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For those following recruiting, I think we're counting this as bad news in the Darius White sweepstakes.

So says Sooner Scoop's Josh McCuistion: the Marshall linebacker will head to OU, "spurning" Texas. More bad recruiting news, so what else is new? Franklin will no doubt enjoy getting run all over the field by Darius Terrell from the flex tight end position. You're getting no help from your coach, buddy. Have fun. Breaking down to the pure choice between Venables, Chizik-like in his inability to adjust or Coach Boom, why not Muschamp? Yes, I'm a little bitter. More on this later in the weekend and best of luck to Franklin at OU -- he handled the process with maturity, but it can't feel anything but a little bit traitorous when a Texas kid heads north of the Red River when he could have been a Longhorn.

So much for OU starters Andrew Doyle and Stephen Porlier being the best #1/#2 starters in the conference. After Doyle took the loss in the first game, Stephen Porlier lasted only two innings in his second start since 2007. A Cameron Rupp home run would further stretch the lead and Austin Wood worked two innings to close the game after working out of a major jam in the seventh during the first game and finishing that one as well. Impressive day of work for Wood, who will surely not be available as Texas tries to sweep the former first-place Sooners at 1 pm Sunday.

Rick Barnes perhaps ended the speculation surrounding Concussion-Gate by revealing that Dogus Balbay accidentally hit Griffin in the ear when defending a screen set by Balbay's man. Guess Griffin didn't get drugged by Dexter Pittman's wrist band after all. Additionally, Gary Johnson is questionable for the Wednesday game against Texas Tech.