When looking ahead to 2025, what kind of a discount factor should we apply to John Mateer’s 2024 season at Washington State?

LatestAllen KenneyJune 3, 2025John Mateer, Oklahoma, Sooners, Ben Arbuckle, SECComment

Blatant Homerism: Playoff dickering is a battle to shape college football's future

What looks like a fight over how many guaranteed spots each conference deserves in the postseason tournament is actually a battle over the future of the sport entirely.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 29, 2025College Football Playoff, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12, ACCComment

Oklahoma Sooners and Stability

Can Brent Venables “win now” while Jim Nagy tries to build a program that consistently contends within a five year window?

LatestKeyhole SportsMay 27, 2025Brent Venables, Oklahoma, Sooners, Jim Nagy, Chris Hummer, CBS Sports, OUComment

Blatant Homerism: Nerding out

A few thoughts on what SP+ has to say about the Oklahoma Sooners and college football as a whole in 2025.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 23, 2025ESPN, Oklahoma, Sooners, Texas LonghornsComment

Blatant Homerism: Recapping OU's activity in the transfer portal

With a pivotal season on the horizon, let’s review the biggest stories for the Sooners from college football’s version of free agency.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 14, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, John Mateer, Ben Arbuckle, Jaydn OttComment

Blatant Homerism: OU circles the wagons around Brent Venables

Embattled head coaches rarely enjoy the kind of support Brent Venables is currently getting from his employer.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 8, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, SEC, College Football PlayoffComment

Blatant Homerism: Time to get the transfer mix right

The 2025 Oklahoma Sooners feel like the first team that Brent Venables truly owns.

LatestAllen KenneyMay 1, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, transfer portal, Brent Venables, recruitingComment

Blatant Homerism: Oklahoma already had a stud defensive tackle

Let’s not let the residual hype from David Stone’s recruitment overshadow the fact OU had already retained a defensive tackle who had a remarkable rookie year.

LatestAllen KenneyApril 22, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, David Stone, Jayden Jackson, Brent Venables, Todd Bates, transfer portalComment

Blatant Homerism: What to watch in the Oklahoma Sooners spring game

Let’s pretend OU didn’t skip out on this year’s spring game…

Blatant Homerism: Oklahoma's complementary angles

Brent Venables wants the Oklahoma Sooners to have an offense and a defense that complement each other.

LatestAllen KenneyApril 5, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Ben Arbuckle, John Mateer, March Madness, NCAAComment

Blatant Homerism 2025 NCAA Tournament Preview: Sweet 16 and Elite Eight

In college basketball, smaller schools are starting to resemble feeder teams for the bigger brands.

LatestAllen KenneyMarch 26, 2025NCAA tournament, March Madness, Big Dance, college basketballComment

Blatant Homerism 2025 NCAA Tournament Preview: East Region

Since Cooper Flagg likely will be a go, the Blue Devils remain the odds-on favorites to head to San Antonio.

LatestAllen KenneyMarch 20, 2025NCAA tournament, Big Dance, March Madness, Duke Blue Devils, Cooper Flagg, Alabama Crimson TideComment

Blatant Homerism 2025 NCAA Tournament Preview: Midwest Region

A familiar face to fans of the Oklahoma Sooners has his squad primed for a deep run in the big dance.

Blatant Homerism 2025 NCAA Tournament Preview: South Region

Auburn might have secured the top overall seed in this year’s tournament, but the Tigers started wobbling down the stretch of the regular season.

LatestAllen KenneyMarch 18, 2025NCAA tournament, March Madness, Auburn, Michigan State, Marquette, New Mexico, Texas A&MComment

Blatant Homerism 2025 NCAA Tournament Preview: West Region

This quadrant of the tournament is loaded.

Blatant Homerism: Combine wake-up call for Sooners

The lack of NFL combine participation by the Oklahoma Sooners seems like a distressing comment on the talent level at the program.

LatestAllen KenneyMarch 6, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, NFLComment

Blatant Homerism: Sooners keep playing the hits with coaching staff

It’s getting hard to muster enthusiasm every time the Oklahoma Sooners bring back a member of the old guard like Kevin Wilson.

LatestAllen KenneyFebruary 19, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, Kevin Wilson, Bob Stoops, College Football Playoff, SEC, B1GComment

Blatant Homerism: Jalen Hurts and OU's history of innovation

OU’s offensive reinvention with Hurts behind center was yet another example of the program’s legacy of harvesting competitive advantages from strategic innovations.

LatestAllen KenneyFebruary 14, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Jalen Hurts, Lincoln Riley, Porter MoserComment

Blatant Homerism: A portal to nowhere

Transfers should fortify college footballteams, rather than serving as their foundations.

LatestAllen KenneyFebruary 5, 2025Oklahoma, Sooners, Brent Venables, transfer portal, recruiting, Ohio State, BuckeyesComment

Blatant Homerism: Nate Dreiling it is

The Oklahoma Sooners have landed on Nate Dreiling to replace Zac Alley on the coaching staff.

LatestAllen KenneyJanuary 31, 2025Brent Venables, Oklahoma, Sooners, Nate Dreiling, Zac AlleyComment

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