Gerald McCoy News Archives

One doesn't have to listen to Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder too long to realize the challenge in front of the Wildcats this weekend is quite daunting.

By MIKE JONES NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma nose tackle Adrian Taylor say's he's not looking for glory.'I don't go out there thinking I want [people] know my number,' the junior from Mansfield High School said.

I know, I know... it's way too early to start talking about the 2010 NFL Draft, and any speculation at this point is subject to huge revision six months from now.

Dink and dunk and don't get skunked. Based on the way it played yesterday, that apparently will be the mode of operation for Oklahoma's offense the rest of this football season.

Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford will have season-ending shoulder surgery and expects to enter the NFL draft in April.

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- It was a sea of blue at Memorial Stadium, nearly uninterrupted by crimson but for this strip of fans on Oklahoma's side of the field, buried beyond an end zone, though not behind an end zone, extending up and into the bleachers.

The Big 12 midseason has arrived, but much of the mystery has already left the building.

Now, the Nebraska defensive tackle is popping up on Heisman Trophy lists. If he's a candidate, why not Gerald McCoy or Jeremy Beal ? The Oklahoma defensive linemen have anchored what might be the best defense in the country.

NORMAN - Four sacks and nine tackles for loss. A pair of fumble recoveries and an interception.

Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford's season, and perhaps even his career, at Oklahoma might be finished after he re-injured his throwing shoulder.

After they beat Oklahoma last year, the Texas Longhorns learned just about everything there is to know about the Bowl Championship Series standings.

Oklahoma-Texas is always simmering. But for almost a year now, college football's spiciest rivalry has become hotter than ever.

Colt McCoy was a mess. His right thumbnail was ready to fall off, a nagging cold was wearing him down and Oklahoma was confusing him with blitzes he'd never seen.

You don't see many signs like that up here any more. Bob Stoops owns Mack Brown.

In part 1 of the Q and A, the OU Sooners Examiner answered my questions. In part two, I answered his.

So maybe the Oklahoma front four shouldn't step to the front of the class after all.

One of the nation's oldest and most recognized rivalries is set for this weekend, as the 20th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners and third-ranked Texas Longhorns meet in the Cotton Bowl in the 104th edition of what is tabbed the Red River Rivalry.

Oklahoma defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is among 12 semifinalists for the 2009 Lombardi Award, presented annually to college footballa s top interior lineman.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops' Sooners have a lot riding on their tangle with Texas this Saturday.

When Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford injured his shoulder last month, one of the first people he heard from was Colt McCoy.

In the little green corner of the world Oklahoma calls Heisman Park, squarely between the heroic-sized likenesses of Steve Owens and Billy Vessels, a patch of grass has begun to thin out, as if it knows.

It wasn't everything Brent Venables and the defense he coordinates wanted, but it wasn't bad.

Their 33-7 triumph over Baylor not a half-hour old, the Oklahoma Sooners were already being peppered about their next game.

When Gerald McCoy turned down NFL riches last spring to return to Oklahoma for his junior season, this isn't what he had in mind.

Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford came back to Oklahoma with a clean slate, hoping for a shot at another championship.

Amid the rainstorm that fell on Oklahoma's offense this week, the defense got a little wet, too.

Most freshmen are overwhelmed by the first few weeks of their college football experience.

And this wasn't even the national championship game. Miami was once a playground for the Oklahoma Sooners, a late December vacation destination to which Sooner fans flocked and their team frequently frolicked, winning four of their national championships and a boatload of other bowl games.

Oklahoma will have a new quarterback for its trip to South Florida. The Sooners are also staying in a new hotel.

He's done nothing in three games. He might not work out. It even looks like a runner and passer like Tyler Thigpen could replace him in the Wildcat.

Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin There's not much question that Oklahoma junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is one of the leaders of the Sooners.