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Haaaaaaapy Solar Eclipse Day, Sooner fans!
Can you believe we’re less than two weeks away from watching the Oklahoma Sooners take the field in Norman? Also, we’ll have college football to watch THIS SATURDAY. Not good college football (Oregon State-Colorado State and Stanford-Rice headline the weekend), but college football all the same.
We’ve got some really good stuff planned for the college football season and the weeks that lead up to it, but here are some links to tide you over in the meantime.
OU Links
- As we approach the college football season, more and more preseason polls are released. Yahoo and Pro Football Focus each have the Sooners at No. 5, which is right about where I’d rank them at this point.
- How strong is the bond between Baker Mayfield and Lincoln Riley? The OU Daily’s Kelli Stacy wrote a really good thing about the subject.
- Midwest City DE/LB and 2018 OU football commit Jalen Redmond has only played football for a short time, so just imagine how good he can be in a few years...
#OKPreps standout @jalen_redmond went from basketball player to #Sooners football commit in just a few years while playing for family first. pic.twitter.com/qwm8HMRHKN
— Nate Feken (@TheGreat_Nate) August 21, 2017
- Speaking of defensive recruits, 2018 DE Dante Stills is set to announce his commitment on Thursday and will choose between, OU, West Virginia and Florida. The WV native will likely end up with the Mountaineers, but this is still something to keep an eye on.
- Last week, Joe Castiglione was voted the top athletic director in the country by the media and fellow ADs. Bill Haisten of the Tulsa World explains why Joe C deserves Sooner legend status, and we couldn’t agree with him more.
National Links
- SB Nation’s 2017 College Football Preview has arrived! There really is plenty of fantastic stuff in here, so you should definitely check it out.
- Football coaches are not like the rest of us. This is confirmed by the fact that they don’t care about the eclipse.
- Speaking of the eclipse, let’s celebrate it with the greatest #SportsEclipse moments.
- Jason Kirk lists the 55 silliest bowl game names of all time. The newly-named BAD BOY MOWERS GASPARILLA BOWL obviously takes the cake, but there have been some incredible ones in the past.
“STICK TO SPORTS!”
- GAME OF THRONES WAS BANANAS, Y’ALL! Here’s a scorecard of last night’s episode. NOTE: There are obviously some spoilers in here.
- Here’s an animated globe that shows animal migration routes. You’re welcome!