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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

9 months

*Borat voice* MAH WIFE

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

They didn’t budge for three hours.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Lincoln Riley looked a lot of recruits in the eye this past year and told them he wasn't going anywhere, that he was the #Sooners ' head coach for the long haul. Those kids that took him at his word are hurting today. Some I spoke to were in tears. This sucks the most for them.

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Parker Thune

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6 months

In his media session tonight, Drake Stoops categorically rejected any notion that the #Sooners don't have much left to play for in 2023, despite being out of the CFP race. "I come in here day in and day out, 10 hours in here every day. And for me, there's a lot left to play for.…

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Bob Stoops just took off his visor and put it on Brent Venables’ head. THAT is passing the crown.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

0% chance Taylor Swift houses this

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1 year

sports will NEVER be as important as music or any other art. everyone can run and kick balls. a FEW can write and produce songs. being creative and expressing yourselves is something no football player can do successfully and win awards for that

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Here’s Dillon Gabriel’s dagger to Nic Anderson from about as close to the action as you can get.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Well... the #Sooners will be the best-dressed football team in America, per Brent Venables. "We're gonna get our guys a new suit every year, bring in a tailor and get them a measurement, make them put a coat and tie on and represent the university. And we're gonna pay for it."

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

4 months

So what you’re telling me is that Baker Mayfield, when not actively entangled in some of the worst organizational debacles the NFL has seen in the 21st century, can actually play QB at a pretty high level? ASTONISHING

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

The fact that Caleb Williams will never participate in a College Football Playoff game is as astonishing as it is unforgivable.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Oh boy. #Sooners fans gonna have a field day with this Venables comment. "I was at Clemson for ten years, and I wanted to make sure I left it better than when I got there. Sometimes it doesn't serve you well, selfishly speaking. But you don't bite the hand that feeds you."

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Within the modern recruiting era, Oklahoma had never signed more than five top-100 prospects in a single cycle. They’ve got five top-100 signees in their 2023 class — on the defensive side alone. And Peyton Bowen is the highest-ranked DB signee in school history. 📈📈📈

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

As we all expected, Joe Mixon just became the first #Sooners alumnus to throw a touchdown in the Super Bowl.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

As an era ends, a new one dawns. #Sooners

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

3 years

Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts all threw touchdown passes today. solid afternoon for QBU. #OUDNA

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Nice father-son moment between a humble liquor salesman and his boy here at the Alamodome.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Gabriel was asked what it meant to him to connect with Drake Stoops for a touchdown on the #Sooners ' senior day. "Drake is... Drake is my best friend. I told him a while ago, that dude's gonna be in my wedding."

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Hey, Twitter fam… meet Rebekah. This girl is a purple belt in karate, a first lieutenant in the Air Force and a huge Saints fan. She’s also my best friend and God’s greatest blessing in my life. She’s going to be my wife… sometime BEFORE September. #committed #NoFallWeddings

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

You notice who’s the first person off the sideline to come and hug Gabriel? JFA.

Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Here’s Dillon Gabriel’s dagger to Nic Anderson from about as close to the action as you can get.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Bold to assume their defense will be forcing a punt

College Transfer Portal

@CollegeFBPortal

7 months

USC football staff spraying water at punt returners during practice to simulate the rain the Trojans will face when playing Notre Dame this weekend. Gotta love it!!

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

The #Sooners needed a leader, a rudder, a catalyst after Caleb Williams left. Dillon Gabriel was all of those things and so much more for Oklahoma. In many ways, he was the perfect QB to kick off the Brent Venables era.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

4 months

One of the first things Brent Venables did at his postgame presser was praise Drake Stoops. “He’s made every person in the Oklahoma football program better.” He then turned to Stoops to address him directly. “You’ve enriched all of our lives… thank you, man. Love you.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

Everybody will chirp about the PI no-call, but they literally called flood left on fourth-and-5 and threw short of the sticks. I am at a loss.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

It’s a wrap. @mikehawkinsj is officially on board with the #Sooners , and he’s looking to bring the cavalry with him to Norman in the 2024 class. “I’d say Caden Durham, Bryant Wesco, David Stone — he’s for sure one [I want] — and Max Anderson.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

It’s the #Sooners for Sammy Omosigho. Four-star LB is the ninth commit of the cycle for Oklahoma.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Quite an answer from five-star #Sooners QB signee Jackson Arnold ( @_JacksonArnold_ ) when asked if NIL played a role in his recruitment.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Venables on Jaren Kanak: "I tried to reassure him that Clemson was the great place he fell in love with. I told him I didn't have a spot for him." Said he was "trying to do the right thing" ethically, and that Dabo Swinney eventually gave Kanak his blessing to join the #Sooners .

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

I just wanted to share this photo with you all.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Brent Venables, Servant Leader. #Sooners

Oklahoma Football

@OU_Football

2 years

Welcome home fellas! 🏠 #OUDNA #BoomerSooner

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

I’m sorry. This is an embarrassment. Put Nick Evers in the game and live with the results. The gimmicks are utterly pointless when you’re down by three touchdowns.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

What you witnessed tonight is what will happen for the remainder of the season whenever USC faces a team that can remotely neutralize Caleb Williams. This is the epitome of a one-dimensional football team.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Biggest winners today: — Dillon Gabriel — Ethan Downs — Jalil Farooq — Cayden Green — Gentry Williams

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Folks… I give you composite five-star edge rusher @PjBawore

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Yeah this is probably the shot of the year

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

Also. I don’t care what the hell you think of Dillon Gabriel as a player. He is a phenomenal teammate, and that is undeniable.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

The last #Sooners quarterback to win a national title was a left-handed transfer who decided at the eleventh hour to come to Norman and play under a first-time head coach. …

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Gabriel gets choked up as he’s asked by @BerryTramel what the win means to his supporters in Hawaii. “There’s three things I represent: the name on the front, the name on the back, and the state of Hawaii… I love that place. I love everything I represent.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Venables: “The winning will come. I know that, without question.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Pretty obvious from Nick Evers’ statement that he feels he wasn’t given a fair shake in Norman. And given the events of Oct. 8, one can certainly see why.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

3 years

How’s this for a bizarre factoid? Baker Mayfield is the oldest quarterback left in the AFC playoff field and Aaron Rodgers is the youngest quarterback left in the NFC playoff field.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

HE TROLLED EVERYONE BRUH

DannyStutsman

@FbStutsman

5 months

I’M NOT 🤬 LEAVING.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Imagine, if you will, a world where the legend of General Booty is born at the Cotton Bowl. I need this to happen.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Brent Venables just pointed out that no Sooner had ever logged three pick-sixes in the same season until Billy Bowman.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

The #Sooners ’ quarterback of the future just won a prestigious national award over Texas’ quarterback of the future and USC’s quarterback of the future. That’ll play well on social media tonight.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Brent Venables just brought up the fact that he's coached in eight national title games and 30 bowls. "I say that not in a braggadocious way, but... I recognize how hard it is to get there. It starts at the line of scrimmage. You can't hide weakness up front." #Sooners

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Average CFB player: “DM’s open for all NIL deals” Andrew Raym: “Yo let me come slop the hogs and sling the hay at your farm” Beauty.

Andrew Raym7️⃣3️⃣

@andrew_raymBAHS

2 years

Any farms/ranches in the 405, preferably closer to Norman, in need of a ranch hand this spring and summer? Got lots of experience. DM if you could use the help!! Boomer!! #sooner

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

4 months

20 minutes after tonight’s practice ended at the Under Armour All-American Game festivities, three-star OL and #Sooners signee Daniel Akinkunmi was still out on the field — literally all alone — drilling his footwork individually. Kid’s determined to be different.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Bob Stoops is a freaking samurai when it comes to underhanded, tactful shade.

𝕺𝖐𝖑𝖆𝖍𝖔𝖒𝖆 𝖛𝖘. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉

@soonergridiron

2 years

Bob Stoops on when he learned of Lincoln Riley's departure. 😂 Woodson: "You still got a office there?" Stoops: "No, I just went into one I built." ⚡️ #OUDNA | #BoomerSooner

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Dawg… of all the Danny Stutsman things, THAT is the most Danny Stutsman thing of all time

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Long after all his teammates had already left the practice field and hit the showers, one #Sooners freshman remained on the field, honing his technique in solitude. Even as a freshman, @TheJaydenRowe is already putting in the extra work.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Key Lawrence just walked past a group of Cincinnati recruits who had trickled onto the field after the game. “Aye. Come to OU. Y’all come to OU.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

3 years

Nearly 20 minutes after the #Sooners ’ 76-0 romp over Western Carolina went final, the Pride of Oklahoma is still on the field, playing Amazing Grace in tribute to the victims of 9/11. Beautiful.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

8 months

Brent Venables says he was unaware Art Briles was on the field and was informed shortly before walking into the press conference. “That’s being dealt with.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

DJ Hicks is here, decked out in a #Sooners coat and beanie. I’d add a photo, but… rules, I guess.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Former Oklahoma State DL Trace Ford has committed to the #Sooners , per his Instagram. Huge head-to-head win over USC on the trail for Brent Venables and his staff.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Venables says spiritual enrichment is a crucial facet of his SOUL program. "Shame on us if we're not providing opportunities for young people to grow in their faith. I'm not here to save everybody, but I'm a Christian. And I'm not afraid to express my beliefs." #Sooners

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Over the past nine months or so, Lincoln Riley had wholly focused the efforts of the #Sooners ' offensive skill-position recruiting on the West Coast. Sure makes you wonder. Especially given that it wasn't difficult to foresee that USC vacancy coming open.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Anybody surprised by Tawee Walker's portal departure really shouldn't be. He wasn't on scholarship for the #Sooners , and did more than enough this year to land a scholarship opportunity elsewhere. He's one of the toughest runners in the nation. Period.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Billy Bowman deserves the Thorpe.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 months

Brent Venables just announced that #Sooners DB Justin Harrington has won his appeal for a seventh year of eligibility. Huge news.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Starting quarterback hurt. Starting running back hurt. Starting wide receiver hurt. Starting safety hurt. Starting right tackle hurt. Like… forget the scoreboard for a second and it’s still an abject disaster.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

The #Sooners weren't even planning on taking a portal receiver two weeks ago. Then they started poking around. Then they got serious about it. And then Emmett Jones casually pulled the No. 1 transfer wideout in America. That man has more than earned his salary this year.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

Somebody has 22 catches for 298 yards and four touchdowns in the last two games. And some of y’all swore up and down that he only saw the field because he’s the coach’s kid. Dawg.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Know what’s encouraging? Brent Venables and this staff still coaching like every down matters.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Venables on his first impression of @calebkkelly : "First time I met Caleb Kelly, I was like, THAT guy's got a story that needs to be heard. And he's a connector. He also has a heart for people. The light inside of that guy, I saw it within the first 30 seconds." #Sooners

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

4 months

Taylor Tatum has signed with the #Sooners .

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Nic Anderson caught one (1) pass today.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Holy crap Gavin Freeman. Kid chose to walk on at OU over scholarships elsewhere. Now he scores in his first career game. What a moment for the homegrown kid.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

For all that Dillon Gabriel is as a player, he’s also truly one of the best humans that has ever worn the crimson and cream. Always handled the criticism with grace and the success with humility, and led the #Sooners with consistent unselfishness. The epitome of a class act.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

8 months

Welcome to Oklahoma, Andrel Anthony. Heck of an introduction.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 months

Savion Byrd walked out into the bowl at LaVell Edwards Stadium and took a couple minutes to take it all in. Overheard him say to a BYU stadium staffer, “This is my first time seeing a mountain. Like, at all.”

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Forget Bedlam… USC vs. the spread is the most one-sided rivalry in college football

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Stayed up literally all night working on this jersey swap. Let me know what y’all think

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

7 months

Five DL commits for the #Sooners … but canonically, there are six infinity stones

Nigel Smith 2

@nigel2mith

7 months

Coach V went to work! #BOOMER

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

Good for McKade Mettauer. Good for him.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Caleb Williams is literally sitting in the student section at the #Sooners ’ basketball opener. Like a regular college kid. Turns out Superman isn’t so different from the rest of us after all.

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@ParkerThune

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2 years

One coach came to OU in December with zero (0) commits at his position group. Less than two months later, he got commitments AND signatures from three blue-chip prospects in the span of six hours. Hats off to Miguel Chavis. Easily the unsung hero of signing day for the #Sooners .

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Fun little quote from #Sooners OL McKade Mettauer tonight. The Cal transfer was asked why Oklahoma was his dream school growing up. "My family went to A&M, but I knew I wanted to break the chain of that [lineage]. I wanted to play big-time football."

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Parker Thune

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5 months

Somehow OU’s defense is the only reason they’re winning and also the only reason BYU is in the game. A true football paradox.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

8 months

He scored on his first touch of the 2022 season. He scored on his first touch of the 2023 season too.

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@ParkerThune

2 years

Brent Venables gonna have his work cut out for him trying to rebuild a team that only managed 11 wins this season. Real tough scene for the #Sooners .

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

One can believe that the #Sooners are headed in the right long-term direction and still be appalled by this performance today. In fact, if you aren’t appalled, I don’t know what to tell you. This is among the worst football games ever played by this institution.

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@ParkerThune

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1 year

#Sooners fans will get well accustomed to this connection. Jackson Arnold on the throw, Jaquaize Pettaway on the catch.

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@ParkerThune

1 year

Peyton Bowen back at practice today with the #Sooners for the first time since the passing of his sister.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

6 months

If nothing else, the #Sooners have a head coach who is willing to assume responsibility for everything, even though the vast majority of the blame for today's loss falls elsewhere. Venables sat in front of reporters and just said, "I blew it."

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Everybody say hello to James Skalski

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

2 years

Utterly befuddled as to how Perrion Winfrey’s development was so — ahem — stunted.

Derek Duke

@DerekDuke25

2 years

Sack #2 for Perrion Winfrey at the Senior Bowl #Sooners

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2 years

Four Heisman Trophy winners spanning nearly 50 years represented in this photo for the #Sooners .

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@ParkerThune

2 years

Say hello to the new guy, #Sooners fans.

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4 months

Jackson Arnold was asked how the night went with Seth Littrell’s playcalling. “I loved what Coach Littrell and Coach Finley did tonight… Those mistakes were on me. I’m gonna take the full blame for that. I’ve just got to be better.”

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@ParkerThune

1 year

That ball didn't touch the ground. Goodnight, Alex Grinch.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

5 years

Since this award was established in 1998... @OU_Football has had 5 different quarterbacks win AP Player of the Year. The entire SEC has had 4 total players win the AP Player of the Year. #OUDNA

SportsCenter

@SportsCenter

5 years

Kyler Murray wins the AP Player of the Year 🏆 Murray beat out Tua Tagovailoa by 56 votes.

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5 months

dolla dolla Bills y’all

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3 years

I was in the tunnel at halftime as the #Sooners trailed 38-20. As I’m watching the two teams re-take the field, Caleb Williams walks by with a smile on his face, turns to fist-bump a team assistant and says, “Let’s go win.” And then he went and did the dang thing. Different.

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Parker Thune

@ParkerThune

1 year

Drought’s over. The #Sooners sign their first five-star on the defensive side of the ball since Caleb Kelly in 2016.

Oklahoma Football

@OU_Football

1 year

Chosen for your intelligence, maturity and dedication to your craft. Welcome to the Oklahoma family @PjBawore ! 🧬 #OUDNA | #CHO23N

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Daniel Akinkunmi just straight stonewalled four-star Texas A&M signee Dealyn Evans not once, but twice. Kid came across the pond to make a statement.

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2 years

Courtesy of ⁦ @TravisSkol ⁩ — four-star #Sooners DB commit Jayden Rowe putting pen to paper. Huge add for Oklahoma, as Rowe’s versatility and athleticism gives him a massive ceiling in Brent Venables’ scheme.

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