Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and NotesABC picks up OU-Texas and OU-Cincinnati broadcast: ABC announced today that it will televise this year's Oklahoma-Texas game from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on Saturday, Oct. 11. The network has set the kickoff time for 11 a.m. ABC also announced that it will televise OU's home game with Cincinnati on Sept. 6. That game will begin at 2:30 p.m. The 2008 season will mark the 102nd renewal of the AT&T Red River Rivalry, which has been played continuously in Dallas since 1929. ABC has shown the last nine contests between the Sooners and Longhorns. Oklahoma and Cincinnati will be meeting for the first time. The game in Norman is the first in a two-game contract between the schools. The Sooners will return the game on Sept. 25, 2010, at Paul Brown Stadium, the home facility for the Cincinnati Bengals. (SoonerSports PR)
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Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and NotesOU-UW broadcast on ESPN nationally: The Sooners' September 13 matchup against the University of Washington will kickoff at 6:45 p.m. (CST) and will be televised nationally on ESPN.OU-Washington to be on ESPN: The OklahomanLabels: ESPN, Oklahoma Sooners, Television
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and NotesOklahoma-Texas to air 2:30 ABC: ABC has picked up the Oklahoma-Texas football game and will air the game live at 2:30 p.m., on Oct. 6. The AT&T Red River Rivalry will be played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the location for the contest for every year since 1929. (SoonerSports.com) Labels: OU-Texas, Television
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ESPN on ABC to televise Oklahoma-Miami 11:00 am/CT: ABC has picked up Oklahoma's 2007 home football game with Miami (Fla.) and the network has slotted the contest for an 11 a.m., kickoff. The game, the second of the season for both squads, will be played Sept. 8 at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. The broadcast crew for the game is yet to be announced. (SoonerSports.com)Oklahoma scene: The OklahomanLabels: ABC, Oklahoma Sooners, Television
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Official Oklahoma release on the scheduled Friday Tulsa game: I missed it the first time, Thanks, Jeff for the e-mail and link.. From OU Athletics Site.. Oklahoma's upcoming football game with Tulsa has been moved up one day from Sept. 22 to Friday, Sept. 21 to accommodate an ESPN2 request. OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione said that he agreed to the move only after consulting with the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association. "Ultimately, this is Tulsa's home game and the contract with ESPN exists through Tulsa's affiliation with this game," Castiglione said. "A date change, which in this case came about at the suggestion of the rights holder, typically requires the approval of both institutions. We did not want to give that approval until we had the opportunity to speak with the secondary school activities association. "We wanted to assure them that we do support high school football and its traditional night of competition and that we have no plans to conflict with them on a regular basis. "We appreciate the willingness of the association to review this matter with us and to give us the approval to move forward. It allows us to showcase our program and since there are so many Oklahomans on our roster, we hope we can showcase the association and many of the young people it has produced as well." The Tulsa game is the fourth on the 2007 OU schedule. It will be played at Skelly Stadium on the TU campus. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. (SoonerSports PR)Labels: ESPN, Oklahoma Sooners, Television, Tulsa Football
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and NotesOklahoma-Tulsa Agree to a FRIDAY Night ESPN 2 Game in 2007: The University of Tulsa's football schedule for the 2007 season was announced today by TU's Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham. Tulsa's six-game home schedule features contests against two teams that completed the 2006 campaign ranked among the nation's top-25, including No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 16 Brigham Young, The Hurricane has two games televised on ESPN2 and will play a total of four teams that appeared in Bowl games in 2006. "This is a great schedule and a challenging one. The best thing about it is that it's an incredible home schedule with BYU, Oklahoma, UAB, Marshall, SMU and Houston," said Tulsa Head Coach Todd Graham. "We're excited about the opportunity to play this demanding type of schedule." (Tulsa Athletic Site) The game is schedule for Friday, Sept. 21 7:00 CT on ESPN2, previously scheduled for Sept. 22. Personally, who schedules a Friday Night College Football game on the duece?!? Someone please e-mail, why would the University of Oklahoma football program agree to such terms? Nonetheless its set, mark it down.Labels: ESPN, Oklahoma Sooners, Television, Tulsa Football
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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 NewsLabels: ESPN, Gordon Riese, Londell Taylor, Oklahoma Sooners, Pac 10 Official, Recruiting, Television
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R. Smith expected back to practice: Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops indicated Sunday that strong safety Reggie Smith is expected to return to practice this week in anticipation of the Sooners' game at Missouri this weekend. Smith was limited in practice last week due to a sore leg and knee, prompting OU to start Nic Harris at strong safety Saturday against Colorado. Smith played deep safety in the Sooners' five- and six-defensive back packages and was not credited with any tackles. He did collide with Colorado quarterback Bernard Jackson in the fourth quarter, and limped off the field as a result. (Tulsa World)No worries going on the road: Coach Bob Stoops said he's not worried about playing four of the next five games on the road. (Dallas Morning News)Oklahoma-Texas A&M to be televised: ABC has notified Big 12 Conference officials that it will televise the Oklahoma at Texas A&M football game on Nov. 4. What the network has not yet decided is what time the game will start. That decision will come Sunday when ABC will choose between 11 a.m., and 7 p.m. The network has selected two Big 12 games for the Nov. 4 date. The other is Missouri at Nebraska. Both games are certain to be televised. Only the starting times remain in question. This week, Oklahoma plays at Missouri. That game, also on ABC, will kickoff at 11 a.m. Brent Musburger, Bob Davie and Lisa Salters will have the call on the 51st consecutive OU game to be on television. (SoonerSports Release)First-teams back to facing each other: Sooners' first-team offense now matches up with their first-team D. Brent Venables says he doesn't recall exactly when he did it. But he knows without a doubt what happened when he did. At some point during the past month or so, Venables, coordinator of the Oklahoma defense, along with his defensive staff and head coach Bob Stoops, decided that some things needed fixing. The best way to begin repairs was to have the first-string defense increase its practice repetitions against the Sooners' first-string offense. It's called good-on-good. Every team does it some. OU always has. But this season, they needed to do it more. "There's no question it's made us better in the basics of the game," Venables said Sunday, a day after his defense tied up and dragged Colorado up and down Owen Field in a 24-3 triumph. (Tulsa World)OU's defense finally living up to preseason expectations: Norman Transcript
OU Football Notebook: The OklahomanSooners defense is finally thriving: The OklahomanQuestions and Answers: The OklahomanMissouri at a glance: The OklahomanOU Scouting Report: Tulsa WorldMissouri awaits big test: St. Louis Post-DispatchLabels: Reggie Smith, Television, Texas A M
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