The first day of football practice took place for Oklahoma despite fully knowing if it will be playing football a month from now.
“It’s a long time coming,” said Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley to Sooner Sports TV. “You could feel that in the atmosphere today. Guys are just eager to be out here (and) are very excited—maybe even more than a normal opening of camp—because they’re always fun, but this one had a little different feel to it.”
Here is Riley’s full interview after the opening practice.
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(credit: Sooner Sports TV)
“We’re in good shape. … I think they did a really good job while they were home, and as a lot of people know, we kept our guys home a little bit longer than most and they’ve done a good job…We didn’t have to pull off of them very much from what we would normally do on a day like today so that was a big positive.”