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UConn-Oklahoma Chat, Part II, 12/31 4 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Steve Brewer on Jan 02, 2011 @ 4:58 am How much did Oklahoma Sooners pay the NCAA to get UCONN as opposition? Looks like the old Barry Switzer days! Read More

UConn players talk about Fiesta December 30, 2010 Jake Trotter talks with UConn players about the Fiesta Bowl: -JT 2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post H. Read More

Travis Lewis hints at staying

December 30, 2010 Junior linebacker Travis Lewis sure sounded this week like somebody who’s leaning toward coming back to OU for another season. “I want to win and I love winning,” Lewis said. I’ve played in a national championship and I haven’t won it. There’s a team coming back that’s capable of doing it and... Read More

Getting In and Out December 30, 2010 In-and-Out Burger has been a big hit with the Sooner players this week, especially since Oklahoma doesn’t have one. For freshman wideout Kenny Stills, however, In-and-Out is nothing special. Stills is from the San Diego area, where there’s an In-and-Out on every corner. But Stills has helped his teammates... Read More

Blake Bell talks about his future December 29, 2010 Jake Trotter talks with Oklahoma freshman quarterback Blake Bell about his future: -JT 2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Karen Pappan on Jan 01, 2012 @ 9:12 pm Dear Blake; Thank you so very much for sending a message to Kelly who also... Read More

Stoops says Go Hawks December 28, 2010 As soon as this afternoon’s practice ended, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops began to get fired up for the big game. Not OU-UConn. But tonight’s Insight Bowl between Missouri and Stoops’ alma mater Iowa. “I got my Hawkeye gear ready to go,” said Stoops, who will attend the game with family and about 60 of his... Read More

Travis Lewis chows down December 28, 2010 OU’s Tuesday morning interview session was minus one member. Sooner linebacker Travis Lewis woke up sick and didn’t make it over to the media headquarters. A few of his teammates surmised the culprit: Monday night’s dinner at Fogo de Chao, a Brazilian steakhouse where Lewis apparently ate himself into a... Read More

Fiesta Bowl Q&As with UConn’s Joe Moorhead, Anthony Sherman, Zach Hurd and Zach Frazer

December 28, 2010 The offense from UConn took its turn in front of the media on Tuesday in Arizona. Here’s a look at what they had to say: Connecticut Offensive Coordinator Joe MoorheadQ: Talk about being an underdog team? A: “Coach Edsall does a great job with our in team in terms of what our mentality will be. He always... Read More

Best of 2010-Part 4 of 12

December 27, 2010 I realized the other day that by picking five or six pictures from each month, I’m probably watering down the Best of 2010 selections. In our staff collection in Merlin, there are some months with only a couple of pictures. Hopefully though, this will give you a good idea of the pictures that we take and a... Read More

UConn impressed by OU’s tempo December 27, 2010 Among the challenges OU poses to UConn is a hurry-up, no-huddle offense that has resulted in 1,131 snaps for the Sooner offense this season. No other team has more than 1,000. “They are trying to catch you off guard, or catch another guy on the field,” linebacker Lawrence Wilson said. “If you are not set... Read More

Whitney Hand expected back for TCU December 27, 2010 Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones said Monday that his girlfriend, OU women’s basketball guard Whitney Hand, is planning to make her season debut Sunday at TCU. Hand has missed the entire season after undergoing offseason knee surgery to repair an ACL tear. The same injury also sat her all but the first five... Read More

UConn safety doesn’t make trip to Arizona December 27, 2010 Connecticut faces a daunting challenge in the Fiesta Bowl in containing Oklahoma’s high-flying passing attack. Now, the Huskies will have to do it without nickelback Mike Lang. Lang, one of UConn’s three primary safeties, did not make the trip to Phoenix due to grades. It’s the second straight year Lang... Read More

Vegas expecting big days from Sooner trio December 22, 2010 Las Vegas is counting on Oklahoma’s offensive trio to unleash huge performances in the Fiesta Bowl. Quarterback Landry Jones is the odds on favorite to have the most passing yards in a bowl game this season, according to bowl game odds released by Bodog.com. And receiver Ryan Broyles is the betting favorite to... Read More

Stoops: Keeping players all in for bowl a challenge December 21, 2010 Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops admitted Tuesday that keeping upperclassmen players “all in” from the end of the season to the bowl game has been a challenge in the past. “That’s a legitimate factor,” Stoops said during his pre-Fiesta Bowl press conference — the Sooners will meet Connecticut on Jan. 1.... Read More

Best of 2010-Part 3 of 12 (Brought to you by basketball)

December 21, 2010 In March, the photo department put 3,418 pictures into Merlin. Almost half of them had the word ‘basketball’ somewhere in the cutline. With high school and college teams in playoffs and championship games and the Thunder season in full swing, we spent plenty of time sitting on baselines around the state.... Read More

Fiesta Bowl Chat Recap: Join Jake Trotter at 11 a.m. December 21, 2010 OU football beat writer Jake Trotter and The Hartford Courant’s UConn football beat writer Desmond Conner will be chatting live at 11 a.m. today. Join them and talk about the Fiesta Bowl. Read More

OU No. 1? December 20, 2010 Nationalchamps.net came out with its 10th annual early bird college football poll on Monday. Guess who’s No. 1 for 2011? That’s right, with several starters back on either side of the ball, Oklahoma tops the poll. Nationalchamps.net has done a pretty good job over the years of predicting what the preseason... Read More

RB Roy Finch to miss Fiesta Bowl with stress fracture December 18, 2010 Oklahoma freshman running back Roy Finch will miss the Fiesta Bowl due to a “recurrence of a stress fracture injury in his left foot” suffered during Friday’s practice. Team physicians performed surgery Saturday to insert two pins. Bob Stoops said Finch will be sidelined for up to seven weeks, but is... Read More

Sooners hold football banquet Friday night December 18, 2010 Oklahoma’s football team celebrated its season during a banquet at the NCED Conference Center and Hotel on Friday night. On top of honoring the all-conference and All-America selections, the Sooners announced some other awards: * The Derrick Shepard Most Inspirational Walk-On Player was shared by three... Read More

Several Sooners set to earn degrees December 16, 2010 Below is a list of our current football players who will be receiving their degrees at the end of this semester: Jeremy Beal, Multidisciplinary Studies Cory Brandon, Multidisciplinary Studies Emmanuel Jones, Multidisciplinary Studies Brian Lepak, Finance Mossis Madu, Human Relations Eric Mensik,... Read More

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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.