Oklahoma's Heisman Park Statue Dedications Set; OU's Strength of Schedule
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
J. White and Billy Sims Statues to join Heisman Park: The two statues will join statues of OU's other Heisman Trophy winners, Steve Owens and Billy Vessels, already in place east of Owen Field. The Sims statue will be unveiled at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1, before OU plays North Texas at 6 p.m. The White statue will be unveiled at 9 a.m. Sept. 8, before OU faces Miami at 11 a.m. (Dallas Morning News)
OU Athletic pledge to become an annual event: Sunday night, almost 500 Oklahoma student-athletes will recite the Sooner Oath, a new pledge written by members of the student-athlete advisory council. The idea for the Sooner Oath came a year ago from athletic director Joe Castiglione, who asked then-advisory council president Brittney Koncak-Schumann, a former gymnast, and the rest of the council to write a pledge that would remind students of their responsibilities as Sooner athletes. Jaclyn Stelzer, who plays on the women's golf team and serves as the advisory council president, will lead the students through the oath in a ceremony at the Carl B. Anderson All-American Plaza, just east of the Switzer Center. OU president David Boren and former Sooner football coach Barry Switzer are scheduled to speak at the event, which will begin at 6 p.m. (NewsOK.com)
Oklahoma ranked 59th in strength of schedule: CBSSportsline.com has published their toughest/easiest NCAA Football schedules of the 119 Division 1-A teams. Washington Huskies topped the list, followed by LSU, and Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi State tied at third. The Big 12 conference overall finished 5th, trailing Big 10, Pac 10, Big East, and SEC atop the conference strength. Checkout CBSSportsline to see how their formula is figured.
Big 12 Strength of Schedule
26 Nebraska
30 Baylor
45 (t) Kansas State
45 (t) Texas
45 (t) Oklahoma St.
50 (t) Iowa State
50 (t) Texas A&M
50 (t) Texas Tech
59 (t) Colorado
59 (t) Oklahoma
65 (t) Kansas
65 (t) Missouri
J. White and Billy Sims Statues to join Heisman Park: The two statues will join statues of OU's other Heisman Trophy winners, Steve Owens and Billy Vessels, already in place east of Owen Field. The Sims statue will be unveiled at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 1, before OU plays North Texas at 6 p.m. The White statue will be unveiled at 9 a.m. Sept. 8, before OU faces Miami at 11 a.m. (Dallas Morning News)
OU Athletic pledge to become an annual event: Sunday night, almost 500 Oklahoma student-athletes will recite the Sooner Oath, a new pledge written by members of the student-athlete advisory council. The idea for the Sooner Oath came a year ago from athletic director Joe Castiglione, who asked then-advisory council president Brittney Koncak-Schumann, a former gymnast, and the rest of the council to write a pledge that would remind students of their responsibilities as Sooner athletes. Jaclyn Stelzer, who plays on the women's golf team and serves as the advisory council president, will lead the students through the oath in a ceremony at the Carl B. Anderson All-American Plaza, just east of the Switzer Center. OU president David Boren and former Sooner football coach Barry Switzer are scheduled to speak at the event, which will begin at 6 p.m. (NewsOK.com)
Oklahoma ranked 59th in strength of schedule: CBSSportsline.com has published their toughest/easiest NCAA Football schedules of the 119 Division 1-A teams. Washington Huskies topped the list, followed by LSU, and Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi State tied at third. The Big 12 conference overall finished 5th, trailing Big 10, Pac 10, Big East, and SEC atop the conference strength. Checkout CBSSportsline to see how their formula is figured.
Big 12 Strength of Schedule
26 Nebraska
30 Baylor
45 (t) Kansas State
45 (t) Texas
45 (t) Oklahoma St.
50 (t) Iowa State
50 (t) Texas A&M
50 (t) Texas Tech
59 (t) Colorado
59 (t) Oklahoma
65 (t) Kansas
65 (t) Missouri
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