2017 – The Year of the Oklahoma Sooners

It’s football time in Norman, Oklahoma. The leaves are turning, the temperatures are cooling, and the players are nearly done with summer workouts. Fans are tired of hearing and ready to start seeing. The calendar’s are marked and the big games are circled, only this time, something feels a little different. There’s a new intensity. […]

Sooners Land 4-Star WR JaQualyn Crawford

This season, the Sooners could possibly have one of the deepest receiving corps in the country, consisting of SR Jeff Badet, RS JR Nick Basquine, SO Marquise Brown, RS SO Sam Iheke, SO Mykel Jones, RS SO Michael Mays, SR Jeffery Mead, JR A.D. Miller, RS SO Lee Morris, JR Chase Nevel, RS SR Jordan Smallwood, […]

Sooners at Big 12 Media Day

Sooner Football is back! Kinda. Today was Big 12 Media Day which marks the first real event until the start of the season, which is less than 50 days away. The Sooners, led by Lincoln Riley, brought Orlando Brown, Baker Mayfield, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and Steven Parker. This was Lincoln Riley’s first ever Media Day as head […]

Sooner Magic Sports Exclusive Interview: Kameron McGusty

Earlier this week, I had the chance to talk to star sophomore guard Kameron McGusty. As most of you have seen on the court, he is a phenomenal player. Not only is he talented on the court but he is a complete stand-up guy off the court as well. McGusty is extremely mature for his age […]

Sooners lead the way in All-Big 12 Preseason Team

Earlier this morning, the Big 12 announced their preseason teams, both offense and defense, for the upcoming season. The Sooners led the way tied for first with five players named to the first team. On offense, the Sooners had three players led by senior quarterback Baker Mayfield. Mayfield was followed by his expected top target […]

Mayfield & Orlando Brown on Maxwell Award Watch List, Okoronkwo & J. Thomas on Bednarik

The Preseason watch list came out for both the Maxwell and Bednarik award, both featuring two Sooners, which will face some fierce competition. The Maxwell Award is given to the College Football Player of the year. This year marks the 81st Annual Maxwell Award. The list includes two Sooners, Senior Quarterback Baker Mayfield and Junior […]

Sooner Spotlight #55: Kenneth Mann

With 55 days until Sooner Football, the spotlight today will be fixed upon defensive end who wears #55, Kenneth Mann. Mann, now a RS sophomore, was a consensus three-star recruit out of high school with some eye opening numbers. In his senior year, he recorded 79 tackles, 14.5 sacks, and 27 tackles for loss. He […]

Lincoln Riley’s Progress as HC

Sooners Football Head Coach Lincoln Riley took the reigns from Bob Stoops just a few weeks ago, and he is already on a recruiting roll. The Sooners have had many new recruits during the few weeks under Riley. Some thought that the retiring of a coach of such high caliber as Stoops would hurt the […]

Sooner Spotlight #57: Du’Vonta Lampkin

There are officially 57 days until the Sooner football season kicks off and here at Sooner Magic Blog, we are starting a spotlight to go along with the number of days. 57 days means big #57 on the defensive line, a monster from Houston, Du’Vonta Lampkin. If you haven’t heard the Du’Vonta Lampkin story coming […]

Sooners in Summer League

Tonight, the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League kicked off. In that league, two former Sooners are playing. Buddy Hield is taking the court with the Sacramento Kings, and Isaiah Cousins with the New Orleans Pelicans. Buddy Hield had a solid first season in the NBA after being named to the All-Rookie First Team, and receiving […]

Sooners Basketball traveling to Australia, New Zealand

The Oklahoma Men’s Basketball team will travel overseas to Australia and New Zealand later on this summer. They plan on playing four international games to prepare for the 2017-18 season. The squad will begin their trip on August 3rd and return to Norman on the 14th. First they will face off against the New Zealand Select […]

Newest addition to #SoonerSquad17

During the WCWS Championship Series Game 1 (Won by the Sooners 7-5 in 17 innings), the Sooners football team picked up a big recruit; JUCO product DT Dillon Faamatau. Faamatau redshirted for a year at Arizona State, before attending Cerritos College of Nowalk, CA. He played 10 games last season, where he recorded 32 tackles, […]