Sooner News Daily | Thursday (October 8, 2026)
Posted on: October 8, 2026
College Football
Star LT Michael Fasusi is doubtful for Oklahoma. LB Cole Sullivan is questionable. pic.twitter.com/fGuawrfMMN
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) October 8, 2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY: 12 of the current AP top-15 teams play each other‼️
Yes, SIX top-15 matchups on one Saturday! Go ahead and cancel all plans. It's the only way 🍿 pic.twitter.com/28C6tJ6opQ
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 7, 2026
Meet Keelon Russell, Alabama’s Skittles-eating athletic “freak” with a rocket arm who is Michael Penix & Ty Simpson all rolled into one.
Back home, they call him El Presidente – an “old soul” QB rocketing up Heisman lists.
“I will die for this game.”https://t.co/ArI3aIF3oE
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) October 7, 2026
College Basketball
Lock it in » Networks and times are set 📺
📰 » https://t.co/R7FR0wLrq1 pic.twitter.com/KuSuixgoDg
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) October 7, 2026
The biggest stages are calling 📺
The Sooners are set for a program-record 18 national TV appearances in 2026-27 » https://t.co/SBn8zOom3F pic.twitter.com/J7yJDZ6xAJ
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) October 7, 2026
Oregon coach Dana Altman is retiring, a source confirms to ESPN. Field of 68 first reported. pic.twitter.com/UJeY3UhwiN
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) October 7, 2026
Why Dana Altman up and retired less than a month before the start of the season, and the position it puts Oregon in as a result. Via @Isaac__Trotter: https://t.co/Dh4zFqEoHc
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) October 7, 2026
OU Sports & News
A good week just got better 🥇@SEC Golfer of the Week: Earn Thiengsri » https://t.co/slJH5Zk7LL pic.twitter.com/OfxncRG4TV
— Oklahoma Golf (@OU_WGolf) October 7, 2026
Everything Else
Division I Cabinet introduces legislation to modernize NCAA rules. Effort to decentralize oversight follows Decision-Making Working Group recommendation:https://t.co/4Lh9NED26W
— NCAA News (@NCAA_PR) October 7, 2026

