Mustangs coach June Jones weighed in on the two-game suspensions of three starters: receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Aldrick Robinson and linebacker Justin Smart.
They were suspended under his "three strikes' policy. A player can pick up a strike for missing or being late to practice team meetings and study halls among other violations.
Jones believes the suspensions will get the players' attention about what it takes to build a winning program.
"No team wins with players that don't pay attention to detail. You can't do it," Jones said. "It's hard to make these tough decisions but as a leader you have to do them."
The Oklahoma State women's basketball team's NCAA Tournament run a year ago has paid off in this year's recruiting class with the signing of six players Wednesday the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
Among the signees is 5-9 Haltom guard Keuna Flax. She earned all-state honors as a junior after averaging 22 points. 5.9 rebounds and three assists per game.
Flax joins Del City (Okla.) High School 5-11 guard Desiree Jeffries and 6-2 forward Toni Young. 6-2 forward/center Lindsey Keller of Goddard. Kan.. 6-1 forward/center LaSharra Riley of Topeka (Kan.) Washburn Rural and 6-3 forward Heather Howard of Shawnee Mission (Kan.) West.
Oklahoma State first-year men's basketball coach Travis Ford announced the signing of six high school seniors Wednesday the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
The class includes a pair of Duncanville standouts - 6-0 guard Reger Dowell and 6-5 forward Roger Franklin - and also 6-2 guard Fred Gulley of Fayetteville. Ark.. 6-7 forward Karron Johnson of Richmond. Va. (Mount Zion. N. C.). 6-11 center Torin Walker of Northside (Columbus. Ga.) High School and 5-9 guard Ray Penn of Richmond (Texas) Travis.
Dowell chose OSU over Baylor. Texas A&M. Marquette and Nebraska. Franklin chose OSU over UCLA. Arizona. Michigan State and Oklahoma.
Oklahoma men's basketball coach Jeff Capel announced the signing of four players Wednesday the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
Joining OU next season will be 5-10 point guard Tommy Mason-Griffin of Houston Madison. 6-8 forward Andrew Fitzgerald of Baltimore. Md.. 6-8 forward Kyle Hardrick of Oklahoma City. Okla. and 6-4 guard Steven Pledger of Chesapeake. Va.
Mason-Griffin is rated the No. 3 player in Texas in the Class of 2009 by TexasHoops com. He averaged 23.1 points and seven assists per game last season.
Hardrick has been an OU commit since the spring of 2006. He transferred to Putnam City (Okla.) High School last summer after playing two years at Norman High and one year at Lawton Eisenhower.
Pledger averaged 21.8 points. 7.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game last season at Atlantic Shores (Va.) Christian School.
Fitzgerald (260 pounds) averaged 21 points. 18 rebounds and five blocks last season at Owings Mills (Md.) High School but is now at Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro. N. H.
Oklahoma women's basketball coach Sherri Coale announced the signing of 6-2 centers Lyndsey Cloman and Joanna McFarland on Wednesday the first day of the NCAA early signing period.
Cloman averaged 16 points and 11 rebounds per game last season for San Antonio Taft. McFarland who chose OU over offers from Colorado. Iowa State. Kansas and Oklahoma State averaged 21 points and 15 rebounds per game last year for Derby (Kan.) High School. McFarland's two older sisters played in the Big 12. Jessica at Kansas State and Jackie at Colorado.
Cloman and McFarland will help fill the void left by the coming departure of OU's three seniors forwards Ashley Paris and Carolyn Winchester and All-American center Courtney Paris.
Texas-ex Roy Williams was wearing a Texas Tech sweatshirt at the Cowboys' practice facility paying up on a bet he made with legendary Red Raider LB/teammate Zach Thomas.
So it made sense to ask Williams who watches a ton of Big 12 football what he thought about Crabtree. Williams believes Crabtree is worthy of all the hype will be a heck of an NFL receiver.. but has a flaw.
"He snatches the ball [as well as] any receiver in the NFL," Williams said. "As far as I can see he runs good routes and everything. But the thing I'm impressed with is how he snatches the ball. He doesn't let the ball get into the body like a lot of people do. He goes out and snatches the ball. One thing he is going to have to learn is to tuck the ball away. He kind of has that Reggie Bush syndrome where he holds the ball out. Tuck the ball."
You know come to think about it. Crabtree was carrying the ball like a loaf of bread when he crossed the goal line with a second left against the Longhorns.
UNIVERSITY PARK - SMU's top receivers junior Emmanuel Sanders and sophomore Aldrick Robinson are suspended for the Mustangs' final two games due to a series of minor infractions. At least two other starters face similar suspensions according to sources.
Sanders and Robinson were suspended under coach June Jones' "three strikes" rule. A player can pick up a strike for being late to practice team meetings and study halls among other violations.
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Mike Sherman indicated that Stephen McGee could see significant playing time over the next couple weeks saying on his conference call yesterday that the Aggies would "play it by ear" at quarterback.
There haven't been many things that have gone well for the Aggies this season but sophomore QB Jerrod Johnson's emergence is one of them. Why would you want him looking over his shoulder after his first poor game?
but unless Johnson gets injured the senior ought to hold a clipboard for the rest of his college days.
Johnson gives the Aggies their best chance to win now. More importantly he provides them some hope for the future.
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier planned to watch the Florida-Vanderbilt game last Saturday night. But the Ol' Ball Coach that he got distracted by what was taking place in Lubbock.
"I watched some of [UF's game against Vandy]. But I couldn't help but watch Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. I was just fascinated with that. Graham Harrell and all those receivers. It looked like they were playing against air."
Hunter a former Tyler John Tyler standout has 199 carries for 1,332 yards and 13 touchdowns.
The other semifinalists are: Donald Brown jr.. Connecticut; Glen Coffee jr.. Alabama; Tyrell Fenroy sr.. Louisiana-Lafayette; Shonn Greene jr.. Iowa; LeSean McCoy so.. Pittsburgh; Knowshon Moreno so.. Georgia; Javon Ringer sr.. Michigan State; Jacquizz Rodgers fr.. Oregon State; and Evan Royster so.. Penn State.
The 162 members of the award selection committee will cast votes selecting three finalists which will be unveiled on Nov. 24. The winner will be announced live on the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards show on Dec. 11.
The award is named after three-time SMU All-American running back and 1948 Heisman Trophy winner Doak Walker.
And when the other polls -- ESPN. Orlando Sentinel/Heisman Pundit etc. -- come out soon expect him to be on top. At the same time. Harrell's hopes remain tied with his team's performance as Colt McCoy and Chase Daniel discovered.
Mike Leach and Graham Harrell were not really well known outside the footprint of the Big 12 when Texas Tech staged a major comeback against Minnesota in the 2006 Insight Bowl.
The Red Raiders rallied from a 31-point deficit for a 44-41 win. The loss cost Minnesota coach Glen Mason his job.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse and tracked down Mason. It's a good read set up by this quote from Mason. "First of all when we drew them for the Insight Bowl my friends from that conference called and said. 'Good luck because this isn't the team you want in a bowl game,' " Mason said.
Texas defensive coordinator Will Muschamp remains a hot coaching prospect for almost any job in a BCS power conference. He was asked Monday if he and head coach Mack Brown had an understanding to wait until the end of the season about any openings.
that said Tennessee had tabbed North Carolina coach Butch Davis as the leading candidate to replace the ousted Phillip Fulmer. The story also said that if Tennessee couldn't get Davis. Leach. Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly and Minnesota coach Tim Brewster would be among the candidates considered.
"I don't pay any attention just get ready for OU," Leach said. "Playing OU is enough hand full without worrying about any of that."
Leach is under contract through 2010. Tech athletic director Gerald Myers has said he plans to extend Leach's contract to five years after the regular season.
Leach has a $500,000 buyout clause in his contract. If he stays through 2009 he'll receive an $800,000 contract completion bonus that would pay him without incentives a total of $2.65 million for the 2009 season. He'll get a $200,000 contract completion bonus if he stays through 2010.
That said he's never had a higher market value with the Red Raiders at 10-0 and No. 2 in the nation and BCS rankings.
There are cleanup problems at Kyle Field that go beyond the 66 points that Oklahoma posted on the scoreboard Saturday.
Bats really feel at home at Texas A&M's stadium as the. And they can put a damper on the game-day experience. As some fans are discovering bat guano is not just the name of a character in.
Team chemistry has been a Texas strength this season and players and coaches said Monday it was not affected by the Buck Burnette incident.
Burnette a backup center was dismissed from the team last week after briefly posting a slur about President-elect Barack Obama on his Facebook site immediately following the election.
"I thought the coaches did a good job on handling the situation," defensive end Brian Orakpo told reporters. "My prayers are for him but we've got to move on. Guys got to make better decisions for their future."
Quarterback Colt McCoy noted that Burnette wrote a letter of apology to the team that was read by coach Mack Brown.
"I do not for a second think that would be a distraction," McCoy said. "With this team and this team's chemistry we're so close. It's tough for everybody across the board on the team. When we heard the letter when coach Brown made the statement it was over. We can't let this be a distraction. We have a lot going for us."
Brown said Texas can't legally ban Facebook and My Space accounts but does caution players to be careful about what information they post.
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