The last time these two teams met, Oklahoma was able to come away with an unforeseen win, at least from the fans perspective. Kansas St. will certainly be looking to settle a vendetta as the Sooners travel into Manhattan. Tye Burger of Bring On The Cats was kind enough to sit down and exchange a Q&A previewing the game tomorrow.

CCM - The last time these two teams met, Kansas St. dominated the glass 39-24 while pulling down a ridiculous 21 offensive boards. It's not often you see a team lose the battle on the boards in this fashion and still come away with a win. However, Oklahoma was able to counter those numbers by shooting 54.9% from the field and a blazing 44.4% from range. To say the least, it was not a particularly great shooting night for the Wildcats. Was this simply an anomaly or did Lon Kruger's relentless man-to-man defense play a bigger role in the 39.1% the Wildcats shot in Norman?

TB - It was probably a little of both. Oklahoma ranks 88th (36.5 percent) in KenPom's three-point percentage defense, but only 219th (46.4 percent) in two-point percentage defense. K-State shot a little below OU's average on the year from both long range (33.3 percent), and two-point range (44.1 percent). My personal sense was that K-State looked tired in that game, both because they shot like their legs were dead and they got beat for loose balls left and right. Those are two sure signs of a tired team, and Frank Martin said after the game that they had been running stairs in practice since the Baylor game on Tuesday to try and correct some bad attitudes. On top of that, he benched freshman point guard Angel Rodriguez, who has started the last two games, as punishment for a bad attitude after the Baylor loss. I don't mean that to sound like I'm taking credit away from OU, because they absolutely played better than K-State. But part of the reason for the performance seemed to be that Frank pulled what we call a "buy-in-or-quit" game to try and correct some issues from the game earlier that week.

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This coming weekend will be the final opportunity for schools to host recruits before National Signing Day on February 1st, so most schools are putting an emphasis on getting their remaining targets on campus while they still can. Oklahoma is no exception as they are scheduled to host four recruits this weekend and could receive multiple commitments based on some of the talk out there.

The Sooners will be hosting two of the Top 12 (per Rivals) JUCO prospects in the country as well as two high school targets they are very high on. It's going to be a big recruiting weekend for the Sooners and we're here to give you a glimpse into who will be in Norman.

WR Courtney Gardner - 6'3" 215, Sierra C.C.

Garner is currently a soft commit to Arkansas, but has kept his options open and continued to take visits. He had cancelled his last two scheduled visits (to Florida & Florida State), so there was some concern that he might do the same this weekend with the Sooners. However he put that fear to rest in the last couple days and stated he still has ever intention of making the trip to Norman this weekend.

Gardner is #12 overall JUCO prospect for this class and an immediate impact type wide receiver looking for an opportunity to play early and often. Most JUCO prospects, with usually two years of eligibility, are frequently looking for opportunities that give them the best chance to get on the field early and Oklahoma is selling him on the fact he'd have that chance next year.

Gardner is a four star prospect (per Rivals) and currently holds offers from Arkansas, Auburn, Cal, Florida, Florida State, Pitt, Utah, and Washington among others.

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[UPDATE]: FWIW, a source we would never question, Jake Trotter, is also confirming the news.

Or at least according to his father via David Smoak. For those not familiar, Smoak is a very well known name in TX high school recruiting, so this is definitely a legit source and not just some random tweet.

So it would seem his long and drawn out journey to Oklahoma has finally reached an exciting resolution. It's easy to forget because it's been basically a year since he was originally supposed to be a Sooner, but make no mistake this is not a minor development. It's been expected for awhile, but with the NCAA Clearinghouse you just never know.

Every one is drooling over the prospect of what Dorial Green-Beckham could do for one lucky program, well Metoyer is pretty darn close to that same level of potential impact. Maybe someone can come up with a better comparison, but for me Metoyer reminds me a lot of Malcolm Kelly. Ridiculous hands, he'll catch everything that is even remotely close to him, and while not a burner has the ability to get behind the defense if they don't respect his speed or cheat up against the run.

It's been a looooooooooooooooong time coming, so here is the official . . .

Welcome to Sooner Nation Trey!

Well, Oklahoma's latest coaching staff addition wasted literally no time in hitting the recruiting trail. On the same day he was officially announced as a member of the Sooner staff, the former Arizona DC was in the home of stud wide receiver Davonte Neal.

His film, uh wow! Whatever he may lack in size (5'10" 175) he more than makes up for and then some in straight speed. You can also watch his exceptional balance on the film above and his ability, even for a "smaller" guy, to absorb a hit, keep his feet, and accelerate in the blink of an eye. If this kid gets the ball in even the tiniest of spaces, it's game over. Much like the other Neal (Durron) in OU's class, Davonte Neal is a guy that could come in as a true freshman and make an immediate impact on special teams with his exceptional return skills.

Neal has stated that he does not expect to make a decision until after signing day, which is somewhat rare but well within the rules of recruiting. Wednesday, February 1st, is just the first official day kids can sign but they're not required to do so on that day alone. Neal currently holds offers from Arizona, Arkansas, North Carolina, Notre Dame, and Ohio State among many others. He has two official visits remaining, one of which will be to North Carolina this coming weekend and the second of which is to near by Arizona two weeks after the UNC trip. However as you'll see in the interview after the jump, Neal and his family may be rethinking that Arizona trip with Oklahoma's late interest and their connection with Coach Kish.

As usual, SoonerScoop with their exceptional coverage was able to get an interview with Neal's father, Luke, and got his thoughts on Coach Kish's visit.

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