Jenni Carlson
12/28/2015, 06:30 PM
On a balmy morning in south Florida, Baker Mayfield and his Oklahoma teammates goofed around beneath the swaying palms as they posed for a picture in front of the Orange Bowl logo, their tight bond forged by the ups and downs of a long season - the grueling practices, the lonely hours in the weight room, the incessant scrutiny that comes with playing in a high-profile program. For the Sooners, though, it goes deeper than that. When a racist video shot by members of an Oklahoma fraternity went viral last March, exposing an ugly side to campus life and the isolation that many African-American athletes feel, the football team took a stand.
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