OU football: Kolaches, win over Baylor used to be automatic

If there was any guarantee in life, it was my every-other-year trip to Waco to see the OU football team play. On the way there, stop in the little Czech community of West and scarf down some kolaches. Watch OU stomp Baylor. Ou the way back, stop in the little Czech community of West and

OU football: I’ll be channeling my Dad against Notre Dame

Back in the 1950s, like most everyone else in Oklahoma, Dad was a serious OU football fan. On fall Saturday mornings, he and one of his buddies from Eufaula would load into the Chevy, pull onto Highway 9 and journey to Norman to watch Bud Wilkinson’s Sooners ring up another victory. I know this because

OU football: Why Sooners should care about the loss of Big Tex

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been a rough week for Texans in Dallas. First, OU laid waste to the Orangebloods’ psyche with a 63-21 victory over their team last Saturday at the Cotton Bowl at Fair Park. Then, Friday came a tougher loss for Texans in general. Big Tex, the icon of the State Fair of

OU wrapup: Sooners struggle but do better than Marty Robbins

As usual, Barry Switzer was right. Barry tweeted that he keeps getting the question, “Am I going to El Paso?” Barry’s reply: Hell no. My friend, Marty Robbins, got his [butt] shot last time he was out there. Against UTEP, OU was winged in the backside. But unlike what happened in the gunslinger’s ballad, OU