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October 04, 2005

PreGame Summary: Oklahoma

Presenting this week's PreGame Summary for the Novices.

Mascot: Sooner

Colors: Per the OU site: "Even though the school colors have evolved to red and white over the years, you can ask any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce "Crimson and Cream." "

Location: Norman, Oklahoma. But when Texas plays OU, they do not trade for home games. They both meet at the Cotton Bowl for the Red River Shoot Out. (Coming post on this....)

Main Rival: Texas

Unique Tradions: They love to do the upside down horns. Even when they are not playing Texas. OK, so you won't find that tradition on thier website, so offically it does not count. But they do it enough to make it a tradition in my book. Other traditionshere.

Famous Players: Adrian Peterson, Sophmore Running Back. In 2004 he finished 2nd in the Heisman balloting. That's a big deal. More on Adrian here.

Spread:-13 1/2 (If you bet with a spread on Texas, they have beat OU by 14 points for you to win.)

How they have been playing: OU has lost quite a few of their good player to graduation and is struggling. They lost their first game to TCU, with TCU being in a lower conference than the Big 12. (Teams might play out of conference schools the first few games of the season. The other teams make good money and the better teams get to improve their stats and get some practice.) They beat Tulsa, another out of conference team. Then a loss to UCLA. And last Sunday, OU 42, Kansas State 21.

What we have to watch for: We need to pass when they try to stop our running game. And DON'T. TURN. THE. BALL. OVER. No mistakes. Nada. Zilch. Zip!

I will be posting more this week on our game with OU, the Red River Shootout, and playing at the Cotton Bowl. Great blog fodder it is!!!!

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