This time it wasn't about politics or world views. This one was all about free throws, rebounds, and shooting percentage. The United States and Iran matched up in the FIBA World basketball championships Wednesday night and the outcome was never in question. 

The United States won it easily, earning a top seed in the knockout round of the world championship with an 88-51 victory Wednesday in the first meeting between the countries with a history of contentious relations.

The U.S. team, which downplayed the political aspect of the game, methodically pulled away in the first half, wearing down the Asian champions with its depth and athleticism.

"We just respected their basketball team and we just played a basketball game," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "There's no political aspect in my mind in the ballgame."

Kevin Love scored 13 points and Kevin Durant 12 for the Americans (4-0), who will meet the fourth-place team from Group A in the round of 16.

After playing his starters for most of the second half of a 70-68 victory over Brazil on Monday, Krzyzewski went to the bench early in this one, with the Americans shooting 58 percent and scoring 23 points off turnovers in the easy victory.

Hamed Haddadi scored 19 points for Iran (1-3) and Arsalan Kazemi had 14.

"I'm very happy, I played against the best team in the world," Kamrany said.

The tensions between the nations' governments provided the backdrop off the court, with a group of fans sitting near midcourt before the game holding U.S. and Iran flags and a sign reading "PEACE" in between.

The only sparring on the floor was a playful bump between Haddadi and U.S. forward Rudy Gay, teammates with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies.

"We should leave politics to the politicians," U.S. center Tyson Chandler said. "We're here to play basketball."

The countries have feuded for decades and their relations have deteriorated in recent years, with the United States supporting sanctions against Iran for continuing with programs it believes could be used to create nuclear weapons.

The U.S. team tried to keep the focus on the floor, with Krzyzewski saying he had played in Iran in the 1970s with an Armed Forces team and had great respect for the country.

Krzyzewski was answering a question about turnovers in the postgame news conference when he noticed Iran coach Veselin Matic to his left nodding in agreement.

"That's the first level of diplomacy. That's one thing we're in agreement with," Krzyzewski joked.

There's no rivalry on the basketball court, where the nations had never met in Olympic or world championship play. The Iranian national team even came to Utah two years ago at the invitation of the NBA to play in a summer league as preparation for the 2008 Olympics.

And in a nod to the Iranian supporters in Istanbul -- which included minister of sports Ali Saeedlou earlier in the tournament -- dancers were ordered to cover up for their performances during the game. Islam prohibits women from exposing their skin in public, and Iranian officials had turned their backs when the dancers performed in earlier games.

The dancers wore long pants Wednesday.

Iranian fans, many waving flags and chanting, had plenty to cheer early. Haddadi won the opening tip, Durant fired a pass behind Andre Iguodala and out of bounds on the Americans' first possession, and the U.S. lead was only six after one quarter.

But the Americans quickly pushed it into double digits in the second and gradually extended it to 14 at halftime. They opened the second half with another burst to push it past 20 and turn Group B's second game of the night into a dull affair.

Krzyzewski said he thought the Americans were tired, more mentally than physically, against Brazil, in what was their third game in three days and sixth in 10 -- in three different countries. They were fresher after a day off, with Krzyzewski saying they looked better in the second half.

"As the game moved along we got better in the game," he said.

Following Thursday's game against winless Tunisia, the Americans will have three days off before playing Monday against an opponent still to be determined. But a difficult quarterfinal could follow, with Spain looming as a possible opponent after two surprising losses have dropped the defending world champions into third place in their group.

The Americans want to have their reserves playing well by then, and all 12 players scored Wednesday. Derrick Rose had 11 points and Danny Granger added 10.

Oklahoma State head basketball coach Travis Ford announced today that he will hold walk-on tryouts for the 2010-11 season at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, September 15. The tryouts will take place inside Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Any male student interested in competing for a spot on the Cowboy Basketball team must be a full-time student enrolled at Oklahoma State's Stillwater campus. Potential players must verify that they meet the minimum requirements to participate in a tryout by stopping by the office of Athletics Compliance on the second floor of the OSU Athletics Center prior to the tryout.

Participants must also provide proof of health insurance, documentation of a physical exam that has been performed in the last six months, and results of a sickle cell solubility test performed in the last six months before participating in the tryout.

For more information, contact the Cowboy Basketball office at (405) 744-5845.

A small change has been made in the football game day tradition of "The Walk," the Oklahoma State athletics department announced today.

Due to construction at the OSU Student Union this season, the Cowboy football team will exit on the south side of the Student Union, through the doors north of the courtyard between the OSU Alumni Center and the Paul Miller building, home of OSU's School of Media and Strategic Communications (formerly known as the School of Journalism and Broadcasting).

Fans should start lining up at the staircase across the street from the OSU Alumni Center.

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy, defensive coordinator Bill Young and offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen joined selected Cowboy players in meeting with members of the media at Boone Pickens Stadium on Monday. Notes provided by Oklahoma State media relations. Find more at Okstate.com.

Some of the highlights of what they said:

Head Coach Mike Gundy

Opening Statement:

"It's good to get into a game week. The players are really excited about backing off on practice against each other and are looking forward to getting in a game. It's still a big week of preparation for us. It's very important that we stay focused and have a good week of practice to get ready for Saturday.  I like the attitude of our team. We've made some really good strides in the last four weeks. I'm excited about watching them play and seeing some of the new guys get out there and see how they perform. We also have a few players who've played quite a bit and we're looking forward to them getting back out there. We're just looking forward to this week of preparation."

On what he will be doing during the game that's different from last season:

"I will be listening to both sides of the ball and being involved with special teams. I thought the other day about how it would actually factor in on decisions. Because I was calling plays I was tied in pretty good with third and fourth down calls. I can contribute more to the special teams area and give me more time to think about that prior to a certain group going on the field."

On Jamie Blatnick and Victor Johnson:

"From a legal standpoint Jamie's situation has changed and I'm still gathering information on Victor's situation. I am pretty up-to-date on where we're at with Jamie. We will have discussions with Jamie this week and then make the decisions about his options for Saturday. I still want to gather all the information before I make a final decision on Victor."

On Washington State:

"I think there is mystery about the teams on both sides. We have a pretty good feel for what we think they'll do in all three phases. Usually 40-50 percent of that is correct going into that first game. It's important that you're good at what you think is important: your offensive scheme, your defensive scheme and your special teams. Take care of your own business and go out and play hard."

On having a No. 1 receiver:

"I don't think we have a No. 1 guy. We don't have someone in the category of a Dez Bryant or a Rashaun Woods. We have a number of guys who we feel like are very capable of making plays. One of the advantages we have in this system is that we can spread them all out."

On how different the offense will be with passing versus running:

"It'll be different. We'll just have to see how it plays out. I know that the offensive staff has a pretty good idea of how they want to handle it. I have a pretty good idea of how I think it should go. It'll be somewhat of a learning phase on how we handle run/pass situations based on where we're at in a game. It'll be a little different in that area than it has in the past. We'll play to our strengths depending on the personnel or the situation in the game."

On Brandon Weeden's decision making:

"He's making good decisions at this point. We'll know a lot more after he's played in some games. The question came up this morning about how much we'll know about our young players after they've played in the first game. We'll know a little bit, but we'll know a lot more a month from now after they've played several games and a little bit of fatigue sets in. When the guys get beat up a little bit you find out a lot more about your team."

Defensive Coordinator Bill Young

On having depth at defensive tackle

"The first unit is going to come out really good. I think Chris Donaldson and Shane Jarka are the best they have ever been. The backup is where we have some issues. Anthony Rogers has shown some tremendous improvement and Nigel Nicholas has the potential to be pretty good. They are continuing to work and get better."

On Christian Littlehead...

"He missed 17-18 practices and came in a little overweight. It is real tough to come back and catch up, but we will continue to do that and work with him as an individual."

On the lack of experience...

"We are better than we were a year ago. We need to get more sacks and get more turnovers."

Offensive Coordinator Dana Holgorsen

On if the offense has eight solid receivers going into the opener
"It depends on which practice we look at. There's been times when those guys have looked okay and there's been times where they haven't. We're going to put them in a position to make plays and hopefully they will. We'll find out on game day."

On if the players are ready to play a fast-paced offense
"They've been doing that around here for quite some time. Maybe not quite to the extent that we're going to do it, but they've been trained in the last few years to be able to work pretty fast. Getting lined up fast and being able to handle it at a very rapid pace, they can do that. Whether we make the plays all the time is yet to be seen."

On the offensive consistency since the last scrimmage
"It's up and down with specific people. What we're trying to do right now is get only the guys in position to make plays that are going to be relied on to make plays, so a lot of people that were in that scrimmage are not going to be the guys that you see out there. We try to narrow it in on the good ones and the ones that are actually going to play. When we did that it tended to look a lot better."

Quarterback Brandon Weeden

On the increased number of plays on offense this season

"We want to stay on the field and keep our defense off the field and score points and get first downs. I think that's going to be fun. We're going to move fast and I'm sure Saturday night I'll be exhausted when it's all said and done."

On if he's nervous for his first start

"No, not really. I'm sure I'll get a little nervous towards Saturday. I'm just enjoying it, having fun, and if I don't have butterflies on Saturday I'll get real nervous, so I'm sure I'll have some butterflies."

On his biggest concern for the Washington State game

"I just want everybody to go out and have fun. Just go out and do what we've been working on all camp, and I think good things are going to happen."

Receiver Justin Blackmon

On being anxious about the first game
"I'm ready to get it started. A lot of things happened in the offseason and there's been a lot of talk about the changes and I'm just ready to get out there and show people what we can do; show them what our offense is capable of doing"

On if the team will be better than people are expecting
"I think we could surprise people if we come out and do what I know we can do. If we show up and play we will surprise a lot of people."

On the offense
"It's different because a lot of people are going to get the ball. A lot of people are going to get their names out there. There's just going to be a bunch of different people that are called to make plays and hopefully we can make them."

On if the offense will see instant success
"I think we will. We've prepared hard. If we go out there and everybody does their part then we will have that success."

Defensive End Ugo Chinasa

On the freshmen handling Bill Young's defense

"They are handling it well. They are out there making plays. They are all fast and they know what to do. They should be good and ready to go."

On watching game film of Washington State's offense

"They have a lot of good schemes they run. They have a lot of motion that tries to confuse defenses. But we are good at communicating so it should be good."

On getting to tackle someone besides his own teammates

"I'm tired of hitting our own offensive guys. We get into it during practice a lot because we are hitting the same guys every day. They know our moves so it will be good to get a game in."

Safety Markelle Martin

On the freshmen in the secondary

"Justin Gilbert and Devin Hedgepeth, they're great guys. They have real nice feet. We kid around with them a lot about being corners and not wanting to tackle, but those guys are coming up to make plays. Lavocheya Cooper, Deion Imade, Zack Craig, those guys are just ready to come up and hit, so I'm kind of anxious to see what they'll do for the first game, because I remember what it was like for me as a freshman, so I'm anxious to see what those guys can bring and what those guys are going to do."

On how many times he's watched the clip of himself hitting Ole Miss quarterback Jevan Snead:

 "A couple times because people will send me e-mails or things like that. I would like to get more highlights than one."

Cornerback Andrew McGee

On Ugo Chinasa

"He's a big, skilled player. He'll be able to go in and get the quarterback, or he'll be able to drop back and do whatever he needs to do. We've seen Ugo get some interceptions and take them all the way to the house,so he's going to be a great factor on the defense."

On how far the defense has come:

"From the spring, we've made huge strides. I was watching in the spring because I was injured, so I was sitting out, and I got to look in. Just to see now, the strides we've taken and all the guys grow up, all the freshmen, like Devin Hedgepeth, who's going to get a lot of action. He's grown up and he's playing hard and he'll be a factor for us. Different guys like Shaun Lewis and all those guys have taken a role and they know they have to play and they've grown up. We actually play as a team and I think that's a great thing, it's going to be a great year,"

Defensive Tackle Shane Jarka

On the upcoming game vs. Washington State

"The closer you get to game time the more you get excited, and your adrenaline gets pumping. So there is definitely a lot more excitement and a lot more focus on the team. So even though it may not look like we are totally enthusiastic, we are just focused and getting ready to hit somebody else instead of each other."

On the team bonding during preseason...

"During the summer it is our bonding time as a team because we go through so much. All the running, all the heat, and then the two-a-days during preseason, we just bond because we are together 24-7. There is a cohesion between the players because we have spent so much time together and went through so much together.

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Not only is BYU going to become an independant in football, they will join another confererence for all their other sports. It's which conference they will join that might surprise you. The Cougars are leaving the Mountain West Conference will join the West Coast Conference in all other sports in the 2011-2012 school year.

BYU and its new conference announced the moves in simultaneous releases late Tuesday afternoon, saying further details would be given at a news conference Wednesday at BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium.

BYU said its resignation from the Mountain West takes effect June 30, 2011, allowing the Cougars to start West Coast Conference play next fall.

The announcement ended nearly two weeks of speculation since BYU's original plan to go independent surfaced, then unraveled within hours when the Mountain West Conference made a protective move and invited Nevada and Fresno State to leave the WAC for the MWC.

BYU had an agreement worked out with the WAC to join in all sports except football, which would play as a Bowl Subdivision independent. The Mountain West's catch of Nevada and Fresno State foiled the plan and left BYU with little time to come up with something else before Sept. 1, the deadline to notify the Mountain West of any plans to leave before the 2011 school year.

Shortly after the BYU and WCC releases, Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson released his own, saying the league would continue to explore options for the future. It did not mention BYU by name or the Cougars' decision to leave.

"We look forward to the future with great excitement -- particularly welcoming recent additions Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada into the Mountain West," Thompson said in the statement.

Boise State joins the Mountain West next year, when Utah leaves for the Pac-10, and now BYU departs as one of just four independent teams in the NCAA's Bowl Subdivision. The only other football teams without conferences are Notre Dame, Army and Navy.

BYU, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has been looking into football independence as a way to increase the school's exposure through its own network -- BYU-TV -- and others outside The Mtn.

By going independent, the Cougars will have a challenge filling out future football schedules without the eight guaranteed Mountain West games. The agreement with the WAC included a provision for playing several league teams each year while leaving BYU free to fill the rest of the dates with any other schools.

BYU already has some future opponents in place for what would have been non-conference games in the coming years, but will still have plenty of work to round out the rest of the schedule.

The final field for the 2010 P&G NW Arkansas Championship presented by Walmart has been set, tournament officials announced today. The field will feature 14 of the top 15 players in the world according to the Rolex World Golf Rankings. An official LPGA event, the P&G NW Arkansas Championship presented by Walmart returns to Pinnacle Country Club in Rogers, Sept. 10 - 12.



Rolex Rankings No. 7 player Michelle Wie will join the tournament field after her victory at the CN Canadian Women's Open on Aug. 29. Wie joins previously committed Rolex Rankings No. 1 player Ai Miyazato, Cristie Kerr (No. 2), Suzann Pettersen (No. 3) and defending champion Jiyai Shin (No. 4).



The field for the 2010 P&G NW Arkansas Championship presented Walmart will also include Yani Tseng (No. 5), Na Yeon Choi (No. 6), In Kyung Kim (No. 8), Song-Hee Kim (No. 9), Anna Norqvist (No. 11), Karrie Webb (No. 12), Angela Stanford (No. 13), Morgan Pressel (No. 14) and Inbee Park (No. 15).



Two spots in the field will be determined at a qualifying event at Pinnacle Country Club on Monday, Sept. 6.


Tickets to the 2010 P&G NW Arkansas Championship presented by Walmart are on sale at www.nwachampionship.com<http://www.nwachampionship.com> or by calling (479) 715-6100. Daily tickets are $25 for championship play, Friday - Sunday.  Week-long grounds badges can be purchased for $50. Admission is free to the public Monday - Thursday. Children 17-years old and under are admitted free with a ticketed adult.



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The Oklahoma City Council has rejected a letter of intent calling for the city to provide $7 million to help bring a Grand Prix race to downtown. The council voted 6-2 against the proposal Tuesday. Opponents said they did not feel comfortable committing the money in the current economic climate. The proposal by Oklahoma City Grand Prix LLC called for an American Le Mans Series race during the Fourth of July weekend next year. The money was to be repaid by the group over a 10-year

period. Businessman Trent Ward helped lead the effort to secure the funding and said after the vote that the opportunity to host such a race probably won't come again.

Longtime radio play-by-play announcer Bob Barry says this will be his last year as the voice of Oklahoma Sooners football and men's basketball teams. In a statement on OU's athletic website Tuesday, Barry said he had targeted 2010 as the year he would wrap up his announcing duties. This will be his 50th year calling Division I games in Oklahoma. Oklahoma president David Boren said he looks forward to Barry's continuing involvement in Oklahoma's athletic programs and sports broadcasts. The 79-year-old Barry became Oklahoma's play-by-play job in 1961 and held the position until 1972 when OU radio rights changed. Barry called University of Tulsa basketball games during the 1973-74 season and called football and men's basketball games for Oklahoma State from 1973 to 1990. He returned to Oklahoma in 1991.

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has named walk-on Patrick O'Hara as the starting place-kicker for the seventh-ranked Sooners. Stoops said on his radio show Tuesday night that O'Hara won the competition with Jimmy Stevens, freshman Michael Hunnicutt and redshirt freshman Bryce Easley. O'Hara emerged late last season as the Sooners' kicker after Stevens and Tress Way struggled. However, Stoops had expressed disappointment throughout training camp that none of his kickers had performed at a consistently high level. Now that he's chosen a starter, Stoops says O'Hara ``needs to be given an opportunity to keep it and improve with it as opposed to some knee-jerk reaction and change it every kick.''

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy says he does not expect running back Travis Miller and linebacker Kye Staley to rejoin the team. Gundy said Monday that Miller is ``not willing to do what it takes to play'' for the Cowboys. The sophomore from Marlin, Texas, had 59 yards rushing in six games last season.  Gundy says Staley decided to stop playing after trying to come back from a serious knee injury that forced him to miss all of last season. Staley had been one of the marquee players in Oklahoma State's 2008 recruiting class after leading Guthrie to the state championship in Class 5A the previous year. He moved from running back to linebacker during his comeback bid.

USA head coach Mike Krzyzewski described the game versus Brazil as a character game.Thanks to 27 points and 10 rebounds from Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) and a strong defensive effort in the second half, the USA passed the character test and edged Brazil (2-1) 70-68 in a battle of Group B unbeatens Monday evening at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. The win improved the U.S. record to 3-0 and put the Americans in excellent shape to earn the group's number one seeding for the eighth-finals.

Durant led the U.S. scoring on 4-for-6 shooting from 3-point, while Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets) added 15 points, Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) contributed 11 and Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers) was credited with eight points and nine rebounds.

"We only allowed 22 points in the second and when you're offense isn't going very well, to still play great defense shows that you have character. I said (to the team) that I thought they had the character to win because it was not easy to win tonight. They had to do it doing tough things," Krzyzewski said.

"It was not (a game) - especially in the second half - where points came easy. Both teams still played with great heart. I think it showed the character of each team. When that happens, to me, a team can show its character in a bad way or a good way. I thought both teams showed it in a good way. I found out something about my team tonight."

The contest was a tale of two different halves. Over the first two quarters the two teams combined to score 89 points with Brazil heading to their locker room at intermission with a 46-43 lead.

The defenses clamped down in the second half and the two teams managed to score 49 points combined, and only after the U.S. outscored Brazil 27-22 in the last two quarters did the Americans post the 70-68 win.

"They came out first and did a great job of putting pressure on us but I thought we fought hard all game. Shots weren't going down for us, but we still continued to play defense in that second half. It's a learning experience for us. It was a game we needed," stated Durant.

The USA jumped out early to a 10-6 lead, but Brazil found its groove offensively and finished off the quarter with eight straight points to secure a 28-22 lead.

Brazil upped its lead to 37-30 following a pair of free throws by Marcelo Huertas, but the U.S. rallied back and behind six consecutive points scored by Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder), Durant and Rose, closed the gap to 37-36. At half the Americans trailed by three, 46-43.

Down 50-47 with 7:26 to go in the third, Durant connected from behind the 3-point arc, Rose scored, Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers) added a free throw and Billups added two more from the charity stripe to finish off an 8-0 run, and the U.S. had its largest lead of the night to that point, 55-50.

Brazil refused to let the U.S. out of its sights and heading into the final 10 minutes, the USA was up 61-59 and facing its first test of the World Championship.

With the shot clock about to expire, Brazil's Marcus Vieira hit a three to even the score at 62 all. Odom counted on the other end and Rose pushed the USA back ahead 66-62 with 6:51 to play when he converted a pass from Billups into a pretty reverse layup.

The U.S. lead stood at 68-64 with 3:54 to play following a pair of clutch free throws from Rose and neither team was able to score again until 1:04 was left when Huertas scored on a drive to pull Brazil back within two, 68-66. Billups countered with his own drive at the other end, and then Brazil's Leandro Barbosa scored with 51.4 remaining to again make the contest a two-point game, 70-68.

The U.S. missed a three with 11 seconds to go that would have sealed the game and with 3.5 seconds left Huertas was fouled in the lane. Missing his first free throw, on the second attempt he purposely threw the ball hard off the rim and then came up with the rebound. Passing the ball into the lane to Barbosa, the guard's game tying toss rimmed out at the buzzer and the USA had the win.

"Chauncey made some big plays. He's the leader of this team so we got to follow him....he did a great job of carrying us in the second half," remarked Durant.

Both teams struggled with its shooting on the night, Brazil managed 42.2 percent for the game, while the USA hit 41.8 percent. The USA was 18-of-23 from the foul line, compared to Brazil's 4-of-8 charity shooting. The U.S. also held a slight advantage on the glass, 36-32, but had 22 turnovers and Brazil turned it over 20 times.

"Adversity makes a family tougher," Odom said. "You have to go through some things in life. It was good for us to have a challenge and be pushed to the limit."

Monday was a day off for the teams in Group C and Group D, and in Group A play in Kayseri, Argentina (3-0) remained perfect with a 91-70 win over Angola (1-2); Serbia (2-1) tore through Jordan (0-3) 112-69, and Australia (2-1) took apart Germany (1-2) 78-43. In Group B's other action Monday, Slovenia (2-1) fought off Croatia (1-2) 91-84, and Iran (1-2) upended Tunisia (0-3) 71-58.

The 2010 USA World Championship Team assistant coaches are Syracuse University's Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim, Portland Trail Blazers head coach Nate McMillan and Toronto Raptors head mentor Jay Triano.

The 2010 FIBA (International Basketball Federation) World Championship for Men is being held Aug. 28-Sept. 12 in Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir and Kayseri, Turkey. Twenty-four teams are competing in the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Men and those teams were divided into four preliminary round groups consisting of six teams each.

Two-time defending Class 6A champion Union tops The Associated Press' preseason football poll among Oklahoma's largest schools. The Tulsa-area power is among five reigning champions who enter the 2010 season with the No. 1 ranking. The others are Carl Albert in Class 5A, Cascia Hall in 3A, Lincoln Christian in 2A and Garber in Class B. The other top-ranked teams in the preseason poll are Douglass in Class 4A, Cashion in Class A and Shattuck in Class C. Star Spencer beat Douglass in last season's 4A title game before

moving down to 3A this season. Tonkawa moved up after winning the Class A crown last season and is ranked No. 9 in Class 2A. Shattuck is back at the top of Class C after having its 93-game win streak snapped in last year's state semifinals. Defending champion Timberlake is ranked fourth.

The 2011 Arena Football League regular season has been extended by two games Commissioner Jerry Kurz announced today. The change was passed in ownership meetings last week in Phoenix, AZ.

"There has never been a better time for the Arena Football League," said Commissioner Kurz. "The product is exciting, our economic model is sound and fans are demanding affordable family entertainment.  Extending our season is a great decision, both from a business and fan perspective."

The AFL has grown from 15 teams to 19 teams for the 2011 season with the additions of Kansas City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Jose. All four markets have had AFL teams in the past.

Talons season tickets are now on sale for the 2011 season starting as low as $90.  Contact the Talons office at 294-1000 for more information.

The first Tulsa football news conference of the year was just before noon on Monday. Head coach Todd Graham discussed his team as well as what he expects from East Carolina this weekend. Take a look at the video below and get ready for Tulsa football on KRMG!