(9/8) QB Recruiting News, Weather a Concern for WA., and Sooner Articles
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
QB Recruit picks FL. over OK: Atlanta Westlake quarterback Cameron Newton will be a Florida Gator. Newton announced his decision Thursday night, sticking to a deadline he set for himself more than two weeks ago. The four-star, dual-threat signal caller had been heavily recruited by Oklahoma since coach Bob Stoops dismissed Rhett Bomar. The Sooners were among Newton's final three college choices, but in the end, the prospectopted for the program that had been courting him since his junior year in high school. "Cameron likes the state of Florida," Newton's father, Cecil, told Rivals.com on Wednesday. "From his sophomore season on he was favoring Miami, Florida State or Florida." (NewsOK.com)
Humidity a concern for Washington: Last time Tyrone Willingham checked, there were no available humidity-control chambers around Seattle big enough to host a traveling NCAA Division I football team for practice. If there were, the coach would have scheduled a few University of Washington workouts there this week in preparation for Saturday's game against the 10th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. As it stands, the Huskies will fly to Oklahoma City this morning, and get a feel for what kind of conditions await them for their 12:30 p.m. [2:30 CT] kickoff Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. "There are two sides to their weather conditions," said Willingham in his final pregame press conference Thursday before heading off to practice. "It's not really the heat that will be to our detriment. We've had a few warm days here, 80- and 90-degree days … (but) if they have one of those high-humidity days that they can have, along with the heat, that is the real discovery for us." The forecast calls for a high of 88 degrees, with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. "(There's) nothing we can do to our air … that can really duplicate humidity that we'll face down there," Willingham said. "It's something we'll have to go and fight through, and our guys will give it a great try." (In part The News Tribune)
Peterson's father to miss OU-Texas: Nelson Peterson, Adrian's father, said federal prison officials will not let him attend any Oklahoma football games until mid-October, which means he can't attend the Texas-OU game at the Cotton Bowl. Peterson said he probably won't be able to attend an OU game until the Oct. 14 matchup against Iowa State in Norman, Okla. He asked for permission to attend Saturday's home game against Washington and was denied. Peterson is scheduled to be released from an Oklahoma City halfway house on Oct. 5 – two days before the Texas-OU game. But federal officials require that parolees stay within their district for 30 days after their release date. (Dallas Morning News)
Sooners host Washington on Saturday: SoonerSports.com
Huskies expect Thompson to improve: The Oklahoman
OU Notebook: Tulsa World
Huskies trying to come back: Norman Transcript
Stoops sees plenty to fix, but also plenty of potential: NCAA Football
A return to glory, the Sooners' way: Seattle Times
Nobody does it better than OU: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Huskies face Sooner mystique: The News Tribune
Oklahoma game not best measure of UW: HeraldNet
QB Recruit picks FL. over OK: Atlanta Westlake quarterback Cameron Newton will be a Florida Gator. Newton announced his decision Thursday night, sticking to a deadline he set for himself more than two weeks ago. The four-star, dual-threat signal caller had been heavily recruited by Oklahoma since coach Bob Stoops dismissed Rhett Bomar. The Sooners were among Newton's final three college choices, but in the end, the prospectopted for the program that had been courting him since his junior year in high school. "Cameron likes the state of Florida," Newton's father, Cecil, told Rivals.com on Wednesday. "From his sophomore season on he was favoring Miami, Florida State or Florida." (NewsOK.com)
Humidity a concern for Washington: Last time Tyrone Willingham checked, there were no available humidity-control chambers around Seattle big enough to host a traveling NCAA Division I football team for practice. If there were, the coach would have scheduled a few University of Washington workouts there this week in preparation for Saturday's game against the 10th-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. As it stands, the Huskies will fly to Oklahoma City this morning, and get a feel for what kind of conditions await them for their 12:30 p.m. [2:30 CT] kickoff Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. "There are two sides to their weather conditions," said Willingham in his final pregame press conference Thursday before heading off to practice. "It's not really the heat that will be to our detriment. We've had a few warm days here, 80- and 90-degree days … (but) if they have one of those high-humidity days that they can have, along with the heat, that is the real discovery for us." The forecast calls for a high of 88 degrees, with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms. "(There's) nothing we can do to our air … that can really duplicate humidity that we'll face down there," Willingham said. "It's something we'll have to go and fight through, and our guys will give it a great try." (In part The News Tribune)
Peterson's father to miss OU-Texas: Nelson Peterson, Adrian's father, said federal prison officials will not let him attend any Oklahoma football games until mid-October, which means he can't attend the Texas-OU game at the Cotton Bowl. Peterson said he probably won't be able to attend an OU game until the Oct. 14 matchup against Iowa State in Norman, Okla. He asked for permission to attend Saturday's home game against Washington and was denied. Peterson is scheduled to be released from an Oklahoma City halfway house on Oct. 5 – two days before the Texas-OU game. But federal officials require that parolees stay within their district for 30 days after their release date. (Dallas Morning News)
Sooners host Washington on Saturday: SoonerSports.com
Huskies fade from glory: The Oklahoman
Huskies expect Thompson to improve: The Oklahoman
OU Notebook: Tulsa World
Huskies trying to come back: Norman Transcript
Stoops sees plenty to fix, but also plenty of potential: NCAA Football
A return to glory, the Sooners' way: Seattle Times
Nobody does it better than OU: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Huskies face Sooner mystique: The News Tribune
Oklahoma game not best measure of UW: HeraldNet
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