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I WAS CONFUSED AND LOST AND DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO. an account of sexual assault
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young m a n associated with the OU Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity was charged with sexual battery Saturday. This news hit an emotional trigger for me but reminded me that one man does not represent the whole fraternity. I attended another college before transferring to OU. I was involved in greek life and had many friends in different houses. One in particular was the brother fraternity to my sorority. One of the brothers in that house sexually assaulted me. It was the fraternity’s Beer Olympics Night — but many of us consumed more than beer — me included. My sorority sisters and several girls from another sorority were still there, and I never felt uncomfortable or
threatened. The one brother started to talk to me. We never met, but we had heard of each other. He handed me a drink, and I accepted it but didn’t drink it, because I knew I needed to be fit to walk to my dorm. A few minutes passed, and he started to physically force me to drink it. I wasn’t strong enough to resist. He left after I started to shriek a little and people started looking at us. He returned a few minutes later and became forceful again. He backed me into a corner, pinned me against a wall and tugged at my shorts. I was almost paralyzed in shock. I blacked out at that point, and nothing is clear until I felt a hand shake my left shoulder as my right side was pressed on a hard, uncomfortable surface. I was in a parking lot near
my dorm. The hand belonged to a girl I recalled being at the house, and two others stood behind her. At that point I felt pain in my vaginal area and found abrasions when I went to shower. I was confused and lost and didn’t know what to do. I thought it would be a social sacrifice if I made my sisters confront the fraternity’s board. I was ashamed because I thought of all the ways I could have prevented it. I could have left early, I didn’t have to drink, I didn’t even need to go to the party. I didn’t report it because of those thoughts. I couldn’t bear to confront my parents about it either. I still haven’t. Looking back now, I realize I shouldn’t have seen it as a threat to the relationship between the houses. It was an individual matter. He was a
piece of shit who took advantage of me. I do not hold a grudge on the fraternity, the public shouldn’t either in the OU Phi Delta Theta case. One person’s actions is not the fault of the fraternity — place your anger upon the guilty. Sexual assault is a universal problem, but I feel it’s highlighted on college campuses and even more so in greek life. I may be wrong, but this is what is often highlighted on television. I applaud the person who turned in the OU fraternity member arrested for sexual battery this weekend. The girl who was assaulted may be able to sleep a little better knowing he didn’t get away with it. And to the young woman who was ass au l t e d , d o n ’ t l e t this sit in your head. Please reach out and talk to someone. You are strong and will get through this.
- ANONYMOUS Editor’s note: The following column was written by a student in the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication who wishes to remain anonymous. In the past, when covering sexual assault, we have allowed sources to remain anonymous for their protection.
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Complex still under construction New apartments were contracted to be finished by fall JESSE POUND News Editor @jesserpound
Students planning to live in one of Norman’s new luxury student apartments were told just a few weeks before school started that some of the units would not be completed in time for the start of the fall semester. The Millennium apartment complex , located east of campus on Lindsey Street, was slated to be ready to accommodate all of
its students at the beginning of the fall semester, but the large amount of rain in May caused a delay in construction, Ken Cope, a vice president of multifamily for Real Capital Solutions, said in an email. Real Capital Solutions is the owner of Millennium, Cope said in the email. Sixty-four percent of students moved in the weekend before school started, Cope said in the email. Twentyone percent were scheduled to move in this past weekend, but that was pushed back again. The new target date is this upcoming weekend, but Cope said in the email that this is a flexible
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Construction continues on the Millennium Apartments located east of campus on Lindsey Street Monday, August 31, 2015. An excessive amount of rain caused a delay in the completion of the new apartment complex. During the weekend before school, only 64 percent of the Millennium’s tenants were able to move in. The final 15 percent of tenants are scheduled to move in Sep. 15.
target and could conceivably be moved up. The students will not be allowed to move in until their units are deemed livable, Cope said in the email. “We’re not corner cutters,” Cope said in the email. While the students are displaced, they do not have to pay rent at Millennium, Cope said in the email. Millennium has also offered to pay for the residents to live at different apartment complexes while their units are being finished. Students who have already moved in haven’t been completely pleased w i t h t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e. Elementary education junior Courtney Smith said her apartment suffered from some wiring mishaps, forcing her to turn on the closet light in order to watch TV. Wiring mistakes in a new building are “extremely normal,” Cope said, and not all issues can be caught until people move in to the units and begin to use all of the utilities. A final 15 percent are scheduled to move in on Sept. 15, Cope said in an email. Calls went out to the displaced students the week before the move-in date, Noel Wellman, a Spanish education junior, said. Students were first told that they would be able to move in on Aug. 15, but then the renters were called in early August to be informed that the date had b e en pushed back until Aug. 23, Wellman said. “They didn’t give me a reason. It was weird. They just literally said it’s been
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Construction continues on the Millennium Apartments located on east Lindsey Street on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, and it has been reported that tenants are now scheduled to move in Sept. 15.
pushed back,” Wellman said. The date was later pushed back to Aug. 29, Wellman said, but then date was then pushed back again, when Millennium sent out text messages and emails on Friday night to inform residents they would not be able to move in the next day. The displaced residents have been encouraged to come and use Millennium’s amenities, such as the pool, Wellman said. Wellman is, instead, livi ng w i t h h e r m o t h e r i n Oklahoma City so she would not have to deal with the hassle of moving twice. She planned on walking to school from Millennium, and now she said she has a 30-minute commute by car. Wellman said that she will
not have to pay rent for the time she is not in the apartment because she is living at home. Emma Boyer, a film studies and mechanical engineering sophomore, said she went in two weeks ago to ask about the delay and was told that the buildings were still awaiting fire permits. Boyer, who will be living in the same apartment as Wellman, lived in the Varsity House apartment complex at Millennium’s expense. Boyer said that she was not worried about the safety of the building. “I know that when you’re making a building, (the permit) is one of the last things that happens, so I understand that that’s something they need to do,” Boyer said.
Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey of Norman said the city would not allow residents to move in until the s ection of the complex where they will be living obtains at least a temporary certificate of residency. “We don’t want to open it up prematurely and risk the safety of any of the students,” Bailey said. The temporary certificate simply means the building is safe to live in, and the building will not receive a full certificate of occupancy until it is completely finished, Bailey said. Jesse Pound jesserpound@gmail.com
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Ex-Phi Delt arrested in sex assault OU senior allegedly groped woman at party PAGE JONES
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The former president of the Alpha chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity was arrested on charges of sexual battery on Aug. 29 at a fraternity party in Oklahoma City. Luke Kiron was arrested for allegedly reaching u n d e r n e at h a w o ma n ’s skirt and groping her at a co-sponsored fraternity event at the Diamond Ba l l ro o m i n O k l a h o ma City, according to the police report. The victim was watching a band performing when she said she felt someone come up behind her, reach around her side and put his hand underneath her skirt but not underneath
her tights, according to the report. A witness said the assailant was not pushed into her and both the witness and the victim identified Kiron as the assailant. Kiron was taken into custody by off-duty officers at the event and escorted to the Oklahoma County Jail where he was booked. The victim declined to prosecute, according to the report. Kiron was originally identified by The Daily as the current president of the Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta through the website OrgSync, but was then proven to be the former president by current president Ty Speller. Speller also said in a statement that Kiron has been removed from membership. “We do not condone or support any behavior that would be considered abusive to women. Further, Phi Delta Theta will be a willing and helpful party in any
WHAT HAPPENED
What: arrested for allegedly groping a young woman during a band performance
Who: Luke Kiron, former president of the Alpha chapter of the Phil Delta Theta fraternity
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Luke Kiron is charged with sexual battery after allegedly groping a woman at a frat party on Aug. 29 in Oklahoma City. Kiron was a former president of the Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta at OU.
investigation regarding this matter,” Speller said. “(Kiron) denies the charges against made against him and has no further comment at this time,” John Coyle, Kiron’s lawyer, said in an email.
In a released statement, the national headquarters of Phi Delta Theta said that they are working with OU officials to continue to review the situation and support any investigation that will take place.
Where: Diamond Ballroom, Oklahoma City
“Any action that is abusive or offensive towards women directly contradicts the values of the organization and violates our organizational policies,” said Sean Wagner, associate executive vice president of Phi Delta Theta in the statement. “A zero tolerance for this behavior exists as exhibited by this action.” P a y n e P a r k e r, t h e Inter fraternity Council president at OU, said in an email that IFC has a strong stance against sexual misconduct but will not be dealing with this issue judicially. Instead, the OU Institutional Equity Office
will investigate the matter, not student conduct, according to an email from Steven Ashmore, director of OU Student Conduct. However, before a student can be accused of committing a sexual misconduct offense, an “appropriate investigation’ has to be conducted, according to the email. B o b b y J. M a s o n , t h e OU University Equal Opportunity Officer and T i t l e I X C o o r d i n a t o r, could not be reached for comment. Page Jones pagejones@ou.edu
Fraternity to restore sense of community with new house Kappa Sigma has place to go home to after three years GARRETT WATTS news reporter @GWattsThoughts
The Gamma-Kappa chapter of Kappa Sigma at OU has unveiled a new $7 million fraternity house, ending a nearly three-year period of homelessness for the chapter. The Kappa Sigma chapter started on campus in 1906 and remained active, inhabiting two different houses, until 2009, when the chapter left campus, said Kappa Sigma President Zach Haley. The chapter returned to campus in 2011 and had access to its former fraternity house until it was torn down in 2013, Haley said, leaving the members without a place to gather. Now, having all the brothers under one roof does a great service to building camaraderie among the members, something that was a considerable challenge when the chapter didn’t have a venue to congregate, Haley said. Instead, the chapter was forced to hold meetings inside of OU’s law school. “We never had a common area to meet, so we always had to do meetings on campus,” Haley said. Haley said his favorite feature of the house is being with all of his brothers. “It’s easily accessible — you don’t have to plan to hang out with your brothers. You can just come home from school and kick back. It’s really nice to be under one
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The newly renovated Kappa Sigma fraternity house now has its residents living in the halls. Parts of the house still remain unfinished.
“We never had a common area to meet, so we always had to do meetings on campus.” ZACH HALEY, KAPPA SIGMA PRESIDENT
roof in case we need to call ever yone to a meeting,” Haley said. The project was made a reality by donations from the fraternity’s alumni. There are still donations coming in, Haley said. One such alumnus is acclaimed OU quarterback Steve Owens, who is currently displaying his 1969 Heisman trophy inside the house.
“He’s been at the house a couple of times to hang out with us,” Haley said. The house was designed by local fraternity alumnus Bud Miles. The project was in the works for years with its design continuously evolving over time, said Dennis Wells, the project manager of architecture. The house’s most unique and attractive feature is the varying heights of the surfaces on the house’s exterior in the form of “changes of plane” and “elevation step backs,” Wells said. “I think they wanted to go for a traditional look but Children Chil Ch ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki n Size with a modern twist,” Haley said. “I think we got everything right on this one, everyone is happy with it,” Wells said. The 30,000-square-foot house boasts a full kitchen and three different types of stone. It currently houses 56 members and is expected to house another 15 or 20 when the third floor is completely finished, Dennis said. The basement of the house serves as both a chapter room and a tornado shelter. The fully-staffed kitchTORI CASS/THE DAILY With a newly renovated fraternity house, Kappa Sigma was able to en whips up three meals welcome its new pledges to the organization after bid day. The house a d ay f o r t h e b ro t h e r s, compliments of Keystone was designed by a Kappa Sigma alumnus, Bud Miles. 2409 24 09 S Agnew Agn gnew ew Ave Ave (405) 636-1486 (4 Foodservice, Jack Franken,
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OU is introducing ApplePay on campus this week, becoming the first university in the country to do so, the school announced on Monday. This means that students and faculty will be able to pull out their phones, scan a OUstamped digital credit card and make a purchase at over 400 sale points, straight from their devices. These digital stations will be available at OU’s various restaurants, the bookstore and the One
University Store. No other college has yet rolled out a pay program like this, but over 700 colleges will follow suit soon, Apple CEO Tim Cook said. “When the demand for conveniences and security are at an all-time high, we want our students to have the best opportunities available,” said Erin Yarbrough, the associate vice president of OU web communications, marketing and new media. “We are leading the way for innovation in higher education, and this is just another example of how students can experience new technology in their everyday lives at OU.” Tanner Osborne Tannerosborne84@yahoo.com
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New desks to aid OU community Standing desks to benefit sedentary students, faculty MARY SMITH News Reporter
A standing desk may seem strange to some, but to several of OU’s staff, a standing desk may become the new normal. Healthy Sooners has been promoting a program in the past year called Sooners Stand for Health. It allows departments or individuals to apply for or purchase, at a discount, a standing desk of their own. “Healthy Sooners’ mission is to provide a supportive
culture of physical and mental well-being to inspire employees to make healthy lifestyle choices,” Healthy Sooners Wellness Coordinator Lindsay Mitchell said. Research shows that sitting for sustained periods of time can be bad for human health and result in side effects, ranging from fatigue and muscle pain to an increased risk for diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, Mitchell said. Danielle Cox, a physical therapist at Goddard Health Center, sees a lot of the negative impacts derived from prolonged sitting. “I treat ma ny c h ro n i c p o stu ra l
conditions in the clinic that are directly related to impaired postures with prolonged sitting and postural deconditioning,” Cox said. Too much sitting affects metabolism and contributes to obesity, whereas standing calls for more muscle use and, thus, more calorie burn, Cox said. While too much sitting can be bad for your health, too much standing can have its negative effects as well. “Standing in one spot for several hours throughout the day puts undue stress on the low back, knee, ankles … contributing to pain, especially if the person is overweight or obese,” Cox said.
The s olution? An appropriate balance of both. Malinda Williams, the assistant director for Fitness and Recreation, has a standing desk and has found that involving a combination of sitting and standing in her day to be key. “I would have to say that on the days that I stand, I feel better both mentally and physically,” Williams said, “I would not recommend going from sitting all the time to standing all of the time. Just like any other change, gradually increasing standing time … helps to get the body acclimated to it.” Williams’s colleague, Amy Davenport, the director of Health and Fitness, has a standing desk as well and shares a similar sentiment. “Its nice to sit down then stand up because I get tired of sitting … When you sit too long its just really not good for you,” Davenport said. However, she said standing makes it hard for her to concentrate on certain tasks, so she resorts to planning her sitting-standing schedule by the tasks she has to complete. Overall, the standing desk has made a good impression on both professionals and consumers alike and may be the kind of activity needed in a sedentary workplace. SIANDHARA BONNET/THE DAILY
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OU is now offering faculty standing desks. They are able to adjust to standing or sitting level.
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Malinda Williams, assistant director for fitness and recreation, uses a standing desk during her work hours. OU is now offering the desks to faculty.
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Daniel Pae, chair of the Human Diversity committee of the Undergraduate Student Congress, addresses congress at Devon Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. The Human Diversiy Committee will be in charge of addressing diversity issues on campus and meeting with administrators of the diversity training.
Undergrad Student Congress discusses diversity, traditions w ith adressing diversi- deal with. ty issues on campus and OU/Texas Day will be meeting with the admin- on Oct. 9 this year pendistrators of the diversity ing the approval of the training, said SGA Human president’s office. As far D i v e r s i t y C ha i r D a n i e l as OU traditions go, OU/ Pae. He doesn’t want the Texas Weekend is considBRIANNA SIMS News Reporter success to be based on ered one of the best known. @briannana18 the amount of legislation SGA Problems and Projects they pass but rather on the Chair Nathan Thompson T h e U n d e r g r a d u a t e amount of students they proposed that the Friday Student Congress met for meet and increasing their prior to the game be conthe first time this semester amount of representation. sidered a student holiday to Children Chil Ch ildr dren en tto o King Kin Ki n Size and approved legislation Emily Sample, chair of the allow safe travel to Dallas. Both resolutions passed creating a new committee Undergraduate Student dedicated to diversity on Congress, said transgen- without objection. SGA president Alex campus and deciding on der-safe bathrooms for transgender students would Byron encourag e d stuOU/Texas day. The Human Diversity be something the Human dents at the meeting to Committee will be charged Diversity Committee would get involved in the Sooner
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The Associated Collegiate Press announced today that The Oklahoma Daily is a 2015 Newspaper Pacemaker finalist, the seventh time The Daily has been chosen as a finalist for the award since 1994. Along with being a finalist in the print category, The Daily is also a finalist in the online category, making it a double-Pacemaker finalist. It is the first time The Daily has been a double-Pacemaker finalist since 2007. “This is such an exciting day in the newsroom,” said Judy Gibbs Robinson, the editorial advisor for The Daily. “If it weren’t a dry campus, I think I’d pop a champagne cork to celebrate. It’s that exciting.” Gibbs Robinson said the award is known as the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism, and that she thinks the award is an expectation for The Daily. “There’s a group of the very best schools (nominated for the awards) over and over again,” she said. “We are often in that tier, but not 100 percent of the time. I would like to see The Daily gain the consistency to always be in that tier.” Winners will be announced Oct. 28 through Nov. 1 at the ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Austin, Texas. Judges select winners based on a publication’s coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of in-depth reporting, design, photography, art and graphics.
ACP 2015 NEWSPAPER PACEMAKER FINALISTS • The Crimson White, Univ. of Alabama • The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles • Indiana Daily Student, Indiana Univ. • The Daily News, Ball State Univ. • Minnesota Daily, Univ. of Minnesota • The Daily Tar Heel, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill • The Oklahoma Daily, Univ. of Oklahoma Source: Associated Collegiate Press
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Mom shares story of son’s death Mother of late OU football player aims to create awareness ASSOCIATED PRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The mother of a University of Oklahoma football player who died of a prescription drug overdose shared the story of her son’s death to help launch a public campaign Monday aimed at bringing awareness to the problem of prescription drug abuse. Gail Box, whose late son Austin Box was a linebacker for OU who died in 2011, spoke on the south steps of the state Capitol as part of the Coalition Against Rx (Pres cr iption) Dr ug Epidemic, or CARE. “I live every day with the guilt, the shame and the loss of my wonderful son,” Box said, her voice at times
trembling with emotion. “My family was forever changed on May 19, 2011. I blame myself for not recognizing the signs.” An autopsy on Austin Box showed he had five prescription painkillers and an anti-anxiety drug in his system when he died. Oklahoma’s drug overdose rate increased by nearly 400 percent from 1999 to 2013, and the state currently has the sixth-highe s t u n i nt e nt i o na l d r u g overdose death rate in the U.S., according to the State Department of Health. Gail Box has been an outspoken advocate for stricter laws governing the dispensing of highly abused prescription drugs, and her efforts paid off earlier this year when the Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that requires doctors in Oklahoma to check a
prescription drug database before prescribing certain drugs. The new law takes effect Nov. 1. The database, which is operated by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, includes real-time information on whether that patient has obtained prescriptions from another doctor. Gov. Mary Fallin also has made fighting prescription drug abuse one of her legislative priorities and has worked for more funding for the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, said Steve Buck, the agency’s deputy commissioner. “The great news is that prevention and treatment work,” Buck said. “There is recovery for those who have access to treatment.” According to the State D e p a r t m e nt o f He a l t h,
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Gail Box shares personal thoughts about the impact on her family when her son, Austin Box, a linebacker for OU, died in 2011 from a prescription drug overdose.
about 80 percent of the 4,600 unintentional poisoning deaths in Oklahoma from 2007 to 2013 involved at least one prescription drug.
Two of the most common deaths than alcohol and all prescription painkillers, hy- illegal drugs combined, the drocodone and oxycodone, agency reported. are responsible for more unintentional poisoning
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Mourners link arms as Box’s casket is prepared to be loaded into the hearse. The ceremony took place Friday, May 27, 2011 at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid. Austin Box died on May 19, 2011 after being discovered unconscious in El Reno.
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SPORTS Stoops faces yet another Bowden As the season approaches, several Oklahoma defenders are looking forward to hitting something other than tackle dummies
OU coach looks to remain undefeated versus Bowden clan JOE BUETTNER
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Saturday will serve as a reunion for a few coaches with plenty of experience under their belts. Coach Bob Stoops will reunite with a coaching family he’s seen on multiple occasions. Stoops will once again encounter a Bowden — two, to be exact. OU’s week one opponent is led by head coach Terry Bowden and special teams coordinator Jeff Bowden, sons of Hall of Fame head coach Bobby Bowden. Histor y runs deep for these two prestigious names in the game of college football. Each Bowden faced Stoops when Stoops was a defensive coordinator at Florida, and Bobby and Jeff were both on the Florida State staff when the Seminoles battled Oklahoma in the 2001 Orange Bowl. Stoops doesn’t recall much from his SEC days facing the Terry Bowden-led Auburn squads. The Akron head coach, on the other hand, remembers plenty about the young defensive coordinator who never lost to his Tigers. “Steve Spurrier never
changed, he was always good,” Terry Bowden said in a teleconference. “He got a lot better with Bob Stoops as his defensive coordinator. It was a thing that took Florida over the top.” Terry Bowden left Auburn in 1998, after six seasons as the lead man for the Tigers. He didn’t get his next head coaching job until 2009, but he stayed close to the game in his absence. Bowden received a call from ABC to become a college football studio analyst in New York following Auburn. He was assigned to his first national championship game in 2001 for Oklahoma and Florida State’s Orange B o w l m e e t i n g . Te r r y watched from the booth as OU held his father’s Florida State team to just two points. Jeff Bowden witnessed it firsthand as the Seminoles’ receivers coach. He also remembered the same Stoops at the Florida who aggressively used bump-and-run coverage to disrupt Jeff Bowden’s receiving corps. “That was my first experience as a receivers coach with (that coverage),” he said. “It was every down. There were some great battles at that time. He put together great, great defenses at Florida those years.” While the four coaches went down mostly different paths, the culture of coaching at high-level programs is embedded within each of
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Akron head coach Terry Bowden walks the sidelines during the first half of a game against Northern Illinois in DeKalb, Illinois. Bowden will face head coach Bob Stoops this Saturday during the season opener at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium.
them. The high expectations of Oklahoma are no different than those at Florida State, especially during the program’s golden years under Bobby Bowden, which saw nine straight conference titles from 1992-2000 and two national titles. Jeff B ow den coache d alongside his father from 1994-2006 and is no stranger to the pressures of working at a blue blood program. “You learned a lot about high expectations,” Jeff Bowden said. “And those expectations were every year. You planned on being in the national championship or
Saturday when the Sooners and Zips take the field for the first time in the two programs’ histories. “I know what to expect,” Jeff Bowden said. “It’s the kids. They’re going to see TERRY BOWDEN, one of the prettiest teams in AKRON HEAD COACH the country when you go to Oklahoma and play those “We’ve got a chance at guys.” right next to it. I know coach Stoops had the same atti- Akron to go places this university has never gone,” tude as we did.” Terry and Jeff Bowden are Terry Bowden said. “This Joe Buettner joebuet@ou.edu now together at Akron in really was a great opportunipositions they’ve held since ty. I have a lot of friends up here. I want to finish my ca2012. T h e e x p e c t a t i o n s i n reer doing what I started.” As for Jeff, he knows the Akron, Ohio, however, are nowhere near as high as history of Oklahoma and what his players will see Florida State or Oklahoma.
“You planned on being in the national championship or right next to it. I know coach Stoops had the same attitude as we did.”
Zips have tools to hassle Sooners Saturday Akron’s pass-heavy offense could force secondary to step up SPENSER DAVIS Football Reporter @Davis_Spenser
Oklahoma will host the Akron Zips on Saturday as it opens the 2015 season. The Sooners are heavy favorites against Terry Bowden’s squad, but Akron should not be overlooked. As Bob Stoops pointed out Monday, Akron defeated Pittsburgh on the road last season and played a close game with Penn State. Here’s how Oklahoma matches up with the Zips:
Quarterback
One of Akron’s few advantages over Oklahoma is having a more experienced quarterback. Kyle Pohl is entering his third season as the Zips’ signal caller, but he’s had mixed results so far. Pohl is a seasoned veteran with 28 career starts, but he’s been inconsistent throughout his career. Pohl has led Akron to a pair of 5-7 campaigns in the previous two years and had just nine touchdown tosses to eight interceptions last season. Pohl has a career completion percentage just south of 56 percent, Baker Mayfield should not have any problem outdueling his counterpart.
primary replacement, but it’s no matter. Oklahoma’s stable of running backs would stack up well against any team in the country. Alex Ross, who rushed for nearly 600 yards on 6.8 yards per carry as a sophomore, isn’t even on the depth chart this season. True freshman Rodney Anderson was also surprisingly absent despite claims from coach Bob Stoops that the Katy alum would not redshirt this season. As for the running backs who will be on the field, Joe Mixon will make his much-anticipated debut just run through them. against Akron, and Samaje Perine will get to test out his Wide Receiver claim that he can now “run Expect Oklahoma to use a past someone” rather than lot of wide receivers against .
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its nickel package — either a 4-2-5 or a 3-3-5. Either way, the Sooners should look to build experience for younger players like Marquise Overton. With that said, OU will rotate through several different formations and personnel sets against the Zips Akron’s defensive front is anchored with former power-conference talent and All-Mac performers. Defensive lineman Se’Von Pittman, an Ohio State transfer, and linebacker Jatavis Brown will lead the Zips’ defensive front against OU’s attack.
With Akron being a passSecondary heavy squad, Oklahoma will O k l a h o m a’s s e c o n d likely spend a lot of time in ar y is perhaps its most
questionable unit. OU has some experience with junior cornerback Zack Sanchez and junior safety Ahmad Thomas. But most key contributors are classified as freshman or sophomores, and there’s not a senior among them. On the other side, Akron’s secondary is in a state of transition. The Zips graduated its entire two-deep at the safety position last season and has a few players attempting to change positions in order to make up for that loss. Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu
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