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Two Great Questions

11/30/2009 2:14 PM

1. What's up with The Porcupine?

This, in reference to why OSU coach Mike Gundy is calling plays -- a great question.

At the moment, these college coaches who ... 

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Stoops Just Got Smarter

11/28/2009 3:31 PM

Here's how you raise your football IQ 25 points.

1. Get a punter who can kick the football so far it creates a time-travel situation, and defies returns.

2. ... 

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Oh No: Not OU Basketball Too!

11/27/2009 12:05 PM

As hard as it is to believe, the OU basketball team could have been more overrated than the OU football team!

Forget air ball, this team has been playing air defense ... 

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The OU Problem Solved

11/23/2009 3:39 PM

What's an OU fan to do? Fire off an ALL UPPER CASE email to a chat room full of nuts?

What's an OU fan to feel? Mad? Sad? Stunned? Embarrassed? Disappointed?

Since ... 

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Stoops Needs Help

11/21/2009 2:58 PM

When the OU football team plays a game on the road, the players do not put their pants on one leg at a time; they pull on tutus.

This was one not even the media ... 

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Team Pansy

11/19/2009 4:18 PM

In case you might not have noticed, most sports are being played by a bunch of spoiled brats and bad actors.

Intense effort is oftentimes directly related to money ... 

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Will Somebody Please Man up

11/16/2009 2:36 PM

It's time for some important weekday updates.

OU.

A hot rumor is Stoops to Notre Dame. With all due respect, why would ND want Stoops? Since the linebacker ... 

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Game change on Picker contest

11/11/2009 4:49 PM

The Monday night game is Baltimore Ravens (-10 1/2) at Cleveland Browns. Not the other way around. The game picks page has been updated. 

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Hey Coach, Loan Me Twenty

11/10/2009 2:50 PM

According to USA Today today (Tuesday), the OU football coaching staff is the highest paid in the country!

Let that waft around you and sink in.

Stoops makes ... 

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OU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Etc.

11/8/2009 10:28 AM

That one was right out of the Howard Schnellenberger-John Blake offensive handbook.

The warning signs have been there: Losing ALL the close games, ALL the BCS bowls, ... 

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Don't Stop the Insanity

11/4/2009 4:21 PM

Two of the craziest football point spreads in college football memory have been dropped on state teams this week: OU is only a 5 or 6-point favorite over Nebraska. And ... 

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Correction to week 10 games to picks

11/4/2009 12:02 AM

We had two teams switched on the Monday night NFL game.

The game should be Pittsburgh (-3) at Denver. If you login to your picks, you will see the game has been ... 

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Stoops finally gets the message. His legacy will rest primarily with Mike, who hasn't stopped anybody in years. http://t.co/ygpimWWg
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Why would Tony "Turnover" Romo playing world-class great golf upset anybody? Cowboy fans are upset year-round. http://t.co/KQ4DsKxP
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