STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has hired Mike Yurcich as offensive coordinator, replacing Kirk Ciarrocca after one year with the former Texas and Ohio State assistant. Yurcich was offensive coordinator at Texas last season, but found himself out after the school fired coach Tom Herman last week. ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Oklahoma State went to the air early and often to finish its season on a high note. Spencer Sanders threw for 305 yards and four touchdowns, and the Cowboys held off No. 18 Miami for a 37-34 victory in the Cheez-It Bowl on Tuesday. Oklahoma State (8-3) called 15 consecutive pass plays...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 18th-ranked Miami Hurricanes hope to redeem themselves when they face Oklahoma State in the Cheez-It Bowl. A lopsided loss to end the regular season cost coach Manny Diaz's team a spot in a major bowl. Instead, the Hurricanes (8-2) will finish their best season in years on a...
Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma State (7-3, 6-3 Big 12) against Miami (8-2, 7-2 ACC), Tuesday, 5:30 p.m. EST (ESPN). Line: Miami by 2. Series record: Miami leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE No. 18 Miami is looking to rebound after getting routed 62-26 by North Carolina in its regular-season finale on Dec. 12. That...
Cheez-It Bowl: Oklahoma State (7-3, Big 12) vs. No. 18 Miami, FL (8-2, ACC), Dec. 29, 5:30 p.m. EST (ESPN) Line: Oklahoma State by 2 1/2. Series record: Miami leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The Cowboys seek their 10th bowl victory in their 15th consecutive bowl appearance. The Hurricanes look to end a...
WACO, Texas (AP) — Oklahoma State receiver Dillon Stoner got behind the secondary on the second play of the game and caught the ball in stride. The tone was quickly set for the Cowboys. That 75-yard catch-and-run was the first of Stoner's three touchdowns in the game's first 16 minutes and the Cowboys won...
Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard has opted out of the rest of the season and will prepare for the NFL draft. Coach Mike Gundy made the announcement Saturday on the team's pregame radio show before the Cowboys were scheduled to play Baylor in their regular-season finale. Hubbard, a redshirt junior,...
WACO, Texas (AP) — When Oklahoma State was supposed to play at Baylor in mid-October, the Cowboys were the No. 6 team in the Top 25 with expectations to contend for a spot in the Big 12 championship game, maybe even the College Football Playoff. Two months later, the Cowboys (6-3, 5-3 Big 12) are out...
Some things to watch in the Big 12 on Saturday, when now only one of the three scheduled conference makeup games will be played. The Big 12 on Thursday canceled the second attempts for No. 13 Oklahoma to play at West Virginia, and the planned Texas makeup at Kansas. No. 19 Iowa State had completed its regular...
Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterbacks Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray and former Texas Tech signal caller Patrick Mahomes have been the Big 12’s most visible standard bearers in recent years, helping the league gain a reputation for high-flying passing offenses. In addition to the Heismans, the...