2009 schedule is finalized. The last OOC is..........

[Salt City Sooner]

Idaho State.


NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma and Miami, whose original football date in 2009 was lost to a facility conflict at Dolphin Stadium, have rescheduled the game to Oct. 3 and the Sooner program has completed its schedule for next season.

OU's non-conference slate will now include the Sept. 5 opener against BYU in Arlington, Texas, Sept. 12 vs. Idaho State in Norman, Sept. 19 vs. Tulsa in Norman and Oct. 3 at Miami.

"Working in concert with our coach, Bob Stoops, we are pleased with the quality of our non-conference schedule and feel fortunate to adhere to our core scheduling philosophy in preparing our team for a rigorous conference slate," said OU Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione.

"It took a considerable amount of cooperation between Oklahoma and Miami to maintain that game, but the two schools were able to work together to keep it on the schedule," he added.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012209aaa.html

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

idaho state. 1-11, thats great. what, there wasn't any high school teams available?

[soonermix]

so since the schedule is finalized i can say that there are only 226 days till the end of the suck(beginning of football season)

[The Maestro]

A home and home with Idaho State, right? ;)

[Rhino]

Weird not playing Texas until October 17.

[soonerfan28]

I don't think anybody can hate OU for scheduling Idaho St. They're looking for a payday and we're looking for fairly easy game. We have BYU, Miami and Tulsa on our schedule and thats not bad. Miami, I believe has lost both coordinators this year and Tulsa will have lost its starting QB, but I think Bower is a much better athlete. They still have Charles Clay and he's very versatile. BYU won't be the challenge that many will think they are. Looks like a good OOC schedule to me.

[soonerfan28]

Weird not playing Texas until October 17.

When was the last time that happened.

[Rhino]

Not since 1931.

[King Crimson]

always the second weekend in October...

[soonerfan28]

Does this benefit OU? I think it gives us an extra week to gel as an offensive unit.

[tigepilot]

always the second weekend in October...

Yeah, the one time they do it on the third weekend of October it has fall right on my sons 6th Birthday. Bet I don't get to watch that one. :(

[NormanPride]

Man, that is brutal. Opening on a neutral field against BYU. Miami in their house. Tulsa at home. Nobody will bitch about our SOS, methinks.

[cjames317]

Yeah, the one time they do it on the third weekend of October it has fall right on my sons 6th Birthday. Bet I don't get to watch that one. :(

DVR made me a better father. :cool:

[fadada1]

idaho state just purchased new uniforms, stadium, weights, business school, hospital wing, and golf clubs for the girls team with this payout.

[SteelClip49]

why another 1AA team??? Would be nice to face FAU for an obvious reason.

[yermom]

always the second weekend in October...

except when it's the first :P

is the fair still going to be going on that weekend?

if they are moving around the date, i wonder if it's to get us used to not having it at the fair and ease us to Arlington

[yermom]

i wonder if we are going to be playing at Arrowhead again or in Lawrence

other than Austin, Lawrence is the only place i haven't been for a game now in the Big 12

[tigepilot]

DVR made me a better father. :cool:

Wow, didn't know that wishing to see the game live (and accepting I wont) had anything to do with being a good father. :rolleyes:

Just adjitated with my luck.

[oupride]

Thanks for the post.

[SoonersEnFuego]

Instill OU football in his life. Nothing could be a better birthday present. That's the give that keeps on giving, Clark.

[Knippz]

I really wish we would have scheduled a game with someone on the west coast. That way we'd have some experience playing over there, just in case we manage to get in again.

[TMcGee86]

Wow, didn't know that wishing to see the game live (and accepting I wont) had anything to do with being a good father. :rolleyes:

Just adjitated with my luck.


Welcome to my world. My daughter's bday is Oct 10. Every year for 8 years we have had the party on the second saturday in October.

It is the suck. But this year RULES! :P ;)

[tigepilot]

Instill OU football in his life. Nothing could be a better birthday present. That's the give that keeps on giving, Clark.

Trust me, I've been tryin'!!! It hasn't taken with either of my boys yet.

My 7 year old will now tell you that Longhorns are crybabies though. :)

Plan to take them both to one of the early (and cheaper) games next year... maybe that will do it.

[tigepilot]

Welcome to my world. My daughter's bday is Oct 10. Every year for 8 years we have had the party on the second saturday in October.

It is the suck. But this year RULES! :P ;)


When my boy's birthdays (both during football season) fall during the week, I have no problem getting the weekend party scheduled for the nearest Sunday. A Saturday b-day is different though.

[Beef]

I really wish we would have scheduled a game with someone on the west coast. That way we'd have some experience playing over there, just in case we manage to get in again.

I'm guessing we would like to actually get credit for the win.

[The Maestro]

My anniversary is October 18th. "Oh, honey...???"

[SouthFortySooner]

Man, that is brutal. Opening on a neutral field against BYU. Miami in their house. Tulsa at home. Nobody will bitch about our SOS, methinks.

But But . It's idaho state.

[Sooner98]

1-11?

If we are going to schedule a D1-AA team, couldn't we have at least found one that has a decent record? It's not like a D1-AA team with a 9-3 record is going to come to Norman and give us a scare.

[yermom]

App. State would be cool :D

[Widescreen]

is the fair still going to be going on that weekend?

http://www.bigtex.com

Yes. The fair ends on 10/18 this year.

[Sooner Traveler]

Fair runs from Sept 25 - Oct 18!

I guess the Prarie View - Grambling shootout (literally) will occur earlier than OU/tx this year.

[Widescreen]

So our bye weeks are the 1st week and the 5th week. Not a very good distribution if you ask me.

And are we doomed to play OSU the last game of every season from now on? I liked it better when we played them in late October. Their colors made more sense and their season still had hope so they didn't act like it was their bowl game.

[IBleedCrimson]

Yeah, the one time they do it on the third weekend of October it has fall right on my sons 6th Birthday. Bet I don't get to watch that one. :(

TAKE HIM TO IT!

[TMcGee86]

you guys are crazy, Boise State is a damn good team.


oh wait...

[tigepilot]

TAKE HIM TO IT!

Not in my meager budget... otherwise, I'd do it every single year.

Not to mention that since I'm the only big football fan in the family, it would seem more like a birthday present to me than to him.

[josh09]

Idaho State.



http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/012209aaa.html

I'm pretty excited for the Miami game, i'm glad we're trying to get this rivalry started again

[fadada1]

I'm pretty excited for the Miami game, i'm glad we're trying to get this rivalry started again

apparently we're starting one with idaho state - soon to be found in Sooner lore.

[n8v_ndn]

Wow...my wife has to be one of the very very few who went to Idaho State and OU. She started college in Pocatello as a Bengal, but finished up in Norman as a Sooner.

With that said...if I see a hint of celebration if ISU scores some meaningless points with minutes left in the 4th, I'll ask her to join her orange-clad brethren in the visitors section.

Their fans are probably going to smell like rotted potatoes....Pocatello stinks like those mushy multi-eyed potatoes you lose track of in your pantry.

[SOONERnTx]

Anyone have any idea how to get tickets to the BYU game? I know its early, but I'm going!

[stoopified]

Yeah, the one time they do it on the third weekend of October it has fall right on my sons 6th Birthday. Bet I don't get to watch that one. :(Should have planned your conception process better. :D

Both my sons were born in the offseason(Ryan 2-27.Jason 4-9).Told my wife it was so she would not be at her biggest during the summer; truth is it was all about OU football. :)

[Crucifax Autumn]

Anyone have any idea how to get tickets to the BYU game? I know its early, but I'm going!

First you slaughter a Cougar under a full moon. With it's blood you draw an OU symbol on the floor surrounded by 7 black candles. Inside the O in the OU logo you draw a pentagram in your own blood...

Oh wait...that's the make us win by 50 spell.

Tickets...I got nothin'

[JLEW1818]

i don't really care what everybody has said, (I'm to drunk to read it).... but seriously people, take a look at it.......a neutral game with a probably ranked BYU........ an away game with maybe a ranked Miami....... and a game with a Tulsa..... thats 3 bowl teams...... can somebody tell me another team ....that will play 3 bowl teams in pre conference ??...(i'm sure there is 1 ,but i wanna know) ?

[tigepilot]

Should have planned your conception process better. :D

Both my sons were born in the offseason(Ryan 2-27.Jason 4-9).Told my wife it was so she would not be at her biggest during the summer; truth is it was all about OU football. :)

It's funny you should mention that. This one was unexpectantly born quite a bit early. I had tickets to the Missouri game for that weekend too. Didn't go to that one either.

[Sooner70]

Somebody check me out on this. Looks to me like Texas is setting themselves for BCS computer disfavor again with OC games against 4 opponents that had a regular 2008 combined season record of 17-31. OU's 2009 OC opponents have a combined record of 28-20. Course, these things get scheduled years in advance, I think.

[CarolinaSoonerFan]

why another 1AA team??? Would be nice to face FAU for an obvious reason.

I hear you on this one...and while we're at it lets destroy all his records @ FAU!!!

[CarolinaSoonerFan]

Wow, didn't know that wishing to see the game live (and accepting I wont) had anything to do with being a good father. :rolleyes:

Just adjitated with my luck.

Better yet take him to the game!!!! I know my son would love that for his 6th BDay!!!

[ouwapiti]

DVR made me a better father. :cool:

thats funny right there, i dont care who you are !!!!!!

[tigepilot]

Better yet take him to the game!!!! I know my son would love that for his 6th BDay!!!

Considering he doesn't like football (yet), it would come accross as a present to me rather than to him. I'm going to try to take the family to one of the cheaper games in Norman earlier in the year instead... a little more in my budget too.

[A-M]

Should have planned your conception process better. :D

Both my sons were born in the offseason(Ryan 2-27.Jason 4-9).Told my wife it was so she would not be at her biggest during the summer; truth is it was all about OU football. :)

Shall I send this to your wife? :P

[cjames317]

Idaho State? Does that mean the Palins are coming?

[Ardmore_Sooner]

Well I guess we will all have the OU basketball mentality about this game.

"They aren't playing anyone any good, so I'm not gonna go."

[bri]

you guys are crazy, Boise State is a damn good team.


oh wait...

You're getting Tulsa's and OU's non-con schedules confused. :D

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Wow...my wife has to be one of the very very few who went to Idaho State and OU. She started college in Pocatello as a Bengal, but finished up in Norman as a Sooner.

With that said...if I see a hint of celebration if ISU scores some meaningless points with minutes left in the 4th, I'll ask her to join her orange-clad brethren in the visitors section.

Their fans are probably going to smell like rotted potatoes....Pocatello stinks like those mushy multi-eyed potatoes you lose track of in your pantry.I stayed the night in Pocatello MANY moons ago. FRIENDLIEST WOMEN ANYWHERE! I was treated like a celebrity!

[bri]

Well, you are kind of a big deal. ;)

[Blues1]

If we can Play someone Like Idaho State ~~~ Why Not Schedule Teams Like Harvard - Yale or Princeton at least they have a Long History Football Tradition ~~Plus think of All the Great east Coast Press a game like that would generate ....Oklahoma vs Princeton --- The New York Times and other East Coast Press would Love it ~~~~ JMHO ---- :)
Rockin'

[Blues1]

September 5 BYU Arlington, Texas 10-3 Las Vegas Bowl 1-0, BYU
September 12 Idaho State Norman 1-11 0-0
September 19 Tulsa Norman 11-3 GMAC Bowl 15-7-1, OU

October 3 at Miami Miami, Fla. 7-6 Emerald Bowl 3-3, Tied
October 10 Baylor Norman 4-8 18-0, OU
October 17 Texas Dallas, Texas 12-1 Fiesta Bowl 58-40-5, UT
October 24 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 8-5 Insight Bowl 67-27-6, OU
October 31 Kansas State Norman 5-7 69-17-4, OU

** November 7 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 9-4 Gator Bowl 44-37-3, OU

November 14 Texas A&M Norman 4-8 17-10, OU
November 21 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 11-2 Cotton Bowl 12-4-0, OU
November 28 Oklahoma State Norman 9-4 Holiday Bowl 0-16-7, OU
__________________________________________________ _____________

***December 5*** Big 12 Championship Arlington, Texas

ANYONE ELSE --- SEE a Another Game With NEBRASKA Just 4 weeks after the November 7th Date ~~~ I See It Coming...!!!!

[oubose]

Why the heck is the BYU game in arlington tx and not in utah?? Any ideas?



texas sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[soonerfan28]

So it can be played in Jerry's World.

[soonerboomer93]

Yeah, the one time they do it on the third weekend of October it has fall right on my sons 6th Birthday. Bet I don't get to watch that one. :(

buy your son tickets to OU/Texas as his birthday present

[captain_surly]

Anybody know what the ticket policy is for the BYU game? Is it a home game? Will all season ticket holders get seats or will it be like OU/Texas?

[oudivesherpa]

What's wrong with Idaho State almost every team has one cup cake on it's schedule-we could have scheduled William & Mary, but Mary was busy.

[goingoneight]

I'm waiting on the "If Boo Blake were still the coach in 2009" season prediction...

:D

[delhalew]

One cream puff is not bad. If Texas were to pay attention...they might learn something.