The game can be played at last.
As of Thursday night, SoonersWire can confirm there were doubts about Oklahoma’s season opener against Missouri State being played. Those doubts carried over into Friday morning and afternoon before Eddie Radosevich of SoonerScoop.com was able to confirm the game was on and will be played.
Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley has decided not to release testing data, stating he didn’t want to give his team a ‘competitive disadvantage’ by the opponent knowing how many players may be out. Missouri State has been releasing data whenever asked, and on Friday, all 72 players who traveled to play Oklahoma had tested negative.
Which, according to Missouri State, can’t be said for the Sooners.
“Oklahoma cannot say the same thing,” said Missouri State president Clif Smart during a board of governor’s meeting. “The game was in serious jeopardy until we got final test results (Friday) morning and I better not say anything else because I don’t know who’s listening.”
Oklahoma has not released testing data since the week of Aug. 17 through Aug. 21. Riley has let the media know himself of how many players have tested positive for COVID-19, or returned to practice from recovering from the virus or contact tracing.
SoonersWire is expecting many players from the new depth chart to not participate in Saturday’s game due to COVID-19. More from contact tracing than testing positive for the virus.
Oklahoma and Missouri State is scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. CT Saturday at home to start the 2020 season.
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