Sooner News Daily | Monday (August 18, 2025)
Posted on: August 18, 2025
College Football
We welcomed home over 140 former @ou_football players, managers, and trainers along with their families for our 4th annual Varsity O x SOUL Mission Former Player BBQ! Seven decades together to celebrate a day full of memories, connection, and Sooner pride.☝️#SoonersForLife pic.twitter.com/FTk5MJ7fqc
— Varsity O (@VarsityO) August 18, 2025
Camp cool down 🏖️
One of One: Team trip to Okana Resort pic.twitter.com/AhsysK7lbj
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 16, 2025
Life of a lineman 🤣@troyeverett11 on the 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/qdodvc0n4r
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 16, 2025
Thatcher and Parker stole the show!
Patients from the Jimmy Everest Center at @Okla_Childrens made our media day extra special 📸 pic.twitter.com/vEvY98mTvt
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 17, 2025
Here are the #Sooners' most important players heading into the season.https://t.co/wBn937gKHz
— Colton Sulley (@colton_sulley) August 17, 2025
More than 1,100 colleges and universities sponsor NCAA sports, including 136 in FBS football. Visiting all of them would be impossible.
So let's sort out the best.
Pack your bags: These are The Athletic's must-visit college sporting events in 2025 ⤵️https://t.co/MnntDJZ8xW pic.twitter.com/dII3BH0boQ
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 16, 2025
The NCAA ruled Friday that Jim Harbaugh ran a Michigan program where “there was little, if any, emphasis on following the rules.”
But these mega-coaches are pretty much all the same.
They will do almost anything to win.
✍️ @Ian_OConnor https://t.co/DsdGoxTDj3 pic.twitter.com/HlAQjQIzkc
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 16, 2025
The best way to think about a CFP of 24 or 28 teams _ still just an idea _ is as an extension of the 16-team, 4-4-2-2-1, but instead of confs staging play-in games to get in the CFP on champ wknd, play-in matchups are across confs. and become the 1st rdhttps://t.co/62STdgFAOJ
— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoATH) August 17, 2025
College Basketball
it's heeeere… the official 2025-26 roster!
🔢 » https://t.co/FDCqyhw1Ac pic.twitter.com/HQjPZKvrmZ
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) August 15, 2025
Meet the Newcomers Pt. 1 🎬
Sooner fans, get to know @AALIYAH2CHAVEZ!
🎟️ https://t.co/mCaaXByUYW // @OU_Athletics pic.twitter.com/C1s0Ma38wK
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) August 15, 2025
OU Sports & News
got the gold ✨
congrats to Nikaoli Williams on taking gold in the long jump at the NACAC Senior Championships 🏆 pic.twitter.com/1UD6czDvzc
— Oklahoma T&F & XC (@OU_Track) August 16, 2025
add it to the list ✍️
wishing a huge congrats to Ralford Mullings on being just the second collegian in history to throw beyond 70 meters (229-8) in the men’s discus! his 72.01m (236-3) makes it a Jamaican national record and PB! 👏 pic.twitter.com/KvRPuIvtzK
— Oklahoma T&F & XC (@OU_Track) August 16, 2025
🥇🌟💛✨🏆#USWNT | #TWG2025 pic.twitter.com/t2h5Sjx0uu
— USA Softball Women's National Team 🇺🇸 (@USASoftballWNT) August 17, 2025
🌏🔝 Check out the All-World Team!
Women's Softball competition at The World Games 2025#TWG2025 pic.twitter.com/8i9X5NPVJn— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) August 17, 2025
🏅🇺🇸 Congratulations to Tiare Jennings on winning the MVP Award!
Women's Softball competition at The World Games 2025#TWG2025 || @twg2025 pic.twitter.com/v8WxMOOuWq— WBSC ⚾🥎 (@WBSC) August 17, 2025
spend your Saturday with the Sooners!!
🆚 K-State
📆 Aug. 23
⏰ 1 PM CT
🏟 McCasland Field House
🎟 FREE! pic.twitter.com/UDJnMQFE3j— Oklahoma Volleyball (@OU_Volleyball) August 17, 2025
Mark your calendars, Sooner Nation 👀
📰 » https://t.co/vpUPEEeUCz
🎟️ » https://t.co/GDn42qDVG3
📅 » https://t.co/D33HfaGBSX pic.twitter.com/4uIpE0tXCu— Oklahoma Wrestling (@OU_Wrestling) August 15, 2025
