Published: 23 July 2025

(by John E. Hoover) Time marches on, always faster than you expect, and suddenly it’s go-time for Brent Venables’ first recruiting class at Oklahoma. Venables’ plane from Clemson touched down in Norman on Sunday night, Dec. 5, 2021, and less than 24 hours later, the man who replaced Lincoln Riley was in a car, headed up I-44 to Tulsa, to...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 23 July 2025

(by Dekota Gregory) Completely unprompted, SEC analyst Paul Finebaum went off and absolutely roasted Lincoln Riley on Tuesday as a guest on the "Dari Nowkhah Show" on KREF. Finebaum's segment as a guest was actually ending before he said he had one more thing to say and went on his rant. "I can't think of anybody whose coaching...read more from Stormin' in Norman

Published: 22 July 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) ATLANTA — Oklahoma’s offensive turnaround got off to a good start when Brent Venables landed new offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and John Mateer. But to avoid the struggles of 2024, the Sooners need tons more production at receiver. Injuries decimated the unit a year ago, adding to the struggles of first-time...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 22 July 2025

(by Pete Nakos) College football coaches and players begin training camp on campuses ahead of the season in the next week, with a handful of programs starting up in the coming days in anticipation of Week 1. The Sooners are set to report to Norman for fall camp on July 30. Oklahoma opens the year against Illinois State on Aug. 30, followed by Michigan...read more from the SoonerScoop

Published: 22 July 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) There will be a lot on Robert Spears-Jennings’ shoulders in 2025. For one, the Sooners need the Tulsa native to replicate his production from a year ago and then take another step forward. Two, the Sooners need someone to emerge as a leader with the departures of safety Billy Bowman and linebacker Danny Stutsman...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 22 July 2025

(by John E. Hoover) Oklahoma coach Brent Venables has lived some of the greatest offenses in college football history. Last year’s Sooners were not among them. “I don’t even know the rankings,” Venables said. “It just made me sick.” Getting to see the likes of Josh Heupel, Jason White, Mark Clayton, Adrian Peterson, Jammal Brown...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Carson Field) Despite a 34-year age gap, Baker Mayfield and Toby Keith were close friends. Keith, a country music star born in 1961, grew up in Moore. Mayfield, born in Austin in 1995, was Oklahoma’s starting quarterback for three years and won the Heisman Trophy in 2017. Their mutual love for the University of Oklahoma and Sooner...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 21 July 2025

(by John Williams) SEC media days are behind us, and the Oklahoma Sooners and the rest of the college football world will begin fall camp in short order. The Oklahoma Sooners begin the 2025 season in 40 days against Illinois State. After the way 2024 went, everyone's itching to see if this year's version of the squad can have a year in which...read more from the Sooners Wire

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Josh Callaway) As the start of fall camp draws nearer, the Sooners Illustrated Podcast is back with a brand new episode to start to break down Oklahoma ahead of the 2025 season. After reacting to OU's 12-member search committee for their new athletic director, Sooners Illustrated's Josh Callaway, James D. Jackson and Tom Green begin...listen to podcast from Sooners Illustrated

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma snuck into SI.com’s Preseason Top 25. The Sooners were rated as the No. 25 team in the country entering the year by Bryan Fischer as Brent Venables enters a make-or-break year in Norman. “It would not be a surprise if Oklahoma became one of the most improved teams in the country simply as a result of...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 21 July 2025

(by James D. Jackson) College sports are slowly moving to a professional model. That's been the belief over the past couple of years that NIL, revenue sharing, and other factors are starting to come into play. With that in mind, The Athletic's Matt Baker went through a process in estimating what it would cost to buy each Power 4 College...read more from Sooners Illustrated

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Bob Przybylo) The next step in the process for finding a new athletic director for OU has been checked off. We now know the 12-member committee that will begin the process to figure out what’s next for OU athletics, revealed Monday. Joe Castiglione, who has served as OU’s athletics director since 1998, announced on July 8 his future retirement...read more from the SoonerScoop

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Jesse Crittenden) The Sooners have no shortage of marque games in 2025. Any one of them could rank atop this list, particularly Texas, at Alabama, at South Carolina and LSU. But Michigan comes to Norman in Week 2. And that game has all the potential in the world to be the one that has the biggest impact on the Sooners’ season...read more from the OUInsider

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Ryan Chapman) Oklahoma added plenty of skill players to give its offense a jolt in 2025. But if the Sooners aren’t able to take massive strides up front, the effectiveness of new quarterback John Mateer, running back Jaydn Ott and the host of wide receivers added by Emmett Jones will be limited. As dysfunctional as the offense was a year ago...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 21 July 2025

(by Ryan Aber) ATLANTA — John Mateer didn’t grow up rooting much for a specific school. But OU football’s new starting quarterback, who grew up in the Dallas area, watched and rooted for specific quarterbacks. Former TCU star Trevone Boykin, who starred for the Horned Frogs from 2012-15, was at the top of that list. There are plenty of others...read more from The Oklahoman

Published: 20 July 2025

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Published: 20 July 2025

(by Chip Rouse) For many years it was extremely rare for a player at Oklahoma -- as well as many other top teams -- to see the field during his freshman season. There were, of course, exceptions for especially talented first-year players or other unforeseen circumstances that necessitated going deep in the depth chart. That is clearly not...read more from Stormin' in Norman

Published: 20 July 2025

(by Carson Field) Daniel Odom, a 4-star wideout committed to Oklahoma in the Class of 2026, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he is shutting down his recruitment. Odom committed to Oklahoma on Jan. 28, just days after taking an official visit to Norman. Other schools continued to pursue the wide receiver prospect after his...read more from Oklahoma Sooners on SI

Published: 19 July 2025

(by Josh Callaway) Transferring in from Purdue, expectations were fairly high for wide receiver Deion Burks going into the 2024 season. And, for the most part, Burks was able to meet them when he was on the field despite a putrid year for Oklahoma offensively on the whole. In his five games, Burks was effective with 31 receptions for 245 yards...read more from Sooners Illustrated

Published: 19 July 2025

(by George Stoia) When John Mateer visited OU in December, he received a call from Baker Mayfield. This story is well-known now, as Mateer told the media about their conversation when he first arrived in Norman. But on Saturday, seven months later, Mayfield shared his thoughts on Mateer and the advice he offered him. “He was still...read more from the SoonerScoop