Wonderlic Score Not a Sure Barometer of NFL Success
Published on: 2nd April, 2010
All quarterbacks who attend the annual NFL Combine are required to take an I.Q. test. It's called the Wonderlic Personnel Test. The theory behind the Wonderlic is that the NFL is so much more mentally demanding than the college game that high intelligence can be a predictor of professional success. However, when economists David Berri and Rob Simmons ...Sooners, Stanford To Splash Down in Sun Bowl
Published on: 6th December, 2009
The Oklahoma Sooners (7-5) will square off against No. 19 Stanford Cardinal (8-4) at high noon (MST) on New Year's Eve in the 2009 Brut Sun Bowl. Sunday, the unranked Sooners accepted the invitation from the fragrant El Paso, TX bowl. The highly-anticipated match-up of Big 12 and Pac 10 ...Sooners-Cowboys: Oklahoma Blasts State’s BCS Hopes
Published on: 28th November, 2009
It seemed terrible—even impossible—that the Sooners' common troubles might split them apart instead of drawing them together. Not this week. Not this Bedlam Series game. With a defense that made Oklahoma State's offense look like it was being herded together at the point of a shotgun, the Sooners blasted the Cowboys 27-0 ...See It Here: 20 Sneak Peak Photos Of Oklahoma Sooners’ New Uniform
Published on: 16th November, 2009
The Oklahoma Sooners have joined 10 other elite college football programs to unveil Nike's new Pro Combat uniforms this month. "Players need their uniforms to be as light as possible so they can play the game at top speed," said Kris Aman, Nike's Global Vice President and General Manager for Nike ...Off-The-Field Message Blows Away On-The-Field Message in OU 65-10 Win
Published on: 15th November, 2009
There was so much going on in Oklahoma's 65-10 demolition of Texas A&M that it's impossible to dismiss the victory outright or bestow praise upon it. In either case, the bone of the game will crack if the weight of too much interpretation gets applied to it. The game could get ...More on Sam Bradford and His View of Money
Published on: 4th November, 2009
Sam Bradford's choice to return to college this season instead of becoming a multimillionaire NFL player went against much of the values in American society. I simply want to speak of two ways Bradford's choice, as a famous athlete, was counter cultural. Remember the timing. It was January of this year. ...No Doubt Now About Who’s in Charge of Sooners; OU Downs Wildcats, 42-30
Published on: 1st November, 2009
Landry Jones has parlayed his symbolic role as stoic-faced backup to last year's Heisman Trophy winner into the honorary title of Oklahoma Sooners' quarterback. Jones, when the game got tight, hit all 10 of his passes in the fourth quarter and his final 14 overall to lead No. 22 Oklahoma to ...ESPN Analyst Kirk Herbstreit Takes Stand in Mack Brown Severance Trial
Published on: 14th October, 2009
The University of Texas Alumni Association (Texas Exes) lawsuit trial over the severance package paid to departing Head Coach Mack Brown was jolted today by the testimony of an unexpected witness, who was questioned by counsel for the Texas Exes. Counsel: Will the witness please state his name. Witness: Kirk Herbstreit. C: Please ...Sam Bradford Back for Oklahoma Vs. Baylor Bears: Sooners Open Defense of Big 12
Published on: 10th October, 2009
When you've been to the Promised Land, and tasted the milk and honey, water and crackers aren't so hot. The No. 19 Oklahoma Sooners begin their annual journey into Big 12 land today against the unranked Baylor Bears. Kickoff: 2:30 PM Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK TV: ABC, sent to 19 percent of nation Weather: Mostly sunny, 58 degrees, ...Sooners’ Offensive Coordinator Kevin Wilson: Love Him, Hate Him, or Like Him?
Published on: 8th October, 2009
Kevin Wilson is hearing it from both sides. The outside and the inside. From the outside, about half of Sooner Nation wants a burnt offering of Wilson's flesh. Better it come, they figure, before the game in two Saturdays against the Burnt Orange. From the inside, Wilson hears it from himself. "Trust me, ...
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