MARCUS WALKER
Since 2000, Oklahoma players have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated eight times. Sooner football is one of the most popular subjects for SI with 29 cover appearances.
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Over the past five years, ESPN’s popular College Gameday production has broadcast on site from 15 of Oklahoma’s games. That’s an average of three games per season. 35 million people logged on to SoonerSports.com last year, making the official website of the Oklahoma Athletics Department one of the top five college sites in the nation. The Sooners have played in front of 37 consecutive sellout crowds at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, including every home game of Coach Bob Stoops’ tenure.
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The popularity of the Sooners is evident in the immense amount of products and apparel purchased by fans. OU ranks fifth in the nation in sales of licensed merchandise.
Over the past four seasons, 92 percent of Oklahoma’s games were televised live (50 of 54 games). In fact, 31 consecutive OU games have been on TV.
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