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OU to leave Big 12 for SEC one year early

Logan Layden

The 2023 athletic season will be OU’s last in the Big XII Conference.

Brent Venables is pictured during Oklahoma football media day in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011.

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College football recap: OU gets new coach, OSU comes up inches short, bowl game matchups set

Logan Layden

Brent Venables rejoins the Sooners, OSU loses the Big 12 Championship Game and bowl game matchups are set.

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Lincoln Riley leaving OU to become USC's head coach

Logan Layden

Lincoln Riley is out as OU’s head football coach.

University of Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine rushes past Auburn University defensive back Stephen Roberts in the second half of the Allstate Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017.

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Saccharine Samaje: Perine Sets Record In OU’s Sugar Bowl Win

Brian Hardzinski

The University of Oklahoma's football team has a new all-time leading rusher after running back Samaje Perine broke Billy Sims' 37-year-old record Monday…

University of Oklahoma running back Joe Mixon speaks with reporters during the media day for the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium Dec. 29, 2015, in Miami Gardens, Fla., two days before OU played Clemson University.

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Stoops: Mixon Probably Dismissed If Altercation Happened Today

Brian Hardzinski

University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops says running back Joe Mixon would be off the team if the 2014 altercation that ended with him…

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Former Sooner Defensive End 'Jimbo' Elrod Dies In Car Accident

Former University of Oklahoma All-American football player James “Jimbo” Elrod, 62, died in a single car crash on the Turner Turnpike approximately 4…

University of Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) celebrates a touchdown pass to wide receiver Dede Westbrook (11) during the second half of the Red River Rivalry game in Dallas Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. Oklahoma won 45-40.

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University Of Oklahoma's Mayfield, Westbrook Headed To New York As Heisman Finalists

Brian Hardzinski

Two University of Oklahoma football players will be in New York City this weekend as finalists for one of their sport's most prestigious awards.The trust…

Sterling Shepard, Ty Darlington, Zach Sanchez, Bob Stoops, Charles Tapper, Trevor Knight, and Eric Striker walk arm-in-arm to protest campus racism in March 2015.

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Stoops Attributes Sooners' Success To Solidarity Shown During SAE

Brian Hardzinski

The University of Oklahoma takes on Clemson University in the Orange Bowl Thursday evening. The rematch of the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl is the first of…

The statue of Bennie Owen stands in front of athletic dorms on the east side of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, which Owen helped build in the early 1920s.

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How Bennie Owen Laid The Foundation For A Century Of Sooner Football Success

Brian Hardzinski

Before Bud Wilkinson won 47 straight, before Barry Switzer “hung half-a-hundred” on his opponents, and before Bob Stoops restored the shine to the…

University of Oklahoma quarterback Blake Bell leads a fourth-quarter drive against Oklahoma State University during the 2013 Bedlam matchup in Stillwater,

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Big 12, College Football Playoff Picture Should Become More Clear After Bedlam

Brian Hardzinski

The University of Oklahoma takes on Oklahoma State University Saturday night in Stillwater in a highly-anticipated matchup that has conference and…