Anyone have a link to photos of the team doing activities in TX?

**** OU

This is a good article on wrestlers success in football.

I don't see that I have a seat assignment yet for my tickets. I did get the email that the allocations would "begin" today. I guess I thought it would all get done today, but maybe not. Anyone have any info on this?

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Long one....so bear with me

Reflecting on the last 5 days around everything Oklahoma football. No slam meant on the small colleges in the state with that comment.

I am reminded of a situation in my career where I was up for a role alongside a friend of mine. The job was perfect for both us, skillset, timing and career development. The company choose the other guy and to say I was disappointed would be an understatement. He went on to do amazing things but in the finance group that was very limited on future opportunities. My career moved on to where I got to do amazing things outside of finance in places I only dreamed I would go. For me it turned out a win in all forms. For him, not so much. He told me at a retirement gathering that he wanted that role in the worst way, got it then regretted it for the remainder of his career.

I tell you this story for a reason. It is similar to what has occurred to Oklahoma based college football for two programs and an offensive coordinator who then became a head coach. It also involved a head coach, who kept the path taken choose a different offensive coordinator. OU was very successful with selecting Lincoln Riley in the short term. But now is dealing with something very close to total dumpster fire both with the SEC move and IMO selecting a coach that was all about himself and not about the program in the long term. Do you believe OU regrets what they did hiring Lincoln Riley? I believe so and also believe the program will be careful picking the next guy.

OSU is now very well positioned for Big 12 Conference title and CFP opportunity. It's coaching staff re-invented itself and has IMO the best defensive coordinator in college football. It has a HC who is energized and very clearly stated he along with the administration are ready to take us to college football greatness.

For some of us, we were pissed at MG for not selecting Lincoln Riley. I would like to think MG saw traits in Riley that scared him about OSU and Riley for long term. Maybe but maybe not; anyway for me personally this is a classic case of "Be Careful What You Ask For You Might Get" and also you might not like what you get at the end.

Go Pokes

Just picking on Baylor and Sooner lurkers, but Aranda hasn’t signed his contract yet

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Why Mike Gundy thinks OSU and Baylor are poised to take over new-look Big 12 football​

Berry Tramel
Oklahoman

Mike Gundy isn’t afraid to say it. In the new-look Big 12, when OU and Texas departs, and Cincinnati, Brigham Young, Central Florida and Houston enter, OSU football should be the big dog.

“In my opinion, we should take the lead role,” Gundy said.

Consider the Cowboys having jump-started the process.

OSU hosts Baylor on Saturday in a Big 12 Championship Game, and with a victory in Arlington, the Cowboys likely will be propelled into the College Football Playoff. And the Big 12 very much still includes the Sooner and Longhorn turncoats.

Since the July news broke that the sugar daddies were headed to the Southeastern Conference, the Big 12 attitude has turned 180 degrees. From oh-no-what-do-we-do-now to wait’ll-they-get-a-load-of-this.

OSU and Baylor each popped the Sooners, ending OU’s run of six straight Big 12 titles, and by the way, those newly-betrothed? They’re marching to the Big 12 with a roar.

Cincinnati is 12-0 and ranked fourth by the playoff committee. BYU is 10-2 and ranked 12th. Houston is 11-f1 and ranked 16th.

More:Who has the edge in the Big 12 title game? Here are three key matchups between Baylor, OSU



That’s five of the top 16 teams in the nation coming to a Big 12 near you, since the 11-1 Cowboys are ranked fifth and the 10-2 Bears ninth.

“There’s a lot of positives from that perspective,” Baylor coach Dave Aranda said. “With Oklahoma State being in it and Baylor being in it, I have to imagine that just the conference moving forward is looking at that with a smile on their face.”

The coaching carousel has dominated college football the last few days, starting with OU’s Lincoln Riley jumping to Southern Cal.

Riley’s move has accentuated what we always knew but don’t always articulate. The best coaching jobs consist of being the big dog at a Power 5 Conference.

Alabama, of course, in the SEC. Clemson in the Atlantic Coast. USC or Oregon in the Pac-12. Ohio State in the Big Ten. OU in the Big 12.

Except soon enough, the OU/Big 12 divorce will be final, and a void will need to be filled.

OSU and Baylor are in the best positions to fill that void.

It’s too early to know exactly how Cincinnati, BYU, Houston and UCF will adjust to the Big 12. Probably rather well. BYU was 5-0 against Pac-12 members this season, and Cincinnati won at Notre Dame. These guys haven’t been playing flag football.

But OSU and Baylor, in the Big 12, have been hammering out quality teams and good records for more than a decade.

We now have a decade’s worth of data with the current Big 12 members. In those 10 years, OU is 76-15 in conference play and Texas is 49-41.

Here are the rest of the standings: OSU 58-32, Baylor 51-39, Kansas State 50-40, Texas Christian 47-43, West Virginia 44-45, Iowa State 38-52, Texas Tech 31-59 and Kansas 6-82.

And Baylor’s record was crippled by the Art Briles scandal that led to an 8-19 conference record from 2016-18 as the Bears rebuilt.

“I think Baylor is in a great situation,” said Gundy, who coached in Waco in 1996. “You can get in a car and drive four hours and not have to go do anything else to recruit at Baylor.

“I was there, I know what they have. I know what type of players are around there. So, they’re in a great situation and I think (Aranda) is a really good coach, and I think he’s really smart.”

Without the Sooner behemoths standing in the way, conference supremacy is there for the claiming. OSU and Baylor have taken the lead on planting that flag.

Gundy says he’s discussed this very issue with his new bosses, president Kayse Shrum and athletic director Chad Weiberg.

“There’s a lot of agreement that we need to establish ourselves as the top of this thing in moving forward,” Gundy said.

Both OSU and Baylor have invested heavily in facilities, starting with the Cowboys’ building of Boone Pickens Stadium on the site of old Lewis Field. Only a little undergirdings are left from OSU’s relic of a stadium. Meanwhile, Baylor constructed the sparkling McLane Stadium on the opposite of Interstate 35 from the Bears’ previous home, decrepit Floyd Casey Stadium.

“That doesn’t guarantee you any wins, because just like you said, we’ve been in the middle of the row in this conference for years, and we’ve done pretty well,” Gundy said.

“A new facility guarantees you’re going to get a few more eyes in recruiting. But you can still win with the old facility. So there’s a combination there, but more importantly than anything, what I want to see — because someday around here, they’re going to run me off, or I’m going to say, ‘I’m done coaching’ — … Oklahoma State be a big-time college football town for good as we move forward. That’s my goal.”

The Cowboys have been moving in that direction for more than a decade. And now they’re accelerating toward Arlington and perhaps the playoff, in position to take over not just the new-look Big 12, but the current version as well.

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Just curious, does anyone know if we are recruiting him? Marlow K/P. Also plays QB for Marlow who is ranked 2nd in 2a. From what I can find he ranked the 12th ranked kicker in the country. We could really use a high level kicker.

Looks like they had another tough one last night. Sheesh.

Great record setting performance last night
Worst loss ever in NBA history

@InRileyITrust just wondering if you will keep this username. You messaged me a few years ago because you didn't like that I was making fun of Jacob hurts.

Still keeping this name?

Unfortunately, I started playing in my mid 20s and can only imagine how much less I would suck if I had started as a youngster. My 5 year old likes to tag along with me and my 13 year old but it's more of a pain in the ass at the driving range than anything. That and I'm not sure what to do about clubs for him. He's using some that are way too big for him. For all you dads that got a kid started really early, any pointers for clubs/equipment/drills/games to do with a 5 year old are much appreciated.

Academy has some stuff for young kids that look like good training clubs.

Love it.

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Wish I could be in Arlington this weekend, but alas. Hope everyone has a safe trip down and back and we’re all on cloud 9 by 2:30ish tomorrow afternoon. Go Pokes! Beat Baylor!

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Bearcats -10.5

Over/Under 53.5

Let’s go Warren! Go Pokes!

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What would have to happen for us to play in the Cotton Bowl semifinal?

I’m covering a HS regional final Saturday at 2, which shot down my plans to go to Arlington for the Big 12 Championship game and since i cant make that game, I'm going to the next game we play.

Also, I guessing that if we don't go to the CFP that we’ll be in the Sugar Bowl.