I heard a rumor that Jacob Lacey is retiring. Any truth in this?

Login to view embedded media Was just wondering if anyone has heard anything on this kid? highly talented yet we never hear anything about him. Starting to think he may end up transferring out.

They got blown out so bad in the first quarter that they trailed by 15. I turned off the game. But their pace wore down the Longhorns, and we closed it to one by half.

Then Texas built the lead got back up to the mid-teens in the third quarter. OU caught once, but they surrendered the lead again. OU's leading scorer, Peyton Verhulst, the Louisville transfer fouled out with two minutes left. OU was down one, then two, but a huge hustle play by Skylar Vann in the last ten seconds on an offensive rebound, who passed it to Lexy Keys the OSU transfer. Keys drilled a trey with 4.1 seconds left. Now the Sooners have a two-game lead on the field with one game to play.

I was really proud of them tonight. Texas was ranked 3rd nationally coming into the game and came out like gang busters. The Longhorns lost two players, who came back in the game early in the 4th quarter. Vann, who was injured early in the game, and also playing with four fouls, barely playing ten minutes before the 4th, just toughed it out. I'd love it if we beat them in the tournament for these girls version of a three peat.

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Bixby OL, for 2025 ranked inside the top 20 on On3. Anybody know if this ranking is warranted?

There's a lot of memories and emotions for Patty Gasso as the Sooners prepare for the long-awaited opening of Love's Field this weekend.

Former Sooners' star Marvin Mims had a Pro Bowl rookie season as a return man, but head coach Sean Payton expects him to become more involved in the offense in Year 2. https://oklahoma.rivals.com/news/br...pecting-big-things-from-marvin-mims-in-year-2

https://www.si.com/college/oklahoma...betting website,bottom half of the conference.

The season looked over for the OU women's team in late December. But on Wednesday, they can secure another Big 12 regular-season title with a win over Texas.

Porter Moser discussed the Bedlam win, Otega Oweh, court storming and more on Tuesday.

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New Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/prospect_rankings/rivals250/2025
The Five-Star Countdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-five-star-countdown-55
New 5-stars breakdown: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-meet-the-four-new-five-stars-4
Rivals250 biggest risers: https://n.rivals.com/news/rivals-rankings-week-ten-biggest-risers-in-the-rivals250-20
Position-by-position look at new Rivals250: https://n.rivals.com/news/tuesdays-with-gorney-new-2025-rivals250-released-4

MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC SERIES
No. 1 Oklahoma Softball heads west to the annual Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic this weekend to play five games in Cathedral City, Calif. Feb. 23-25.

The Sooners (9-0, 0-0 Big 12) begin competition on Friday, Feb. 23 with a 7:30 p.m. CT start against No. 20/25 Mississippi State (8-1, 0-0 SEC) followed by a 10 p.m. first pitch vs. Wisconsin (4-6, 0-0 Big 10). OU meets RV/RV San Diego State (5-5, 0-0 Mountain West) at 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday, Feb. 24. Oklahoma closes its weekend with an 11 a.m. CT first pitch on Sunday, Feb. 25 against Seattle followed by a 1:30 p.m. start vs. Loyola Marymount.

The entire Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic will be streamed on FloSoftball ($). All five games will be broadcast on 1560 AM/103.3 FM The Franchise 2 with Friday and Sunday's contests also airing on 107.7 FM The Franchise.

Oklahoma has made regular appearances at the Mary Nutter since 2006, playing in the showcase every season it has been held. OU is 57-21 (.731) all-time at the Mary Nutter and has a 10-game winning streak at the event dating back to Feb. 25, 2022.

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SCHEDULE

2/23 7:30pm CT vs No. 20 Mississippi State
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2/23 10pm CT vs Wisconsin
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2/24 2:30pm CT vs San Diego State
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2/25 11am CT vs Seattle
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WHERE TO WATCH

Stream Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic - FloSoftball

Watch replays and highlights from 2024 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on FloSoftball. Watch on your computer, on the FloSports Mobile App, your Smart TV, Roku or FireStick.

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WHERE TO LISTEN

The Franchise – Oklahoma's New Sound For Sports

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KEYS TO THIS SERIES

To coincide with the report from @Jesse Crittenden (See below for link) Coach Gasso was upset with the team saying they were taking games too lightly, from the quote of Coach Gasso Jesse reported,
"I would tell you that I thought this last weekend we were good enough to win," Gasso said during Tuesday's media availability. "We were more average than above average or even exceptional and we got away with it. Our team, we had this discussion, that our goal is to amp up practice and demand better at practice because it's showing in games and that is not what we want." That is exactly what I believe our keys to the series need to be. There needs to be an explosion of offense throughout the game. At times in the series "typically the beginning of games" the offense was non existant until about the 4th inning. As they start playing more difficult teams, this will become a problem if they cannot capitalize on RISP or keep the bats hot. As Patty Stated, bats were good, not ELITE. Defense has been stellar, as well as our new stable of pitchers. Pitching has been downright dominate. I look at defense and ptiching to maintain their ELITE status and this series hopefully we will see the offense set into their groove. Monticelli gets to face her former college in Wisconsin this weekend, so I look forward to the "Much to Prove in Patty's eyes" Sooner gals this weekend. BOOMER!

Patty Gasso aiming to 'amp up' intensity ahead of Mary Nutter Classic

Patty Gasso has challenged the Sooners to bring more effort after an 'average' start to the season.

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Oklahoma (14-0) is still the nation's top team, but winning the Big 12 will be a much tougher out in 2024. https://oklahoma.rivals.com/news/big-12-softball-roundup-top-teams-impressive-in-week-3

He is taking an OV to Oklahoma on June 21st
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Let's start off here with Hawkins, who is maintaining a deliberate pace and a quiet nature with regard to his recruitment. Arkansas and Texas continue to assert themselves as the main contenders to Oklahoma, but most sources have maintained that it'll be tough to pull the three-star defensive back away from the Sooners' clutches. I'm genuinely surprised it has taken this long for Hawkins to make his decision, but he's savoring the process and not rushing to follow in his brother's footsteps. Even so, I think Oklahoma secures his pledge by midsummer, and there's a chance things could move quickly once spring ball hits. The Hawkins family intends to spend a lot of time in Norman throughout spring practice as they get familiar with Michael's new digs. That ought to offer Maliek opportunity to get any remaining questions answered.

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Emmett Jones hasn't pulled a Floridian at Oklahoma yet, but that could change if the Sooners can make a strong initial impression on Mills. He'll take his first visit at the spring game on Apr. 20, and when I spoke to Mills yesterday evening, one of the things he mentioned is that Oklahoma has remained in contact with him every single day. He's grateful for the consistency from Jones and the OU staff, and it's not shocking to see things ramping up with Mills as the Sooners continue to fade in Isaiah Mozee's recruitment. I'm told Mozee has no plans to visit Oklahoma in the spring as of right now, which would seem to confirm a lot of suspicions about the direction things are headed. Expect Oregon and Tennessee to be the main contenders in that race from here on out, with Mizzou and Nebraska lurking. As for Mills, he has officials set with Clemson, Florida and Miami, so the usual regional suspects will factor into the race for the Homestead (Fla.) native.

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Still think Oklahoma is out in front for Briehler, but also think it's still a bit too early to fire in a FutureCast. Spoke with the three-star DL last night and he told me that Michigan has remained consistent with him throughout all the staff turnover, but that the Sooners have shown him the most love. Todd Bates visited Briehler every single week during the contact period, and Brent Venables made an appearance as well. The Oklahoma official in June is still the only one that Briehler has locked in, and the primary contenders here (besides the defending champs) are Stanford, USC and Rutgers. Expect Briehler to release a final list of 3-5 schools by the end of the spring. I like the Sooners to get his pledge, but with spots at a premium, his midsummer timetable leaves a few questions unanswered.

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Still rocking with Blaylock as my pick to be the Sooners' running back take in the 2025 cycle, as Michael Turner seems to have eyes on Baylor right now. If that's surprising, it ought to be understood that Baylor running backs coach Khenon Hall is one of the most dynamic recruiters in the Mid-South region. Hall has not been dissuaded on the trail by the Bears' lack of recent success on the gridiron, and he's maintained a strong relationship with Turner throughout his recent transition from SMU to Baylor. I favor the Bears for Turner as things stand. If there's another running back that could seriously enter the picture for Oklahoma, I'd keep an eye on Girard Pringle, who has Oklahoma on his shortlist and will be in Norman this spring. But with Tiger Riden electing to commit to Texas A&M earlier this week, it strengthens my belief that the Sooners are the team to beat for Blaylock.

News on Robinson, Ty Haywood and others:

The Sooners outscored their five opponents 42-5.

Here's some takeaways and notes from the weekend (box scores included):

Everybody talks about the McCoy, Gresham, Bradford class of 2008, and I understand it as that class produced 3 1st rounders. Doing some digging (I'm bored its the off-season) the 2017 instate class produced 6 pros all of which are still on rosters, not to mention the #11 player in the state of Oklahoma Creed Humphrey LMAO wow!!!

Will this this be the last time we play for awhile? Both are on broadcast TV.

Women are on FOX at 1:00. Men are on ESPN 2 at 3:00.