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Has been one of my favorite recruits since he burst onto the scene as a Junior when he ran for 2600 yds and had 39tds. Came in at around 245 and is down to 218, pretty impressive and shows his dedication and commitment to want to be great at the college level. Taylor Tatum gets a lot of attention as the number 1 RB in their class but I got a feeling that X is gonna be one of people’s favorite Sooner RB’s of all time before he leaves. Also, he was running a high 4.5 around 240 so I can imagine this has only helped him in regards to his speed and agility skills.

SEC player of the year. Remind me…. Why did Jocelyn Erickson leave? She could easily be our 1st basemen and replace Kinzie next year.

This one should have a little more variance. Who's your 1st 11 you roll out there in say:
Base 43 and
Nickel (obvious passing down on 2nd or 3rd and long)
Come September.

Lets have at it!!!

Oklahoma looking to punch its ticket to the Women's College World Series for the eighth-straight year.

Game time is 7 p.m. on ESPN2. @Bryan Clinton and I are on hand.

It'll be Kierston Deal in the circle.

Dug a little deeper on Coleman's unbelievable home run robbery last night, adding yet another highlight for her career:

OU has 2 on and 2 out and Mulder has a 0-2 count and he doesn’t get in the box and is called out. Batter has to have better awareness

Stories, notes and postgame video from the Sooners' 4-2 win over FSU:

Would love to have the schematic discussion with @Bryan Clinton but a few things pop out when watching Hardie.

▫️Similar to Damonic Williams, he was utilized inside and outside. Jacksonville State moved him around quite a bit from what I could see which means he had a solid understanding of his role and scheme

▫️Athleticism doesn’t jump off the screen. Feels like a sturdy athlete who also seems to be a solid leader as he was often the first or second interview and spoke like a guy with some notches in the belt.

▫️Actually looks longer on tape than the 6’2” listing he has on the roster.

▫️Has a nice first step but doesn’t seem to
consistently beat guys to the edge but going to go a little deeper in that tonight. Seems to be better with his hands and foot work in close-area space and doesn’t quite have the length to win on the perimeter.

Either way he is experience in the room that OU needs for the amount of insanely young and talented up and comers that they have right now.

Right here:

The OU softball machine continued to rewrite history books with Thursday night's win over Florida State.

Takeaways, notes and postgame video from OU's 11-3 win over Florida State:

@Bryan Clinton and I are on hand at Love's Field for Game 1 of the Super Regional.

Game is at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

OU lineup:

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Intel from Elgin this morning has led me to flip the prediction.

There is more color we’ll be able to add to this situation once the decision is final tonight, but although he has still not informed either Oklahoma or Tennessee of his choice, it is Tennessee that I now expect to be the pick.

@Bryan Clinton and I broke down everything about this weekend’s matchup with FSU:

...coming out of high school, I thought Durron Neal was going to be better than Sterling Shepherd.

Sorry for the click-through prompt. Made more sense to format this as an actual story rather than a note. But here's the skinny.

I have been told that Sooners hosted Jacksonville State transfer DL Chris Hardie over the last 24-48hrs.

Still waiting to hear if OU will make a strong push here, but was told the visit went well and that decisions on things are being to moving forward or not.

Let me expound on that: What we have heard is that Ole Miss may be trying to push the ante on the NIL side. For now, I’m unsure if the Sooners will push there because of how they operate. They do things like a pro team would. There is value in how they pay. An example would be the Damonic William’s’ situation, where the Sooners felt the bang was worth the buck, it is still being deciphered in this situation.

Naturally, the Sooners would love to be able to pull this one off and use DC Zac Alley’s relationship as a conduit to facilitate an easier commitment of sorts, but in today’s NIL world, that sometimes isn’t the case and relationships are deemed less relevant in some recruitments — even if Alley coached him a few years.

We are digging here to see if it will be this time around, but I do expect a decision from Hardie by “this weekend,” per a source.

Lastly, a team to watch for here is UCLA, but that was buzz on Sunday that I couldn’t get more info on. Still, wanted to pass that along, as I was told the Bruins were hopeful to get a visit if they could get one lined up.

*** I know you saw DL Adin Huntington commit to Tulane. Huntington was in the portal for a bit and that was, from what I have been told, due to some NIL “overreach” by his representatives.

Huntington took some visits to some big schools, but in the end didn’t end up taking a big step forward, despite his stats and film. Size could have played a role as well.

We are still digging on Hardie and where OU is at there but wanted a note on him nonetheless.

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Name your starting 11 on offense going into summer and why. We stir up good convo and we'll discuss defense next. You can add a blurb discussing why if u so choose.

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FIRST PITCH​

• Top-seeded and No. 8 nationally OU (34-18, 23-7) opens the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Wednesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington vs. nine-seed TCU (32-19, 14-16).

• First pitch of OU's opening round matchup is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. CT Wednesday as the No. 1 seed Sooners received a first-round bye and awaited the lowest-seeded winner from two of Tuesday's matchups.

• The game can be seen via Big 12 NOW on ESPN+ with Keith Moreland and Mike Rooney on the call.

• All games can heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app with OU play-by-play voice Toby Rowland calling the action with analysts Ross Hubbard and Carly Murray.

• The Sooners enter the postseason with a 34-18 record and 23-7 mark in conference play, winning their first Big 12 regular season title in program history by three games.

• OU is looking for its second Big 12 tournament title in the past three years and fourth overall, previously winning the conference tourney in 1997, 2013 and 2022.

LEADING OFF​

• The Sooners have put together an historic season, highlighted by a top-10 win over then-No. 9, and current No. 1, Tennessee, four ranked victories, six Big 12 sweeps for the first time and the first Big 12 regular season crown in program history.

• The Sooners hold the No. 10 SOS entering conference tournament week and No. 15 RPI, going 11-6 in Quad 1 games and a combined 20-12 in matchups vs. Q1 and Q2. OU's non-conference SOS ranks sixth in the country.

• OU's six conference sweeps are the most in the program's history in the Big 12 era and the most across conference play since 1994 (6, Big 8).

• OU won 23 games in Big 12 play, the most for the program in the Big 12 era and tying the most in program history with the 1994 and '95 teams. The Sooners were one win shy of tying the Big 12's all-time record for league wins in a season (Texas, 2010)

• The Sooners won 14 of their last 16 conference games, including sweeps in four of the last six weekend series.
• Oklahoma had a wire-to-wire lead over the Big 12 standings, sitting in first or a tie for first place after every weekend of Big 12 play.

• Oklahoma is in its seventh season under the direction of head coach Skip Johnson. Johnson, who spent the 2017 season on staff as an assistant coach, has led the Sooners to a 223-150 record, three NCAA Tournament appearances, the 2024 Big 12 regular season title, 2022 Big 12 tournament championship and the 2022 College World Series finals since taking over as head coach prior to the 2018 season.