(2/6) Spring Red-White Game on ESPN, Pac-10 Official Fired, and Recruiting News
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
ESPN to televise Red-White game: For the second straight year, ESPN will televise Oklahoma's Red/White Spring Game live. The game is set for 1 p.m., on Saturday, April 7. The cable network is yet to assign the announcers for the game. The visit marks the third overall for ESPN to the OU spring game. In 2003, the College GameDay crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit included the Sooners during their spring tour for SportsCenter. Oklahoma is on a roll when it comes to football on television. The last 56 OU games have been televised. Over the history of the program 249 Sooner games have been televised, including 144 that were shown to national audiences. (SoonerSports PR)
Pac-10 Official Riese Fired: As the Pacific-10 Conference discusses improvements to its instant replay equipment for 2007, one decision already has been made: Gordon Riese will not be using it. Riese, the embattled instant replay official who was in the booth during the Oklahoma-Oregon game Sept. 16 in Eugene, got a call from the conference last week with official confirmation. "I was told I was not wanted in the replay booth," said Riese, who said he received death threats after the Ducks' 34-33 win after a botched ruling on an onside kickoff snatched a victory away from the Sooners. (The Oregonian)
Taylor commits to OU: [Londell] Taylor committed to Oklahoma on Monday, after receiving an offer from coach Bob Stoops. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound wideout picked OU over North Carolina, which began the recruiting push for Taylor six days ago. "Butch Davis and John Blake came through last week and picked up a tape," said Vian coach Brandon Tyler. "They watched him play basketball and talked to him. They wanted to fly Londell to Chapel Hill for a visit." Taylor visited North Carolina last Friday. He received an offer but didn't commit, opting to think it through. "Stoops called on Friday," said Tyler, who sent OU a highlight tape of Taylor early in January. "They'd seen his highlight film. He went to their camp this summer, so they knew who he was and what he was capable of." Tyler said Taylor's decision was a no-brainer. (NewsOK.com)
OU or UNC? Taylor narrows schools to two: Muskogee Phoenix
DMN's Todd Wills on football recruiting: Dallas Morning News
ESPN to televise Red-White game: For the second straight year, ESPN will televise Oklahoma's Red/White Spring Game live. The game is set for 1 p.m., on Saturday, April 7. The cable network is yet to assign the announcers for the game. The visit marks the third overall for ESPN to the OU spring game. In 2003, the College GameDay crew of Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit included the Sooners during their spring tour for SportsCenter. Oklahoma is on a roll when it comes to football on television. The last 56 OU games have been televised. Over the history of the program 249 Sooner games have been televised, including 144 that were shown to national audiences. (SoonerSports PR)
Pac-10 Official Riese Fired: As the Pacific-10 Conference discusses improvements to its instant replay equipment for 2007, one decision already has been made: Gordon Riese will not be using it. Riese, the embattled instant replay official who was in the booth during the Oklahoma-Oregon game Sept. 16 in Eugene, got a call from the conference last week with official confirmation. "I was told I was not wanted in the replay booth," said Riese, who said he received death threats after the Ducks' 34-33 win after a botched ruling on an onside kickoff snatched a victory away from the Sooners. (The Oregonian)
Taylor commits to OU: [Londell] Taylor committed to Oklahoma on Monday, after receiving an offer from coach Bob Stoops. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound wideout picked OU over North Carolina, which began the recruiting push for Taylor six days ago. "Butch Davis and John Blake came through last week and picked up a tape," said Vian coach Brandon Tyler. "They watched him play basketball and talked to him. They wanted to fly Londell to Chapel Hill for a visit." Taylor visited North Carolina last Friday. He received an offer but didn't commit, opting to think it through. "Stoops called on Friday," said Tyler, who sent OU a highlight tape of Taylor early in January. "They'd seen his highlight film. He went to their camp this summer, so they knew who he was and what he was capable of." Tyler said Taylor's decision was a no-brainer. (NewsOK.com)
OU or UNC? Taylor narrows schools to two: Muskogee Phoenix
DMN's Todd Wills on football recruiting: Dallas Morning News
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