Tag: Oklahoma Sooners

Greg Sankey expects CFP to treat ‘iconic’ SEC Championship Game ‘as a reward,’ not a penalty

As things stand now, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey is happy with how things are playing out. happy with how the College Football Playoff...

Ranking 134 college football teams after Week 11: Will shaky contenders feel an SEC squeeze?

Editor’s note: The Athletic 134 is a weekly ranking of all FBS college football teams. The ACC and Big 12’s hopes of sending...

SEC championship and tiebreaker update: Explaining why it all matters now

The SEC tiebreaker procedures are 22 pages long. There’s a reason it took so long to announce them. Anyone interested in any light...

Overcoming Big Ten, SEC skepticism is first hurdle for super league proposals

Len Perna’s job is to embrace change.Since 2020, four of the Power 5 conferences hired new commissioners and the NCAA appointed a new...

Mandel's Final Thoughts: Don't blink! Bama-Georgia just another NIL-era classic

And now, 20 thoughts from Week 5, where, if you blinked, you missed a 75-yard touchdown.1. I keep waiting for college football to...

Oklahoma to start freshman QB Michael Hawkins over Jackson Arnold against Auburn

Oklahoma is making a quarterback change.Sooners coach Brent Venables announced that true freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. will start at quarterback on Saturday against...