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12/6/2008, 03:51 AM
Stoops: English ready for limited duty
December 5, 2008 5:43 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- I just returned from the afternoon press conferences with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel. As with most of these day-before-the-game media confabs, little new information was revealed.
One interesting report from Stoops is that injured Oklahoma defensive end Auston English might be able to see action in 20-25 snaps tomorrow night. English, the preseason's Big 12 defensive player of the year has missed his last three games after sustaining a sprained knee against Nebraska on Nov. 1.
"He's practiced more and more thorugh the week," Stoops said. "We're optimistic that he'll give us 20-25 snaps. But we'll see. We want to make sure that he feels good about it tomorrow and when he goes in he's comfortable."
Stoops also said that English's conditioning shouldn't be a concern with that amount of work.
And Pinkel said that tight end Chase Coffman willl see action, although he is not at peak conditioning because of a lingering problem with turf toe.
"He played at about 80 percent last week and we expect him to play about the same this week," Pinkel said.
Coffman ranked fifth nationally with a per-game average of 7.90 catches per game. He missed two games before returning for six receptions for 53 yards and two TDs last week in the Tigers' loss to Kansas.
December 5, 2008 5:43 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Griffin
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- I just returned from the afternoon press conferences with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Missouri coach Gary Pinkel. As with most of these day-before-the-game media confabs, little new information was revealed.
One interesting report from Stoops is that injured Oklahoma defensive end Auston English might be able to see action in 20-25 snaps tomorrow night. English, the preseason's Big 12 defensive player of the year has missed his last three games after sustaining a sprained knee against Nebraska on Nov. 1.
"He's practiced more and more thorugh the week," Stoops said. "We're optimistic that he'll give us 20-25 snaps. But we'll see. We want to make sure that he feels good about it tomorrow and when he goes in he's comfortable."
Stoops also said that English's conditioning shouldn't be a concern with that amount of work.
And Pinkel said that tight end Chase Coffman willl see action, although he is not at peak conditioning because of a lingering problem with turf toe.
"He played at about 80 percent last week and we expect him to play about the same this week," Pinkel said.
Coffman ranked fifth nationally with a per-game average of 7.90 catches per game. He missed two games before returning for six receptions for 53 yards and two TDs last week in the Tigers' loss to Kansas.