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Welcome to Artesia, N.M., home of Landry Jones

8/31/2012 9:10 PM


ARTESIA, N.M. – After spending a day in Artesia, New Mexico, I’ve been able to see the foundation for Landry Jones’ success.

The Oklahoma quarterback grew up in ... 

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Eric Bailey
Sports Writer

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Best and worst case scenarios for OU in El Paso

8/31/2012 12:06 AM

Three things the Oklahoma Sooners would love to see happen Saturday night in El Paso…

1 – Landry Jones goes off

Blake Bell isn't going anywhere. He'll get his ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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How Seinfeld will help the Sooners

8/30/2012 7:54 AM

Oklahoma doesn't play until 8:30 local time Saturday night in El Paso. That could be a drag. Well, it is a drag.

How to kill the hours leading up to kickoff?

Defensive ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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Lacolton Bester was UTEP bound before detouring to OU

8/29/2012 7:43 AM

This will do for irony this week – Lacolton Bester was going to be a UTEP Miner before the Oklahoma Sooners paid him a visit.

It was last May. Kameel Jackson, Jaz ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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Did UTEP quarterback provide bulletin-board material?

8/28/2012 1:59 PM


UTEP quarterback Nick Lamaison sat across from me at Conference USA media day in Dallas last month and honestly answered a question about Landry Jones.

“I’ve seen ... 

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Eric Bailey
Sports Writer

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Wondering what OU will do with Finch

8/28/2012 6:39 AM

Three reactions to Oklahoma's first depth chart of the 2012 season:

1 – Where's Roy Finch?

What do they call the guy caught between positions? A tweener? I ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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Corso can't quit Landry Jones

8/27/2012 6:51 AM

Oklahoma is No. 4 in both preseason polls. Overrated, right?

Not in Bristol.

Saturday morning, two of the three College GameDay pundits stuck Oklahoma in the ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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Oklahoma needs opportunistic defense for success

8/24/2012 1:40 PM


Oklahoma learned last season that a fancy nickname doesn’t make a defense deadly.

The “Sharks” nickname – adopted in 2011 – has been speared, as the team’s secondary ... 

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Eric Bailey
Sports Writer

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The Sooners were wise to make King captain

8/24/2012 7:32 AM

The week began with David King being chosen as Oklahoma defensive captain by his teammates. I was a little surprised. I sort of figured senior cornerback Demontre Hurst ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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Never mind how Mike Stoops fixes OU's defense, just that he does

8/23/2012 6:47 AM

Mike Stoops is going to fix Oklahoma's defense by simplifying it

Or reorganizing it.

Or inspiring it.

This is what you read/hear heading into the 2012 ... 

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Guerin Emig
Sports Writer

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UTEP's Lamaison wants to be best quarterback on the field when playing Sooners

8/22/2012 12:54 PM

The quarterback is perhaps the most confident player on a college football team.

UTEP’s Nick Lamaison is no different. The second-year starter for the Miners has ... 

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Eric Bailey
Sports Writer

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OU defense's mentally challenging week, Franks' move to safety and even more injuries

8/21/2012 8:59 PM

The days leading up to a season opener are usually the most mentally challenging for a football team, Mike Stoops said following Tuesday’s practice.

“This is always ... 

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Eric Bailey
Sports Writer

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Tulsa World Sports Writer Guerin Emig has covered University of Oklahoma football and men's basketball for the Tulsa World since 2004. He lives in Norman, where he keeps the fact that he is a University of Kansas graduate on the down low.

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Tulsa World Sports Writer Eric Bailey covered TU sports before coming over to the OU beat. He came to the Tulsa World in September 2004 after working eight years at the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader. He attended Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas, where he was a 1996 Chips Quinn scholar, a national award given to minority journalism students.

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