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Gameday Instant Analysis: Liberty Bowl edition

12/31/2012 10:12 PM

The Tulsa football team will ring in 2013 on a much happier note than it did 2012.

A year ago, the Hurricane was going through the what-ifs of an eight-win season ... 

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Best regular season -- the NFL makes a case

12/30/2012 10:43 PM

I always chuckle when I hear BCS proponents refer to the college football regular season as the 'best in sports.'

For one thing, it's a poor defense of the terrible ... 

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Time for Tulsa football to leave Heartbreak Hotel

12/28/2012 8:21 PM

I'm a moderate Elvis Presley fan, so in my only trip to Memphis, I wasn't going to miss visiting Graceland.

Probably the funniest thing about the tour was seeing ... 

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When it comes to bowl games, I'm part of the problem

12/26/2012 7:03 PM

OK, I'll admit it.

When it comes to bowl games, I'm part of the problem. No matter how far-flung the teams or how obscure the corporate sponsor, you pair two college ... 

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Mayor's Cup could be springboard for Tulsa

12/23/2012 11:24 PM

If nothing else, this year's installment of the Mayor's Cup was entertaining.

Tulsa's big comeback win Saturday over Oral Roberts provided plenty of drama -- and ... 

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From the email bag: 'Tis the season for videos

12/20/2012 8:09 PM

A couple of interesting videos hit my email inbox today, and I thought I would share them.

The first comes from Landry Brewer, an instructor at Southwestern Oklahoma ... 

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Will a playoff change college football scheduling?

12/18/2012 6:40 PM

Mike Gundy and Mike Holder have put the nebulous task of college football scheduling on the frontburner here in Oklahoma.

That's definitely not a bad thing.

As ... 

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All-College Classic deserves a better fate

12/15/2012 9:20 PM

I'm a big fan of mid-major and low-major college basketball.

For a 10-year stretch of my childhood, I never missed a Lamar University men's basketball home game. ... 

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Another example why Tulsa is a college football town

12/12/2012 3:49 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder is making inroads in Tulsa.

We have a wide variety of minor league sports, two Division I college basketball teams, a strong contingent ... 

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AD or no, Tulsa faces important questions in need of answers

12/7/2012 7:39 PM

These are trying times for the Tulsa athletic department, and they would be anyway even without the firing earlier this week of athletic director Ross Parmley.

At ... 

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The Gundy saga: After two wild days, still more questions than answers

12/6/2012 12:15 AM

So perhaps the Mike Gundy job saga is finally over.

After a second straight day of 'will he or won't he,' Wednesday ended with Gundy still the Oklahoma State coach ... 

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Gameday Instant Analysis: A tough week at TU

12/2/2012 1:37 AM

It was a nice day for a championship game at Chapman Stadium on Saturday.

A little windy, perhaps, but a nice day nonetheless.

It's too bad I was one of the ... 

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Tulsa World Sports Editor Michael Peters has nearly 20 years of daily newspaper experience. A 1993 graduate of Texas A&M, he worked at papers in Bryan-College Station, Texas, Beaumont, Texas, and Galveston, Texas, before joining the Houston Chronicle as High School Sports Editor in 2008. While in Houston, he coordinated coverage of the 2008 Texas Class 5A state football championships and the 2011 NCAA Men's Final Four.

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RT @GuerinEmig: #Sooners stretch it to 45-34, #okstate closes to within 45-42. Not sure if Marcus Smart or GIA crowd going to let Pokes ...
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Boone Pickens to Mike Gundy: You got what you wanted. Now you better win more than seven games. http://t.co/EHIOz4CY via @twsportsextra
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RT @randyharvey: Durant #okc looks like he's trying too hard to prove something vs. #heat, #lebron. Needs to settle down. Heat up by 15 ...
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RT @KellyHinesTW: Crazy: Thunder play-by-play man Matt Pinto says 4,259 words in a quarter. Even crazier: @billhaisten transcribed them ...
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From our friends at The Oklahoman: Fun reading between lines of what Boone Pickens told @BerryTramel today in OKC. http://t.co/ivMSPVm9
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@anthonyVslater @BerryTramel This would be code for, "OK Mike, you got what you wanted. Now you better win more than seven games."
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