Sooner News Daily | Friday (1.15.2021)
Posted on: January 15, 2021
Football
Donโt for one minute overlook how STINGY that #SpeedDโข๏ธ๐ท SECONDARY was this season! Our boys put in MAJOR work! Something special going on in Norman… TAP INโผ๏ธ #ChampU22๐ #OUDNA๐งฌ pic.twitter.com/s8hrCnWEds
— Roy Manning (@CoachRoyM) January 14, 2021
Bob Stoops on Baker Mayfield: "He's been a winner his whole life. โฆ it's infectious. Everybody picks up on it — you can't fake that stuff — they feel it and start to believe it." Fresh off their first playoff win in 26 years, Baker has #Browns believing https://t.co/zaDhGV1bQ6
— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) January 14, 2021
Top QBs returning next season ๐ pic.twitter.com/6tEnCwTxjy
— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 14, 2021
Top returning WRs in CFB๐ฅ pic.twitter.com/YeVOFdp6OX
— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 14, 2021
Potential first-round picks Mac Jones, Jaylen Waddle, Patrick Surtain II and Christian Barmore have declared for the NFL draft https://t.co/A06x4N3jxS
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 14, 2021
All-time Nick Saban-coached team, from Tua Tagovailoa to DeVonta Smith https://t.co/5SDUkMQp3G pic.twitter.com/U5Xp384Mic
— Sporting News College Football (@sn_ncaaf) January 14, 2021
Basketball
Next Up: Bedlam#Sooners vs. Cowboys on Saturday night in Stillwater.#BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/68MmVGClIf
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 14, 2021
Other OU Sports & News
"๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด, '๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด?'" – Martin Luther King, Jr.
OU student-athletes to serve virtually as part of #MLKDay Monday.
โก๏ธ https://t.co/cW7EltQjF8 #BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/ZnxptmjpI6
— Oklahoma Sooners (@OU_Athletics) January 14, 2021
Get ready for our first meet of ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ on Saturday by downloading our ๐ฅ poster! โคต๏ธ
ยป https://t.co/drvklgRr67 pic.twitter.com/xnAIHFj9x3
— Oklahoma T&F & XC (@OU_Track) January 14, 2021
Everything Else
Breaking: Urban Meyer is the new head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars https://t.co/ncsEoQyGan pic.twitter.com/2Qrn7Ky1ZA
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 14, 2021
Urban Meyer's decision to take the Jaguars head coaching job wasn't a complete surprise — The situation makes sense for a lot of reasons.
But as @BruceFeldmanCFB explains, the role presents an unfamiliar challenge: https://t.co/OZ5ysLxrES
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) January 14, 2021
During their 2016 clash, Patrick Mahomes and Baker Mayfield lit up the scoreboard to the tune of 125 total points while Oklahoma and Texas Tech combined for 1,708 yards of total offense, setting an FBS record.
There were many more eye-popping numbers. https://t.co/PqdECReG5s
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) January 14, 2021
