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RECORD-BREAKING SOONERS S 3 ee who paved the way for Samaje Perine’s history-making performance Saturday. DILLON HOLLINGSWORTH | FOOTBALL BEAT REPORTER
PRUITT
294
SIMS
Player’s highest number of rushing yards in a single game
PARKER
282
Pruitt was a running back at Oklahoma from 1970-72, and ranks ninth all time in rushing yards at Oklahoma with 3,122 career yards. Pruitt was a two-time All American at Oklahoma and went on to play in the National Football League from 1973 to 1984.
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291
427
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Sims is one of the most well-known Sooners of all time, and one of five OU players to have a statue outside the stadium for winning the Heisman trophy. Sims played at OU from 1975-79 and his 4,118 career yards are the best in OU history. Along with his Heisman, Sims was a two-time All American and went on to play in the NFL from 1980-84.
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Playing at Kansas State, Pruitt picked up 294 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries. His 294 yards set the OU record for most rushing yards in a single game that would stand for 43 years until Perine toppled it on Saturday.
In a game at Missouri, Sims gathered 282 yards and one touchdown on 36 carries. Sims highest single-game total came in his final season at OU, and just eight years after Pruitt set the record that finally fell on Saturday afternoon.
In the 1997 edition of OU’s annual showdown with its rival Texas in Dallas, Parker picked up 291 yards and three touchdowns on 31 carries. This put him just three yards shy of surpassing Pruitt’s record 17 years earlier than Perine.
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Parker was a running back at Oklahoma from 1995-98, and picked up 3,403 yards in that time, giving him the seventh highest rushing total in school history. Parker had a brief NFL career, playing for the Green Bay Packers in 1999 and 2000.
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Gordon is a junior running back at the University of Wisconsin. Just last week Gordon created one of the biggest stories in the country by breaking the NCAA record for most rushing yards in a single game. Gordon’s 408 yards against Nebraska on November 15 were more than anybody had put up since Ladainian Tomlinson gained 406 yards for TCU in 1991. Gordon broke the record that had stood for 43 years, but only got to enjoy the highest spot himself for a week as Perine toppled it just seven days later.
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Perine is a freshman running back who has officially turned into a household name. At 5’11” and 243 pounds, the soft-spoken freshman has developed a reputation as a punishing runner, more likely to run people over than to run past them. Through 11 games Perine has 1,428 yards and 19 touchdowns.
SATURDAY In a home game against Kansas, Perine gathered 427 yards and five touchdowns on 34 carries, breaking the records for the most rushing yards in a single game in NCAA history and in OU history. His 210 first half yards were also good for the most yards in a single half by an OU player, and he became the first player in FBS history to rush for 200 yards in both halves of a game.
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Short week, same Summer classes help lighten course load program lets students earn meal exchanges Intersession credits and still have time to enjoy break Students should make sure to use all their meals over Thanksgiving break EMILY SHARP News Reporter @esharp13
Although dining hours will change over Thanksgiving break, students will still receive their full amount of exchanges. Thanksgiving break begins Wednesday, and the dining hours change throughout the week. The schedule will circuCampus late through social media, restaurant hours and posters will be hung for Tuesday around the residence halls and dining locations Couch Express: close so students know what 8 p.m. eateries are open, Amy Redbud Cafe: 10 a.m. Buchanan, spokesperson to 3 p.m. for Housing and Food, Freshens HH: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. said. Xcetera: 7:30 a.m. to Buchanan said Housing 10 p.m. and Food staff will remind students to use all of their All others have regular exchanges during the hours on Tuesday. Go short break. online to OUDaily.com “Treating a friend to for the whole break’s lunch or dinner is a great schedule. way to do this if they find they won’t be able to use all of their meals before they leave campus for the break,” Buchanan said. Housing and Food meal plans are a combination of meal exchanges and points. Exchanges are allotted each week and are good for up to $7.50 at all campus restaurants except Couch Restaurants, where they are worth $12. Exchanges expire at the end of the week. Points are good for the entire semester, Buchanan said. While many students go home over Thanksgiving break, some stay on campus, and that’s why students are receiving their full allotment of exchanges. OU Pom Squad members will be on campus over the break, said Lauren Fox, pom member and broadcasting and electronic media freshman. Residents who plan to stay on campus during the break should email their resident adviser. Emily Sharp, emily.a.sharp-1@ou.edu
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With enrollment for summer courses at OU in full swing, the faculty of Summer Programs hope to see the same number of students signing up for classes as last summer — when on-campus student enrollment reached an all-time high since 2004. More than 8,500 students took courses in Norman this past summer, a 13.8 percent increase from students taking summer courses in 2013, according to records from OU Institutional Research and Reporting. The second-highest on-campus student enrollment for summer in the past 10 years was 2005, when 7,993 students enrolled in summer courses, according to the records. Steven Lee, assistant director of Summer Programs, hopes to see as many or more students signing up for summer MORE INFO courses this year, he said in an email. Summer Session To encourage students to enrollment sign up for summer courses, Lee uses an engagement Continuing registration marketing strategy, he said. for summer classes He works to engage students lasts from Nov. 21 to May 13. with memorable activities that might make them think about Summer Session while enrolling in courses, Lee said. Two of Summer Session’s recent events included camel rides on the South Oval last spring and hot air balloon rides in October. “Students get to ride a camel or hot air balloon and check it off their bucket list and when they talk about it later will remember that OU Summer Session gave them that opportunity,” Lee said. While students wait in line to climb on a camel or board a balloon, Lee can use the time to tell them why they should enroll in summer courses, he said. In addition to engagement marketing strategies, Lee has tried micro-targeting strategies this semester. OU Summer Session has sent emails to students this fall that suggested specific courses that they could take this summer, based upon comparisons of students with similar majors and schedules, Lee said. Lee hopes this new strategy will be successful in raising student awareness of courses available to them, he said. As well as employing new marketing techniques, OU has placed more emphasis on summer programs in the past few years, Lee said.
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OU students and faculty line up on the South Oval outside the Eskimo Sno vehicle to get a free snow cone from OU Summer Session. The program treats student to various events throughout the summer.
Courses were cut from 16 weeks to four to six in 2011, which gave students the ability to take a course and still enjoy their summers, Lee said. Additionally, the variety of courses offered expanded, Lee said. OU currently offers more than 900 summer courses, either online or in a traditional classroom, Lee said. The spike in student enrollment in summer programs was also caused by the implementation of flat-rate tuition, which allowed students to bank credit hours from the fall and spring semesters to take in the summer, Lee said. Biology sophomore Alicia Hale was one student who banked hours during Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 to take a summer class. As a pre-medicine student, Hale has to take many tough classes, and she didn’t want to overwhelm herself during the school year, she said. To alleviate the strain from her fall and spring course load, she decided to take the second session of general chemistry during the summer, she said. Though the course was online, Hale came to campus during the summer to take the course’s tests, she said. For Hale, taking the course in the summer allowed her to focus on that course without distractions from her other classes, she said. The fact that she was less busy than she would have been during the fall or spring allowed her to really grasp the subject instead of just cramming information, she said. “We’re so focused on getting the grade, not learning the material, and it gave me the chance to really understand the material,” Hale said. SEE SUMMER PAGE 2
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