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Do you have Conference Realignment Fatigue? Here's your cure.
After three weeks of posturing, bluffing, and begging by conference ADs, we're back to where we started one month ago -- in the same unstable, misnamed conference. Are you suffering from CRF? So are we. Just be patient and keep plenty of alcohol nearby. So how did things end up for the Big...
Mondays In the Humidor: The Cigar on The Ash Package and More
I suspect Saturday night’s Texas vs. Rice happenings made the Big Cigar’s evening rather satisfying. Just after David Ash and Jaxon Shipley took back-to-back Wildcat snaps I pictured El Cohiba Grande somewhere high up in the sky from his perch in a plush DKR box with his custom Lucchese’s...
BIG 12 OUTLOOK: 03.05.11
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Big 12 Conference Standings (updated 3.4.2011) Conf Overall W L W L #2 Kansas Jayhawks 13 2 28 2 #7 Texas Longhorns 12 3 24 6 #24 Texas A&M Aggies 9 6 22 7 Kansas State Wildcats 9 6 21 9 #22 Missouri Tigers 8 7 22 8 Nebraska...
Sooner Sports Briefing: June 4, 2009
All is quiet for now in Sooner Sports. Summer practices for football should begin in the next week or so. Until we start getting stories related to that, the news flow on the Sooner sports teams should be at a slow trickle. Time for a quick Twitter update from the Sooner world. Let's start off with...
Sooner Sports Briefing: June 1, 2009
Well, it's been awhile since I've tried this, and a new feature here at SBNation makes this a whole lot easier - how about a links post? Obviously, things are pretty quiet this time of year for college sports, and the Sooners were just eliminated from the baseball postseason. So, without further...
Oklahoma's Joe Castiglione Named Athletic Director of the Year
Fresh off the presses, word is the Joe Castiglione has been named the NCAA Athletic Director of the Year. I'll run a few excerpts by you, and they'll be lifted from this well written Sooner Sports press release. With a Heisman Trophy winner, the recipient of both the Wooden and Naismith Awards...
Breaking: Jeff Capel Nets a Seven Year Extension
This is according to Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis. No details on the contract, but obviously Castiglione locked up Capel long term with a nice contract. I'm imagining we'll hear more later. Here's the short article. Here's a longer article from the Tulsa World. Interesting that no school...
Corn Flakes - November In Norman We'll Party Like It's 1971!
Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione wants to celebrate the 1971 'Game of the Century' when Nebraska visits Norman on November 1st: Castiglione's plan is to celebrate the legendary 1971 meeting of the two "Big Reds." He reportedly intends to invite and honor everyone from both teams...
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