Oklahoma Columnist

5 days ago | oklahomacolumnist.com | Clay Horning

Let it be known the season couldn’t have ended any better for coach Patty Gasso’s Sooners. It could have not ended, sure. Oklahoma could have gone super late at Devon Park. It could have played deep into Monday night and Tuesday morning and all of us could be going on four or five hours of sleep today. It could have, eventually, won a fifth straight national championship. Not that it would have made its coach much happier“This was the most enjoyable season I’ve had in a long time,” Gasso said.

1 week ago | oklahomacolumnist.com | Clay Horning

You have to kill them. After Thursday, that’s the lesson. Figuratively, of course. But you have to kill them. “If you’re watching us through the season,” coach Patty Gasso said, “we’re never done.”Maybe that’s why she was smiling like she knew what was about to happen. Ailana Agbayani was standing on second base, having led off the bottom of the seventh with a four-pitch walk, which was not the way Tennessee fireballer Karlyn Pickens meant to begin the frame.

1 week ago | oklahomacolumnist.com | Clay Horning

As Oklahoma prepares for its second season of SEC football, coach Brent Venables’ future remains a mystery. We know he’ll be his own defensive coordinator, we know he’s made upgrades at both quarterback and offensive coordinator and we think we know it’s some sort of make or break season for him. He doesn’t have to soar, perhaps, but maybe he has to win nine games, or maybe eight or maybe seven to keep his job.

2 weeks ago | oklahomacolumnist.com | Clay Horning

Author’s Note: As spring sports wind down, I’m hoping to write more about state politics, policy and government. I’ve never put those pieces behind paywalls in the past and I’ll never put a majority of them behind them in the future. Still, in an effort to keep Oklahoma Columnist viable, some pieces may be reserved for donators.

2 weeks ago | oklahomacolumnist.com | Clay Horning

Excuse me, but I have to check something before we get started …Ah, yes, it’s confirmed. The result stands. Oklahoma really is allowed to win a baseball game like the one it won Tuesday afternoon in Hoover, Alabama, site of the SEC postseason tournament. Had to check because it looked too easy. Had to check because it’s hard to remember a contest like it, though a quick glance at the schedule reveals the Sooners won one similarly … well, does Missouri count?