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LOUDER THAN HATE Students respond to racially charged incidents
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n the past month at OU, white nat i o na l i s t p o s t e r s w e re glued to university walls, racist fliers were found in a campus building, a now-former student was suspended for his involvement in racist group messages and two anti-Black Lives Matter protesters enraged an audience of hundreds on the South Oval. And on the morning of the Nov. 14 runoff election for Student Government Association president between J.D. Baker and Ryan Echols, the winner, Baker, who is black, discovered that many of the materials promoting his campaign had been ripped from walls or yanked from the ground and thrown in trash cans. The recent uptick in these types of incidents, plus the Nov. 9 election of Donald Trump for U.S. president, have created a climate of terror for many OU students, Baker said. “I don’t want to equate (those perpetuating racism) to ISIS, but ... they want to break the structure of the way things are, and they’re very radical, and they really want to frighten people,” Baker said. “I would say it’s terror.” The Identity Evropa posters found on campus Oct. 17 displayed messages such as “Let’s Become Great Again” and “Protect Your Heritage.” The racist fliers found in the Physical Sciences Center Nov. 14 said black men are more likely to abuse their significant others, more likely to have STDs and that people “should probably just avoid black men.” “I was pretty furious,” said Kathleen Crowther, an associate professor of the history of science at OU and the woman who found one of the fliers. “I’m just angry about it because I know a lot of my students are frightened
and upset and angry about the level of harassment and hostility that’s been going on.” The student that OU President David Boren suspended Nov. 11, who is no longer enrolled at OU and has not been publicly identified, was involved in messages sent to black freshmen at the University of Pennsylvania that promoted lynching and contained other racially explicit content. The Associated Press reported Nov. 16 that the student was also offered admission into Penn, an
said “liberals have no sense of humor” and said he does not let women tell him what to do, among other sentiments. Boren e v e nt u a l l y ap p ro a c h e d t h e scene, was helped up onto the time capsule north of the Seed Sower statue, and shaking in anger, told “Brother Jim” and his companion through a bullhorn to leave campus. A f t e r B o re n s p o ke, Naj e e Bissoon, a walk-on Oklahoma running back, took the bullhorn and shared a message of his own.
“Here on this campus, everybody is different ... Every puzzle piece is different, but you put all those puzzle pieces together, it makes a beautiful picture.” NAJEE BISSOON, RUNNING BACK
Ivy League school, in May. The messages, according to Penn, appear to have originated in Oklahoma, but not at OU, Boren said in a statement. A student at Tulsa Community College was also suspended Nov. 15 in connection to the messages. “I feel on-edge. I feel vulnerable. And in some ways, I do feel threatened,” Baker told The Daily perhaps minutes before the anti-Black Lives Matter protesters sparked fury on campus Nov. 16. The two anti-Black Lives Matter “preachers,” one of whom was the infamous “Brother Jim,” spewed racist, sexist and anti-religious rhetoric in front of hundreds of angry students before voluntarily leaving campus in an OU Police Department vehicle. “Brother Jim” called many students of all ethnicities racist,
“At this time in America, everybody knows there’s so much division,” Bissoon said. “There’s only one thing that can conquer hate, and that’s f*cking love.” Bissoon said after the protesters left that unity is what the campus needs. “Here on this campus, everybody is different ... Every puzzle piece is different, but you put all those puzzle pieces together, it makes a beautiful picture,” he said. “Just sitting here yelling at them, we’re just giving temporary solutions to a long-term problem.” Boren said in a statement after the event that he deplores the tw o’s attempts to “turn Americans against one another in a time when we should be reaching out to each other with respect and kindness.”
OU Press Secretary Corbin Wallace said in a statement that their future return to campus will depend on their ability to stay on public property and avoid causing a dangerous situation. Boren told students at the scene he would have the men arrested if they set foot on university property since they did not have a permit. Sana Sandhu, the public relations director of the Muslim Student Association at OU, said hearing the rhetoric at the anti-BLM rally was disheartening. “It was really scary,” she said. “I was walking past it, and I walked straight into the library and didn’t leave until I knew it was over, which terrified me. I’ve never had to do that before.” Unity was a facet of Baker’s platform before the anti-BLM rally, before Crowther found the fliers, before Trump’s election and before the OU student was suspended for racist messages. He said unity is not necessarily more important to him now than it was before, but that it is definitely more needed. In the face of this repeated prejudice and adversity, Baker said his grace has been challenged — and he has not even taken office yet. “One part of me just wants to (tell those perpetuating hatred to) ‘Go to hell’ or ‘Go f*ck yourself,’” he said. “But another part of me knows ... There’s no progress in that. “I think the best thing is finding civility. Where can we find civility?” he asked. Hannah Pike contributed to this report. Andrew Clark
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J.D. Baker and Cameron Burleson will be the next SGA president and vice president. J.D. Baker: 52.26 percent of the vote • Ryan Echols: 47.74 percent of the vote Who else ran: Corey Abernathy, Sam Noble and Matthew Marks Current SGA president and vice president: Daniel Pae and Michael Lutter
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A TIMELINE OF POST-ELECTION BIGOTRY AT OU Nov. 11 — OU President David Boren suspended an OU student for sending racist group messages to University of Pennsylvania students. The student is no longer enrolled at OU. Nov. 12 — A house close to campus hung up a sign that read “We run more trains than Baylor,” which references Baylor’s sexual assault scandal. “Running trains” refers to multiple men having sex with a woman, one after another. Nov. 14 — An OU professor found racist fliers in the Physical Sciences Center. The fliers were titled “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men” and “Race and Intelligence: the Facts.” Nov. 16 — Anti-Black Lives Matter and antiMuslim demonstrators incited outrage from a crowd of OU students on the South Oval. OUPD escorted the demonstrators offcampus.
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OU Student Affairs conference room to house student community hours Following recent events on campus that have sparked anger and fear in many students, OU Student Affairs and various university student leaders have come together to establish community hours as an opportunity for students to express their feelings. Located in the Student Affairs Jan Marie Crawford conference room, the community hours have been established to provide students a place to sit and discuss their thoughts and concerns on various news. Brynn Daves, assistant dean of students, said the idea came about after talking with different student leaders on campus. “We asked them what students would like to see from us as support,” Daves said. She said one of the main requests from the leaders was to create a place for students to just hang out with one another. When it comes to what the hours will entail, Daves said it would all be up to the students. “We are providing the space, food, games, TV, computers and a place so they can just come together and make of it whatever they would like to or hope to,” Daves said. Daves said she hopes students will take this as an opportunity to make a new home — a place to meet and connect with others. She also said she hopes students CAITLYN EPES/THE DAILY walk away reminded of their importance on campus. OU students and faculty write messages on luminaries at the Come in Unity event in the Ellison Hall courtyard Wednesday. The “A feeling that we want you here, that we want you to be event was sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. here at University of Oklahoma,” Daves said. Robyn Craig, @RobynCraig21
Two arrested, charged after assault involving firearm on Campus Corner Two people were arrested and charged with assault after an altercation at a Campus Corner bar early on Monday. According to a court affidavit, James Ellis De Shong, 27, was charged with felony pointing a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, alteration of a firearm’s serial number, using an offensive weapon in felony and public intoxication. According to a separate affidavit, Estevan Quinonez, 22, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, public intoxication and disturbing the peace. The court records say the Norman Police Department responded to a disturbance at Logie’s on Campus Corner. Quinonez and De Shong were asked to leave by employees and refused to do so, causing employees to escort them outside where they began fighting. Quinonez and De Shong both pulled out collapsible batons and began assaulting the employees, one of whom was transported to Norman Regional Hospital for treatment, records show. A Logie’s bouncer also said De Shong pulled out a gun, pointed it at him and said he would kill him, records show. An officer recovered the gun, a black Walther PK380 with a scratched-off serial number, at the entrance of Logie’s, according to the records. Andrew Clark, @Clarky_Tweets
Students unite for hope
College of Arts and Sciences hosts luminary lighting MADISON HOSTETTER @meehostetter
Just as the sun was setting on Wednesday, OU students and faculty gathered together in the Ellison Hall courtyard to hear speeches from various community leaders, light luminaries and share messages of encouragement and love. The Come in Unity event, hosted by the OU College of Arts and Sciences, was intended as a way for students and faculty to experience unity in the face of uncertain times.
The event featured brief speeches from CAS Dean Kelly Damphousse, CAS Associate Dean Rhonda Kyncl, Student Government Association President Daniel Pae and SGA presi d e n t- e l e c t J. D. B a k e r, among others. “A s m e m b e r s o f t h i s community, I want you to know your lives matter. As students, your minds matter. As human beings, your hearts matter,” Baker said. Some shared their thoughts through speech, while others used diff e re nt m e a n s. A ma n d a Cobb-Greetham, chair of the department of Native American studies, read a poem about human purpose, and the OU Tribal L i a s o n O f f i c e r Wa r r e n
Queton sang a Native American song about coming together. “After the election last Tuesday, I woke up thinking that we were doomed,” biomedical engineering freshman Trevor Crabtree. “I think a lot of people thought that. After I talked to a few of my friends — you know, they were scared, they were afraid, they were sad, but ultimately they were hopeful.” After the speeches, attendees could write a positive message on a paper bag and place a tea light inside. The luminaries were then placed around the courtyard, where they will remain overnight. “In times when everything we do for positive
change is challenged … there’s nothing that brings more hope than when you illuminate. The lighting of the luminaries is symbolic of that, of unity. It gives light,” said Paola Lopez, CAS director of student development and community. The luminaries had messages such as “I’ve got your back, always” and “Love Wins” written on them. The sun had set by the time the event concluded, and the luminaries surrounded the courtyard with light. “I had this sense, ever since I got to the university, that people matter,” Crabtree said. “We have a forward-thinking attitude.” Madison Hostetter
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J.D. Baker named president of SGA with 52.26 percent of vote in runoff
J.D. Baker has been elected president of the Student Government Association. “Wow, just wow,� he said after learning of Monday’s runoff election results. Baker won the runoff between him and Ryan Echols with, unofficially, 52.26 percent of the vote. He will be sworn in as president most likely the week after Thanksgiving, said Abbey Taylor, the SGA Election Board chair. Echols lost the runoff with 47.74 percent of the unofficial vote. 3,846 total votes were cast in this runoff election, Taylor said. “I think there were a lot of outside factors that really influenced the outcome,� Echols said. “Somebody was tearing down J.D.’s stuff, somebody was going around on iPads ... I think those definitely influenced people that was outside of either of our control.� “If we validate the election and everything goes through, I wish him the best of luck. I hope he does well,� CHANDLER KIDD/THE DAILY he said. Baker will succeed current SGA President Daniel Pae, OU President David Boren addresses a crowd beside the Seed Sower statue Nov. 16. Boren emailed a statement to students condemning the events and a student’s involvement in a racist incident at the University of Pennsylvania. while his running mate, Cameron Burleson, will succeed Michael Lutter as vice president. “We’re going to take steps to make sure that we bridge the gap between communities and really bring our university together,� Baker said. “I know that I will give all my work and all my time to make sure that our university is unified and that we’re growing stronger together,� he said.
Boren addresses racism after GroupMe scandal Student involved in explicit messages no longer at OU
suspended Tuesday for their and a professor facing racist suspected involvement in taunts. the GroupMe. The suspendIn the statement, Boren ed OU student was also, ac- condemned the events, reccording to the Associated ognized the importance of Press, offered admission to OU’s diversity and outlined STAFF REPORTS Penn in May. AP reported campus resources for those that the student was a mem- who feel unsafe or discrimAn OU student who was ber of a private Facebook inated against. “Above all, a universiinvolved in a racist inci- group for the Ivy League dent at the University of Pennsylvania is no longer “Above all, a university must be a community enrolled at the university. of learners where we love and respect each The student, who has not other even if we have different opinions. been publicly identified, was Every student at this university is valued initially suspended Friday after OU determined his inas a person. There will never be a place at volvement in a GroupMe this university for expressions of overt and chat containing racially exinciting racist action.� plicit messages that three black freshmen at Penn were DAVID BOREN, unknowingly added to. OU PRESIDENT Penn called the GroupMe messages in a Friday statement “absolutely vile mate- school’s class of 2020, which ty must be a community of rial and completely offensive was how he was able to ac- learners where we love and to everyone on our campus.� cess the Penn students’ con- respect each other even if we have differing opinions. It also said the the GroupMe tact information. Boren emailed a state- Every student at this uniwas suspected to have originated in Oklahoma. Boren ment to all students, faculty versity is valued as a person. said Friday, however, that and staff Tuesday address- There will never be a place the GroupMe did not origi- ing the student’s actions at this university for expresand other recent campus sions of overt and inciting nate at OU. A Tu l s a C o m m u n i t y events, including racist fliers racist action,� Boren said in College student was also found in a campus building the statement.
O n We d n e s day , hu n dreds of students protested two anti-Black Lives Matter demonstrators on the South Oval. One demonstrator wore a shirt that said “Allah is Satan,� and the other held a sign that read “BLM Rent A Riot� on one side and “BLM Are Racist Thugs� on the other. The protest was heated, with OU Police standing nearby, plus students and demonstrators alike yelling. Boren spoke to the demonstrators through a bullhorn, condemning their ideas and telling them “they do not have a place� on campus. S h o r t l y a f t e r, N a j e e Bissoon, a redshirt junior running back for OU, took the bullhorn and told protesters that “there’s only one thing that can conquer hate, and that’s f*cking love.� Eventually, the demonstrators left the South Oval with OUPD, but were not placed under arrest. Staff Reports
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Students to gather, protest Trump’s deportation plans at rally on Friday
A rally to protest President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan is set to take place at OU Friday. The rally will begin at 12:30 p.m. on the South Oval. The event will act as a “forum for discussion and a platform for direct action in the future,� according to the event’s Facebook page. During his campaign, Trump claimed that, if elected, he would deport roughly 3 million immigrants who have committed crimes, leading some to worry if that category also included legal immigrants. Furthermore, Trump has often vocalized his desire to “build a wall� between the United States and Mexico. The creator of the rally, marketing senior Cooper Williams, said his intention is not to particularly create an anti-Trump rally, but instead to focus on the marginalization of minority communities. The goal of the event is to bring together people who potentially have different ideologies but, regardless, all stand against discriminatory treatment of immigrants, he said. He added that the rally will provide an opportunity for immigrants, legal or undocumented, to find resources that could help them — from ways to acquiring a driver’s license to advice on self-defense. “They have a right to be in this country as much as you or I do. It doesn’t matter what side of an arbitrary line they were born on,� he said. “They are being denied their rights.� Williams continued saying that people should stop looking to authority to enact change and instead should begin speaking for themselves, fighting for change themselves. The rally will also include a group picture at its end. Anna Mayer, @Honestly_Anna
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A poster publicizing Identity Evropa hangs on a brick structure outside of Dale Hall Oct. 17. The posters were placed around campus.
European culture not oppressed Claudia Esparza claudia405i@ou.edu
Here on our ver y own campus, flyers entitled “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men� have been posted throughout university buildings and left in copies of The Daily. This comes just weeks after Identity Evropa, a group that has recently caused some controversy here at OU, glued their posters to buildings across campus. When I saw one of their posters outside Dale Hall, I had no idea who they were. I honestly just thought that their posters were pretty and assumed they were connected to a group dedicated to European art. Now I know they are an alt-right, white nationalist group. A look through their website, which is equally as beautiful and paranoid as their posters, offers numerous books, articles, videos, even hashtags defending their perceived victimization by “cultural Marxism,� a popular conspiracy theory among alt-righters. One of Identity Evropa supporters’ biggest comp la i nt s i s t hat t h e y a re made to feel ashamed of their culture. I remember throughout elementary to high school, I was learning mostly about the accomplishments of white men, e ve n t h o s e w h o may b e
shouldn’t have been portrayed in such a positive light, such as Christopher Columbus. The only time we discussed the achievements of those who were not white men involved mentions of civil rights leaders or the occasional abolitionist. The only ones we ever got around to talking about extensively were Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. European culture has produced countless works of art that we admire, parade around in museums and include as part of our standard education. European nations make up seven of the ten most visited countries in the world. The U.S. is No. 2. If any culture has been the most revered and promoted, it is European culture. The idea that anyone can actually believe that straight, Christian, white people (especially men) are being oppressed baffles me. Criticized? Yes, because historically white men have had a good time at the expense of others. Oppressed? No, because currently we still have systematic discrimination toward minorities, extending beyond race. Recently, North Carolina passed a law allowing businesses to deny service to people based on perceived sexual orientation. Their bathroom bill is even more ridiculous, with a baseless backing for its passing other than intolerance toward the trans community. This is oppression. Ba n k s c o n s t a nt l y a c t
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unfairly toward African Americans and Latinos, overcharging for mortgages and denying loans. This is discrimination. Donald Trump building a presidential campaign around the promise of kicking out Latinos and keeping out Muslims is fear-mongering hate speech. White people getting the roles of characters who aren’t white is more annoying than outright oppressing, but this denies actors who actually fit those roles from getting ahead in yet another career. This has to stop. I would like to end this column with a message to “white nationalists�: Because of these actual examples of discrimination, we need to continue getting away from the scare rhetoric that America “is going to hell� just because
m i n o r i t i e s a re g e t t i n g more rights and opportunities. Our goal isn’t revenge. We are trying to end discrimination against us, not shift it onto the shoulders of straight, white men. Claudia Esperza is a freshman columnist who works for The Daily
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Netflix revives black superhero Remake of 1970s character looks at race, current issues ALLISON WEINTRAUB @AllieFrances12
Netflix has taken Marvel’s 1970s black male superhero, Luke Cage, and modernized him, using his history to discuss issues of race in America. The Netflix show, “Luke Cage,” debuted Sept. 30, and adheres to many of the standards set forth by original “Luke Cage” comics, such as featuring some of the same villains. In the series, Cage escapes from a wrongful and brutal imprisonment, returns to Harlem, New York, and attempts to fight corruption that haunts the area. Cage has garnered super strength after being subjected to a faulty experiment. The 13-episode show is the third in Netflix’s Marvel’s “The Defenders” series. The series features other Marvel superheroes like Daredevil, Jessica Jones and the unreleased Marvel’s Iron first. “I pretty much made the blackest show in the history of TV,” said Cheo H. Coker, creator of the show. Coker said it was important to him that “Luke Cage” be created in the current political climate. Liz Locke, OU expository writing professor, teaches a myth and hero course, with a section of the class devoted to the representation of black characters in comics. Locke believes Cage comes from a place of racism, she said. “The old Luke Cage wore chains all over him, so he’s like the Mandingo character,” Locke said. “The black fighter. The Mandingo is supposed to be this African fighter, so masculine, so brutal, so savage, so body,” she said. T h e n a m e Ma n d i n g o comes from a cultural and ethnic group in West Africa, but it is used to describe a
A screenshot from the official “Luke Cage” Netflix trailer on YouTube. The show is based off of the original Marvel comics.
trope popularized during the Blaxploitation era and refers to an African-American whose sole purpose is aggression. The trope occurs as recently as 2012 in “Django Unchained.” The original “Luke Cage” d re w h e av i l y f ro m s t e reotypes about AfricanAmerican men in the 1960s and ‘70s. Locke said she didn’t like the character when she was first introduced to the comics. “My take on Luke Cage really was pretty negative; that he was a Blaxploitation character, this emphasis on the chains was this sort of appeal to the savage chained, really racist representations of black masculinity,” Locke said. However, Locke said her perception changed with her introduction to the writings of Adilifu Nama, an associate professor of AfricanAmerican studies at Loyola Mar ymount University.
Nama wrote the first book exploring the AfricanAmericans role in comics entitled, “Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes” in 2011, Locke said.
“He’s the whole justice persona. He’s just trying to do right all the time.” JOHN SHELDEN, POLITICAL SCIENCE JUNIOR
Nama finds Cage as an inherently radical political character. In a video on YouTube, he explains his opinions about the direction of the character and how he is a response to the black prison reform movement. “During (the 1960s and ‘70s), a lot of Black Power movement leaders and
advocates were imprisoned and often in prison under dubious charges,” Nama said in the clip. “When we see the origin narrative of Luke Cage, he is in fact a black man in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. While in prison, he suffers torture, he suffers racial indignities.” Both Nama and Locke tied Cage’s origin story to the prison uprising that took place in Attica in 1971, one year before the character was published. The uprising took place in New York, and the show pays homage to this influence by showing Cage owning a book about the uprising. John Shelden, a political science junior with a focus in pre-law, doesn’t usually like superhero stories, but found himself taken by Luke Cage. “He’s the whole justice persona. He’s just trying to do right all the time,” Shelden said. The social importance of
Cage’s revival should not be lost, Locke said. “This is a moment where we’re dealing with the very vulnerable bodies of the black man lying unarmed in the streets for four and a half hours,” Locke said. “Right now, for this character to show up on Netflix and be as hugely popular as he is, I think people are not seeing it as the same old stereotype, they’re really seeing it as a reaction. As black male resistance.” Locke also said the reinvention of Luke Cage comes at a time when young black men need him badly. “(Black parents) can’t tell their sons, ‘Stride like a colossus through the world,’” Locke said. “Their lives could hang in the balance if they do that. So, here’s the wish fulfillment aspect of Luke Cage. He’s somebody who can,” she said. Mike Colter, who plays Cage in the show, told GQ
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that while he thought race was important, he was worried it would make people miss other things in the plot. “Nobody looks at a Woody Allen’s movie’s cast members and says there’s a lack of black people in it, or that they’re maybe predominantly Jewish or something like that,” Colter said. “No one takes note of it ; they just watch the story and talk about it and like it,” he said. Shelden said the show’s characterization of black men was important. “A lot of people just think, ‘Oh the black man is a criminal,’ and this just flips it around,” Shelden said. ”It’s a false stereotype to begin with and it proves that.” “Luke Cage” is currently available to stream on Netflix. Allison Weintraub
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History meets pop culture in notorious town Lecturer will talk about O.K. Corral gunfight, legends DEVIN HIETT @DevinHiett
Kara McCormack, Ph.D., lecturer in the humanities at Stanford University, will talk about the myths revolving around the O.K. Corral gunfight that took place in Tombstone, Arizona, in a public lecture titled “Equal Parts Deadwood a n d D i s n e y ” : To u r i s m, Authenticity, and Popular Cu l t u re i n To m b s t o n e, Arizona. McCormack’s research
Imagining Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, which was published this May, according to a release. The novel explores how pop culture, history, authenticity, preservation and economic demands connect in Tombstone. Sharon Burchett, assistant to the director of the Russell Center in OU’s School of Visual Arts, said McCormack c a l l s To m b s t o n e t h e t o w n y o u c o m e t o d i e. McCormack studied the PROVIDED BY WILLIAM WILLIS PHOTOGRAPHY The O.K Corral is a famous spot in Tombstone, Arizona. The site is known for a popular gunfight town for her dissertation and later turned her findings that took place between lawmen and cowboys in 1881. into a book. is situated in pop culture, commodification and con- t a l k a b o u t t h e t o w n o f “This will be a summary history and cultural stud- sumption of the American Tombstone, Arizona, in of her years of research on ies, specifically regarding We s t . H e r l e c t u r e w i l l r e f e r e n c e t o h e r b o o k Tombstone. She’s a great
scholar, and this is an excellent opportunity for students to hear scholarship on the topic,” Burchett said. The lecture is presented by the OU School of Visual Arts’ Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, as part of the Merkel Family Foundation Distinguished Lecture Series. The lecture is at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. Admission is free. Devin Hiett
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for answers OU defense struggles in new era
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OU defensive coordinator Mike Stoops walks toward the tunnel before the game against the Kansas Jayhawks Oct. 29. Stoops came to Norman following his firing from Arizona in 2011.
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ike Stoops walked into the small interview room at Jones AT&T stadium after one of the worst defensive performances in college football history dressed smartly in a blue sport coat, his multicolored tie slightly loosened at the neck. The questions started before he had fully settled into his chair. “Well,” Stoops started, then paused. He rubbed his left hand across his brow, taking one more moment to compose himself before answering questions. He hadn’t been able to find answers for the last several hours, with Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes gaining an FBS record 819 total yards. “They had guys running free pretty much all night,” Stoops said. “Just very disappointed in our effort and our coaching and just everything. It’s unacceptable.” A year ago, Stoops had the best defense in the conference, but this season started off poorly and has gone downhill since. It began with the failure to stop Houston’s Greg Ward on third down and culminated with one of the worst defensive performances in college football history in Lubbock. “Just total breakdowns in technique,” Stoops said in Lubbock. “Guys running post routes wide open. I’ve never seen that in my whole life. I’ve never seen that many guys open in one game.” The Sooners have rebounded in recent contests, holding the typically powerful Baylor Bears to just 24 points in a rout last week. But Stoops knows he still hasn’t found all the answers. “Every time you think you’ve got all the answers, you’re going to get slapped. That’s just the world we live in, whether it’s me, whether it’s a player,” Stoops said following the season opening loss
JESSE POUND • @JESSERPOUND to Houston. “You get too full of yourself, you can be overly confident too and not prepare the right way, then you’re going to get humbled. “This game, you’re one game, one play away from always getting humbled.”
But there are mistakes, and was on Mike Stoops’ staff at when there are enough of Arizona. “We brought in some them, Stoops’ new mellower good players, some great side dissipates. coaches, great coaching staff, “They just been on our ass and administrative helped as every day, all day,” junior line- much as they could, and Mike backer Emmanuel Beal said did a great job leading the prowhen asked about how Stoops gram and being the face of the had changed since the Texas program.” EMOTIONS Tech game. “They’re trying to His tenure peaked when his Stoops is a visibly emotion- make sure we don’t make the 2009 team was poised to beal man. Whether he’s on the same mistake twice.” come one of the best in school sideline or in a coaches booth, “Every time you think you’ve got all the his reactionary face has always been a draw for televianswers, you’re going to get slapped. That’s sion cameras. just the world we live in, whether it’s me, Those emotions shine whether it’s a player. You get too full of yourself, through in practice as well, which freshman linebacker you can be overly confident too and not Caleb Kelly, who was recruit- prepare the right way, then you’re going to get ed by Stoops, learned the hard humbled. This game, you’re one game, one way when he got to Norman. play away from always getting humbled.” “Coming in, I was really excited, and then once he startMIKE STOOPS, ed yelling at me, I was shocked DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR because I thought I would be treated a little different, like more of a human I guess I history, a 6-2 start putting the could say,” Kelly said with a ARIZONA DAYS Wildcats in the middle of a laugh. “And then I woke up Oklahoma coach Bob chase for what would have and saw that that’s what foot- Stoops faced questions of been the program’s first PACball is and that’s what it’s going nepotism after the Texas Tech 10 title. to be here and at the next level. game. He was asked if he was Mike Stoops’ team rose to Once I got used to that, I feel protecting his brother, Mike, No. 18 in the AP poll but fell like our bond started getting whose defense was struggling, on the road to California. The better.” while Texas coach Charlie next week, Oregon quarterOlder players say Kelly Strong had jettisoned his de- back Jeremiah Masoli threw wasn’t around for the most fensive coordinator following a last minute touchdown to intense version of Stoops. similar early-season struggles. tie the game then slipped As Stoops has gotten further It wasn’t like this during through two Arizona defendinto his second stint with the Mike’s first stint in Norman. ers on third and goal in double Sooners, he has settled down An assistant from 1999-2003, overtime, killing the Wildcats’ a bit. Mike Stoops became one of Rose Bowl dreams. “When I first came, he was the hot names in college foot“Arizona’s a different place, just a crazy wild man,” senior ball coaching circles, helping too. I mean, that’s a place safety Ahmad Thomas said. the Sooners to the 2000 na- that didn’t win forever,” said “But now he’s more calm.” tional title and another title Oklahoma offensive line And despite the yelling, game appearance in 2003 be- coach Bill Bedenbaugh, who players feel comfortable stop- fore being hired at Arizona. was also at Arizona with Mike ping by his office and talking Once in Tucson, he was Stoops. “And he did a hell of to him in the middle of the able to use the cache he’d built a job there. They didn’t really day. up at Oklahoma to make the appreciate it like they should “It’s always open. The only Wildcats, a historically mori- have, you know what I mean. time I’ve seen it closed is when bund program, competitive in Hell, we were one play away he was talking to another play- the Pac-10. from winning the Pac-12 — er, and then he opened it right “We did a good job keep- it was called the Pac-10 back back up right after,” Kelly said. ing whatever talent we could then — and Arizona’s the only “He’s always there. He’s here locally there and had a pretty school in the Pac-10 to never from 6 a.m. … If we worked as decent pipeline in California, win it. And we’re one play he would, there would be no too,” said Oklahoma line- away. So we did a lot of good mistakes.” backer coach Tim Kish, who things. He did a lot of good
things.” But just as the 2016 Sooners’ defense couldn’t keep the momentum of 2015, Mike Stoops’ Wildcats would never get another chance at the Rose Bowl. They would go on to lose to Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl then went 7-6 in 2010. The team started 1-5 in 2011, and Stoops was fired mid-season. A NEW ERA Mike Stoops came back to Norman following his firing. He was met by a much different conference, one that had perfected the spread-based offenses that Oklahoma helped introduce to the league at the turn of the century. The rest of the country has now adopted these offenses, and dominant defenses are much more rare than in decades past. Occasionally, the right combination of talent and coaching produce a top defense like the Sooners had in 2015. “Obviously, I think he’s gotten a lot better, but I felt like that just because he’s molded us. It makes him look a lot better over the years,” senior linebacker Jordan Evans said. “Some people have questioned our defense. The next year our defense was amazing and that was all credited to him.” Other years, all the pieces aren’t there for his team, and Mike Stoops can still find some games, like his alma mater Iowa’s recent 14-13 win over No. 3 Michigan, where he can see the kind of football he grew up with. “That was old-school football that was at its finest,” Mike Stoops said. “You could actually see 22 guys in one camera shot. I don’t know when the last time you could say that about one of our games. We go from this sideline to that sideline. You need three cameras.” Not even the entire Big Ten conference plays that style of football anymore. Former
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Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson has Indiana on the cusp of a second straight bowl game with the same offense that Jason White and Sam Bradford won Heisman trophies in, and Ohio State’s power-spread system put 45 points on the board in Norman on Sept. 17. “That’s just the world we live in, and we know it,”Mike Stoops said before the Sooners’ game against TCU. “It’s not the easiest time to play defense in college. Just because of the game is spread, the tempo, the amount of plays, everything. It’s just different. You can’t get into sub-packages. They make you play with the same people. There’s just a lot of things now that are different. “I’m not a big fan of what’s going on now. It’s, you know what I mean, it’s like basketball on grass. It’s just the way we play it. You can’t put any sub-packages, you gotta play this, they don’t let you sub. Run to the line, let people run and pass, it’s very difficult. It’s a different game, but it is what it is.” As the season has unfolded, injuries and attrition thinning out his depth chart, Mike Stoops has been forced to shuffle between various personnel groupings, trying to find the right answers for the high-powered offensive systems like Texas Tech’s that attack him — and his defense — from all directions. Jesse Pound
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