Some facts about the 2008 Oklahoma Sooners:
SCHOOL COLORS: Crimson and cream
FOUNDED: 1890
ENROLLMENT: 29,721
LOCATED: Norman, Okla.
COACH: Bob Stoops, 10th season at Oklahoma and overall (97-22)
2007 RECORD: 11-3 (6-2, Big 12 champions)
LAST BOWL: 2008 Fiesta Bowl, lost to West Virginia 48-28
STADIUM: Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (82,112)
RETURNING STARTERS: 13 (8 offense, 5 defense)
KEY PLAYERS: QB Sam Bradford, RB DeMarco Murray, DE Auston English, DT Gerald McCoy
KEY RECRUITS: RB Jermie Calhoun, DE R.J. Washington, LB Mike Balogun, K Tress Way
KEY DEPARTURES: LB Curtis Lofton, WR Malcolm Kelly, CB Reggie Smith, RB Allen Patrick
COACHSPEAK: “Even when you’ve won a Big 12 championship the year before or back-to-back, it means nothing now. Everybody’s after the same thing once again, and it’s your job to go try and earn it.”—Stoops.
2008 SCHEDULE:
Aug. 30—Chattanooga
Sept. 6—Cincinnati
Sept. 13—at Washington
Sept. 27—TCU
Oct. 4—at Baylor
Oct. 11—vs. Texas, at Dallas
Oct. 18—Kansas
Oct. 25—at Kansas State
Nov. 1—Nebraska
Nov. 8—at Texas A&M
Nov. 22—Texas Tech
Nov. 29—at Oklahoma State
