(10/10) Homecoming Game Time, Stoops defends Peterson and Oklahoma Articles
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
OU-Colorado Homecoming Kickoff time set: Oklahoma's Oct. 21 Homecoming game against Colorado has been set for a 6 p.m., kick off. The game will be televised live by FOX Sports Network. It will be a special event as recognition of Prentice Gautt and the 1956 National Championship team will take place during the evening. FSN also has this week's game agaisnt Iowa State. The network announced Monday that the game will be carried in High Definition. (SoonerSports Release)
Stoops defends Peterson on lateral play: Whether Paul Thompson's fourth-quarter swing pass to Adrian Peterson on Saturday against Texas was a lateral or not, many football observers feel Peterson cost his team when he didn't chase after the football. The whistle didn't blow, and Texas' Aaron Ross said he's always been coached to never quit on a play, so he scooped and scored. But OU coach Bob Stoops took umbrage with the perception that Peterson didn't hustle. "Oh, come on. Are you kidding me?" Stoops said. "Nobody plays harder than that guy. He touched the ball and deflects it backwards and that's what he felt. He felt it was an incompletion. C'mon, nobody goes harder than he does." (Tulsa World)
Oklahoma Football tickets still available: Just 334 yards stand between Adrian Peterson and OU history, and today the Athletics Department Ticket Office announced availability for the next three games. Peterson is 334 yards shy of breaking Billy Sims' career rushing mark at Oklahoma and even those Sooner fans not currently holding tickets for upcoming games may now have a chance to see the OU running back as he pursues history. The University of Oklahoma Athletics Ticket Office has received a limited number of returns for this weekend's Iowa State game and the October 21 Colorado game. Tickets are currently available 24 hours a day online at SoonerSports.com, by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at 800-456-4668 or 405-325-2424 during regular business hours Monday-Friday between 8 a.m.- 5 pm or in person at the Athletics Ticket Office on the west side of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Tickets for both games are $67. OU also has a limited number of tickets for the Missouri game to be played at Columbia, Mo., on Oct. 28. Tickets are $55 each. (SoonerSports Release)
Lofton to see more playing time: Defensive coordinator Brent Venables said he must get reserve linebacker Curtis Lofton into games earlier because "he's earned it." Lofton was ranked the eighth-best linebacker in the nation coming out high school in Kingfisher, Okla. He's played mostly special teams at OU, though. The sophomore has nine tackles and one forced fumble this season. (Dallas Morning News)Dad will get to watch Peterson play: The Oklahoman
OU Notebook: The Oklahoman
Peterson say's he's no quitter: Norman Transcript
OU, ISU seeking first conference wins: Tulsa World
Tough times for Stoops & Associates: Tulsa World
Sittler's Big 12 Rankings: Tulsa World
Sooners feeling fallout of loss to UT: Dallas Morning News
OU-Colorado Homecoming Kickoff time set: Oklahoma's Oct. 21 Homecoming game against Colorado has been set for a 6 p.m., kick off. The game will be televised live by FOX Sports Network. It will be a special event as recognition of Prentice Gautt and the 1956 National Championship team will take place during the evening. FSN also has this week's game agaisnt Iowa State. The network announced Monday that the game will be carried in High Definition. (SoonerSports Release)
Stoops defends Peterson on lateral play: Whether Paul Thompson's fourth-quarter swing pass to Adrian Peterson on Saturday against Texas was a lateral or not, many football observers feel Peterson cost his team when he didn't chase after the football. The whistle didn't blow, and Texas' Aaron Ross said he's always been coached to never quit on a play, so he scooped and scored. But OU coach Bob Stoops took umbrage with the perception that Peterson didn't hustle. "Oh, come on. Are you kidding me?" Stoops said. "Nobody plays harder than that guy. He touched the ball and deflects it backwards and that's what he felt. He felt it was an incompletion. C'mon, nobody goes harder than he does." (Tulsa World)
Oklahoma Football tickets still available: Just 334 yards stand between Adrian Peterson and OU history, and today the Athletics Department Ticket Office announced availability for the next three games. Peterson is 334 yards shy of breaking Billy Sims' career rushing mark at Oklahoma and even those Sooner fans not currently holding tickets for upcoming games may now have a chance to see the OU running back as he pursues history. The University of Oklahoma Athletics Ticket Office has received a limited number of returns for this weekend's Iowa State game and the October 21 Colorado game. Tickets are currently available 24 hours a day online at SoonerSports.com, by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at 800-456-4668 or 405-325-2424 during regular business hours Monday-Friday between 8 a.m.- 5 pm or in person at the Athletics Ticket Office on the west side of Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Tickets for both games are $67. OU also has a limited number of tickets for the Missouri game to be played at Columbia, Mo., on Oct. 28. Tickets are $55 each. (SoonerSports Release)
Lofton to see more playing time: Defensive coordinator Brent Venables said he must get reserve linebacker Curtis Lofton into games earlier because "he's earned it." Lofton was ranked the eighth-best linebacker in the nation coming out high school in Kingfisher, Okla. He's played mostly special teams at OU, though. The sophomore has nine tackles and one forced fumble this season. (Dallas Morning News)Dad will get to watch Peterson play: The Oklahoman
OU Notebook: The Oklahoman
Peterson say's he's no quitter: Norman Transcript
OU, ISU seeking first conference wins: Tulsa World
Tough times for Stoops & Associates: Tulsa World
Sittler's Big 12 Rankings: Tulsa World
Sooners feeling fallout of loss to UT: Dallas Morning News
Labels: Adrian Peterson, Bob Stoops, Curtis Lofton, Gametime, Tickets
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