiting for tight end for Class 4A Bishop McGuinness. In four days, he’ll be suiting up for offensive guard for the Division I Sooners. And not only suiting up, but playing, too. Ikard, a redshirt freshmen out of Oklahoma City, has made remarkable progress in...

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Bob Stoops today during the Big 12 coaches weekly teleconference: Big non-conference games ‘high risk, low reward’ OU football coach Bob Stoops said he’s no longer in favor of playing a competitive non-conference football schedule.

Defensive coordinator Brent Venables was asked a question about freshman linebacker Corey Nelson the other day, but thought the question was about freshman fullback Trey Millard. “Man, he’s a load at fullback,” Venables said. “We haven’t had a load like that since J.D. (Runnels).”...

Who is OU’s fastest player? That questions gets asked time and time again. Well now, we have an answer. The Sooners released the results from its August testing, which includes the 40-yard dash. The winner? In a surprise, true freshman wideout Kenny Stills tied safety Jonathan Nelson with...

Austin Haywood, a freshman tight end out of Southmoore High School, is still learning the plays. Still learning how to block. Still learning the speed of the college game. But one thing he can do well already is catch the ball downfield. Perhaps better than any other Sooner tight end. Which is...

Oklahoma freshman running back Roy Finch sustained a hairline fracture in his ankle, when he injured it during last week’s scrimmage, coach Bob Stoops said Wednesday. The injury originally was believed to be only a sprain. “He’s in a cast, walking around best he can on crutches,”...

Plan on putting on the pounds this OU-Texas weekend. According to the Dallas Morning News, here’s some of what will be served (fried) at this year’s State Fair of Texas: Fried Beer: Beer-filled pretzel pocket is deep-fried to a golden brown. One bite and the escaping beer serves as a...

The OU players have selected sophomore quarterback Landry Jones, junior linebacker Travis Lewis and senior defensive end Jeremy Beal to be their captains for this season. “By far and away the vote getters,” coach Bob Stoops said. Jones followed in the footsteps of Sam Bradford, who too...

Suffice to say, Bob Stoops was not fired up Tuesday about the Sooners’ situation at place-kicker, where Patrick O’Hara, Jimmy Stevens, Bryce Easley and Michael Hunnicutt are all vying for the starting job. How did your kickers handle Tuesday’s wind? “Not good enough,” Stoops said....

Chat with OU football beat writer Jake Trotter at 11 a.m.

Who will get the No. 2 carries behind starter DeMarco Murray? It’s looking like Mossis Madu. Offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson said after Monday’s practice that the senior from Norman High has separated himself in the congested competition for backup running back. “Mossis has been...

Monday morning, OU released its latest two-deep depth chart, which featured a few surprising developments. A lot can change between now and the Sooners’ Sept. 4 opener against Utah State. But this serves as a good indicator of how certain players are performing behind closed doors. Some...

After losing five games last year, the Sooners finished the 2009 season outside the Top 25 of the Associated Press poll. But thanks to how they closed the year, with back-to-back wins over Oklahoma State and Stanford in the Sun Bowl, the Sooners will begin the 2010 season No. 7 in the AP poll,...

Free safety Quinton Carter said he and running back DeMarco Murray were involved in some mixed martial arts training this past summer in Las Vegas, their hometown. Carter said MMA works on different muscles. “Sparring works on your shoulder,” Carter said. “Punching the bag gets your...

Sooner LB Travis Lewis has two seasons of eligibility left. One, if after this season he decides to enter the NFL Draft, where he’s projected to be a possible first-round pick. But Lewis has already begun grooming his replacement at weak-side linebacker: true freshman Corey Nelson, whom...

Sooner quarterback Landry Jones was not pleased with how he played in OU’s scrimmage Thursday. “I didn’t play very well in the scrimmage,” Jones said. “I had a lot of mental busts. I have to come back and keep working, keep striving. Put it in the back of my mind, forget about this...