Jovantae Barnes is the latest Oklahoma player planning to hit the portal. Not a surprise after he preserved his redshirt this season. He joins OL Jacob Sexton, OT Isaiah Autry, DB Kendel Dolby, TE Kaden Helms and LB Kobie McKinzie as those -- so far -- hitting the portal when it opens next month.

Had to cancel, at the last minute, plans to venture down to Florida for the holidays. But sometimes life finds a way — and today that was in the form of the Puerto Rican spot in town selling coquito via the bar next door to it.

Oklahoma basketball has reportedly picked up a midseason addition to its roster for the spring semester: Russian big man Kirill Elatontsev is joining the Sooners after being cleared by the NCAA, according to reports by Jon Rothstein and Jeff Goodman.

This story — by Kent Babb — is so, so good

Derrion Reid scored a career-high 22 points and was one of six Sooners in double figures, as Oklahoma set a program record by shooting 67.8% from the field in a 107-54 win against Stetson. Yes, SIXTY-SEVEN point EIGHT percent. In an American college basketball game.

Oklahoma is currently shooting 72.5(!) percent from the field against Stetson -- with less than four minutes to play in the game. OU's single-game record for shooting is 66.1% against Baylor nearly 21 years ago.

New episode of the Sooners Illustrated podcast — putting a bow on the CFP loss and discussing what Oklahoma can build on from this season while examining what needs to change for 2026

Tory Blaylock led Oklahoma in rushing this season and was an SEC All-Freshman selection. He was also limited by a shoulder injury for much of the year. On what he took from his freshman season while planning to "come back 10 times better next year"...

Oklahoma LB Owen Heinecke has accepted his invite to the Senior Bowl. He petitioned the NCAA for a sixth year after starting out playing lacrosse at Ohio State in 2021, but as of Friday he wasn’t optimistic he would get a waiver. If denied, he’ll get a chance in Mobile in front of NFL personnel.

Oklahoma's offense made marginal improvements in Year 1 w/Ben Arbuckle -- except in one notable area. The Sooners got worse in the run game, averaging their fewest yards/carry in 15 years. "That's got to be a tremendous focus for us moving forward. We've got to get better at running the football"

the Lions remain absolute kings of “wait a game can end like that???”

Rule of Cool means that OPI should be picked up and the touchdown should stand

Oklahoma linebacker Kobie McKinzie is hitting the transfer portal. A redshirt junior who was part of Brent Venables' first signing class at Oklahoma, McKinzie will have one year of eligibility remaining. Sooners will likely be in the market for a quality LB or two in the portal.

Coming off a quad injury that sidelined him for most of November, R Mason Thomas could have easily turned his attention to the NFL Draft. The All-America DE "fought like hell" to take the field one more time for Oklahoma in the CFP "I wouldn't have come back if I didn't love my guys.”

Deion Burks had an up-and-down 2 years (on and off the field) at Oklahoma, but the likely top-100 NFL Draft prospect saved his best for last in a bittersweet final game in the CFP. "I could have gave in a long time ago... Really proud of myself that I was able to push through and get over the hump”

I sincerely hope Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig continue to give us a new Knives Out installment every 2-3 years for as long as they enjoy making them

Well, it was fun for approximately 10 minutes, JMU

Snap counts, player grades and other advanced stats and notes from Oklahoma's first-round College Football Playoff loss to Alabama (via PFF data) -- A closer look at John Mateer -- Febechi Nwaiwu caps a remarkable season in pass pro -- The splits between OU not/pressuring Ty Simpson were notable

They should give the kid who missed the GameDay kicks the million dollars if the actual game kickers miss every kick today. Imagine the drama. Zooming in on him as A&M lines up to win the game 3-0, does he want the win or the million

Say what you will about Oklahoma and Alabama, but at least that game last night was interesting

Oklahoma's offense was rolling in the first half against Alabama, but two pivotal decisions by John Mateer late in the first half completely changed the complexion of the game for the Sooners in a 34-24 first-round CFP exit.

Still can’t believe Oklahoma actually got 50 Cent to perform Many Men during the College Football Playoff. Eighth-grade me is still geeking out about this, realizing it wasn’t a fever dream.

Special teams was the difference for Oklahoma in multiple wins during the regular season, including the mid-November trip to Alabama. On Friday night, it was the Sooners' Achilles heel, as untimely, uncharacteristic mistakes doomed OU in a 34-24 loss to Alabama.

A wrap on Year 3 ✌🏻

John Mateer plans to "take some time" to weigh his options before weighing his next steps: return to Oklahoma for 2026 or declare for the NFL Draft. "You saw glimpses of how special he can be all season long, despite some of the injuries and things of that nature that he fought through."

John Mateer says he hasn’t thought about his future yet. Says he plans to take some time and figure everything out. He has one more year of eligibility and could return for a second season at Oklahoma. Or he could declare for the draft in what’s shaping up to be a relatively thin QB class

On John Mateer’s play tonight and this season overall (including coming back from the thumb surgery in late September), Brent Venables calls him a warrior. “He’s got everything you want in a competitor, a leader, a quarterback…. You saw glimpses of how special he can be all season long.”

Brent Venables on Oklahoma’s uncharacteristic special teams issues tonight: “Nothing surprises me; it’s football. There’s a heck of a lot more that’s amazing than poor. I put it all in perspective…. Those things couldn’t afford to play poorly against good teams at times.”

The Sooners' Red November didn't bleed into a 🌹-y December, as Oklahoma unraveled in a 34-24 loss to Alabama in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Takeaways: -- OU lost its special teams edge -- The offense came undone after a hot start -- The turnover margin titled back to Bama

Tate Sandell is going to bookend his season with missed field goals. He made 24 consecutive field goals before missing a 37-yarder just now.

R Mason Thomas was held something nasty, but Owen Heinecke still gets to Ty Simpson for a huge third-down sack

Alabama's right tackle with a blatant false start, but it's uncalled, and Ryan Williams hauls in a deep ball over the shoulder

This place is suddenly ALIVE

and ou promptly scores a touchdown after 50 cent’s hype performance (this is a real thing that happened i swear you’re not having a fever dream)

The power of FITTY John Mateer with a 37-yard touchdown pass to Deion Burks. Oklahoma answers back, at last. It's 27-24 with 14:45 to go in Norman.

50 Cent performs "Many Men" before the fourth quarter of Oklahoma's first-round College Football Playoff game against Alabama

FIDDY

First double-digit deficit for Oklahoma since the loss to Ole Miss on Oct. 25.

27 unanswered for Alabama. It's 27-17 with 4:30 left in the third quarter.

Oklahoma with a defensive hold after Alabama dropped a wide-open third-down pass. Oof.

Oklahoma is unraveling, man

Alabama has scored 24 unanswered since Oklahoma took a 17-0 lead.

We've had three combined drops in the first 2:32 of the second half between Alabama and Oklahoma.

Oklahoma *needed* that stop coming out of halftime

Wow, bad take tom. 17-17 at halftime. We've got a ballgame, and Alabama gets the ball first coming out of the break.

We've got a tie game. John Mateer just threw a pick-six, and I have no idea what he was looking at on that play. It's 17-17 with 1:18 to go in the first half, and Alabama gets the ball coming out of halftime.

John Mateer has completed 10 of his last 12 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown. One of those two incompletions was a drop on a deep ball that would've been a 53-yard touchdown.

Oklahoma's 17-0 lead is suddenly 17-10 with 2:08 left in the first half.

A very rare special teams gaffe for Oklahoma. Grayson Miller drops the punt, and Alabama gets the block and takes over at the Oklahoma 30-yard line.

Xavier Robinson with a brutal drop