Annie Young stepping down from women's golf. Big blow. She has done great things since coming and getting us back to ncaa tourney.

Former TU track star. NCAA 10,000m champion IIRCC

At 6-foot-4 and 305-pounds, Javion Antai, is an imposing figure on the offensive line, but he’s also been a big name in recruiting circles, picking up scholarship offers from Oklahoma State, TCU, Kansas State, Cal, North Texas, UTEP and Tulsa.

In the end, the 3-star Jenks (OK) lineman chose the Golden Hurricane after his official visit on the weekend of June 21, marking another big get for TU -- both in size and impact.

Not TU related, but a conference-mate. This is one of the funniest things I've watched in a while...

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See a lot of grown adults hating on a young kid dreams. I get it that he talked about gambling and having his money and watches on the commitment post. This is the first time I've seen anyone doing that for a commitment. What are your thoughts on this?

J.R. Cunningham of Tulsa and others have sued the NCAA and multiple conferences for the unauthorized use of their name, image and likeness in March Madness highlights. He was never a star player at TU so I don't think the NCAA has benefited significantly when his image appears.

Former TU defensive back and grad school buddy of mine. @chito_and_leon I think you know him too.

All players are practicing now. I don’t think Behrends will help us much to frail. He likes to shoot from outside wasn’t making much. I think Carrington is our best new player so far it is still to early to tell but he was shooting good today and he plays good defense. I am going out of town for two weeks tomorrow so I hope someone else reports on practice

Despite racking up 13 scholarship offers, The Woodlands (TX) wide receiver Shane Walker still seems like a hidden gem. He didn’t put up huge numbers as a junior due to playing with two broken fingers, but he’s an electric playmaker with big-play potential every time he touches the ball. It’s easy to see why he picked up offers from Tulsa, San Diego State, Texas State, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State and several others.

In the end, Walker committed to Tulsa after an official visit in late June.

Despite racking up 13 scholarship offers, The Woodlands (TX) wide receiver Shane Walker still seems like a hidden gem. He didn’t put up huge numbers as a junior due to playing with two broken fingers, but he’s an electric playmaker with big-play potential every time he touches the ball. It’s easy to see why he picked up offers from Tulsa, San Diego State, Texas State, North Texas, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State and several others.

In the end, Walker committed to Tulsa after an official visit in late June.

6-foot-1 and 230-pound linebacker Sean DaVault from Sachse (TX) made an official visit to Tulsa in June, and after weighing his options, he decided to commit to the Golden Hurricane.

The Tulsa Football program was extremely busy in June, welcoming incoming freshmen, holding prospect camps and hosting approximately 25 recruits from the 2025 class for official visits. The Hurricane picked up its first 8 commitments and should get several more over the July 4th holiday.

The following is an update on 14 recruiting targets that have been top Tulsa targets but are yet to officially announce their college decision. Expect several more commitments soon...

The recruiting process began early for Putnam City (OK) linebacker and edge rusher Brayden Knox. His first scholarship offer came from Indiana in January of 2023, followed by offers from Tulsa, North Texas, Nevada, Kent State, Arkansas State, Army, Dartmouth and others.

With his senior season approaching, the 6-foot-3 and 230-pounder took official visits to Kent State on June 7 and Tulsa on June 21, ultimately deciding to become a Golden Hurricane.

At 6-foot-4 and 305-pounds, Javion Antai, is an imposing figure on the offensive line, but he’s also been a big name in recruiting circles, picking up scholarship offers from Oklahoma State, TCU, Kansas State, Cal, North Texas, UTEP and Tulsa.

In the end, the 3-star Jenks (OK) lineman chose the Golden Hurricane after his official visit on the weekend of June 21, marking another big get for TU -- both in size and impact.

After racking up 10 scholarship offers, 6-foot-4 and 220-pound tight end Jackson Shockley ultimately decided that Tulsa was his best fit at the next level. The Denton (TX) Guyer product gave Hurricane coaches a verbal commitment on June 23 and announced his decision over the July 4 holiday.



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After racking up 10 scholarship offers, 6-foot-4 and 220-pound tight end Jackson Shockley ultimately decided that Tulsa was his best fit at the next level. The Denton (TX) Guyer product gave Hurricane coaches a verbal commitment on June 23 and announced his decision over the July 4 holiday.

Just wanted to pass along a few items. I'm pretty sure it was previously mentioned about Tahj Gary entering the portal. He wasn't going to be available until some time in September due to a knee injury.

Reeves Baller will likely be entering the portal, which opens up an additional scholarship spot. If I remember right, Baller had been academically ineligible. At this point, I believe TU has 3 open scholarships, which will most likely go to some deserving walk-ons on a one-year basis.

Interesting discussion with Russell Fisher of compliance at TU, with his thoughts on the Portal, NIL, new and proposed legislation-and the effect of the new endowment on TU Athletics

https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/2019/8/26/eye-of-the-hurricane-podcast

The Tulsa Football program was extremely busy in June, welcoming incoming freshmen, holding prospect camps and hosting approximately 25 recruits from the 2025 class for official visits. The Hurricane picked up its first 8 commitments and should get several more over the July 4th holiday.

The following is an update on 14 recruiting targets that have been top Tulsa targets but are yet to officially announce their college decision. Expect several more commitments soon...

I had a chance to catch up with Rick Dickson this afternoon after the announcement was made. He was gracious enough to jump on a zoom for 18 min while he was in Mexico. This is only the beginning as mentions more to come. Wants to put this over $100 Million.

Shaq has signed with a French Team playing in the top French League.

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too much flopping

I saw the announcement about this new Dean today. My memory may be faulty but this seems to me to be at least the 3rd Dean in the few years since Dr. Misra stepped down about 4 years ago. I believe one of the former Dean’s may have become President of Hendrix College in Arkansas which appears to be a nice career step. Not sure about the others. For those in the know is there an issue or are we just finding high quality people that are on a career fast track?

Just bought the wife one of these and it's pretty good quality. They aren't paying me and I have no idea who they are, just thought I'd share in case anyone is looking for some good TU gear.

I mean, has private equity ever done anything but improve things?

This idea sounds pretty interesting, I have to say. I get the "we don't want to label ourselves as second tier" but G5 conferences are second tier and will only become more so as money becomes even more unevenly distributed. I'm honestly not interested in watching teams with $5m NIL players, that's just pro ball. I'd like a real college football system again.

"The idea of G5 reorganization or the creation of a G5 football-only Super League consisting of the top handful of programs was informally discussed among some administrators when the current wave of conference realignment kicked off in 2021. Former Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany presented to leagues an idea of the three G5 leagues with southeastern footprints (AAC, CUSA, Sun Belt) reorganizing geographically. A few weeks later, the AAC added six schools from CUSA. The AAC earns millions more per school than other G5 leagues."