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Heart of Dallas Bowl: Can OSU staff adjust without Monken's smarts?

12/31/2012 5:09 PM

DALLAS — Purdue interim coach Patrick Higgins says Oklahoma State’s offense is “so hard to prepare for” because the Cowboys run the ball and pass the ball with equal ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Watching Adrian Peterson's run to greatness -- with his cousin at the foodcourt of a Metroplex mall

12/30/2012 10:37 PM

GRAPEVINE, Texas — True story. Almost mathematically impossible, but true.

During a break today from covering Cotton Bowl media day, I took the family to Grapevine ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Manziel: From Johnny Heisman to Johnny Humble

12/29/2012 11:49 PM

ARLINGTON, Texas — Johnny Manziel was standing in the very, very back, behind almost everyone.

Dressed in Texas A&M/Cotton Bowl warm-ups, he also wore these semi-funky ... 

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John E. Hoover
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After three years removed, Gundy coaching Cowboy QBs again for bowl game

12/29/2012 4:24 AM

DALLAS — An accompaniment to Saturday’s column on Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy’s tutelage of Cowboy quarterbacks:

Gundy coached O-State QBs as an assistant, then ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Thunder-66ers relationship is ideal...could it help OKC beat the Heat?

12/27/2012 2:02 PM

Scott Brooks said the relationship couldn’t be any more ideal. So far, the Oklahoma City Thunder coach is right.

When Brooks wants his bench players to get some ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Stoops has become an expert on dealing with staff vacancies

12/19/2012 2:56 PM

NORMAN — To get Wednesday’s column on the college football coaching carousel into the newspaper, some good insight from Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops had to be trimmed.

So ... 

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John E. Hoover
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You don't need a good QB to rush for 2,000 yards...In fact, you may need a bad one

12/17/2012 6:28 PM

In researching Tuesday’s column on Adrian Peterson’s charge toward Eric Dickerson’s NFL rushing record, I discovered an interesting statistic.

We’ve applauded Peterson ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Kingsbury's youth shouldn't hinder Texas Tech's success

12/12/2012 7:04 PM

Look out, Big 12 Conference. Kliff Kingsbury is the new Texas Tech head football coach.

Kirby Hocutt’s hiring of the former Red Raider quarterback — Mike Leach’s ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Looks like Gundy likes Yost's style -- of coaching

12/12/2012 4:15 PM


Maybe Mike Gundy likes his offensive coordinators to be just as bold with their hair as they are with their schemes.

A Wednesday morning report in the Columbia Tribune ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Gundy's challenge: finding OSU's next Monken or Holgorsen

12/10/2012 8:48 PM

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy went from head coach to smart head coach that day in 2005 he hired Larry Fedora as his offensive coordinator.

But Gundy became a ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Historically speaking, what are Johnny Football's chances in 2013, '14 and '15?

12/9/2012 3:12 PM

Johnny Manziel being the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy means he’ll have unrealistic expectations every time he plays a college game for Texas A&M for the next ... 

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One voter's Heisman methodology

12/8/2012 7:59 PM

It’s Saturday night. The Heisman Trophy winner has been announced.

So here’s how I voted.

First, a clarification: The Heisman goes to college football’s “most ... 

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John E. Hoover
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Game Point

Tulsa World Sports Columnist John E. Hoover has been a newspaperman since 1985 and has worked at the Tulsa World since 1992. Among other things, he's covered the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Arkansas Razorbacks, Oral Roberts Golden Eagles, Oklahoma State Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners.

Covering the Sooners in 2011, Hoover was named National Beat Writer of the Year by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and has won numerous writing and reporting awards at the World and other newspapers. He was sports editor in Tahlequah, Okmulgee and Waynesville, Mo., and assistant sports editor in Ada.

Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School and received a journalism degree from East Central University in 1989. He lives in Broken Arrow with his wife and two kids.

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