Tulsa Golden Hurricane NCAA Football News

Tyler Holmes said he couldn't feel sorry for himself if he tried. Not when his University of Tulsa football roommate has had it so much rougher.

The postgame walk to the locker room won't be forgotten. Tulsa's players had to pass a celebrating East Carolina team last year after the Pirates defeated the Golden Hurricane in the 2008 Conference USA championship game.

Justin Skillens was feeling the heat. He needed to make a play. Fans of the former Booker T. Washington football standout wondered when he was going to start contributing more as a University of Tulsa freshman.

Series: TCU leads 4-0 Notes: There's no defense playing better right now than TCU's, which tossed a 41-0 shutout at UNLV to move up four spots to No.

Freshman nose guard Gabe McGee got a rapid introduction to college football. He was part of a goal-line stand in his first University of Tulsa game.

Recruiting base: One reason Kevin Sumlin left Bob Stoops' University of Oklahoma coaching staff to become Houston's head coach is the fertile recruiting region he inherited.

When Conference USA reshuffled its membership and divisional lineups a few years ago, a new rivalry was born - and predicting what's going to happen when Tulsa and Houston get together can be an exercise in futility.

While Tulsa's offensive line continues to struggle as a unit, head coach Todd Graham went out of his way to say freshman center Trent Dupy has "improved dramatically" in recent weeks.

Tulsa senior defensive back John Destin said he couldn't believe that he let a sure interception slip through his fingers at UTEP last week.

Shawnbrey McNeil dives into the end zone against Tulsa And then there were two. SMU moved into a tie with Houston for first place in the Conference-USA West division standings Saturday with a 27-13 victory over Tulsa.

I COULD break out the clever Halloween cliches. Would be easy to use words like scary or frightening to describe Tulsa's performance on a sun-drenched Saturday when boos were heard at Chapman Stadium.

Freshman quarterback Kyle Padron made his first start a memorable one, turning two broken plays into scoring passes in leading Southern Methodist to a 27-13 victory over Tulsa on Saturday.

"Now I know what it's like to be in a hurricane in Tulsa , Okla. Not very pleasant for us." UTEP head coach Mike Price , on last year's 77-35 football loss at the University of Tulsa .

Treasurer issued the following news release: Bre Cynova of Oklahoma City will be watching her favorite team in VIP style this weekend, courtesy of the Oklahoma College Savings Plan .

Line: Tulsa by 15 1/2. Series Record: SMU leads 10-6. Last meeting: 2008, Tulsa 37-31. SMU and Tulsa enter the game part of a four-way tie atop the Conference USA West standings.

Charles Clay is rounding into form in time for another Southern Methodist game. It was against the Mustangs two years ago that the junior running back had his signature University of Tulsa football moment.

Go to John Klein's Blog STOP ME if you've heard this before. A usually-reliable defense controls most of the game but in the fourth quarter can't make the one stop needed to win the game.

Rocky start: Once again, pass protection wasn't the Hurricane's strong suit in the first half.

Paging Dr. Lou Todd Graham told his football team that he admired Bob Hope and John Wayne while growing up.

Just when it seemed as if Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford was ready to make a decision about his future, the injured Oklahoma quarterback decided he needed more time to think about it.