Ryan Reynolds News

The Sooners will leave for El Paso Saturday morning and spend five days preparing for the Sun Bowl on site.

Oklahoma linebacker Ryan Reynolds won't be back next season after the NCAA denied him a chance at a sixth season of eligibility.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has lost track of how many centers he's had to start this season.

Jones leaving: Oklahoma linebacker Gus Jones, a freshman from Wagoner, has decided to leave the Sooners and intends to transfer to "maybe a school closer to home," linebackers coach and defensive coordinator Brent Venable said Wednesday night.

Coming out of Jenks High School, Beeler signed with Oklahoma , making even one start as a true freshman.

There will be several Oklahoma players contemplating early jumps to the NFL next month.

Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, left, pats Ryan Broyles on the helmet as he returns to the sidelines following a touchdown against Texas A&M in the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov.

When the Sooners play their bowl game next month, they could have three injured starters back in the lineup.

Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was emotional as he carried the Bedlam Bell for a victory lap after the Sooners' 27-0 victory over arch-rival Oklahoma State Saturday.

When Oklahoma State's bid for its first Bowl Championship Series appearance fell apart with a shutout loss against rival Oklahoma, conventional wisdom suggested that the Cowboys would soon be hearing from the Cotton Bowl.

Oklahoma's Austin Box was talking about Bedlam the other day when he found the right five words: "I take it very personally." Part of that attitude stems from the fact that Box is expected to start in place of the injured Ryan Reynolds at middle linebacker Saturday.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday linebacker Ryan Reynolds has "an outside chance" to play in Saturday's game against Oklahoma State, though it seems unlikely after a hamstring injury knocked him out of the second half at Texas Tech.

STILLWATER, Okla. - The Bedlam rivalry has been defined over the past decade by one Oklahoma team pursuing postseason great-ness and another trying to stand in the way.

Ryan Reynolds, Oklahoma's middle linebacker and defensive captain, will not play in Saturday's Bedlam matchup against Oklahoma State, according to OKBlitz.com. Reynolds sustained a hamstring injury in the third quarter of the Sooners' 41-13 loss to Texas Tech Saturday, and was replaced by Austin Box.

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.

The interesting thing about Oklahoma's shutdown of Texas Tech last year was how basic the Sooners played it.

Think defense doesn't win championships? In this week's NCAA statistics, the top four teams are Texas, Florida, Alabama and TCU.

There had been promising signs in Oklahoma's victories over Kansas and Kansas State that the offense was coming to the aid of the party the defense had been throwing all in but a few isolated moments of this season.

Anytime you see a team score nine points in 21 seconds, it is something to remember.

Brian Kelly of Cincinnati will be the most popular name connected to the soon-to-be vacant Notre Dame coaching job.