Linking Up: Previewing the Sooners' spring game

What to watch on both sides of the ball in the Red-White Game.

Allen KenneyApril 11, 2019Oklahoma Sooners, Red-White Game, Big 12, ESPNComment

Sooners Recruiting Update: Early 2019 commitments

Some of the initial commitments in OU's 2019 have recruitniks feeling confident in the Sooners' future.

Allen KenneyJanuary 21, 2018recruiting, Spencer Rattler, Lincoln Riley, 2018 schedule, ESPNComment

David Boren's Big 12 plan failed. So what?

At least credit OU's president for trying.

Allen KenneyOctober 19, 2016David Boren, Big 12, Bob Bowlsby, Texas Longhorns, ESPN, FOX, Kansas Jayhawks, Baylor Bears, conference realignmentComment

Red flags raised by ESPN, Fox butting in on Big 12 expansion

ESPN, Fox are balking at Big 12 expansion plans.

Allen KenneyAugust 1, 2016Big 12, conference realignment, ESPN, FoxComment

Linking Up: ESPN No Longer Trying to Make the Longhorn Network a Thing?

Thoughts and ramblings arising from items of interest around the Internet.

Allen KenneyJune 22, 2016Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns, Longhorn Network, ESPN, Big 122, O.J. Simpson, Baylor Bears, Joe CastiglioneComment

Why the Big 12 would need to expand to create a network

A 10-team league doesn't provide enough live sports to sustain a conference network in this market environment.

Allen KenneyMay 13, 2016David Boren, Big 12, conference expansion, ESPN, FoxComment

The Big 12 is Caught Between Expansion and the Longhorn Network

I have a new piece up at Awful Announcing on the Big 12 revenue data reported earlier this week and the league's future.

Allen KenneyFebruary 19, 2016Big 12, Oklahoma Sooners, SEC, Texas Longhorns, ESPN, Longhorn NetworkComment

Dumpster Fires of the Week: Pork tenderloin

The lowlights from week two of the 2015 college football season.

Linking up: The worst playoff field possible; NFL picks

Check these out.

Allen KenneyAugust 25, 2015ESPN, Lou Holtz, Mark May, Baylor Bears, Sam Ukwuachu, NFL, College Football PlayoffComment

Knee-Jerking: Disney Investors panic over ESPN performance

Disney investors jumping ship might want to slow their roll.

Allen KenneyAugust 6, 2015ESPN, cord-cutting, cable television, business of college sportsComment

More chatter about Oklahoma and conference realignment

OU to the USFL?

ESPN's interest in the Big 12's future

The relationship between ESPN and Texas complicates the future of the Big 12.

Allen KenneyJune 30, 2015conference realignment, ESPN, Texas Longhorns, Longhorn Network, David Boren, Oklahoma Sooners, Big 12, ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Pac-12Comment

Tapping the brakes on TV money in college sports

New column on TV money in college sports for Awful Announcing.

Allen KenneyJune 2, 2015ESPN, SEC, Big 12, sports media rights, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12Comment

NEW PODCAST: Bill Simmons-ESPN divorce with John Walters

John Walters of Newsweek and mediumhappy.com joins the podcast to discuss the falling out between Bill Simmons and ESPN.

Allen KenneyMay 13, 2015ESPN, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, sports mediaComment

Bowlsby sees Big 12's boulder-sized problem in LHN

Bob Bowlsby gets down to brass tacks

Allen KenneyOctober 31, 2014Big 12, Bob Bowlsby, ESPN, Longhorn Network Comments

Linking Up: The SEC bias thing

Links and stuff.

Allen KenneyOctober 28, 2014SEC, ESPN, Virginia Tech Hokies, Chris Fowler, College Football PlayoffComment

The Student Section: How ESPN crushed the Pac-12 competition

My column this week for The Student Section looks back at how the events of conference realignment impacted the college football media landscape.

Allen KenneyAugust 28, 2014Pac-12, ESPN, Larry ScottComment

The Student Section: In the battle for fans in the stands, schools have already lost

My latest column for The Student Section looks into the dilemma facing schools as they try to bolster attendance.

Allen KenneyJuly 29, 2014ESPNComment

New stadium plans hint Sooners' strategy paying off

The new stadium plans revealed last week put the direction of Oklahoma football in a different light.

Getting all libertarian on college football scheduling

Give me paycheck games, or give me death.

Allen KenneyJune 24, 2014FCS, FBS, rivalry games, college football scheduling, ESPN, FOX Comment

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