Jeremy Beal News

No matter how the Sun Bowl promoters sell the virtues of their game, no matter how pretty a picture the chamber of commerce paints of El Paso, New Year's Eve 2009 for the Oklahoma Sooners will be rough.

Noteworthy: Gerhart is also the starting center fielder for the Stanford baseball team.

The Gator Bowl is adding extra seats for Bobby Bowden's finale. Two days after the bowl announced a sellout for its Jan.

Cornerback Dominique Franks plans to return for his senior season at Oklahoma while some of his defensive teammates are waiting to make their decisions.

There was nothing strange about Colt McCoy's spot on The Associated Press All-Big 12 team this time around.

Oklahoma defensive end Jeremy Beal has been named one of seven finalists for this year's Hendricks Award, presented annually to the nation's top defensive end.

Sooners limit OSU to 4 yards in the second half of the shutout. OU defensive coordinator Brent Venables celebrates with defensive end Frank Alexander after Alexander sacked OSU quarterback Zac Robinson in the fourth quarter Saturday.

OSU run game vs. OU run defense Which Sooner defense will the Cowboys see on Saturday? The one that allowed only 28 rushing yards against BYU and only 6 against Baylor? Or the one that was gashed for 161 yards at last week? While the Sooners' front four personnel are as good as any in college football , they will miss the leadership and playmaking ...

Oklahoma has had disappointing losses this season. But Saturday's 41-13 loss to Texas Tech elicited new, and deeper concerns.

He rolled his eyes, shook his head, smirked his mouth and offered a subtle, "Pfff." Can you believe Oklahoma now needs to beat No.

Lubbock, TX-What goes around, jumps around. A football program that has spent many an autumn afternoon delivering pain was the recipient of the same Saturday at Jones Stadium.

Texas Tech already led 34-13 as the last seconds ticked off the clock Saturday. But that didn't stop the Red Raiders from drilling in one last rushing touchdown for a 41-13 win against Oklahoma.

Bob Stoops, who has had several stout defenses in his 11 seasons as Oklahoma's head coach, said he never compares one year's unit to another.

This weekly feature considers five reasons why Texas Tech will win and five reasons Texas Tech will lose to each opponent.

Oklahoma's much-maligned, injury-decimated offensive line was the subject of postgame praise from Sooner players and coaches late Saturday night.

With Landry Jones again feeling confident, the Sooners piled up a season-best 640 yards total offense , committed only one turnover , converted 11-of-18 third-down plays and scored on 6-of-7 red zone opportunities.

By MIKE JONES NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma redshirt freshman defensive end R.J. Washington admits he thought he knew it all when he stepped on campus the summer of 2008.That perception did not last long.'We were going through pass-rush and I wasn't winning as much as I used to,' the Keller Fossil Ridge product recalled this week.

Date : Nov. 14 Time :A 7 p.m. EST Venue : Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium Vegas Line : OU -20 The Oklahoma Sooners are in disarray with three regular-season games remaining in 2009.

Dumb penalties. Dropped passes. Receivers giving up on routes. Turnovers. No ranking.

When Kansas State's Brandon Banks gathered in that fourth-quarter kickoff Saturday night at Owen Field, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops got a helpless feeling.