Sooner News Daily | Wednesday (1.6.2021)
Posted on: January 6, 2021
Football
No. 1 recruit, @CALEBcsw, looks back on Oklahoma's blowout of Florida, kicking off 2021 as the @AABonNBC Man of the Year Award winner https://t.co/ND0rQcXhKx
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 5, 2021
Browns fans started a fundraiser for Tom Seipel, a fan battling cancer, to get him to the Browns' playoff-clinching game.
Baker Mayfield heard the story and sent Tom a video. Baker’s wife arranged to get Tom in their suite and to meet Baker afterwards ? (via @angrybrownsfans) pic.twitter.com/Sftr4DnFgR
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 5, 2021
Highest-graded P5 WRs in 2020
1. DeVonta Smith, Bama – 94.0
2. Jaquarii Roberson, Wake – 92.6
3. Elijah Moore, Ole Miss – 91.2
4. Marvin Mims, OU – 88.9
5. Tylan Wallace, OK St – 88.5 pic.twitter.com/GKB6NnjVRP— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 5, 2021
Another year, another winning season for @OU_Football, @BadgerFootball and @CowboyFB ? pic.twitter.com/MRujNNFLIR
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) January 5, 2021
New SIAA CFB Team Recruiting Rankings less than a month from National Signing Day:
1. @AlabamaFTBL
2. @OhioStateFB
3. @ClemsonFB
4. @GeorgiaFootball
5. @LSUfootballFull Top 25:https://t.co/idPbdQMGu2
— SI All-American (@SIAllAmerican) January 5, 2021
Austin Kendall is leaving #WVU for what would be his third program in four years. https://t.co/MvaZ9MZUv9
— Heartland College Sports (@Heartland_CS) January 5, 2021
Dan Mullen, PFF's Coach of the Year pic.twitter.com/Fpc7UO9A6H
— PFF College (@PFF_College) January 5, 2021
Alabama’s DeVonta Smith is the first receiver to win the Heisman since Michigan’s Desmond Howard in 1991. The senior is the fourth WR to win. Notre Dame’s Tim Brown won in 1987 and Nebraska’s Johnny Rodgers in 1972.
By @ralphDrussoAP >> https://t.co/Za35p1czCk pic.twitter.com/oSoJ2uCOjh
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) January 6, 2021
Is DeVonta Smith’s Heisman win a sign of things to come, or just a blip? ?@ByPatForde with more on the first WR to win the award since 1991 https://t.co/GYpJN2ZMUe
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 6, 2021
Basketball
The #Sooners are in the middle of playing three top-10 teams in an eight-day stretch.
Next up: No. 2 Baylor on Wednesday night in Waco.
Preview ➡️ https://t.co/aeOwjQCY2p pic.twitter.com/3PmkySdSRQ
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 5, 2021
You have to want it ????.#BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/MspKng9VP7
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) January 5, 2021
The #Sooners hit the road for the first time in five games as they meet Texas Tech in Lubbock Wednesday at 6 p.m. CT.
? https://t.co/qQsWQE5spK | #OUrWay pic.twitter.com/Y7Egflcr9C
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_WBBall) January 5, 2021
Other OU Sports & News
There's only ???? days until we're flipping into the 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ season.
We can't wait to see you there (socially distanced and masked up, of course!)
TICKETS: https://t.co/FGQAOuJ7A8 pic.twitter.com/05dE7UqGTC
— Oklahoma Women's Gym (@OU_WGymnastics) January 5, 2021
Oklahoma announces attendance plan for 2021 wrestling season ⤵️
? https://t.co/l2DW5DqGAx pic.twitter.com/O1fAn5kbrc
— Oklahoma Wrestling (@OU_Wrestling) January 5, 2021
The spring schedule is here! ?
The competitive slate features seven matches with teams who finished in last year's @ITA_Tennis top 50 and 15 matches at the Headington Family Tennis Center.
? https://t.co/8xvBLl4ouE
? https://t.co/LUDZXFOcsq pic.twitter.com/GBKieYwlJh— Oklahoma Tennis (@OU_WTennis) January 5, 2021
