http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2010, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.IT WASN'T THE Last Supper, but it was the dinner of commiseration when Blake Griffin and Jeff Capel broke bread together in a Los Angeles restaurant last week.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100209_202_B1_ITWASN259276&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:45 CSTThere may have been bigger, more important or exciting games in the Lloyd Noble Center. But none could have been more emotional than what unfolded Saturday inside the 35-year-old basketball facility.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100207_202_B1_NRAmah19516&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSun, 07 Feb 2010 04:06:31 CSTHOWARD SCHNELLENBERGER and Oklahoma football seldom belong in the same sentence for Sooner fans who lived through Schnellenberger's one-year reign of error as OU's coach.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100206_202_B1_HOWARD312131&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSat, 06 Feb 2010 04:56:00 CSTForrest Gump's mother would totally understand the plight of most college basketball coaches about this time of the season.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100203_202_B1_Forres417540&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistWed, 03 Feb 2010 07:39:45 CSTTHE FACT TODD Graham loves the hurry-up, no-huddle offense tells you that patience isn't among the Tulsa football coach's strongest suits.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100119_202_B1_Tulsah535134&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 02 Feb 2010 14:55:46 CSTTexas played like the No. 1 team it used to be, while Oklahoma State played like the one-man team that it's in serious danger of permanently becoming.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100202_202_B1_OSUcoa344154&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistTue, 02 Feb 2010 04:23:45 CSTSAM BRADFORD and Tim Tebow often seemed attached at the hip during the 2008 college football season.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100131_202_B1_SAMBRA483636&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSun, 31 Jan 2010 11:14:16 CSTAll the hoops hype for the Big 12 Conference's four games Saturday will focus on the Sunflower Showdown (think Bedlam) in Manhattan, Kan. ESPN's 'College GameDay' will be there to preview and rehash the ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100130_202_B1_Allthe693692&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSat, 30 Jan 2010 06:05:15 CSTIN SPORTS, desperation often rides shotgun with necessity as the mother invention.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100127_202_B1_Inspor531871&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 27 Jan 2010 11:14:34 CSTAs Garrett Hartley lined up for a field goal Sunday night with a Super Bowl trip on the line, his college coach had no doubt he'd make it.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100126_202_B1_ASGARR560721&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 26 Jan 2010 10:42:23 CSTERNIE BANKS CAME TO mind often during Wednesday night's Mayor's Cup contest.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100123_202_B1_ERNIEB607916&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSat, 23 Jan 2010 04:37:48 CSTALL THINGS considered, perhaps nobody in college basketball this season has a more appropriate surname than Tulsa guard Justin Hurtt.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100120_202_B1_ALLTHI845202&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 20 Jan 2010 10:43:48 CSTIT TOOK HIM four-plus seasons to acknowledge it, but last fall Mike Gundy revealed his basic tenet when it comes to dealing with the press.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100117_202_B5_ITTOOK244359&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 17 Jan 2010 08:03:52 CSTTRAVIS FORD took the high road by making no excuses Monday night on his way out of the Lloyd Noble Center after round one of Bedlam basketball.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100116_202_B1_TRAVIS870728&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSat, 16 Jan 2010 06:15:02 CSTLane Kiffin and Tennessee have Rocky Topped the Big 12 Conference when it comes to this season's version of 'Football Coaches Gone Wild.'http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100114_202_B1_LaneKi672254&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterThu, 14 Jan 2010 04:22:55 CSTThere are several words one could use to describe this first edition of Bedlam basketball — brutal, bloody, boring, bitter, bummer, battle.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100112_202_B1_NORMAN304699&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 12 Jan 2010 04:27:25 CSTTHERE'S NO NEED for anyone to lend the Big 12 Conference a shoulder to cry on.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100109_202_B1_THERES275661&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSat, 09 Jan 2010 07:49:02 CSTHOOK 'EM HORNS or Roll Tide? What's a Sooner or Cowboy to do? Not to mention a Cornhusker, Aggie, Jayhawk, Red Raider, Tiger and the rest of the Big 12.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100106_202_B1_HOOKEM413146&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 06 Jan 2010 11:19:14 CSTDURING OKLAHOMA'S bowl preparations, Bob Stoops revealed he already has figured out a plan for when he retires from coaching football.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100105_202_B1_OUhead416804&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistWed, 06 Jan 2010 06:14:49 CSTIf football coaches wore halos instead of visors, Mike Gundy's would be a wee bit crooked today.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100103_202_B1_OSUcoa774584&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 03 Jan 2010 16:35:11 CSTIt was altogether fitting that Landry Jones picked this west Texas town to do something Saturday that he needs to keep doing well for a long time.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20100101_202_B1_Quarte568520&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterFri, 01 Jan 2010 05:33:13 CSTEver since Oklahoma arrived here last Saturday, coach Bob Stoops has repeatedly praised Sun Bowl officials for making the Sooners feel right at home.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091231_202_B4_ELPASO265856&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterThu, 31 Dec 2009 06:12:14 CSTTime out. Can the Big 12 Conference hit the reset button on December?http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091230_202_B1_APfile274829&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 30 Dec 2009 04:32:40 CSTAt the conclusion of Thursday afternoon's Sun Bowl, Bob Stoops should reveal his New Year's resolution to the entire nation, especially the Sooner Nation.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091229_92_B1_ELPASO740659&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 29 Dec 2009 11:08:44 CSTTIS THE SEASON for joyous family celebrations that often dissolve into family feuds.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091226_202_B1_TSTESA24725&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSat, 26 Dec 2009 04:36:28 CSTNOW THAT the state's supply of the H1N1 vaccine has increased, thousands of Oklahomans could soon be in desperate need of a T1L1 vaccination to ward off a serious case of envy.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091223_202_B1_NOWTHA619997&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 23 Dec 2009 10:17:12 CSTInstead of the playbook, Bob Stoops went to The Good Book to describe one way to make certain this ungodly season for his Oklahoma football team isn't repeated.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091222_202_B1_Oklaho238482&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistTue, 22 Dec 2009 10:29:54 CSTCan a trip to JerryWorld cure a severe case of the Bedlam Blues?http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091216_202_B1_STILLW835109&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 16 Dec 2009 10:48:41 CSTTIS THE PART of the college football season when some fans go from jolly to jackasses.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091215_202_B1_TISTHE656416&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 16 Dec 2009 06:41:49 CSTDID YOU hear the one about why Oklahoma wanted to play in the Sun Bowl? Because it isn't a BCS bowl and it's played in December.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091213_202_B1_DDYUha524200&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 13 Dec 2009 07:10:35 CSTNEARLY A week after witnessing it in person, I still have two questions about one of the strangest Big 12 Conference football championship games in league history.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091211_202_B1_NEARLY443488&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterFri, 11 Dec 2009 06:36:23 CSTYOU CAN BREAK down the football bowl matchups of our local teams a couple ways: Team vs. team; or coach vs. coach.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091207_202_B1_YUCNBE687779&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterMon, 07 Dec 2009 04:43:20 CSTA bunch of Big 12 Conference football teams were left to wonder about their immediate futures after Saturday night's wild finish to the league's 14th annual championship game.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091206_202_B7_ARLING213412&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 06 Dec 2009 11:56:18 CSTHey, if this is the Big 12 Conference's football championship weekend, where are Sam, Stoopsie and the boys of December?http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091205_202_B4_ALNTNe877485&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSat, 05 Dec 2009 08:51:41 CSTMOTIVATION WON'T be a problem when it comes to Oklahoma football fans cheering for No. 21 Nebraska to upset No. 3 Texas in Saturday's Big 12 Conference championship game.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091202_202_B1_MTVTOO383166&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 02 Dec 2009 10:53:41 CSTIn the often sordid world of college football, skepticism is usually the knee-jerk reaction when a coach tells you to read his lips.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091201_202_B1_Intheo806054&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistTue, 01 Dec 2009 04:32:24 CSTAs a grateful and relieved Bob Stoops waited to hug and slap the backs of every player within his reach as they exited Owen Field, it was appropriate that Brian Jackson was the last one Stoops embraced ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091129_202_B11_OUsGer155982&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 29 Nov 2009 04:40:13 CSTBedlam football is supposed to happen one day each year instead of for three months.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091128_202_B1_NRAmah141761&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSat, 28 Nov 2009 04:16:02 CSTAs news trickled out of Kansas last week about coach Mark Mangino's troubles, it didn't take long for the wheels to start turning for some Oklahoma fans.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091125_202_B1_NORMAN691101&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:44 CSTThe Bedlam crying towel that's certain to be passed around Oklahoma this week needs to save a dry spot or two for Oklahoma State.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091124_202_B1_SILAEm164751&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:37 CSTQuick question: When was the last time Oklahoma entered a Bedlam Series game trying to spoil Oklahoma State's season?http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091122_202_B9_LUBBOC804545&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSun, 22 Nov 2009 04:20:02 CSTShortly after Oklahoma crushed Texas A&M last week, it was jokingly suggested to Bob Stoops via a text message that the lopsided win probably bought him another week of security from those fickle fans ...http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091121_202_B1_Shortl741579&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterSat, 21 Nov 2009 04:14:02 CSTA few weeks ago, a sportswriter crunched the numbers and concluded Texas Tech might beat Texas A&M by 100 points that weekend in Lubbock.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091118_202_B1_NORMAN891226&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterWed, 18 Nov 2009 04:47:18 CSTMIKE GUNDY is a coach of the year candidate, and Dan Hawkins could be a dead coach walking.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091117_202_B1_MIKEGU979067&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports WriterTue, 17 Nov 2009 12:15:41 CSTWell, that's one. Albeit a really big one.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091115_202_B11_NORMAN828200&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSun, 15 Nov 2009 07:12:53 CSTThere is one simple suggestion I have for Bob Stoops in these troubled times — change the subject matter in your pregame films.http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20091114_202_B1_NORMAN425488&rss_lnk=202DAVE SITTLER World Sports ColumnistSat, 14 Nov 2009 06:43:04 CST