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Grant Calcaterra leads Oklahoma out of the tunnel against TCU

Grant Calcaterra lead the Sooners on the field one last time after announcing his retirement from football this past week.

Grant Calcaterra lead the Sooners on the field one last time after announcing his retirement from football this past week.

Calcaterra chose to retire from the game he loves, citing concussions as the reason he has to step away.

Here is Calcaterra’s announcement that came via Twitter.

In five game this season, Calcaterra caught five passes for 79 yards.

His career numbers at Oklahoma are 41 catches for 637 yards and nine touchdowns.

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Oklahoma will get CeeDee Lamb ‘back’ for TCU game, according to Kirk Herbstreit

After missing out on Oklahoma’s historic come-from-win over Baylor, star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb will be “back” for OU tonight.

Sounds like Lincoln Riley may be getting his favorite toy back.

After missing out on Oklahoma’s historic come-from-behind-win over Baylor, star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb will be “back” for the Sooners tonight versus TCU, according to ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit on College GameDay. Riley said earlier in the week that Lamb’s status was ‘up in the air’.

The junior receiver was held out of last Saturday’s game with an undisclosed injury. Lamb did suit up and go through warm-ups in full pads and helmet. However, once game time rolled around, he was without his helmet and changed into street clothes at halftime.

As Jalen Hurts favorite target this season, Lamb is Oklahoma’s leading receiver with 44 catches for 983 yards and 13 touchdowns. Even with limited production tonight, he should eclipse 1,000 yards for the season.

Without Lamb, multiple wide receivers stepped up against Baylor, including true freshman Jadon Haselwood and Theo Wease, as well as true freshman tight end Austin Stogner.

Lamb was named to the Biletnikoff semifinal list earlier this week.

Oklahoma and TCU will kickoff at 7 p.m. CT on FOX.

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CeeDee Lamb, Jalen Hurts named Earl Campbell Award semifinalists

Both CeeDee Lamb and Jalen Hurts have been named semifinalists for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award.

As the college football season begins its end, award season is just beginning.

Both CeeDee Lamb and Jalen Hurts have been named semifinalists for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. The award is given to the best offensive talent in Division I football from the state of Texas that also exemplifies the characteristics of Texas Longhorn and NFL legend, Earl Campbell.

Both Lamb and Hurts have quite the list of awards and watch lists between them already.

Lamb was a consensus midseason first-team All-American and is a semifinalist for both the Biletnikoff (best wide receiver) and the Maxwell Award (best all around player).

Hurts finds himself in the race for the Heisman Trophy, a semifinalist for both the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Trophy (best quarterback), as well as well as the CLASS award (best senior student-athlete). Adding the Earl Campbell Tyler rose Award would add to an already rewarding collegiate career.

Past Sooners to win the Campbell Award include Kyler Murray (2018) and Baker Mayfield (2017). Oklahoma has also produced at least one finalist for the award all but the first year of the award in 2013.

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Texas Christian at Oklahoma odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Saturday’s TCU Horned Frogs at Oklahoma Sooners matchup, with college football analysis, betting odds, picks a best bets.

The Oklahoma Sooners (9-1, 6-1) host the Texas Christian Horned Frogs (5-5, 3-4) Saturday in Normal at 8 p.m. ET.

We analyze the TCU-Oklahoma odds and betting lines, while providing college football betting tips and advice on this matchup.

TCU at Oklahoma: Three things you need to know

1. The Horned Frogs won at Texas Tech last week, 33-31, but they haven’t won consecutive games since Aug. 31-Sept. 14 against FCS Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Purdue

2. Oklahoma ranks No. 1 in the country with 581.1 total yards per game, while ranking fifth with 333.8 passing yards per game and third in the nation with 47.0 PPG.

3. Sooners WR CeeDee Lamb (head) missed last week’s game at Baylor, and he remains questionable.

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TCU at Oklahoma: Odds, betting lines and picks

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 3 p.m. ET.

Prediction

Oklahoma 48, TCU 24

Moneyline (ML)

Oklahoma (-910) is just too costly at this price level, and you cannot trust TCU (+560), even with a shaky Sooners defense and Lamb uncertain to play.

New to sports betting? A $10 wager on Oklahoma to win would return a profit of $1.10.

Against the Spread (ATS)

OKLAHOMA (-18.5, -106) has a high-octane offensive attack, led by dynamic QB Jalen Hurts, and even if Lamb doesn’t play, it proved last week the offense is deep enough to overcome his absence. TCU (+18.5, -115) is desperate, needing a win this week or next week to attain bowl eligibility. The Horned Frogs host West Virginia next week in a much more winnable game. The Sooners are going to blow their doors off.

Over/Under (O/U)

The OVER 64.5 (-110) has been the play in games involving the Sooners lately, going 3-1. Oklahoma has registered 34 or more points in all 10 of its games to date. The Over is also 4-0 in the past four for the Horned Frogs.

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Jalen Hurts earns final Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week award

After leading Oklahoma to a 25-point comeback win over Baylor, Jalen Hurts has earned the last Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week award of the year. 

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After leading Oklahoma to a 25-point comeback win over Baylor, Jalen Hurts has earned the last Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week Award of the year. 

Hurts’ first half, though, didn’t look like an award-winning performance. He had two turnovers, one passing touchdown and the offense had accumulated just 10 points in the entire half. 

Hurts’ sprung to life in the second, scoring four touchdowns and erasing a 28-3 Baylor lead to win 34-31. He completed 30 of his 42 total passes for 297 yards and four touchdowns. Hurts also ran the ball 27 times for 114 yards.

The Oklahoma signal-caller leads the nation in points responsible for with 260, and is second in the nation in individual offense per game at 402.2 yards, only behind Washington State’s Anthony Gordon who averages 434.8. 

Oddly enough, after possibly earning himself a trip to New York, this is Hurts’ first Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week award of the season. LSU’s Joe Burrow finished with three, and Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa finished with two. 

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Oklahoma comeback win over Baylor was most watched television event on Saturday

Oklahoma’s 34-31 comeback win over Baylor attracted millions. It was the most-watched televised event on Saturday. 

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On Saturday, Oklahoma did the impossible, coming back from down 25 to take a wild win in Waco.

After going down 28-3 in the second quarter, the Sooners didn’t allow a point in the second quarter, storming back into the game with 24 straight second-half points to win 34-31.

Oklahoma’s wild win attracted 6.785 million viewers, and was ABC’s most-watched Big 12 game wince 2013, when the Sooners played Oklahoma State.

When they completed the comeback, the viewers peaked at around 8.5 million. It was the most-watched televised event on Saturday.

The Sooners and the Bears could very well see each other again in December in the Big 12 Championship, and could see even better numbers in Dallas.

The nation will most likely not be as glued to their television this Saturday, as the Sooners take on 5-5 TCU in their final home game of the season.

Oklahoma and the Horned Frogs kickoff at 7 p.m. CT on FOX.

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Oklahoma offensive line a Joe Moore Award semifinalist

After losing four offensive linemen to the NFL last year, Oklahoma has been named one of the final ten candidates for the Joe Moore Award. 

After losing four offensive linemen to the NFL draft last year, Oklahoma’s offensive line unit, coached by Bill Bedenbaugh, has been named one of the final ten candidates for the Joe Moore Award.

Among the ten teams nominated for the best offensive line unit in the country are Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and the Sooners.

“There was healthy debate this year which required a thorough reexamination of game tape,” said Cole Cubelic, Chairman of the Joe Moore Award Voting Committee.  “This award matters to the O-line community and the voting committee doesn’t take that responsibility lightly.”

Oklahoma’s current offensive line unit helps the team average a league-high 581.1 yards per game, as well as 8.75 yards per play. The next closest is LSU at 7.64. Center Creed Humphrey is the only returning starter from last season, as Tyrese Robinson, Adrian Ealy, R.J. Proctor, Marquis Hayes and Erik Swenson have all gotten valuable minutes in this year.

“As the season winds down, performances in the ‘gotta have it’ moments over the next couple of weeks should reveal all we need to know about which of these units is the Most Outstanding Offensive Line Unit in college football.” Said Aaron Taylor, co-founder of the Joe Moore Award.

The Sooners “gotta have it” moment could have very well been their 25-point comeback win over Baylor, when the offensive unit gained 525 yards, a majority of which came in the second half.

The finalists for the award with be announced on December 10, and the winner will be made public with a visit to the winning campus’s university. 

TCU has earned a few wins over Oklahoma, but not recently

After the largest comeback in Oklahoma football history, the Sooner’s welcome in TCU. Here’s a look back at their series history.

After the largest comeback in Oklahoma football history, the Sooners’ matchup with TCU is fast approaching.

Oklahoma currently holds a 14-5 record over the Horned Frogs. 

TCU won two of the first three matchups with Oklahoma, winning 13-7 in 1945 and 20-7 in 1947, its largest win in the series. The Sooners rattled off three straight wins, two of which were in Fort Worth. 

Oklahoma won in 1948 and 1954, and the teams didn’t meet again until 1993, when the Sooners won by their largest deficit in series history at 35-3. 

In 2014, TCU earned their last win over Oklahoma 37-33. Since then, the Sooners have won five-straight matchups, their longest streak versus the Horned Frogs. TCU has never won two games in a row in the series.

The last game at Gaylord Stadium will be played at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday, as the Sooners look for their sixth-straight win over TCU.

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A statistical look at Oklahoma’s opponent (TCU)

Last week, Oklahoma had a historic win over Baylor. This week, a matchup with TCU. Here’s a statistical look at the Horned Frogs.

Last week, Oklahoma had a historic come-from-behind win over Baylor. This week, a matchup with 5-5 TCU.

But this game is just as important for their College Football Playoff hopes as the last. Here’s a statistical look at Gary Patterson’s Horned Frogs.

Keeping it close

The Horned Frogs are the kings of keeping it close. Excluding their 49-24 loss to Iowa State in early October, the rest of their losses have been within one score at an average of 5.75 points. Their games with SMU, Kansas State, Baylor and Oklahoma State have all come down to the wire. Oklahoma has had a history of letting teams hang around this season, and they’ll need to get up big early, or they might have their third shootout in a row on their hands. 

Horned Frog Defense

With a 34-point performance on the Baylor defense, TCU has officially been made the top defense in the Big 12. Trevon Moehrig and Vernon Scott are two legit safeties, who are apart of a unit that allows just 209 passing yards per game. Jalen Hurts, who averages 304 passing yard per game, will need to fix last week’s mistakes to succeed against TCU.

Up-and-down offense

TCU’s offense has split their rushing and passing right down the middle. They average 223 passing yards and 215 rushing yards per game. Last week, Oklahoma finally showed some defensive adjustments, shutting down the Bears offense. This week, they’ll be facing an extremely balanced offense, that has struggled at times. This should be a tune-up game for the Sooners defense, but they can’t have another repeat of last week’s first half. TCU has also lost nine fumbles in 10 games this year, and quarterback Max Duggan nearly has a 2-1 touchdown to interception ration. It should be a perfect week to force some coveted turnovers for Alex Grinch.

Kristian Doolittle named Big 12 Player of the Week

With Jalen Hurts being named offensive player of the week earlier today, Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle received some hardware.

Football? Basketball? Why not both?

With Jalen Hurts being named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week earlier today, Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle was named Big 12 player of the week.

Doolittle had a double double against Oregon State last Tuesday, tallying 19 points and 16 rebounds in the 77-69 win over the Beavers.

This is Doolittle’s first weekly Big 12 honor of his career and the first weekly honor since Christian James in December of 2018.

Doolittle’s 19 points, 16 rebounds and four assists was just the third such stat line in Oklahoma men’s basketball history. Both Eduardo Najera and Blake Griffin recorded such stat lines, with Griffin doing it twice in his Sooner career.

Doolittle has averaged 8.4 points a game and 6.1 rebounds per game in his career.

Doolittle and the Sooners are set to take on William & Mary at 6 p.m. CT at Lloyd Noble Center. The game can be found on FOX Sports Southwest as well as the Sooner Sports Network.

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