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satisfaction from the third. “I think what the staff were really hoping for — certainly what I was hoping for — was reassurance that we matter and that our contributions are valuable,” said Jane Doe, a staff member who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear for her job. “But I think what we heard is, ‘You’re here to support the faculty and to support the students, and the faculty are more important.’” Justin Daniels, OU fire marshal and chairman of the Staff Senate, said while staff feeling underappreciated and less valuable than faculty is nothing new, he wants to advance a message of positivity instead. In a speech just before Gallogly’s address, he called staff “the glue that holds everything together.” “Without staff, there would be no one to advise our students and keep them on a path to graduation. Without staff, there would be no one to clean and maintain our buildings and ensure classrooms are prepared for learning. Without staff, there would be no one to ensure the safety and security of our campus community,” Daniels said at the forum. “Staff are loyal, dedicated and committed to the university and its mission.” While faculty members generally hold a doctoral degree and teach in the classroom, staff serve a variety of other roles such as administrators, secretaries, advisers, landscapers, custodians and more. In 2017, there were just fewer than 4,000
full-time staff on the Norman campus, according to the OU Fact Book. Gallogly fired six senior administrative staff members, including the vice president for administration and finance and senior associate vice president for Public Affairs, on his first day in office, an action he referenced in his speech while talking about difficult choices ahead.
“I think a lot of people want lots of answers and lots of things, and President Gallogly has only been on the job since July 1, and I’ve only been doing this for 30 days ... What I’m trying to express to our staff is that message that we’re still talking and there’s still a lot of things to work out.” JUSTIN DANIELS, OU FIRE MARSHAL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE STAFF SENATE
“We have some really hard work to do, and frankly, I am not looking forward to that — I am
not. You see the emotion that I have around that subject — I do not look forward to that one second,” Gallogly said. “But I am not one to ever shy away from hard decisions because we have to make those, because the mission is so important ... We started on July 2 looking inside Evans Hall and taking some very tough actions there — because if we don’t set an example, how can we ask anyone else to do it?” Doe said job security is an underlying concern for staff members that few like to discuss because “it becomes a little more real.” “I think in general, the lower on the totem pole you are, the less secure you feel,” she said. “That’s not necessarily reflective of what we’ve seen so far — so many of the public firings were the ones at the top — but I think just in general, when you have less responsibility, less authority, less financial security, you feel more threatened and it’s easier to feel threatened.” Daniels said he is unaware of any layoffs that have occurred f ro m c u t s t o a re a s d e e m e d inefficient. Daniels, who just stepped into his role as chairman this fall, said after meeting with Gallogly individually, he has established three goals for OU’s staff : increasing diversity and inclusion, striving to be good stewards of university resources by improving inefficient processes and being leaders at OU. Daniels said he and other
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Book ‘problematic’ for position Academic freedom may not protect associate dean role DREW HUTCHINSON @drethegirl
An OU law professor and associate dean wrote in a 2014 book that women should not wear pants and gay marriage is “insanity,” among other controversial views. Though his faculty member status is protected under academic freedom, an expert said his administrative position may not be. Brian McCall, an OU law professor, associate dean for academic affairs and associate director of the OU Law Center, is editor of Catholic Family News and has also contributed to The Remnant newspaper and the International Fatima Rosary Crusade. The Southern Poverty Law Center has classified these organizations as anti-Semitic hate groups. The Daily published a Sept. 9 story about McCall’s involvement with Catholic Family News. The publication is classified as a hate
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group largely due to its former editor, who made anti-Semitic remarks at conferences and in writing, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website. McCall’s 2014 book “To Build the City of God: Living as Catholics in a Secular Age” was published about a month after McCall was appointed to associate dean for academic affairs. The book contains McCall’s views regarding parts of his traditionalist Catholic beliefs about gender roles, same-sex marriage, education, politics and economics. In a chapter of the book called “Modest Contact With the World: Women In Pants and Similar Frauds,” McCall stated that women are obligated to hide their natural curvature by wearing skirts. “Women must veil their form to obscure its contours out of charity towards men,” McCall wrote in the chapter. “To know that women in pants have this effect on men and to wear them is thus a sin against charity as well as modesty.” McCall wrote that no woman or girl in his family is allowed, nor desires, to wear pants. Research provides evidence that pants on women draw a man’s eye to her “creative sanctuary,” he stated, and skirts better encapsulate the “modest restraint” that all women should have. “... if there is something really impossible to do in a skirt, does this not indicate this is an activity inappropriate for a woman to perform?” McCall wrote. “A simple test of modest and feminine behavior can be summarized: if you can’t do it modestly and gracefully in a skirt, you
shouldn’t do it at all.” On men’s fashion, McCall wrote that men should dress in a way that mirrors their “station of authority” and should never look sloppy. McCall wrote in the chapter “Authority In the Household: With All My Wo r l d l y G o o d s I T h e e Endow” that women’s entering the workforce has lowered the price for labor and has hurt families financially. He calls a woman’s leaving the home to work “another false promise of the devil come to pass.” The chapter also states that it is a man’s duty to vote, not a woman’s, though the man may take a woman’s beliefs into consideration when casting his vote. In the chapter “Marriage — It’s Natural: Natural Law Arguments in Defense Of Marriage,” McCall wrote that marriage’s first goal is procreation and that same-sex marriage is “insanity.” “A society that cannot distinguish between a marriage and a perversion of nature has lost all grip on reality,” McCall wrote in a later chapter. McCall also wrote about his views on education, including his disdain for a “think for yourself” education instead of a classical education based on theology and philosophy. McCall wrote that forms of AfricanAmerican and women’s and gender studies are “nonsense subjects” that liberals use to distract from tradition. “Why is Dante’s Divine Comedy a classic and not an obscure black woman’s scribbling of a ditty in sub-Saharan Africa?” McCall wrote. “Why is Latin a ‘classic’
language and not Ebonics of South Los Angeles? With such questions as these they long ago ripped Latin out of our ... schools.” In a chapter about politics, McCall wrote that separation of the Catholic Church from the state was “reaping its bitter fruits” and that the only solution to the ills of modern government was Catholicism. He also stated that the United States Constitution is a product of the errors of Enlightenment liberalism. The divine and natural law will always outweigh human law, McCall wrote, and public opinion and majority should not be used to determine what is legal. “The most deadly viruses are the following: That sovereignty comes from the people and is delegated to the government by them ...” McCall wrote. “The only sovereign in any political system is Christ the King.” The OU Board of Regents’ academic freedom policy states that faculty members have full freedom to research and publish what they like, as long as the work does not interfere with university duties. The policy also states that faculty should avoid speaking for the university when acting as private individuals — McCall previously told The Daily that his work with Catholic Family News is not affiliated with his university position. H o w e v e r, a c a d e m i c freedom does not protect McCall’s status as an administrator, said Cary Nelson, a University of Illinois professor emeritus and former president of the American Association of University
Professors. The American Association of University Professors helped to craft the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure, from which OU’s academic freedom policy is derived. Nelson frequently writes articles about academic freedom. “As a faculty member, (McCall is) covered,” Nelson said. “Academic freedom protects him from any reprisals. The problem is that he’s an administrator, and those statements are still protected, but there is one form of sanction that he’s not protected against, and that is removal from his administrative position.” This is because administrative positions are codified as “at-will employment” and hold different responsibilities than regular faculty, Nelson said. “When a faculty member gives an opinion, a faculty member is speaking for himself or herself, not for the university,” Nelson said. “An administrator is always a representative of the university in addition to being a faculty member.” Academic freedom gives faculty the right to teach their classes any way they desire, unless the in-class information directly contradicts the faculty member’s area of study. The example Nelson gave The Daily was that a history professor couldn’t be a Holocaust denier. However, Nelson said McCall’s views about the Constitution and separation of church and state are opinion and completely protected under academic freedom. But Nelson said these views
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are likely problematic for McCall’s administrative position, especially since OU is a state institution. The Daily reached out three times to McCall, once by phone and twice by email, and received no comment. After The Daily asked OU Public Affairs for a comment on the views expressed in McCall’s book, interim Vice President for Public Affairs Erin Yarbrough said university employees had certain rights under anti-discrimination laws. “The university must uphold First Amendment rights for everyone. Personnel matters in this area require the expertise and independence of our (Equal Employment Opportunity) office and general counsel,” Yarbrough said. “They often involve a detailed and complex legal review to ensure a result that guarantees the protection of an employee’s rights under the anti-discrimination laws and the protections of the Constitution.” The “acknowledgements” section of McCall’s book states that many of its parts first appeared in Catholic Fa m i l y N e w s a n d T h e Remnant. Nelson said he thinks McCall’s association with Catholic Family News alone could be grounds to remove McCall from his administrative position. “I can tell you at my own school, the University of Illinois, (McCall) would be out,” Nelson said. “He’d be gone in a day.” Drew Hutchinson
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Hip-hop club relieves stress Free club brings students together, celebrates dance BAILEY LEWIS @BaileyLewis75
In order to give students a place to free their minds through dance, a student at OU created a dance club. OU public relations senior Darcy Mantel started the Hip Hop Dance Club last year after she realized she missed dancing but wanted a place to go where she didn’t need experience. “I didn’t want to go to a dance studio and find and sign up for expensive classes since I just wanted to do it for fun,” Mantel said. “So, the idea just came into my head that I should create a club where people can come and learn a dance for free.” College students have to deal with an overwhelming amount of stress, and Mantel said a lot of members find the club to help them cope with their stress. “I mean, dancing for me is a huge stress reliever, and I know a lot of other people
can relate,” Mantel said. “It’s also almost like a quick hour-long workout.” A study published on Sept. 6 in the journal “Depression & Anxiety” revealed three out of four college students reported having experienced at least one stressful life event in the last year, and more than 20 percent of students reported experiencing six or more stressful life events in the last year. In the study, stressful events were defined as exposures the student felt were traumatic or difficult to handle. These included finances, family problems, academics, personal appearance, the death of a family member or friend, health problems of a family member or partner, career-related issues, intimate relationships, other social relationships, personal health issues or sleep difficulties. Dancing can have positive effects on a person’s mental health, because “the physical exercise of dance increases the circulation of blood carrying oxygen to the muscles and the brain
as well as altering the level of certain brain chemicals” and can “dissipate muscular and emotional tension and induce a sense of well-being and release,” according to a study by Judith Lynne Hanna, an affiliate research professor in the department of anthropology at the University of Maryland. Along with this, previous literature regarding dance and its healing properties showed that through dance a person can gain a feeling of control related to stress and pain because of dance’s physical, emotional, cognitive and cultural dimensions, according to Hanna’s study. “Dancing for fun definitely relieves stress,” said Emma Powell, Hip Hop Dance Club member. “It’s a fun way to get in a workout.” HHDC member Madison Servin said the club is important to campus because it allows many different individuals to come together and dance. “HHDC has been very beneficial to my life,” Servin said. “It has allowed me to meet amazing people here on our campus, relieve stress
and learn fun hip dances. Everyone is so stressed with school and life, so it’s a great place to just drop your cool and have fun.” The goal of the club is to hire a hip hop choreographer once a month and charge members a fee they will pay upon entrance, according to the HHDC’s website. Mantel said she asks people to bring $1 to the meetups to raise enough money to hire a professional dance teacher. Anyone can join HHDC whether or not they have dance experience, and the past meetups have been at the Sarkeys Fitness Center. Since the club is so new, it only met a couple of times last year. However, there are about 80 members, and about 70 showed up to the first dance class and 30 at the second, Mantel said. Both of the meetups occurred during the spring 2018 semester, one was in February and the other in March. “The first time, we met at the (Sarkeys Fitness Center) and rented a studio, and I had learned a dance off the internet, and then I taught
it to them,” Mantel said. “The second time we met it was in the same place, but I hired a choreographer from a dance studio in Norman, and she came in and taught us a dance.” However, Mantel is planning on hosting more dance classes throughout the year and hopes her club continues for years to come. “I really want (HHDC) to continue on even after I graduate,” Mantel said. “So, I’m hoping to have a lot of dancers this year.” Bailey Lewis
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An OU organization has announced a competition with its University of Texas counterpart leading up to the showdown between each university’s football teams next week. According to a video releas e d by the O U Fo o d Pantry, the organization is competing with the UT food pantry, part of its newly created UT Outpost program, to see which pantry can raise the most contributions of items, including non-perishable food and small toiletry items, before the OU-Texas
game Saturday. “The biggest thing is trying to raise awareness about food insecurity. Any donations are helping right now,” said Haley Begala, analytics senior and student-director of the OU Food Pantry. “We’ve got over 100 items donated so far,” Begala said, “so hopefully we can keep that number rising between now and OU-Texas.” The donation competition began Monday, Sept. 24, according to the video, and will last through Friday. During the competition, the OU Food Pantry will continue to receive donations at a variety of locations including Walker C e n t e r, C o u c h C e n t e r, Adams Center, Headington Hall, Headington College, Dunham College and Cross
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OU’s Crawford University Club in the Oklahoma Memorial Union is joining Tapingo, making its food accessible to non-members for the first time. Dishes prepared by the University Club’s chefs will now be available at the click of a button on the Tapingo app on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a press release. Tapingo is a mobile carry-out ordering app downloadable for smart phones that already operates with several on-campus dining options. The University Club, located on the second floor of the Union in a hallway off Beaird Lounge,
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the staff are to the mission of the university, and that’s all we can do really.” At the forum, Gallogly said he is opting to give raises to faculty, not staff, because “what goes on in the classroom is what makes us a great university,” though he thanked staff for what they do and for their patience and forbearance. “Our staff wages need a little work here and there, too, don’t they?” Gallogly said.
will have a breakfast menu exclusively for Tapingo users, according to the press release. The University Club previously only served graduate students, faculty members, staff members and OU community members who purchased memberships at the club. The club’s new cooperation with Tapingo will be the first time undergraduate students will have the option to patronize the club. “Our chefs have crafted a truly outstanding menu, and we’re so excited to make it easier for the OU community to enjoy it,” club general manager Jared Adams said in the press release. “We’re particularly pleased to allow all OU students the opportunity to experience our food through a convenient mobile app.” The menu, listed on the club’s official website, has “And we’re going to be working on that too. I only have so much money at each point in time. I recognize that, I have not forgotten it — I’m trying to show you that I understand the importance of paying a fair wage, paying market value, because ultimately there are other opportunities for great people ... I understand those issues, and I want to solve those with you, but I have to take it a step at a time. Have to make sure everything’s affordable.” Doe said while some of the changes being made are necessary, there is an atmosphere of negativity and general frustration in
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Community deals with clinic closure Loss of low-cost mental health center impacts entire state EMILY MCPHERSON @emcphersonok
When Claire Funk sought treatment for depression at OU’s Counseling Psychology Clinic in the fall of 2017, she knew her time there as a client might be limited. The clinic was facing a possible shutdown within the next year, but to her, it was the best option. Today the clinic is closed, and the nutrition junior is left to search for another source of mental health care she can afford. “I wish that there was another option for me,â€? Funk said. “I wish that there was something else, but I just don’t know what there is to fill that gap right now.â€? The Counseling Psychology Clinic, which served as a practicum for students in OU’s psychology doctoral program and offered an affordable sliding fee scale for clients from all over the state, permanently closed its doors on May 10 after struggling with administrative staffing. Two faculty members retired and one resigned in 2017, and a new hire backed out after hearing of the others’ departures, said Gregg Garn, dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education. Due to funding problems, the positions were not filled. The doctoral program accepted its last class of students in February 2017 and will end completely when its final students graduate. The closure means hundreds of clients now have to look elsewhere for low-cost mental health services. “I kind of just don’t know where to go from here,â€? Funk said. ‘THE COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC ‌ WAS LITERALLY MY LIFELINE’ Senior advertising major Bailey Brown started seeing a counselor at the clinic at the beginning of her freshman year in the fall of 2015 after her mom suggested therapy to address her depression and anxiety. “I believe I’m in the right place now, and (the clinic) obviously directed me to that right place,â€? she said. “If I didn’t have that resource, then I probably could potentially not be here right now.â€? Brown, who stopped going to therapy once she was put on medication for anxiety and depression at the beginning of her sophomore year, said one reason she chose to go to the clinic was its low cost compared to mental health care providers in Texas, where she’s from. “(The sliding scale) was really nice,â€? she said. “The clinic here was a lot more affordable for us, especially with starting college and everything.â€? The Counseling Psychology Clinic was different from other campus mental health centers in the state in that it treated not just students, faculty and staff, but anyone
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from the state who needed care for low costs and even, sometimes, pro bono. While Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation for mental health workforce availability, with one mental health care provider for every 285 individuals — the national average is one provider for every 566 individuals — it also ranks 42nd in the nation for access to mental health care. Nearly 30 percent of Oklahomans with a disability, such as a mental illness, could not afford to see a doctor in 2012 to 2013, according to Mental Health America. “People would drive to this clinic from 50 or 60 miles because we were accessible, affordable,â€? said Terry Pace, who was the director of the clinic when it closed. “So yeah, there’s a loss. There’s definitely a loss in terms of serving the community.â€? Pace estimated the clinic served around 200 people a month at its peak, and around 50 people a month in the year before it closed. Of those clients, Pace said, about half were able to complete their therapy goals before the closure. The other half were given individualized referrals to other mental health care providers. But it’s unlikely every person who received care at the clinic was able to afford care elsewhere, said Lisa Frey, who retired as clinic director in December 2017 and now works in private practice. Frey estimates the clinic had the lowest sliding fee scale in the area, and she guesses many clients are simply no longer receiving treatment. “I know that the student counselors were seeking people that were in private practice and in agencies and so forth to see some of the folks for low-cost fees ‌ but, you know, when you’re in private practice, you can’t fill your practice in that way, or you’re not going to be able to survive,â€? Frey said. “So there’s no way that private practice people were ever going to be able to absorb all the clients that we saw there.â€? While it is not an option for those who aren’t OU students, faculty and staff, Goddard’s University Counseling Center offers a low-cost alternative to the Counseling Psychology Clinic — an unappealing alternative, to some.
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“I know a lot of the people that work in Goddard, and it’s not that I feel uncomfortable with people knowing that this is something I struggle with, but it is just kind of nice to have my own separate space away from it all,� Funk said. “That was (a) big reason I preferred the Counseling Psychology Clinic.�
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Funk, who has struggled with depression since she was in middle school, said she was able to get an appointment at the clinic right away and see her counselor consistently every week — a stark contrast to the weeks, or even months, many students have had to wait to see someone at Goddard’s counseling center. “What (the clinic staff was) hearing from students is that there were long waits for them to get (appointments at Goddard), that there was a long period of time between appointments, that their needs weren’t being met in those kinds of ways,� Frey said. “I don’t know what the reasons for that were. But I do know that the clinic was a place for people that wanted regular, consistent services, to come in every week or every
two weeks.â€? Brown said she went to Goddard once, during her freshman year. “It was $10 a session, so I went and tried it out,â€? she said. “It wasn’t my favorite — I liked the other clinic better — but it still was a stepping stone. If I didn’t have more than $10 in my account, I definitely would have chosen to stay there.â€? Brown said she feels she is “on the right trackâ€? and hasn’t sought therapy since leaving the clinic in 2016. Funk, however, wants to find a new therapist but said she is intimidated by the process. “Once you get established somewhere and someone starts to know your history and understand what you need, finding a new person to be that outlet — like a new therapist — is a little daunting,â€? she said. “I just haven’t made that step yet.â€? Funk said she’s holding out hope that the clinic may reopen. “I definitely want to go back ‌ because it just worked for me, something that I became familiar with, and it’s a space that I was really comfortable in,â€? she said. “In a lot of ways, the Counseling Psychology Clinic for me last year was literally my lifeline.â€? ‘ANOTHER DEATH BLOW’ When OU’s program ends, Oklahoma State University will have the only counseling psychology doctoral program in the state. Garn said 11 students remain in OU’s doctoral program. Four of those students
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are expected to graduate in either December or May, leaving seven students who still need to work on their internship hours and dissertations. Because the clinic is no longer operating, the students will have to complete their practicums with external supervisors. To make up for the faculty who left when the clinic closed, Pace, professor and director of clinical training Paula McWhirter and a number of adjunct faculty stepped up to help see students through the program. Frey said she also continues to mentor a few students as they work through their dissertations. “We’re lucky in that we have a good network we can pull people from to make sure that they’re teaching that class and then the students are getting the best experience that they can,� Garn said. “It’s certainly not an ideal situation, but we’ve really tried to work as hard as we can to make sure that we have the best folks around these students under the current conditions.� But once those students graduate, OU’s doctoral counseling psychology program will be put on an indefinite hiatus, leaving only four doctoral psychology programs in Oklahoma: counseling psychology, clinical psychology and school psychology at OSU, and clinical psychology at the University of Tulsa. OU was the only university with a counseling psychology clinic used to train its doctoral students. “This is going to have a
trickle-down effect,� Frey said. “There aren’t going to be enough psychologists in the state.� Pace expects a deficit in psychologists unless OU’s program is restarted or OSU’s is expanded — which is difficult to do while continuing to be a quality program, he said. “I don’t think we’re going to get that many people moved to Oklahoma to practice,� Pace said. “We’re not going to see (the effect) right now. We’ll see it five, 10, 15 years down the road.� Garn said that while he is hopeful the clinic could reopen some day, he is focused on graduating the current doctoral students and expanding the master’s program. “A lot of times, you just kind of find yourself in these really difficult choices,� Garn said. “Without the ability to be able to stabilize and have the resources for long-term faculty, I think the right decision is to put this program on hiatus and then really focus on that master’s program and see if we can produce a lot of great counselors out of that program.� In a statement sent through email by Erin Yarbrough, interim vice president for public affairs, OU President James Gallogly said there are no plans to reopen the clinic. “We are committed to supporting students’ mental health,� Gallogly said in the statement. “An additional counselor was hired at the University Counseling Center this year and we will continue to monitor both wait times and costs to ensure students are able to receive the services they need.� While OU continues to struggle to provide adequate mental health care services for students, faculty and staff, Frey said the closure of the clinic will have a big impact. “Mental health services in Oklahoma are pretty abysmal. There just is not enough out there for the number of people that need services,� Frey said. “So every agency that closes, including the clinic, is another death blow for people that really need mental health services in the community.�
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Sandwich crawl uncovers local gems Reporters search Norman to find city’s best grub ALMA CIENSKI @almacienski
HEATH KUYKENDALL @HeathKuykendal1
With so many hungry college students nearby, it’s no surprise Norman contains a wide variety of restaurants. But of these places to eat, which one can serve students the best sandwich for lunch? To find out, The Daily went on a sandwich crawl to find the best bite in town. We traveled to 10 restaurants to search for the tasti e s t s a n d w i c h No r m a n has to offer. In two days, we tried sandwiches from Scratch Kitchen & Cocktails, Bison Witches Bar & Deli, Coriander Café, Hideaway Pizza, Pickleman’s Gourmet Cafe, O’Connell’s Irish Pub and Grille, Diamond Dawgs, Midway Grocery & Deli, The Library Bar & Grill and The Mont. We rated each sandwich on a scale of 1 to 5, based on flavor, ingredients and overall personal preference. We asked each restaurant to recommend its best sandwich or a customer-favorite sandwich. Here’s what we found: Day one: 1. Scratch Kitchen & Cocktails “California Girl” ($12.00) Herb-marinated chicken topped with provolone cheese, fresh guacamole, tomato, onion, sprouts and roasted garlic aioli on sunflower honey wheat bread. Served with shoestring fries. Heath: 4.0 Alma: 3.9 to 4.1 Scratch is set up to be a fun brunch or dinner place
but was full of open tables during lunch time. However, Scratch has a fantastic atmosphere for a high-quality sit down lunch with the “California Girl.” 2. Bison Witches Bar & Deli “ Th e G re e n Tu r ke y ” - ( $ 8 . 4 9 ) Thinly sliced white turkey breast layered with avocado slices, bacon, cream cheese, alfalfa sprouts, mayo and a hint of salsa. Served with chips and salsa. Heath: 4.2 Alma: 4.2 “The Green Turkey” is a layered sandwich stacked with flavor. Bison Witches has a long list of enticing sandwiches. Although a bit far from campus, this Main Street sandwich gem is worth the trip. 3. Coriander Cafe “Banh Mi Sandwich” ($6.00) French baguette, pickled daikon and carrots, cilantro, pate, aioli, jalapenos, cucumbers and meat of choice (we chose sesame ginger beef). Heath: 3.6 Alma: 3.6 The sesame ginger beef was delicious, although this sandwich can be served with any of their meats. The cucumbers and jalapenos affected our score due to personal preference. Located on Campus Corner, this restaurant is convenient, affordable and presents a menu of flavorful, Vietnamese options. 4. Hideaway Pizza “Italian Sub” - ($8.95) Slices of ham, genoa salami and pepperoni, with red onions, black olives, banana peppers, a melted blend of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, and topped with shredded lettuce, Roma tomato slices and creamy Italian dressing. Served with homemade potato chips. Heath: 4.5 to 4.6 Alma: 4.2
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Arts & entertainment reporters Heath Kuykendall and Alma Cienski tried sandwiches from Norman restaurants.
Again, personal distastes affected our scores. Had this sandwich been served without black olives or banana peppers, it may have scored higher. Nonetheless, Hideaway is a nearby, sitdown pizza joint with a college/local feel that makes any customer feel at home. 5. Pickleman’s Gourmet Cafe “Italian Club, #11” ($6.99) Genoa salami, capicola, pepperoni, ham, provolone cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, vinegar, oil and Italian seasoning. Heath: 3.5 Alma: 4.4 For some students, Pickleman’s is the classic Norman sandwich shop on Campus Corner. Pickleman’s has earned this honor with quick service, good prices and excellent sandwiches. The Italian club is their most popular choice, and our taste buds agreed with this sentiment.
chicken, bacon, Swiss and cheddar cheese on classic sourdough. Served with fries. Heath: 3.8 Alma: 4.5 The moose head hanging over our table certainly fit the aesthetic of this classic Campus Corner pub, as did the triple-layer club sandwich. We weren’t quite certain we could fit the whole thing in our mouths for a bite. Luckily, we did, and we can tell you this sandwich is worth taking a big bite. 7. Diamond Dawgs “All American” - ($6.99) Polish sausage topped with mac and cheese. Heath: 3.5 Alma: 4.0 One of us considers hot dogs to be sandwiches — the other does not. We went to Diamond Dawgs anyway and found the lively baseball theme and the combination of macaroni and cheese and sausage made for a great experience overall. Day two: 8. Midway Deli & 6. O’Connell’s Irish Pub Market and Grill “The Vulcan” - ($9.50) “A l l - A m e r i c a n P u b Santa Fe turkey, pepperoC l u b ” - ( $ 8 . 5 0 ) Ha m, ni, cheddar, avocado and
tomato with sweet chili mayo on grilled sourdough. Heath: 4.8 Alma: 4.9 If the cute small town atmosphere of this local deli didn’t make us happy, the sandwich certainly did. First sweet, then tangy, and spicy – the Vulcan did a lot in one bite. 9. The Library Bar and Grill “Monterrey Chicken” - ($6.95) Chicken, BBQ, bacon and provolone served hot on a kaiser bun. Served with potato chips and a pickle. Heath: 4.2 Alma: 4.6 Just across the stre et from Catlett Music Hall, the Library is a quaint and cozy place to spend a cold, rainy day in. The sandwich was served hot with melted cheese and kept our stomachs warm for the rest of the day. The hot chocolate was also fantastic. 10. The Mont “Miguel’s Club Sandwich” - ($5.19) A triple decker on toasted sourdough bread with turkey, ham, bacon, American and
Swiss cheese, mayo, lettuce and tomato. Served with fries. Heath: 3.7 Alma: 3.7 The Mont has been in Norman since 1976, and its building captures the restaurant’s history perfectly. The friendly staff and homey setting makes it a go-to restaurant for anyone looking for comfort food. The Winner: M i d w a y G ro c e r y & Deli (4.8/4.9) For it’s reasonable price, fr iendly small tow n atmosphere and delicious food, Midway Grocery & Deli takes the crown as The Daily’s best sandwich place in Norman. Its signature Vulcan sandwich could not be topped.
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Heath Kuykendall
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Goff architecture exhibit opens in library Bizzell displays designs of former chair, his students HELENA HIND @helenagraceh
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The outside of the Bizzell Memorial Library Sept. 30. OU’s Gibbs College of Architecture and OU Libraries unveiled a new joint exhibit on the Library’s first floor Sept. 22.
O U ’s G i b b s C o l l e g e of Architecture and OU Libraries unveiled a new joint exhibit Saturday at the Bizzell Memorial Library. “Renegades: Bruce Goff and the American School of Architecture at Bizzell” displays selections from the American School Archive, a collection of thousands of architectural drawings, pieces of correspondence and other works produced at OU during the 1950s and 1960s. Luca Guido, the exhibit’s
curator and visiting associate professor at the Gibbs College of Architecture, said this exhibit is the result of a yearlong effort to develop the archive. “We are researching on Bruce Goff ’s legacy and the history of the College of Architecture,” Guido said. Bruce Goff, chairman of OU’s architecture program from 1947 to 1955, shifted OU’s architecture cur r iculum from a historical approach to a forward-thinking approach that encouraged individual creativity. The collection of works produced under Goff’s purview is referred to as the American School of Architecture, according to the College of Architecture’s
website. Among some of the elements displayed are original plans for Bizzell Memorial Library and the Oklahoma Memorial Union, modern architectural drawings produced by Goff ’s students at OU and virtual tours of Goff ’s modern designs. Guido said he hopes visitors will take time to immerse themselves in the exhibit. “Behind every drawing, there’s a story,” Guido said. The exhibit will run on the first floor of the Bizzell Memorial Library through July 29, 2019. Helena Hind
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Norman Oktoberfest to benefit dog shelter Annual festival to be held at STASH, raise funds for dogs TYLER MCELROY @TylerMcElroy6
STASH will host Norman’s fourth annual Hair of the Dog Oktoberfest on Oct. 5. The event seeks to capture the atmosphere of the German Oktoberfest, a traditional fair at which massive quantities of beer are consumed. The event will take place at STASH in downtown Norman and will include beer from 10 Oklahoma breweries, including Crossed Cannons Brewery and Twisted Spike Brewing Company. In addition, food from The Fried Taco will be available for purchase.
The event will benefit Annie’s Rescue Foundation, an organization focused on rescuing and rehabilitating dogs in the Norman area. Past events have raised funds for the Bella Foundation, Safe Haven Animal Rescue and animal care for residents at the Women’s Resource Center. According to its website, STASH is a variety store that hosts fun events in lieu of more traditional advertising methods. The shop is committed to “social and environmental well-being,” according to the website, which states that each product is “ethically made abroad (fair trade), made locally, or is vintage.” Previous Oktoberfests had “great atmosphere,” said Rebecca Bean, STASH owner. They were “family-friendly
and open to anyone who might love craft beer or have an interest in helping animals, with a fun backdrop of music and food trucks.” Emily Nicholls, board chair of Annie’s Rescue Foundation, said the money will be put toward “a fund that helps support the shelter, as well as a community fund that supports members of the community that need help with their animals.” The Hair of the Dog Oktoberfest will take place from 6–9 p.m. Oct. 5 at STASH, located at 412 E. Main St. Tickets are available from the STASH website for $15 in advance or $20 on the day of the event. Tyler McElroy
tyler.p.mcelroy-1@ou.edu
PHOTO BY DYLAN JOHNSON, PROVIDED BY STASH
A view from STASH’s third annual Hair of the Dog Oktoberfest in downtown Norman last year. Tickets for this year’s fest are on sale now for $15 in advance and $20 day of the event. VIP tickets are $25. This year’s Hair of the Dog will benefit Annie’s Rescue Foundation.
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George Stoia, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports
Murray stays on Heisman trail
Redshirt junior dazzles again despite late start ABBY BITTERMAN @abby_bitterman
When the Sooners took the field for their first offensive drive against Baylor Saturday, Kyler Murray stood patiently on the sidelines. The redshirt junior sat out the first drive of the game after arriving late to Oklahoma’s 7:30 a.m. practice the day before. Murray, who had been spending time with his mother Thursday night, set the alarm on his phone an hour late. Oklahoma has a policy that if a player is late to the Friday morning practice, he won’t start on Saturday. When Murray came off the bench, he was electric, and the offense didn’t miss a beat in Oklahoma’s (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) 66-33 win over Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Big 12). The Sooners took over in the red zone and, in his second play of the game, Murray threw a 9-yard dart to redshirt junior wide receiver Lee Morris for a touchdown. Just like that, Oklahoma’s offense was off and running. A 30-yard pass to Grant Calcaterra, a 22-yard run, a 43-yard throw to Morris again, a 40-yard pass to Marquise Brown and then another for 24 yards, a throw to CeeDee Lamb for
86-yards. “His impact is always huge,” Morris said. “Once he gets going, that always gets us going, whether it’s a big run or an amazing throw or things like that. It just gets our momentum going, and we start rolling from there.” Murray’s highlight reel could go on and on as he spread the ball around, finding different receivers down field and making big plays through the air and on the ground. At third-and-12 and up by only 12 points in the third quarter, Oklahoma needed a first down. Murray took the snap and was forced to scramble to his left, looking to make a play. Turning nothing into a first down, he kept the ball himself and ran it for 12 yards. Four plays later, he made a pass across the field to junior wide receiver Marquise Brown for a 50-yard touchdown. He quickly transcended any concerns his one-drive punishment might have caused. “I’m not disappointed,” Riley said of the situation that sidelined his starting quarterback for the first drive. “There’s two different kinds of mistakes. There’s egregious ones that are intentional, but you know what? Sometimes I set my alarm wrong, too. It happens. It happened. We dealt with it and moved on. It was not a big deal within these walls at all.”
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Redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray walks around the field after the game against Baylor Sept. 29. Murray is the second quarterback in OU history to account for seven touchdowns in one game.
Murray was disappointed in himself, though. The situation was something he said personally can’t happen, but he didn’t let it impact him. “He handled the situation well,” Riley said. “Didn’t freak out like I’m sure the rest of America did.” Murray was 17 of 21 passing, throwing for 432 yards and six touchdowns, good
enough for a phenomenal 348 passer rating — breaking the Oklahoma and Big 12 records. He also added 45 r ushing yards and a touchdown on his feet. He’s the second quarterback in Oklahoma history to account for seven touchdowns in one game — the first was Baker Mayfield. The numbers Murray put
up and the command of the offense he showed left some to wonder if this was the best game he’s played so far. “That’s up to y’all to decide,” Brown said. “I feel like he plays good every week.” With just more than 11 minutes left, Murray dropped back to the Sooners’ 23-yard line and looked for someone to throw
to. While he searched for a target, the ball got knocked out of his hand and started rolling away. He scooped it up, ran to his right and made a 7-yard pass to redshirt freshman r u n n i ng b a ck Ke n n e d y Brooks for a first down. It was just Kyler being Kyler — making plays like he does every day in practice. “That’s just what he do,” Brown said. Kyler Murray makes big plays and finds something out of nothing, it seems, at least once a quarter. So are there plays that stick with him more than others? “Nah,” Murray said with a laugh and a grin. While his play far outshone the big news heading into the game that he wouldn’t be starting, Murray has a national spotlight on him. Five weeks into the season and he’s already a top contender for the Heisman Trophy and other national awards, but mistakes like this don’t go unnoticed. “I mean, that’s part of w hat c o m e s w i t h t h i s,” Murray said. “I don’t really listen too much to the outside because, I mean, they’re going to say what they want to say. I’m not one to dwell and think about what other people say about me because, I mean, a lot of it’s not true.” Abby Bitterman abbybitt@ou.edu
Texas could present defining moment for OU Stakes are high for upcoming Red River Showdown GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
It’s here. In five days, the smell of corn dogs and beer will seep through the cracks of the Cotton Bowl in Dallas to the 92,100 fans in attendance — 41,050 in crimson, 41,050 in burnt orange — for the 113th Red River Showdown. And this year, the game could be a defining moment in the Sooners’ season. Saturday will mark the biggest OU-Texas game since 2011, the last time both teams were ranked in the top 20 heading into the game. It has the feel of games of old like 2001 and 2008 that became marquee matchups.
The winner of this year’s game will likely be the favorite to win the Big 12, along with West Virginia, and make a run at the playoff. Stakes are high for both teams — the No. 19 Longhorns can put themselves back on the map and the No. 7 Sooners can solidify themselves as a national title contender. “I’d like to come and tell y’all that it’s just another week, but it’s not,” redshirt senior linebacker Curtis Bolton said. “Everybody knows the deal about Texas. No matter how good or bad their team has looked since I’ve been here, even years before that I’ve seen, they’re going to come out and play their best ball that they have all year.” Oklahoma has been playing some of the best football in the country this year and have arguably the best
player in the country in Kyler Murray. Their defense has struggled at times, showing flashes of past mistakes, but have also shown potential to improve as the season progresses. Texas has looked the best it’s looked in years, earning wins over USC and TCU. Despite dropping their season opener to a below average Maryland team, the Longhorns have responded well, winning four straight. Sam Ehlinger is starting to settle in at quarterback, and the defense, led by freshman defensive back Caden Stern, looks to be the toughest test Oklahoma will have faced so far this season. But this is OU-Texas — so everything can be thrown out of the book. “From what I’ve seen, they’re playing good ball,” sophomore wide receiver CeeDee Lamb said. “It’s
going to be a fight … We just have to play our game, play Oklahoma football.” Th e t e r m “O k l a h o ma football” has changed extensively over the years. A program that once prided itself on being the most physical team on the field has, at times just been in a race to 50. It works about 95 percent of the time for the Sooners, who boast one of the most electric offenses college football has seen in the last decade and that has led them to two College Football Playoff appearances. It’s also seen its weaknesses — fielding the No. 76 total defense doesn’t typically work in your favor. Oklahoma has a chance to change the narrative this Saturday. That physicality they talked about all spring and summer has shown in glimpses. If the Sooners can top Texas — which will take a
physical performance — on the national stage in a game that looks to be restored to its former glory, it could propel them to not only another CFP appearance, but maybe an eighth national title. “We’ve got to come out hungry at the end of the day because we know they are,” Bolton said. “It’s the best rivalry in college football. They’re going to come out swinging and we need to be prepared for that … To be honest, I’m so ready it’s not even funny.” Saturday will be Oklahoma’s first true test. Florida Atlantic and UCLA showed little fight, Iowa State and Army gave it their best shot, and Baylor is still Baylor. But Texas presents a new challenge: an old rival on the verge of returning to national prominence in a game played in front of the entire country.
“It’s what you come to Oklahoma for,” Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “They’re obviously playing a lot better, so it’s going to be a great challenge.” Coach Lincoln Riley didn’t have much to say about Texas after Oklahoma’s 66-33 win over Baylor Saturday. He reiterated that games are “damn hard” to win and that he and his team were going to celebrate that. But everyone knows what’s in the back of Riley’s, his players’ and Sooner Nation’s minds. “Are the guys excited for next week?” Riley said. “No question.” George Stoia
georgestoia@ou.edu
Sooner receivers make Murray’s job easy Receiving corps excels against Baylor defense CALEB MCCOURRY @CalebMac21
Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb seemed surprised at what Oklahoma’s receiving corps could do to a defense. “I was like, ‘Geez,’” Lamb said, shaking his head after the game. “Geez” is a pretty good description of what happened on Owen Field Saturday, in then-No. 6 Okahoma’s win 66-33 win over Baylor. Oklahoma’s receiving corps proved to be a handful for the Bears as Kyler Murray threw for 432 yards while connecting with four different receivers for touchdowns. “ Ye a h , i t c a u g h t m e by surprise,” Lamb said.
“(Touchdowns) just kept happening.” Lamb tallied 101 receiving yards and a touchdown against the Bears’ defense, and was second to none other than Marquise “Hollywood” Brown on the receiving leaderboards, who racked up two touchdowns with 132 receiving yards. There were 233 receiving yards and three touchdowns between the duo, and that still doesn’t include a breakout game from Lee Morris, who had two touchdowns along with 61 yards. “You can’t make defenses not focus in on one player,” said Morris, who received a scholarship from coach Lincoln Riley this year. For defenses going against a Sooner offense, “you just kind of have to pick your poison.” The whole game, Baylor had to choose between the poison of Lamb catching a
pass that was behind him with practically just his bicep or Brown blowing by the secondary for a 50-yard touchdown. “(Lamb’s) made a couple (catches) this year that have been just spectacular,” Riley said when asked about Lamb’s one-armed catch. “The (catch) crossing the middle was maybe better than the one that was out of bounds weeks ago. This one was tougher ... You’re running full speed across the field and a safety may knock your brains out. This one was tough. It’s great for a quarterback. It’s huge for a quarterback’s confidence.” Murray even connected with tight end Grant Calcaterra with a 30-yard touchdown early in the first quarter. But on the way down, Calcaterra hit the ground awkwardly and was taken off the field. He later return
ed but did not catch another pass. With the explosiveness of Oklahoma’s receiving corps, Murray appears to be having no trouble with dismantling defenses across the country. “It makes my job a lot easier,” Murray said when talking about his teammates on the offensive side. “You can throw Marquise a 3-yard bubble, and he takes it to the yard. You can throw Grant a ball high, and he goes up and gets it. CeeDee, Lee ... It makes my job a lot easier.” Murray’s job being “easy” isn’t something any defense would want to hear, especially when the only thing holding Murray back is his alarm clock before practice. Caleb McCourry
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Sophomore tight end Grant Calcaterra catches a touchdown pass during the game against Baylor Sept. 29.
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Caitlyn Epes/The Daily Sophomore cornerback Tre Brown attempts to recover the ball Sept. 29.
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Austin Carriere/The Daily Redshirt junior quarterback Kyler Murray and junior wide receiver Marquise Brown play rock, paper, scissors after a touchdown.
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Caitlyn Epes/The Daily Redshirt freshman running back Kennedy Brooks runs the ball into the end zone Sept. 29.
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Austin Carriere/The Daily Junior wide receiver Marquise Brown runs the ball.
Mike Stoops leads confident defense Sooners keep focus with tough games ahead for team GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
Mike Stoops is entertaining. His press box freak-outs, his defensive schemes, his post-game interviews, his upside down and backward visor — all of it, entertaining. It’s neither a bad nor good thing. All week — and really all offseason — the Sooners’ defensive coordinator has been criticized by OU fans. He’s become the scapegoat week-in and week-out. That wa s n o d i f f e rent Saturday during No. 6 Oklahoma’s (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) 66-33 win over Baylor (3-2, 1-1 Big 12). Fans took to social media to rip Stoops’ defense, despite the Sooners coming out on top. And Stoops, while many in the stands and social media thought Oklahoma’s defense struggled once again, said he saw improvement. “There are a lot of positives to build off of,” Stoops
said about his defense that gave up 493 total yards. “It is what it is. You’ve got to improve. You’ve got to get stops in critical situations, and you’ve got to be able to make plays in critical situations.” Stoops’ defense has done exactly that this season. They stopped Iowa State to hold onto a 37-27 win. They came up with two interceptions to top Army 28-21 in overtime, and they forced Baylor to punt a combined four times in the second and third quarters Saturday. But there’s still the looming question — will it be enough when they face tougher teams? This will be tested in five days. As much as Oklahoma fans don’t want to admit it, Texas may actually be back, and the Cotton Bowl looks to be restored to its former glory. Not to mention it looks like West Virginia might just be for real this season, and ever yone knows Friday night in Morgantown will be no easy task. And the past two weeks, Oklahoma has struggled to get off the field, as the defense has played
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OU defensive coordinator Mike Stoops walks on the field before the game against Baylor Sept. 29.
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twice as many plays as the offense (188-94). Stoops knows all this. He knows the challenges the Big 12 presents. “There aren’t many good days coaching defense in this league,” Stoops said. “It’s just the world we live in. It’s absurd. That’s the absurdity that we live weekin and week-out. Every coach in this league has to deal with it the best way you can.” Since coming back to Oklahoma in 2012, Stoops’ defense has ranked in the top 30 of total defense only once (in 2013), but in the Big 12, his defenses have finished in the top five every year (they currently sit at eighth this season). Oklahoma talked all spring and summer about how this season was going to be different than those of the past. So far, they’ve shown both signs of improvement and flashes of the past, yet the players continue to move on play after play, game after game. “We’re not worried about anything but the next play,” said redshirt senior lineb a c k e r Cu r t i s B o l t o n . “When we line up, we’re trying to play the best football, and if we don’t do that on one play, one quarter, or one game — I’m not going to stress on it. I’m going to try to recognize where the problem was, try to correct it and get back to the next play.” This is why Stoops likes this defense. They’re not worried about the outside noise, even if it’s louder than it’s ever been. “This is a good group to work with,” Stoops said. “We continue to improve.” George Stoia
georgestoia@ou.edu
Players compete for starting positions Caleb Kelly fights to avoid potential redshirt status GEORGE STOIA @GeorgeStoia
Caleb Kelly doesn’t want to talk about redshirting. The junior linebacker was adamant about this after No. 6 Oklahoma’s 66-33 w in over Baylor Saturday. After losing the starting WILL linebacker spot to redshirt senior Curtis Bolton, Oklahoma is considering redshirting Kelly — a former five-star recruit — this season. But this didn’t faze Kelly when he finally got his shot Saturday. He was aggressive and made the most of his opportunity. “I can’t say it’s not frustrating. I’m watching football, and I’m one that usually plays,” Kelly said. “It can be frustrating for sure, but just being out there in the end makes it all alright.” Kelly wasn’t expecting to play Saturday, he said after the game. But when he entered the game in the third quarter, he took over. He had five total tackles and two key sacks. While sitting out has been tough for Kelly, who started 13 games last year, he knew what he could do once he got in. “It’s just playing football,” Kelly said. “I mean, yeah, it’s a relief. Yeah, I played. Yeah, I can still play, and yeah, I’m still good, but just playing with my bros is the
main thing.” After the game, coach Lincoln Riley said he has “no clarification” on whether Kelly will be redshirting or not. It doesn’t matter to Kelly what happens. “I don’t want to talk about that,” Kelly said. “Just trying to get better and improve every day.” Another player that stood out on the defense once given an opportunity was s o p h o m o re c o r n e r T re Brown. Brown was clearly the Sooners’ best player in the secondary Saturday, breaking multiple passes and making key tackles. And after sitting out last week’s game due to injury, it felt good for him to be back on the field. “I’m just trying to go out there and make as many plays as I can with the defense,” Brown said. “When
I got the chance to go out there, I wanted to do what they did last week, and that’s what I did.” Brown had six tackles, all solo, and four pass breakups. The Sooners needed Brown against a pass-heavy Baylor team. “Tre got his hands on some balls, some deep balls, and that’s what he can do,” defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said. “We have to continue to get him snaps. I believe he can be a really great player.” Brown has yet to start a game this season on defense (starting as the kick returner on special teams), but that may soon change after his performance Saturday. “I accepted a role just like everybody else should,” Brown said. “You never want to turn that down.” George Stoia
georgestoia@ou.edu
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Junior linebacker Caleb Kelly celebrates after a play during the game against Baylor Sept. 29.
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