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LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Alex Grinch's Oklahoma defense had been able to make a few more stops, he might not be the new coordinator at Southern California under ex-Sooners coach Lincoln Riley. Oklahoma couldn't hold onto a nine-point lead going into the fourth quarter against Oklahoma State, allowing 14 points in the fourth quarter and losing 37-33 on Nov. 27. That defeat created the opening that allowed the Trojans to lure Riley away less than 24 hours later. The irony of the situation isn't lost on Grinch, who went from lamenting a rivalry l...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield made it to Rose Bowl media day after all, swooping in late and providing a jolt of drama as he noted he has been dealing with "flu-like" symptoms. The Heisman Trophy winner missed the first half of the 45-minute session Saturday morning at a downtown hotel, but arrived in time to meet with the media for the first time this week ahead of the College Football Playoff semifinal between the second-ranked Sooners and No. 3 Georgia on Monday night. Mayfield was not expected to attend as he's b...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma linebacker and Californian Caleb Kelly is not about to start doubting mom. Valerie Kelly has already correctly predicted the Sooners would end up in the Rose Bowl, so when she tells her son that the next stop for No. 2 Oklahoma is Atlanta for the College Football Playoff national championship game he is not going to argue. "'You're going to go to the Rose Bowl and all of us are going to get to go. I just know it, I just know it.' She kept on saying that," Kelly said Thursday. "She says we're going to win this week a...
