With a toss of 12 feet, six inches, Iowa redshirt freshman offensive lineman Gennings Dunker (Lena, Ill.) wins the 20th Annual Hay Bale Toss at Solon Beef Days in Solon, Iowa.
#Hawkeyes
A 38-year old Mike Leach introduces the offense that would permanently change the
#Big12
during his one and only spring as Oklahoma offensive coordinator in 1999.
#Sooners
Twenty years ago, Oklahoma became the first No. 1-ranked football team to visit Tuscaloosa, Ala. to play Alabama.
Before the game, ESPN College GameDay ran a feature on Oklahoma linebacker Teddy Lehman that included his high school coach, Bob Stoops and Brent Venables.
#Sooners
Brent Venables has been an assistant coach for 29 seasons. In all those years, he only had three bosses: Bill Snyder, Bob Stoops and Dabo Swinney. Stable, successful and loyal. It is time he got a chance to lead a marquee program. Do it today,
#Sooners
.
#VenablesToNorman
With David Hicks, Oklahoma would have won conference championships and competed for national championships.
Without David Hicks, Oklahoma will win conference championships and compete for national championships.
#Sooners
When Cincinnati came to Norman in 2008, current LSU Coach Brian Kelly was coaching the
#Bearcats
.
Kelly: โLooks like youโre going to have a sellout today?โ
Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops: โOh, weโve been sold out 10 straight years.โ
Kelly: โTen straight years? And 54-2.โ
#Sooners
From the SoonerVision on ESPN+ library is the first episode of โInside Sooner Football with Bob Stoops,โ a 1999 spring game recap.
Even though I was there, I had no recollection that junior quarterback Josh Heupel initially wore No. 10 with the
#Sooners
.
Postgame revelry from Oct. 2000: Oklahoma became the first team in college football history to beat the No. 1 and No. 2-ranked teams in consecutive games.
โIโve seen a lot of people running around with their fingers up in the air โฆthe proper finger, too.โ โ Bob Stoops.
#Sooners
Once upon a time (2014), Cody Thomas started a college football game and quarterbacked the
#Sooners
to a 42-30 win in Lubbock in Patrick Mahomesโ second start at Texas Tech.
Thomas threw for 133 yards, ran for 103 and totaled two touchdowns.
Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman and his father Steve celebrate Dannyโs fourth quarter interception after the
#Sooners
โ 27-13 win at Iowa State.
Oklahoma baseball alum, 2018 Heisman Trophy winner and current Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is in Omaha to support the
#Sooners
at the
#MCWS
.
First-year Oklahoma receivers coach Emmett Jones was on:
โข the Kansas staff that beat Texas in โ21
โข the Texas Tech staff that beat Texas in โ22
โข the
#Sooners
โ staff that
#BeatTexas
on Saturday.
ABCโs Brent Musburger discussing Brent Venables as a head-coaching candidate during the 2001 Oklahoma-Air Force broadcast.
I never dreamed โsome day, some dayโ would be TWENTY-ONE years later, but beyond thrilled the fates allowed it to be with the
#Sooners
.
Waterloo West senior Sahara Williams, a 5-star recruit and 23rd-ranked player nationally by ESPN, talks about her decision to sign with Coach Jennie Baranczyk and the University of Oklahoma womenโs basketball team.
#iahsbkb
#Sooners
Saturday will be Brent Venablesโ first game against his alma mater as a head coach.
The first time he competed against Kansas State as an assistant coach was Oct. 14, 2000.
He was booed.
#Sooners
#KStateFB
๐ถ Messinโ with Schmidty ๐ถ
Listening to this 1999 Jerry Schmidt interview, it is easy to draw parallels between his 1999 arrival and his 2022 return to
@OU_Football
.
Were they โdown by the duck pond, pulling sleds up a hill in 100-degree heatโ again this summer?
#Sooners
Before the iconic 2001 Oklahoma-Texas game, ESPN College GameDay ran a feature asking, โWho is going to have the edge?โ between Oklahoma safety Roy Williams and Texas receiver Roy Williams.
Well, one left the Cotton Bowl with the new nickname โSuperman.โ
#Sooners
#RedRiverRivalry
In his third game as Oklahoma offensive coordinator (1999), Mike Leachโs unit scored seven first-half points at Louisville.
โWe should be scoring every time we come down the field. The problem is, you donโt believe it.โ
#Sooners
exploded for 35 second-half points in a 42-21 win.
Caitlin Clark drills the game-winning three-point basket at the horn.
No. 4 Iowa 76, Michigan State 73.
Clark led all scorers with 40 points.
#Hawkeyes
#B1G
State of the Program: Oklahoma
Brent Venables chuckles and says: "We lost a lot!" He's added a lot, too. Fascinating team and transition. I think they'll contend right away.
Our deep dive season preview on
@OU_Football
:
There was no better Oklahoma menโs basketball player in the first decade of the 2000s than Hollis Price.
Price is the Special Assistant to the Head Coach at the Univ. of Houston.
Houston comes to Norman March 2.
That would be a fine day to add an honored jersey up top.
#Sooners
Look who is sitting in front of me at the NCAA Womenโs Basketball Tournament! Oklahoma menโs basketball coach Porter Moser! Come see his
#Sooners
(19-15) play St. Bonaventure (21-9) in the second round of the
#NIT
Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center.
#BoomerSooner
At C.R. Kennedy, a $1 donation earns an opportunity to win $100 by making a half-court shot. A young boy drills it, but was not awarded the prize as he never paid his entry fee. Kid pays the $1, gets back in line and makes it again.
I asked Oklahoma Coach Brent Venables about the difficulty of regaining confidence defensively after surrendering 40+ points four games in a row.
#Sooners
What a treat to meet up with former Baylor player (1987-91) Steve Stutsman and his son Danny, the next great linebacker for the University of Oklahoma, before the Iowa State-Oklahoma softball doubleheader.
#Sooners
Jalil Farooq and Theo Wease celebrate Farooqโs 41-yard touchdown reception from Dillon Gabriel.
#Sooners
lead Iowa State, 20-6, with 4:18 left in the third quarter.
Former Baylor tight end Steve Stutsman now dons the
#CrimsonAndCream
as his son Danny is on his way to being the next great linebacker for the University of Oklahoma.
#Sooners
Iโve enjoyed following along with todayโs coverage of Oklahoma footballโs local media day.
Back in 2009, a young man named Toby Rowland was set to start his first season as the OU football sideline reporter.
His preseason interviews included a couple of all-timers.
#Sooners
After listening to the interview with Oklahoma linebacker Danny Stutsman, it was clear that someone needed to unearth footage of
#Sooners
โ D-coordinator Ted Roofโs playing days.
Here is Roof (93) making the tackle on three-straight plays (!) for
#GaTech
against Georgia in 1985.
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@FbStutsman
on the 2023 Oklahoma Sooners, expectations for the defense, his leadership role and much more!
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Teddy Lehman on the OU radio broadcast:
โThis is where you donโt yield. โฆ You just continue to make them snap it again. You never know what could go wrong here.โ
1st Down: โNice.โ
2nd: โNice. โฆ Make โem snap it again.โ
3rd: โStuffed.โ
4th: โStuffed.โ
#Sooners
June 1982: After placing second at the NCAA wrestling championships and before blocking for Marcus Dupree during an All-
#Big8
football season that ended for Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, the late Steve โDr. Deathโ Williams wrestled professionally for
#MidSouthWrestling
.
#Sooners
Getting my
#thyroid
levels under control came with a price.
I had to become more vigilant about my diet, and the photos from my March Oklahoma trip provided that necessary moment of clarity.
Happy to say I am down 50 pounds since March 30.
#WeightLossGoal
#CountingCalories
Porter Moser, head coach of the 20-10 Oklahoma menโs basketball team, is at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City to see one of his 2024 signees, Dayton Forsythe of the two-time defending Class 2A state champion Dale Pirates.
#Sooners
Was just on the receiving end of a โHook โEm Horns!โ in a convenience store parking lot in Marion, Iowa.
Me: โNot today.โ
Bevo: โWhat was the score the last time we played?โ
Me: โSix to one,
#Sooners
. Two weeks ago today.โ
Wagoner junior tight end/defensive end Alex Shieldnight โ who committed to the
#Sooners
Nov. 10 โ led a stout defensive effort that held No. 4 Ada to just 215 total yards and seven points in the Class 4A top-ranked Bulldogsโ 42-7 playoff semifinal victory Friday night.
#OKPreps
New
#Sooners
Rivals FutureCast
โญโญโญ 2024 TE Cooper Alexander
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๐ซ Washington HS (Washington, OK)
โ๏ธ By Parker Thune
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๐:
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#24K
#GoldStandard
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SMU comes to Norman Sep. 9.
In 1985, pre-death penalty SMU tried to spoil Oklahomaโs national title hopes in a game moved to Dec. 7 for ABC.
Doug Flutie was there, Bo Jackson won the Heisman that day and a variation of OUโs iconic tight end reverse produced a touchdown.
#Sooners
In preparation for Oklahomaโs move to the
#SEC
, an introductory summit between the SEC Network crew (including Oklahoma alum Dari Nowkhah) and Mr. OU was paramount.
#MCWS
#OklahOMAHA
#Sooners
The
#Sooners
Twitter space has been an incredible meeting spot for fans, media, recruits, current players and alums both in the
#NFL
and retired. Initially, it helped calm the waters. Since then, it has produced a united, galvanized and, in my opinion, stronger fan base.
Pocola (Okla.) pitcher Allyssa Parker is ranked No. 6 overall by Extra Innings Softball in the Class of โ25.
Her Sep. 1-3 official visit to Oklahoma included MIF Lexi McDaniel (No. 1), P Sophia Bordi (No. 3) and C Kendall Wells (No. 4).
All four are now committed to the
#Sooners
.
I counted three former
#OKPreps
on the field for Grand Canyon on the final out of its upset win over UCLA: pitcher Ariel Thompson (Sequoyah), catcher Kinsey Koeltzow (Tuttle) and infielder Macee Barnes (Grove).
โWinners fight and compete. And these guys, that is who they are.โ - Oklahoma Coach Brent Venables.
Brent Venables is a winner. Always has been. And he will win at Oklahoma.
#Sooners
Spotted this โIowa Wrestlingโ hoodie and assumed a wrestling fan had traveled from the NCAA championships in Tulsa to see some softball in
#OKC
.
Nope, Mike brought his family of four all the way from Ankeny, Iowa because his daughter is an
@OU_Softball
fanatic.
#Sooners
Stacey Dales!
Helped transform Oklahoma womenโs basketball.
Two-time All-American and
#Big12
Player of Year.
#Sooners
were 8-19 the year she redshirted.
RS FR: 15-14
SO: 25-8, Big 12 champs, Sweet 16
JR: 28-6, Big 12 champs, Sweet 16
SR: 32-4, Big 12 champs, National Runner-Up
Bill Snyder's resurrection of Kansas State football from a program that sold several home games to opponents for cash to nearly reaching the 1998 national championship game is the single greatest coaching job in the history of college football.
#KStateFB
#BillSnyder
One thing I've concluded about the pushback to me putting Snyder in the top 10 last week is that (a) if you're not old enough, or (b) you weren't watching the Big 12 in the late-1990s, you think all his teams were like his late-era smoke-and-mirrors teams.
No one had issues with Oklahoma City hosting the
#WCWS
when the Pac-10 and Fresno State won every title in the 90s.
Ten schools from four conferences have won titles over the past 20 tournaments. The sport has never been more popular.
Dynasties force everyone to get better.
#OKC
Iโm really over the: โthe WCWS isnโt fair bc OU has home field advantageโ narrative.
OU isnโt good just bc thereโs 10K fans there cheering for them.
Thereโs 10K fans there cheering for them bc OU is good.
OU softball commit Allyssa Parker proud to represent home state of Oklahoma in star-studded โ25 recruiting class | The Crimson Captain | |
#Sooners
#OKPreps
Texas Coach Mike White is scouring the rule book in an attempt to learn under which circumstances a weather delay could allow the score to revert back to 1-1.
#IYKYK
#Sooners
#Sooners
won at Los Angeles, 136-121, in 1990.
A year later, Loyola Marymount came to Norman, scored 112 points and lost by SIXTY.
Oklahoma and Coach Billy Tubbs are not mentioned enough when it comes to the โrun-and-gunโ style of menโs basketball in the late 80s/early 90s.
โWe love you guys. And next year, just be here to celebrate a national championship!โ โ Iowa womenโs basketball junior Caitlin Clark.
#Hawkeyes
Caddo shortstop Kadey Lee McKay is the lone senior for the Class A top-ranked Bruins (21-0), winners of the last two state championships in both fast-pitch and slow-pitch softball.
McKay verbally committed to play at the University of Oklahoma last September.
#OKPreps
#Sooners
Ryan Minor. ๐
Helped the
#Sooners
win the 1994 national championship in baseball.
Was the 1995
#Big8
Player of the Year in menโs basketball.
Drafted by my
#Sixers
one round after Allen Iverson.
Filled in when the
#Orioles
โ Cal Ripken missed a game for the first time in 17 years.
Oklahoma def. No. 2 Kansas State, 66-63.
First win over a top-2 team for Oklahoma womenโs basketball since beating No. 2 Texas for the 2004 Big 12 Tournament championship.
#Sooners
are now 14-6 overall, 8-1 in the
#Big12
.
Wildcats are 20-2, 9-1.
#Big12WBB
Oklahoma City Spark pitcher and 2023
#Sooners
national champion Alex Storako warms up before getting a professional start in the circle in Peoria, Ill., less than 150 miles from her old high school.
Former Oklahoma teammate Haley Lee is her batterymate at catcher.
#BeTheSpark
With SMU coming to Norman this Saturday, I visited with Oklahoma football legends Tony Casillas, Jamelle Holieway, Coach Barry Switzer and Spencer Tillman for a fun look back at the 1985 game between the
#Sooners
and Mustangs.
The Crimson Captain |
Mookie Blaylock!
My favorite Oklahoma basketball player.
NCAA record-holder for steals in a game (13), which he did twice.
Before settling on โ
#PearlJam
,โ the rock band toured early as โ
#MookieBlaylock
โ and named its debut album โTenโ after Blaylockโs jersey number.
#Sooners
From the SoonerVision on ESPN+ library is the first episode of โInside Sooner Football with Bob Stoops,โ a 1999 spring game recap.
Even though I was there, I had no recollection that junior quarterback Josh Heupel initially wore No. 10 with the
#Sooners
.
#Blessed
to spend the afternoon talking scripture, sports journalism and Oklahoma football with my friend, Rev. Rusty Weller.
Rev. Rusty attended his first
#Sooners
โ game in 1963 when Bud Wilkinson was still the coach. Keep an eye out for him at Memorial Stadium this fall!
Normally, Iโm limited to the audio-only version of Chris Plankโs (
@PlankShow
) excellent play-by-play work for Oklahoma softball.
Tonight, he was live and in person as No. 1 Oklahoma edged No. 6 Florida State, 5-4.
Proud to call him a friend.
#Sooners
Oklahoma menโs basketball coach Porter Moser, left, chats with Dale senior Dayton Forsythe โ who signed with the
#Sooners
in November โ and Dale Coach Jeff Edmonson after the No. 1 Piratesโ state quarterfinal win at State Fair Arena in Oklahoma City.
#OKPreps
Look who is at LDM Park today! Former Oklahoma H-back Dimitri Flowers!
I was in Ames in 2016 when he played tailback in place of Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine, carried the ball 22 times for 115 yards and caught a TD pass from Baker Mayfield in the
#Sooners
โ 34-24 win at Iowa State.
#ThankYou
to my dear friend Wallis Marsh for a day at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium that I will never forget. The opportunity to meet
#Sooners
โ legends like Barry Switzer, Brian Bosworth, Thomas Lott and Joe Washington was almost overwhelming to this lifelong fan.
#HBD
to
#MyFather
, who is 91 today!
It has been a rough month for Dad as he took a tumble on two separate occasions and sustained a break in each hip.
Heโs in good hands and is working hard with his rehabilitation to try and get back on his feet. ๐
Saturday tailgates in Norman wonโt be the same without Steve Stutsman.
Donโt be a stranger,
@wildfire_coach
, and good luck to Danny in Aprilโs
#NFL
Draft.
#Sooners
What a treat to meet up with former Baylor player (1987-91) Steve Stutsman and his son Danny, the next great linebacker for the University of Oklahoma, before the Iowa State-Oklahoma softball doubleheader.
#Sooners
Oklahoma is 2-0 away from Norman this season with me in attendance (Lincoln, Ames).
#Sooners
are 0-3 away from Norman without me (Fort Worth, Dallas, Morgantown).
Iโve made the trek to Lubbock to see if this trend can guarantee the Sooners a 24th-straight winning season.
#Team128
Oklahoma is well on its way to starting 10-0 for the first time since the 2015-16 Final Four team โ Isaiah Cousins, Buddy Hield, Khadeem Lattin, Ryan Spangler, Jordan Woodard โ opened the season with 12 wins in a row.
#Sooners
Minutes after his prep football career ended with a
@CityHighFB
playoff loss in overtime at Johnston, Kueter noticed several items tumbling off the back of Johnstonโs equipment trailer and down a hill. He immediately ran over to help the driver.
#Hawkeyes
are getting a good one.