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n OU biology research- understanding bioelectric siger has received a grant naling systems, like our brains, to conduct research on muscles and heart. a topic that’s particular shocking Markham’s current project is — electric fish. focused on understanding the O U B i o l o g y r e s e a r c h - weakly electric fish’s bioelectric er Michael Markham earned energy requirements and how a $716,000 National Science they are optimized to use the Foundation CAREER least amount of energy grant to support a to achieve the greatSEE five-year project est amount of inforresearching the mation transfer, he MORE ONLINE biology of electric said. Visit OUDaily.com fish. The research The weakfor an audio recording may eventually be ly electric fish of the fish sending out able to be used in Markham works electric pulses. medical research, with communicate according to an OU and observe the world press release. Real world through electric signals, applications could include the Markham said. By sending brief creation of biological pacemak- electric fields with a specialized ers, Markham said. electric organ in their tails, the Markham said that in the most fish “see” by detecting distorgeneral terms, he is interested in tions of the electric field created
by their surroundings, he said. Markham said he uses the electric fish model because they use exactly the same molecular mechanisms as our bodies to produce their electric signals. Markham explained how the fishes’ current-generating organs operate on the same principle as the sodium channels in human cells. The fishes’ cells in their electric organ have a very high number of these channels and generate an electrical current when all channels are open. “One of the reasons we study these fish is because the energy required for this system is really extreme,” he said. “They discharge 500 times per second, 24 hours a day for their entire lifetime.”
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Kate Acone is the only undergraduate in her major. Kaitlyn Dorrough is one of four undergraduates in her major. The same goes for Caitlin Keefe. OU has 166 majors, ranging from advertising, to electrical engineering, to stage management. Biology, the most popular major in the College of Ar ts and Sciences, has 1,365 undergraduate students, according to records provided by the college. Meanwhile, Everyone sort some programs are much smaller, such as the piano of looks out for pedagogy program in the themselves in a Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts, which only has bigger major.” one undergraduate. KATIE ACONE, In the case of piano PIANO PEDAGOGY SENIOR pedagogy, its lone undergraduate is Kate Acone. Acone has taken courses in which she has been the only student. “I’m the only one in a very personalized program,” Acone said. Instead of feeling lonely in her classes, Acone said she loves the personalized attention she receives as the only piano pedagogy undergraduate. The pedagogy program’s small size means Acone is very close with her professors, Acone said. Within two weeks of starting the piano BY THE pedagogy program, proNUMBERS fessors were asking Acone if she needed any help and OU majors if there was anything they Total could do for her. majors However, while Acone at OU, ranging from is the only piano pedaadvertising to stage gogy undergraduate, she management doesn’t spend all her time in classes with just herself and a professor. There are about 15 graduate students Students in biology, in the piano pedagogy prothe most popular major in the College gram who share some of her of Arts and Sciences classes, Acone said. Acone also takes courses with Piano pedagogy piano performance majors. undergraduate Before she changed her student major to piano pedagogy her sophomore year, Acone was a zoology major. She has found that the smaller piano program is more intimate than her former program, she said. “Everyone sort of looks out for themselves in a bigger major,” Acone said.
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Annual OU Libraries book sale event starts Wednesday An assortment of cheap books will be sold for less than $2 this week DANA BRANHAM
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An array of cheap books will be offered to students Wednesday and Thursday as part of OU Libraries’ annual sidewalk book sale. The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the south side of Bizzell Memorial Library’s Neustadt Wing. The books in the sale are often gifts to the library donated by the public or by retiring professors, said Starla Doescher, head of acquisitions for OU Libraries. Because the books are donations, the types of books in the sale vary from year to year. “They’re just a complete assortment of things,” Doescher said. Hardback books will be sold for $2, paperbacks will WEATHER Partly cloudy today with a high of 88, low of 67. Follow @AndrewGortonWX on Twitter for weather updates.
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be $1 and magazines will be 50 cents. Doescher said students should attend the book sale both Wednesday and Thursday for extra discounts, as they generally cut prices on the second day. “So even if they’ve bought some the first day, they might get some really good bargains the next day,” Doescher said. Dana Branham branham.dana@gmail.com
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Art, technology and culture junior Kaitlyn Dorrough is one of four undergraduate students in her program, according to university records. Because OU’s art, technology and culture program is small, its undergraduates have formed a tight-knit group, Dorrough said. The majors spend three-hour long studio classes together and are expected to collaborate on projects and critique each other’s work, Dorrough said. In her classes, input from other students is crucial, which fosters a collaborative environment, Dorrough said. Dorrough has had as few as four other students in her classes, she said. In addition to the other undergraduates majoring in art, technology and culture, broadcast and electronic media majors and visual communication majors attend some of Dorrough’s classes, she said. Because of the cooperative environment, Dorrough’s courses are unlike larger lecture classes. For example, students don’t just sit and listen to a professor while taking notes, Dorrough said. In Dorrough’s classes, ethics and religion junior Caitlin Keefe has noticed her philosI know the large ophy courses also encourage majors work really more discussion than large lecture classes. hard to make sure Keefe, one of four students all their students get studying ethics and religion in the philosophy deattention also.” partment, did not know her VICTORIA STURTEVANT, major was so small when she COLLEGE OF ARTS AND declared it last year. SCIENCES ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR Though one of her ethics ACADEMIC PROGRAMS and religion classes only had five students, she is grouped with philosophy majors in most of her classes, Keefe said. Typically, her classes have about 20 students, Keefe said. Liberal arts and social science programs, such as ethics and religion, typically have lower enrollment numbers than other programs, said George Bogaski, an academic counseling professor for University College. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs, as well as business programs, are the fastest growing in the university and have very high enrollment numbers, Bogaski said. Pre-health majors and majors that prepare student for
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undergraduate students = 100 enrolled with the Norman campus medical school, such as biology, also tend to be very popular, said Victoria Sturtevant, associate dean for academic programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. Whatever the size of their major, college faculty members strive to make students’ experiences as personal as possible, Sturtevant said. “I know the large majors work really hard to make sure that all their students get attention also,” Sturtevant said. An advantage of larger major programs is that they tend to have more resources and advisers available, Sturtevant said. Personalized help is available to all students, no matter their major’s size, said Keefe, who is taking pre-medicine classes in addition to her major courses. However, students in more popular majors may have to take more initiative to receive personalized attention. Even in the large science courses Keefe takes to fulfill her pre-medicine requirements, Keefe said she receives personal attention from her professors by visiting them during office hours. Kate Bergum kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu
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OU’s Student Government Association will offer organizations more assistance through a new organization called Registered Student Organization Consulting. The new program will work to help registered student organizations that are struggling to govern, finance or publicize their group, SGA president Matt Epting said. SGA currently helps fund student organizations, but members of SGA hope to do more, Epting said. “We want to do more than just funding,” Epting said.
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The Student Government Association will offer counseling to student organizations through a program called Registered Student Organization Consulting.
The executive branch of SGA already includes a department for assisting student organizations, but the consulting program will be more formal and more focused on solving the organizations’ problems, Epting said. “Student organizations can approach us, and other students can sit down and
compare them with other organizations’ best practices,” Epting said. The new program will be run completely by student members of the Department of Student Organization, which is part of SGA’s executive branch, Epting said. This program is modeled in part by The Oklahoma Group, a pro-bono
consulting firm for non-profit organizations, Epting said. The RSO Consulting program has already received 11 applications from various student organizations, Epting said. Students can apply for consultation for their groups online. To apply, students will need to provide information about their organization, such as contact information and what kind of problems the organization is having, according to the RSO Consulting web page. There is no deadline to apply for consultation, and it is only open to registered student organizations, Epting said. Page Jones page.c.jones-1@ou.edu
Continued from page 1 Because the energy demand is so high, Markham’s research group is looking at specific adapted mechanisms in the fish that may make them particularly energy efficient, he said. “An analogue that you can think of is the human heart,” Markham said. “It’s got to beat 60 to 100 times a second every day for your entire life.” The cells in the human heart must deal with some of the same energetic demands these specialized cells in the fish do, he said. “In fact, one of the precursors of heart failure is malfunctioning of the sodium-potassium pumps in the heart muscle,” he said. Another application that can potentially arise from this study is a small biological generator, like a biological pacemaker, he said. As a part of this project, Markham plans to continue his educational software and lesson plan development, ranging from the kindergarten to undergraduate level, and to continue to train undergraduate and graduate students in his own lab and department. According to his project overview, Markham also plans to expand his existing outreach program, “The Electric Fish Roadshow,” with the goals of stimulating interest and literacy in science from children to the elderly.
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“It took a while for the guy to get there, but the driver did call and let us know he was there. He was funny and we were joking around with him.” BECCA ENGLE, PSYCHOLOGY SENIOR
“I haven’t had a reason to use it, but I think that Saferide ... prevents students from getting into sticky situations.” TASHINGA NCUBE, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN
“For the most part, it was pretty good. The only drawback was that everyone tried to go out at the same time, so you’d have like a 45 minute wait.”
“The drive was good. It’s just the wait time that sucks.” FARIA CHOWDHURY, BIOLOGY JUNIOR
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Students can learn about absentee voting, register to vote and hear from an Oklahoma state senator at an event on Oct. 6. The Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice and Students for Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights are hosting the event, called “Politics and Pizza.” The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Free pizza PHOTO PROVIDED and drinks will be served. Sen. Connie Johnson will attend Sen. Connie Johnson, the “Politics and Pizza” event to D-Oklahoma City, will teach the importance of voting. attend the event to discuss the history of voting, as well as the mechanics of voting, including absentee voting and emergency voting, said Mary McMahan, intern for the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice. The event aims to teach students the importance of voting. “Voting is your chance to step up and let your elected officials know you’re watching, you’re engaged and that you care,” McMahan said. Caitlin Schachter, News Reporter
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SafeRide in need of major overhaul Our View: SafeRide needs to be revamped as
a student-run organization, and students need to make appropriate use of the existing voucher system. On Monday we published a story detailing Yellow Cab of Norman’s possible SafeRide contract violations with OU. The article is part of an ongoing investigation into SafeRide, an OU program that provides free transportation to students within Norman from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. The Daily began investigating the company and its alleged violations after being contacted by a former employee about possible misconduct and reviewing police reports. Since then, four other former Yellow Cab of Norman employees have come forward with similar allegations of contract violations. We felt it necessary to report on our current findings because, as OU students, our student fees fund the SafeRide program. In other words, if abuses of the program are taking place, it is at our expense. We deserve to know how safe the weekend transportation service really is, and we feel other members of the OU community do as well. In fact, we propose OU develop and implement an entirely new free transportation program as an alternative to using a contracted taxi service. We urge university officials to consider redesigning the SafeRide service to be operated by trained student employees, much like existing programs at the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University. We would rather our student fees go to funding other students’ university salaries as our SafeRide
drivers, especially if outside taxi companies cannot responsibly meet their SafeRide contract requirements. In fact, university transportation programs run by students already exist at several other colleges and could be used as models for OU’s SafeRide program. For example, Texas A&M University has a student-run, non-profit organization called CARPOOL that provides free rides to anyone in the College Station, Texas area who needs a ride from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday. CARPOOL goes above and beOur View is yond most university transportathe majority tion programs because it provides opinion of a “free, safe, nonjudgmental ride The Daily’s nine-member home” to Aggies as well as nonstueditorial board dents who call the organization’s number, according to the program’s website. CARPOOL is run through sponsorship, tax-deductible donations and fundraising rather than extensive university funding. Furthermore, we know that revamping SafeRide along the lines of CARPOOL could work because its tenants have been successfully implemented at the University of Missouri through its STRIPES program. STRIPES was inspired by CARPOOL and is also completely student-run and funded through the Missouri Students Association, donors, tips and the support of local businesses, according to the program’s website. Rather than getting hung up on the specifics of Yellow Cab of Norman’s alleged contract abuse, our question is why was SafeRide ever run through
outside contracts and university funding in the first place? OU spent about $160,000 on SafeRide during the 2013-2014 academic year, an amount that could be better spent by hiring student drivers at reasonable stipend rates or by turning the program into a volunteer-run operation as CARPOOL and STRIPES are. In the meantime, we still want students to get home safely, and we urge students to use OU’s current SafeRide program appropriately. You only need one SafeRide voucher per ride to cover a car-full of students — each student does not need an individual voucher if they’re riding in a group to a single destination. Giving out more vouchers than necessary is essentially giving away unearned university funds. To get the ball rolling on improving SafeRide, we encourage students to contact Student Government Association and let them know we’d like to see resolutions calling for an overhaul of the SafeRide program. Students can also contact SGA members by submitting the problem to the SGATeam on SGA’s website. SafeRide is a program to keep students safe, so let’s take ownership of the service to make it secure and beneficial.
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ou know the weather is nice on campus when the trashcans are filled with bees and wasps. The bushes lining many sidewalks and academic buildings are also filled with bees. Bees are important environmentally and agriculturally but can also be a source of anxiety. Bees. Fuzzy, cute little critters that aid pollination and make people like me go into anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction. The USDA website states that only one or two out of 1000 members of the general population is hypersensitive or allergic to bee or wasp stings. Considering OU had almost 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled on the Norman campus last year and a similar amount this year, odds are that 20 to 40 people — not counting faculty, staff, graduate students and visitors — are also sensitive to bee stings. If you’ve never been stung or tested, you may be allergic and not even know it. I don’t know if the USDA website is including only people with known sensitivities, so note that my 20-40 figure is a conservative estimate. Even if most people won’t die if stung by a wasp or bee, is death really the extreme needed to show that the bees in high-traffic areas can be a problem? A classmate who was not allergic got stung by a wasp last week, and her hand swelled up like a balloon. This isn’t fun or optimal for note-taking. The good news is that most insects will not attack if left alone. The bad news is, if provoked, bees will
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Trash piles up in a campus trashcan on a home game day. The trash problem, not only on campus, but all over the area raises concerns about bees being provoked, stinging students and causing major health problems for those Sooners hypersentive to bee stings.
defensively sting. The worse news is that bees are hanging out in the trashcans at OU so that if you throw something away, you risk provoking them. At the same time, bees are not the enemy. MacArthur Fellow Marla Spivak said on the TEDGlobal stage last year that in the U.S., the bee population has dropped from 4.5 million in 1945 to about 2 million. With the bee decline comes increased cost of production and lower crop yield, which was estimated in 2011 to cost $5.7 million globally per year. How to reconcile this love-hate relationship with
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bees? Put one of those rotating lids on the trashcans for starters! A physical barrier is a one-time cost that doesn’t raise the same concerns pesticides do. T h e U. S. i s l o s i n g 3 0 percent of bees annually and federal tax incentives should be applied to those who provide permanent pollinator sources, according to a recent New York Times opinion column. OU should consider implementing a bee garden, like the University of California at Berkley. While safer trashcans would be a good state, a garden would be a more attractive place for bees deliberately
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iven Apple’s track record, few would have guessed that the Cupertino company would have released a device as massive as the iPhone 6 Plus. Heck, even Steve Jobs himself ridiculed the idea of a big phone. But now, long after big phones have become standard on competitors’ devices, one branded by Apple finally exists. The real question is, though: is it any good?
THE GOOD First and foremost, the screen is amazing! Apple made a big deal about the iPhone 6 Plus’s 401-pixel-per-inch resolution, which looks the same as most HD TVs, but that’s not what I find so amazing about it. And to be fair, many high-end Android phones have had that resolution for about a year now. No, what I love about this screen are the colors. They just pop. One of the big reasons for this is the vastly improved contrast ratio, which also allows for more detail to be shown in darker images. Viewing angles, too, are far superior to my old iPhone 5. On the 5, I could only turn it about 65 degrees before the colors started to wash out. On my 6 Plus, it was closer to 85 degrees. That’s almost completely vertical. Another thing I really love about this screen is how easy it is to see it in direct sunlight. This is a big plus for anyone who spends a lot of time outside like I do. The reason for this is the new iPhone screen’s super high brightness levels and low screen reflectance. THE BAD I’m a guy with pretty average-sized hands, but this thing is impossible for me to use one handed. My thumb just can’t reach everything on the screen. Apple claims that their “reachability” feature, which temporarily moves all of the content on the screen down to match the original iPhone’s height with just a double tap on the home button, addresses this issue. It doesn’t on the iPhone 6 Plus. In order for me to reach the home button I
have to awkwardly shift my hand toward the bottom of the phone, which feels a bit precarious to say the least. Really, the easiest way to get to the home button is to use my other hand, and if I’m using both hands, why use the reachability feature at all? Worst of all, the keyboard is too wide for me to reach all of the keys. Because of this, texting with one hand has become a thing of the past for me. This is the biggest problem with the iPhone 6 Plus. It’s a two-handed phone, and unless you’re an NBA player, there’s really no way around that unfortunate fact. It is worth noting, however, that I haven’t had any of these issues when testing out my friend’s regular-sized iPhone 6. It may not be as easy to use with one hand as the older iPhones, but it’s not a chore like it is on the 6 Plus. Another problem with the Plus is the way some of the apps resize themselves on the bigger display. I’ve encountered several, for instance, that stay the same size as the old 4-inch iPhone 5 and leave a ton of black space on the screen around it. Other apps scale up to fit the entire screen, but the text and images look a little fuzzy. It’s not a big problem, though, as all of the Apple apps and web content look great. Plus, the issues with the other apps can be easily fixed with an update from the app developer.
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The new iPhone 6 Plus (right) is much bigger than its counterpart (left). Is the size difference worth it?
safe to say that the iPhone 6 Plus didn’t leave me disappointed. On average, on auto-brightness, I get about 48 hours of use before I have to charge it again. That number includes activities such as phone calls, lots of texting, almost constant use of the music player, web surfing, the occasional use of the GPS and various news apps. For comparison, I got about a third of that time on my old iPhone 5. The camera is also one of the Plus’ highlights. Although it still packs an 8 MP sensor like its predecessors, it now has better light sensitivity. That means any pictures you take in a darker environment will look much clearer. The image processing has also been improved, which also allows for a much better shot in darker places. The Plus also sports OIS, or optical image stabilization, which prevents the camera from shaking even though you might be. That’s great news for people who like to take video. Go Pros feature the same technology and it is the reason that the videos they take THE HIGHLIGHTS There’s more to a phone than its display, look so smooth despite all the movement however. One of the most important things going on under them. OIS isn’t just good in a smartphone is its battery life, and it’s for video, though. It also allows for better
low-light shots. The camera can also shoot even slower slo-mo than the previous iPhone, recording 240 FPS, or frames per second. There is also a new time lapse feature for more extensive projects. In my experience, the camera takes some fantastic shots for a cell phone. It still doesn’t hold a candle to my point-and-shoot, let alone my DSLR, but for day-to-day stuff it really shines. I can’t comment on how well it compares to other top phones, but it blows away the shooters on my iPhone 5 and Galaxy S II. THE VERDICT Overall, the iPhone 6 Plus is an amazing piece of hardware. Its screen, camera and battery are all truly outstanding. On the other hand, it really is a bit cumbersome. It’s a two-handed phone, and if you are someone who likes to be able to send texts with one hand, then you probably won’t like this phone. It also isn’t very skinny-jean friendly. If the size doesn’t bother you, though, I’d say it’s arguably the best phone on the market right now.
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Public speaking workshop to offer nerve calming tips Counselor to lead event, speak from personal experience
his speaking techniques from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday in Wagner Hall, room 250. “Public speaking is like theatre,” Kerswill said. “It is OGEOMA MBARAONYE Life & Arts Reporter storytelling.” @ogeoma_E This is something Kerswill believes and also learned “When I got hooked to the from his professors during microphone, that is when it his undergraduate years at hit me that there are 500 peo- OU, where he studied politiple in this room and they are cal science and history. all looking at me,” Nathan Though Kerswill did not PHOTO PROVIDED Kerswill said. recall having much public Nathan Kerswill, a University Kerswill, a University anxiety about speaking when College academic counselor, College academic counsel- he was a student, he feels will lead a public speakor, looked out there are a few ing techniques workshop into the sea of keys to conquer- Wednesday. pe ople, hesiing the crowds tating to begin — practice and him. the speech that confidence. Another thing Kerswill would open “Always know the conference you are the ex- considers is vocabulary he was attendpert on the sub- and audience awareness. Public “It is important to recing. He took a ject,” Kerswill d e e p b r e a t h speaking is like said. “Do not be ognize who you are talking and spoke to the because to, and what level of votheatre. It is afraid, audience, and you p ro bab l y cabulary they are going to storytelling.” know more than have,” Kerswill said. once he got his Though deep breathing ner ves under your audience.” NATHAN KERSWILL, control, Kerswill Kerswill has and careful word choice UNIVERSITY COLLEGE said the expe- ACADEMIC COUNSELOR even taken ad- are just a few ways to keep rience proved v i c e f ro m h i s the stage fright at bay, to be a positive students, who Kerswill will share other one. have given him tips and tricks for public It was experiences like feedback on his own speak- speaking and for students Children Chil dren en—tto o King Kin Ki nclearly, Size looking to improve their these that led him to explore Ch ingildr skills speak public speaking abilities. and teach public speaking and not too fast. techniques. Because public His best trick, he said, is speaking can be a frighten- taking deep breaths before ing concept for students and speaking. Kerswill said this Ogeoma Mbaraonye ogeoma.e.mbaraonye-1@ lecturers with little crowd ex- technique calms the mind ou.edu perience, Kerswill will share and has worked very well for
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Mayfield rumors persist Latest report indicates transfer QB will likely sit out for 2014 season JOE MUSSATTO Sports Editor @joe_mussatto
PLAYER PROFILE Baker Mayfield
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The roller coaster ride regarding his eligibility status Quarterback continued for Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield on Monday as reports indicated the Texas Tech transfer will not Statistics (2013): be allowed to suit up this season. 218 of 340 Citing a source, The Oklahoman’s Ryan Aber was first to passing for 2,315 report that Mayfield won’t receive an extra year of eligibility yards, or be allowed to play in 2014. Both the NCAA and Big 12 denied Mayfield’s appeal, according to the report. 12 TD, 9 INT Because he wasn’t under scholarship at Texas Tech, Mayfield tried to navigate past conference rules that punish players who transfer within the conference. to his old position if something were “In the event NCAA regulations to happen to Knight. Co-offensive require the student-athlete to comcoordinator Josh Heupel has been plete one full academic year in resicareful to keep Knight away from dence before being eligible to comcontact. pete in a sport, the student-athlete Monday’s report comes a week shall also forfeit one season of comafter a local television station repetition in that sport,� the Big 12 ported that Mayfield had won his elConference Handbook reads. igibility appeal. Mayfield transferred to Oklahoma Despite the wide-ranging specafter his freshman campaign last We just keep getting him ulation, the coaching staff and season. After not being guaranteed a Mayfield are continuing on as usual. scholarship at Texas Tech, the quarready, we prepare him... “We just keep getting him ready, terback came to Norman despite He’s the kind of kid that at a we prepare him,� co-offensive coknowing he’d likely be behind sophomore Trevor Knight on the depth minutes notice we could bring ordinator Jay Norvell said. “He’s the chart. him up and he’ll be ready to kind of kid that at a minutes notice we could bring him up and he’ll be The Austin, Texas, native was play.� ready to play.� named Big 12 Offensive Freshman Pete Moris, assistant athletics diof the Year in 2013 after passing JAY NORVELL, rector, could not disclose any inforfor more than 2,300 yards in just CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR mation when asked for comment. seven starts for the Red Raiders. But The athletic department hasn’t isMayfield left Lubbock, Texas, after a sued a statement on the situation. tumultuous year and said OU was where he wanted to be. If the reports are true, Mayfield will not be eligible to His decision was based off more than just football. “Oklahoma is just a better academic opportunity as well,� suit up for the Sooners until next season. “Those are things that are out of his control and out of he told ESPN.com’s Jake Trotter in January. “It’s just a better our control so it is what it is right now and we’ll continue school. It’s just a better opportunity for me at this point.� Mayfield would’ve occupied the second spot on the quar- to move forward,� co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel terback depth chart but if the reports are true, the Sooners said. must consider alternate routes. Redshirt freshman Cody Thomas is penciled in as the Joe Mussatto, jmussatto@ou.edu back up, but senior tight end Blake Bell could revert back
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Ford likely out against TCU Starting running back Keith Ford will likely miss the TCU game this weekend, coach Bob Stoops said at his weekly press conference. Ford missed the West Virginia game two weeks ago after suffering a minor leg injury against Tennessee. The bye week was helpful for Ford, but the sophomore is still not healthy enough to play. Freshman standout Samaje Perine will again fill the starting role after exploding on the scene in an impressive performance against the Mountaineers. Perine says he’ll be ready any time his number is called. “I’m always prepared to do what I have to do to help the team,� Perine said.
Offense preparing for stout TCU defense Two weeks ago, the Sooners saw one of the most potent offenses they will see this year in West Virginia. This week, the team will face arguably the best defense on its schedule. Even without Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Devonte Fields, the Horned Frogs’ defense is still stout. “They do a great job,� co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. They see their keys really well and they make you earn everything.� One thing that won’t be new to the Sooners is the opposing defense stacking the box, hoping to prevent the run that’s worked so well for Oklahoma thus far. “You run the ball the way we have the last couple weeks, people are going to load it up on you,� Heupel said.
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