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Sports columnist, The Oklahoman | OKC Dream Team contributor | Have a story to tell? Email: jmussatto@oklahoman.com

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Ranking potential Oklahoma State football coaching candidates with in-state ties Chad Weiberg is no doubt casting a wide net to find the next OSU Cowboys’ football coach. Here are the best potential candidates with Oklahoma ties.

We’re starting a series to find OSU’s next football coach, sorting candidates into five categories.

First category: The candidates with OSU/Oklahoma ties www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

06.10.2025 23:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Oklahoma State football's blowout loss at Arizona leaves Cowboys deflated | Mussatto Oklahoma State football was competitive — entertaining, even — in Game 1 of the post-Gundy era. The Cowboys were neither of those things at Arizona.

On OSU’s deflating loss in Tucson: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

05.10.2025 13:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Why Mark Daigneault says 'improvement is necessary' for Thunder despite winning NBA title With his team coming off an NBA title, Mark Daigneault is careful in setting the right tone during training camp.

A few takeaways from the Thunder’s first week of camp: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

03.10.2025 16:34 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Why Chet Holmgren is most intriguing player for OKC Thunder in 2025-26 season | Mussatto The way in which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander talked about Chet Holmgren at OKC Thunder media day should send shivers down the spine of opposing teams.

“I think everyone in the world that watches basketball can see that Chet isn’t even a fraction of the player he’s going to be.”

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

30.09.2025 15:55 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Doug Meacham wanted Oklahoma State football to have fun. It did, even in loss to Baylor. Doug Meacham, said he wanted Oklahoma State to have fun, and even in a 45-27 loss Saturday to Baylor, it looked like the Cowboys did just that.

Doug Meacham is bringing the fun in a season that’s been anything but:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

29.09.2025 21:03 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
For Cale Gundy, 'there’s no doubt about' brother Mike Gundy coaching again | Mussatto In a conversation with The Oklahoman, Cale Gundy shared that his brother is doing OK. That Mike Gundy, even after a lifetime in football, isn’t done coaching.

Mike Gundy still wants to coach, his brother, Cale, told The Oklahoman.

“There’s no doubt about it.”

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

26.09.2025 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
There's no replacing Mike Gundy as Oklahoma State football coach | Mussatto I don’t know who Oklahoma State will hire as its next football coach, but it won’t be another Mike Gundy. He’s inimitable. A one-of-one.

On the inimitable Mike Gundy: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

23.09.2025 20:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Oklahoma State football coaching candidates: Five options to replace Mike Gundy Mike Gundy, three games into his 21st season, is reportedly out as Oklahoma State football coach. Who will replace him?

Who will replace Mike Gundy?

Our list of candidates:
www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

23.09.2025 17:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Week 4: Part 2

20.09.2025 19:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
It's over for Mike Gundy era as Oklahoma State football coach | Mussatto The Mike Gundy era as Oklahoma State football coach, glorious as it was for the better part of two decades, ended Friday night against Tulsa.

The Mike Gundy era, glorious as it was, is over:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

20.09.2025 03:56 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Week 4: Part 1

19.09.2025 23:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
How Tulsa football coach Tre Lamb plans to rebuild Golden Hurricane: 'You can win here' The Oklahoman sat down with Tulsa coach Tre Lamb and athletic director Justin Moore to find out how they plan to make revitalize the program.

“If you’ve won at the places I’ve won at, you can win here.” 

How Tre Lamb plans to rebuild Tulsa football:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

18.09.2025 13:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mussatto: Jaydn Ott is OU football's fourth-team running back until proven otherwise Maybe it’s time we stop the hand-wringing and realize what OU football running back Jaydn Ott is: a fourth-team running back.

Time to realize what Jaydn Ott is: a fourth-team running back www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

17.09.2025 14:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
OU football report card: How did Sooners QB John Mateer grade out in demolition of Temple? Don’t call it a trap game. One week after beating Michigan and a week ahead of its SEC opener, OU doomed Temple 42-3.

OU-Temple report card: Grading the Sooners … and cheesesteaks

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

14.09.2025 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Week 3

13.09.2025 16:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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The St. Joe’s band playing “Boomer Sooner” at a Temple game.

What a world.

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Good morning from Philadelphia

13.09.2025 14:20 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
How Heritage Hall freshman Spencer Trice became a top amateur wakeboarder Heritage Hall freshman Spencer Trice is competing in the Wakeboard World Championships, which run from Wednesday to Sunday in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach, Florida.

How a Heritage Hall freshman became a national champion wakeboarder: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

12.09.2025 19:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
How OU football's Jaren Kanak has found home at TE after three years at LB with Sooners Jaren Kanak still carries himself with the screw-loose bravado of a linebacker, but don’t let him fool you. These days he’s a refined tight end.

Jaren Kanak isn’t the first ex-linebacker to star at tight end under Ben Arbuckle: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

11.09.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Mussatto: In beating Michigan, Brent Venables gets signature win as OU football coach Deflect as he may, OU's win against Mchigan was a lot about Brent Venables. About the future of this season, but also Venables’ future in Norman.

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

07.09.2025 17:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Week 2

06.09.2025 23:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Is Michigan a must-win game for OU football, Brent Venables? Only if momentum matters. From an emotional sense? For the psyche of OU football fans? This Michigan game is as must-win as it gets.

A must-win for OU? Yes and no: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

06.09.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
OU and Michigan to meet 50 years after Orange Bowl, which gave Sooners a national title The Orange Bowl win over Michigan vaulted the Sooners to No. 1 in the polls, giving OU its second national title in a row under Barry Switzer.

OU and Michigan meet again, 50 years after an Orange Bowl clash that gave the Sooners their second straight national title.

Looking back on that night in Miami with Barry Switzer and Tinker Owens:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

05.09.2025 14:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Oklahoma All-NFL teams: Which Sooners, Cowboys, Golden Hurricane make cut? There are enough NFL players with Oklahoma ties to fill out an entire offensive and defensive unit. Times two!

Put together an All-Oklahoma NFL team of former Sooners, Cowboys, Golden Hurricane and OK preps products:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

04.09.2025 15:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Who will be ESPN 'College GameDay' guest picker for OU-Michigan? Here's our wish list. Let’s play a game: Guess the Guest Picker for ESPN's "College GameDay" in Norman when OU hosts Michigan in a battle of college football bluebloods.

Picking the picker: The 10 names on my wish list

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

03.09.2025 23:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Oklahoma State football is huge underdog at Oregon. What would constitute win for Cowboys? Moral victories haven’t really been a thing for OSU since Mike Gundy took over two decades ago. But rarely has a Gundy team been in this position.

What a “win” for OSU at Oregon would look like: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

03.09.2025 14:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
'Who the heck would do that?' Meet OU football fans who paid to attend press conference John Tyler and his 9-year-old grandson paid big bucks to attend a Brent Venables press conference. Here's the story of how and why.

“Who the heck would do that?”

Meet the OU fans who paid to attend Brent Venables’ postgame presser, and how this whole thing got blown out of proportion:

www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

02.09.2025 14:00 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
OU football grades vs Illinois State: Keontez Lewis, John Mateer ace their Sooners debut OU’s 35-3 win Saturday night against Illinois State wasn’t showy — not that it needed to be — but it was a solid. Here's how we graded the Sooners.

How John Mateer, Sooners graded out in Game 1: www.oklahoman.com/story/sports...

31.08.2025 15:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Week 1, Part 2

30.08.2025 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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