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The Sooners entered the spring with many depth chart questions. After the completion of spring practice, some of those questions were solved. Others remain.

Story | Conversation | April 22, 2013

The Sooners entered the spring with many depth chart questions. After the completion of spring practice, some of those questions were solved. Others remain.

Story | Conversation | April 21, 2013

As Oklahoma gears up for summer workouts, SoonerNation writer Jake Trotter has 10 things we learned about this team from the spring.

Story | Conversation | April 14, 2013

The Sooners lost their top three players from 2012 -- QB Landry Jones, WR Kenny Stills and S Tony Jefferson -- but still have talent to compete for a Big 12 title in 2013.

As a kid growing up in the eastern Oklahoma town of Sallisaw, Steve Davis had two dreams. He wanted to be a Baptist minister, and he wanted to quarterback the Sooners. He achieved both of those dreams.

As Oklahoma goes on spring break, here are five things we've learned about the Sooners through the first four spring practices.

Story | Conversation | March 17, 2013

For the first time since 2007, spring football at Oklahoma features a quarterback competition. Neither Blake Bell nor Kendal Thompson nor Trevor Knight will be conducting interviews this spring. But their teammates shared some first impressions Tuesday.

After back-to-back three-loss seasons, Bob Stoops shook things up by firing three assistants. That, combined with a regime change at quarterback, makes this spring perhaps the most intriguing -- and most critical -- of the Stoops era.

Story | Conversation | March 02, 2013

As a backup QB in the "Belldozer" package, Blake Bell gained notoriety for his punishing running style and voluminous touchdowns. Now he's ready to step into the spotlight and show of an equally powerful arm.

As Trevor Knight prepares to compete for Oklahoma's starting quarterback job, his former coaches and teammates tell of a bold leader and fierce competitor.

Kendal Thompson remains the most overlooked candidate in the battle for the Sooners' starting quarterback job. But he has an outside shot to supplant Blake Bell this spring.

Landry Jones is gone to the NFL, bringing a new chapter to OU football. And a new quarterback regime. With the new quarterback could come a new energy to the Sooners.

he Sooners have not been good enough in the trenches. And, unless changes were made, they wouldn't be good enough in the future, either. OU hasn't ranked in the top five of the Big 12 in rushing offense or rushing defense in each of the last three years.

In 2013, the Oklahoma Sooners will need several things to go right to contend at least past October -- something they haven't done since 2008.

Story | Conversation | February 10, 2013

Oklahoma's 2008 class was supposed to be one of the best in Sooners history. But besides Landry Jones, many of the highly touted Oklahoma signees did not deliver.

Bob Stoops dubbed Oklahoma's 2010 recruiting class as one of the best he's seen. But three years later, that class hasn't brought the Sooners back to the nation's elite.