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First College Basketball Grades

11/29/2012 4:25 PM

TU: F plus.

Two games back it scored 41 points. The former coach was fired for scoring 50-some. Last night Wichita wiped the floor with TU. Unfortunately a new coach ... 

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The TU Crowd

11/28/2012 2:44 PM

To make hirings run smoother at TU, the job application should start this way.
Name:
Address:
Have you been interviewed by the FBI?:

On the best of days, the ... 

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Guess What Coach Should Be on the Clock

11/27/2012 4:46 PM

In the last three years, his team has a record of 21-15 going on 21-16.

His job is reported to be the best, and easiest, in the country: Open the corral gate and ... 

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What Game Were They Watching?

11/26/2012 3:49 PM

The media, and other fans, sees its own game.

OU media cheerleaders and fans saw its team send out a defense that bends but doesn't come apart at the seams.

OSU ... 

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New News

11/19/2012 4:09 PM

First off, some are concerned because of the lack of attendance at certain sporting events, TU football games and OSU basketball games, to name two.

Here's the way ... 

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Basketball Truths

11/15/2012 4:12 PM

Forget all the homers and cheerleaders.

Here is the real deal.

All four major college teams have been rotten. Enough with that.

The goal of all four should ... 

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Winning Unsightly

11/12/2012 4:14 PM

Winning ugly has taken on a new meaning.

Winning ugly was Oklahoma State wearing those hideous gray uniforms Saturday.

Gray? What is gray about? Oklahoma State's ... 

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The "New" Sooners?

11/7/2012 4:05 PM

Have OU fans become content with winning just enough?

Finish 10-2, 9-3.

Catch a Thunder game.

Notch a secondary bowl win. Boomer Sooner. Pass the channel ... 

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Who Do We Love?

11/6/2012 3:00 PM

It's 50-50 which state this is, round or oblong.

Basketball or football.

The Thunder had the opportunity to capture the state's sports fans, but might have ... 

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Soft Big 12

11/5/2012 3:26 PM

Be honest.

Did you ever think that you would see the day when an undefeated Big 12 team would be kept from the national championship game?

Poor Kansas State.

Given ... 

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Now What, Sports?

11/1/2012 5:06 PM

Football season is as good, or bad, as over.

OU, if it doesn't lose another, will still be in a downbeat bowl.

OSU, with four or five losses, will have sunk ... 

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