Posts by Craig Smoak
Tall and Small, Fast and Physical: Eric Morris Raves about OSU’s Diverse Receiving Corps.
By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog STILLWATER — Eric Morris laughed to himself Wednesday when he saw Justin Bowick and Chris Barnes leaving a receiver meeting talking to each other. “The tallest guy and the shortest guy in the room right there,” Morris said. “They were walking out of meetings today and they were…
Read MoreWVU Football Picked 15th in CBS Sports Big 12 Preseason Power Rankings; WVU Basketball Falls at Home to Texas Tech
By: Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat WVU Picked 15th CBS Sports’ Shehan Jeyarajah released his 2026 Big 12 Football Preseason Power Rankings. While not surprising, he ranked WVU football near the bottom of the conference. What was surprising, though, was how low he ranked the Mountaineers in year two of the Rich…
Read More‘He’s Got That It Factor’: OSU Signee Latrell Allmond Named McDonald’s All-American
By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing The Cowboys have signed a McDonald’s All-American for the 11th time. The selections were announced Monday, with Oklahoma State class of 2026 signee Latrell Allmond being one of the two dozen selected to the most coveted high school All-American team. He’s the first OSU signee since Brandon Garrison (now…
Read MoreWes Miller on Dan Skilling, State of College Basketball
By Keegan Nickoson | BearcatJournal.com As Cincinnati and Baylor made their way through the handshake line, it came to a sudden stop. The Bearcats’ head coach, Wes Miller, took that time to embrace his former player, Dan Skillings Jr., following the Bearcats’ 67-57 win over Baylor. Skillings spent three years in Cincinnati and was recruited…
Read MoreUCF Basketball gets snubbed from Top 25
BY Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The weekly release of the AP Top 25 poll usually comes with little surprise to Big 12 programs, which are routinely littered throughout the stanza, particularly in the Top 10. However, when the latest poll dropped on Monday, the Big 12 internet was caught off guard by one…
Read MoreWVU Basketball Splits Home Games with Kansas State and Baylor
By: Justin Walker & Shanna Rose | WV Sports Chat Win Over Kansas State Honor Huff scored 17 points as West Virginia outlasted Kansas State 59-54 on Tuesday night, January 27, at the Hope Coliseum. The Mountaineers went scoreless for five minutes and fell behind 7-0 before Chance Moore’s dunk at 14:11 ended the drought.…
Read MoreWVU Football Adds One More from Transfer Portal & Big 12 Schedule is Out; WVU Basketball Splits in Arizona
By WV Sports Chat Transfer Portal Addition Though the transfer portal officially closed on January 16, teams are still allowed to recruit and sign players who remain in the portal. Players are just not allowed to enter past the January 16 deadline. Rich Rodriguez and WVU football were one of those programs that were not…
Read MoreUCF Football Schedule: The Knights will host 5 home games in Scott Frost’s second season
By Adam Eaton | Sons of UCF The Big 12 Conference announced its 2026 conference schedule on Wednesday during a televised event on ESPNU. For the UCF Knights, their fourth season in conference play will feature five home games, along with four road contests, in head coach Scott Frost‘s second year leading the program in the…
Read MoreWay-Too-Early Depth Chart Projection for Oklahoma State’s 2026 Season
By Marshall Scott | Pistols Firing Blog Oklahoma State’s football season is a mere 6.5 months away. With a roster almost entirely made up of newcomers, let’s take a way-too-early stab at the first two-deep under new OSU coach Eric Morris. Quarterback QB1 — Drew Mestemaker (North Texas)QB2 — Grant Jordan (UMass) Thoughts: This one shouldn’t come as…
Read MoreCoogs Remain inside Top 10 Despite Loss to Tech
By Garrett Ross | 365 Sports It took a frozen day in Lubbock for No. 6 Houston to suffer their first loss of Big 12 play on Saturday. The Coogs rolled into West Texas confident, but the No. 12 Red Raiders were ultimately the tougher team down the stretch, dropping Houston 90-86 inside United Supermarkets…
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