(8/15) Oklahoma Sooner Football Notes and Articles
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
Coach Capel looking at possible Football players for basketball roster? Once Jeff Capel gets settled in as Oklahoma's basketball coach and has time to build a squad of his players, he most likely won't think too much about borrowing athletes from the football team. But, for now, the idea has merit. "It's something that if guys are good and they want to try it, they're more than welcome," Capel said recently while discussing the topic. "Obviously, we have some incredible athletes already on our football team, but I've also heard that some incoming freshmen are pretty big-time basketball players, too. If they want to look into that and pursue it, then we're more than happy to have them as long as Coach (Bob) Stoops is OK with it." Stoops has said before that he's not opposed to his players trying another sport so long as it's a legitimate pursuit and not merely dream-chasing. But hoops and football aren't a good mix on the calendar. "If it does happen, it likely wouldn't be until sometime in January (when a football player could join the basketball team), and that would mean that our football team has done something pretty special," Capel said. (In part from NewsOK.com)
Oklahoma ranked Second in Big XII South, according to Bowden: Yahoo! Sports
Q&A: Reggie Smith: The Oklahoman
Sooners going Spanish?: The Oklahoman
Sooners banking on Thompson at QB: Dallas Morning News
Wilkinson pushes Sooners to No. 7: Tuscaloosa News
Coach Capel looking at possible Football players for basketball roster? Once Jeff Capel gets settled in as Oklahoma's basketball coach and has time to build a squad of his players, he most likely won't think too much about borrowing athletes from the football team. But, for now, the idea has merit. "It's something that if guys are good and they want to try it, they're more than welcome," Capel said recently while discussing the topic. "Obviously, we have some incredible athletes already on our football team, but I've also heard that some incoming freshmen are pretty big-time basketball players, too. If they want to look into that and pursue it, then we're more than happy to have them as long as Coach (Bob) Stoops is OK with it." Stoops has said before that he's not opposed to his players trying another sport so long as it's a legitimate pursuit and not merely dream-chasing. But hoops and football aren't a good mix on the calendar. "If it does happen, it likely wouldn't be until sometime in January (when a football player could join the basketball team), and that would mean that our football team has done something pretty special," Capel said. (In part from NewsOK.com)
Oklahoma ranked Second in Big XII South, according to Bowden: Yahoo! Sports
Q&A: Reggie Smith: The Oklahoman
Sooners going Spanish?: The Oklahoman
Sooners banking on Thompson at QB: Dallas Morning News
Wilkinson pushes Sooners to No. 7: Tuscaloosa News
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