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Medical pot petition launched Group is trying to get measure on 2016 ballot PAGE JONES

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A petition to legalize medical marijuana was filed on Aug. 21 to the Office of the Oklahoma Secretary of State by an organization called Green the Vote Oklahoma.

Ashley Lewelling, a board member of Green the Vote Oklahoma, said the group wants to advocate for Oklahoma patients who need the benefits of medical marijuana.

The petition, written by Lewelling ’s husband, Joshua Lewelling, already hashes out some details of the possible law, Lewelling said. A recommendation from a physician is required, and afterward, a request for a medical marijuana card will be sent to the Oklahoma Department of Health, which w ill either

approve or deny the request. If the request is approved, applicants will either receive a one-year card, five-year card or lifelong card, all of which will cost a $100 licensing fee, Lewelling said.

In order for the question to appear on the 2016 general election ballot, the petition will need 123,725 signatures, which the group hopes to begin gathering on Oct. 1, Lewelling said. After that, they have 90 days to get enough signatures or the petition will fail.

“We’re going to need a lot of

volunteers to help go out and get signatures and a lot of friendly businesses that will let us set up,” Lewelling said.

The petition has yet to receive approval from the Oklahoma Secretary of State’s office, and citizens have until Sept. 11 to ap p e a l i t o n t h e g rou n d s o f unconstitutionality.

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University College freshman Ariel Pollard flies her own plane into Max Westheimer Airport on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 20. Pollard has had her pilots licenses since age 17.

Freshman takes flight 18-year-old arrives from Texas to Norman by plane

Who: Freshman Ariel Pollard Age: 18 Pilot’s License: received at age 17

BRYCE MCELHANEY • NEWS REPORTER • @BRYCE_MAC Ariel Pollard, an 18-year-old among more than 4,175 other OU freshmen, is setting herself apart by one thing: she flew her own plane to college.

From Argyle, Texas, to Norman, Oklahoma, her Cessna 172’s propeller chopped through the air at 115 knots, or around 130 miles per hour, at 3,500 feet in the air.

The trip was about 150 miles and took her only an hour and 20 minutes — the farthest she has flown by herself.

Pollard has been flying since she was 15 and received her pilot’s license at 17, she said.

“I just love being in the air, it’s so much different than driving,” Pollard said. “I don’t know anything different from it, flying has just always been there my whole life.”

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Tim Pollard, Ariel’s father, said she has always loved flying.

“I took her out on the Cessna 414 when she was six or seven years old, and she said ‘dad, this is my plane,’” he said.

“Probably when she was about 13, I think I started asking her ‘would you like to fly?’ and she said ‘yeah, I would.’”

For the Pollards, flying runs in the family.

Tim Pollard said everyone in their immediate family is a pilot, including his father, Pollard’s twin sister Ali and his wife.

Flying even brought Tim Pollard and his wife together.

Where: Flew from Argyle, Texas to Norman, Oklahoma Plane: Cessna 172 Speed: 115 knots/ 130 mph Height: 3,500 ft Trip: 150 miles Time: One hour 20 minutes

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Food and Shelter Inc., a resource center that has served Norman’s homeless for more than 30 years, will be expanding to create a safe community designed to aid those affected by homelessness.

The new campus will be built on the east side of Reed Avenue nearly 500 feet south of East Main Street, said Sean Rieger, an attorney who represented Food and Shelter to Norman City Council on Aug. 25.

Food and Shelter is currently located at 104 W. Comanche St. After a contested vote approving the rezoning and purchasing of the land from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Food and Shelter’s executive director April Heiple said she hopes now to break ground on the three-acre campus before the end of September.

Norman City Council voted 7-1 to rezone the location for institutional use, matching the zoning of its immediate surroundings where Griffin Memorial Hospital, Center for Children & Families and Cleveland County Health Department stand now.

The campus, despite the zoning of the location, is not designed to appear or feel institutional, Heiple said.

“We truly did develop our new campus to be a community,” Heiple said.

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Sexual assault takes place at Traditions West OUPD reports incident happened on Friday DAISY CREAGER ews editor @daisycreager

For the first time this semester, OUPD updated its assault report and sent an Assault Report notification today to people who are subscribed to receive them.

According to the assault report, a third party reported that a rape occurred at the Traditions West apartment complex at an unknown

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time Friday. OUPD was called to Norman Regional Hospital, where the “victim wished to remain anonymous and not involve police. OUPD was later called to the Women’s Resource Center to collect an anonymous rape kit,” according to the report.

The investigation is ongoing, according to the report.

When sexual assault on OU’s campus is reported to OUPD, it is added to the Assault Reports on the OUPD website, and email notifications are sent to those who sign up for them.

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The report and alerts are meant to increase public awareness and dispel misinformation, according to the report.

The assault report is updated the business day after OUPD receives it, said OUPD public information officer Bruce Chan.

Community members can sign up for assault reports, timely warnings about unsolved crimes and campus crime alerts on the OUPD website.

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HOMELESS: Continued from Page One one-bedroom efficiencies, 13 two-bedroom cottages and two family/residential units, according to Rieger.

Heiple said the campus will have playgrounds and public space for residents and a large dining hall that can provide free meals to more than 240 guests each day.

Mayor Cindy Rosenthal told attendees it’s time to embrace the issue of homelessness instead of continuing to isolate the most underserved citizens of the community with the dormitory-style, institutional facilities of the past.

Heiple said Food and Shelter and its clients are dedicated to being good neighbors in the new location.

However, some residents of the neighborhood west of Reed Avenue addressed the council in protest of the facility being constructed near their homes.

Sue Sanders, a Norman resident, voiced her concern that an influx of people affected by homelessness

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Food and Shelter Inc. will expand to the east side of Reed Avenue (off of East Main St.). The new campus will have playgrounds and public space for residents.

may drive up crime rates or lower property values in her neighborhood. Her concerns were echoed by three other residents.

“I’m really worried about this,” Sanders said. “There’s

“Many of us say we would want this in our neighborhood, and at the end of the night we’re going to drive home across town where there’s not a snowball’s chance in a hot place of that ever happening.”

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“I met her at the airport, and that was our first date — flying. That’s how I hooked her,” he said.

Tim Pollard said he bought Ariel the Cessna 172 when she was 15. The plane is the most popular airplane ever built, as there have been more built than any other airplane.

“It’s just a perfect airplane to get your license with. And it’s a four-seater, so you can take friends and go places in it,” he said.

Ariel Pollard said she sometimes takes her friends for rides over Argyle, but her

always going to be a small percentage of homeless people who are dangerous.”

No r ma n Po l i c e C h i e f Keith L. Humphrey attested that his studies of police data showed “no indication of a rise in crime” from homeless citizens congregating in an area.

Support for the expansion of Food and Shelter was demonstrated in the crowd at Tuesday night’s council meeting. When supporters were asked to stand, more than 40 rose to their feet.

Rieger cited segments of

the City of Norman’s own mission in his presentation.

From a 2009 Nor man Planning Commission Report and Action plan he read, “We need to increase the availability of adequate shelter and ser vices for homeless and transitional populations living in or near poverty as it continues to be a significant concern...it is a fundamental human rights issue as to how we deal with the homeless.”

“This is your mission,” Rieger told council members. “It’s our community’s

mission.”

Council Member Jerry Lang of Ward Six said his concern was for those whose voice went unheard in the debate.

“Many of us say we would want this in our neighborhood,” Lang said. “And at the end of the night we’re going to drive home across town where there’s not a snowball’s chance in a hot place of that ever happening.”

Lang was the one dissenting vote in the council. Council Member Greg He i p l e a b s t a i n e d f ro m

voting because April Heiple is his wife, and he wanted to avoid a conflict of interest.

Details of the new Food and Shelter campus are available in links provided on the City Council’s online agenda from Tuesday.

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“I just love being in the air, it’s so much different than driving,” Pollard said. “I don’t know anything different from it, flying has just always been there my whole life.”

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first passenger was her twin sister Ali. She said nothing about flying scares her, except the radio.

“Honestly, radios can be kind of intimidating sometimes,” she said.

Between her not being able to hear the radio and

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University College freshman Ariel Pollard sits in the cockpit of her Cessna 172 that she flew into Max Westheimer Airport on Thursday afternoon, Aug 20. Pollard is excited to finally be in Norman, she said.

decoding pilot lingo, it can get confusing, she said.

“They may tell you something and you have no idea what they’re saying,” she said.

As far as airplane tricks go, she stays cautious and leaves that stuff to her dad, who sometimes will do barrel rolls, she said.

Ariel Pollard said she takes influence from her faDANIEL HOANG/THE DAILY ther and mother. “ They took me on my University College freshman Ariel Pollard meets her dad, Tim Pollard, after she flies her own plane into Max Westheimer Airport on Thursday first plane ride when I was afternoon, August 20. Pollard is excited to finally be in Norman, she 6-weeks-old,” she said. “My mom has her license, but said.

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it isn’t current. My dad has had his pilot license since he was 22.”

The greatest thing about flying to her is not being the passenger anymore, but being in control of what she’s doing.

Tim Pollard said it was his dream to fly to college like Pollard did.

“I planted the seed, and she said ‘yeah, I would like to do that,’” he said.

Tim Pollard has already taken a flight to see Pollard in Norman in her first week at OU — one trip out of

many to come, he said.

P o l l a rd s a i d s h e w i l l continue flying as a hobby for the rest of her life but doesn’t see it as a career choice. Her Cessna 172 will keep her occupied for the time, but she also dreams of owning a Cessna 210 someday, which has a bigger engine, she said.

Ti m P o l l a r d s a i d h i s daughter might get the Cessna 210 one day after college, but first he wants her to focus on her studies.

“S h e ’s a s p e c i a l k i d , and she’s going to go far.

Aviation has opened some doors for her,” he said.

Tim Pollard said once Ariel landed the plane in Norman, she called him and thanked him for sharing his dream with her.

“I can tell you, I was one proud daddy that day when she did that,” Tim Pollard said.

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Comfort above all other things Outdoor sandals create campuswide controversy ALARA STUCKEY A&E Reporter

Chacos have to be some of the most controversial shoes today.

And for those of you who haven’t heard of Chacos, you have been missing out on the biggest sandal scandal of the year.

Chaco is a company that sells outdoor performance shoes. Their products include shoes, flip-flops and sandals, the most popular being the sandals strapped to the feet of America’s youth.

Fortunately — or unfortunately — Norman doesn’t require strenuous physical activity that would require outdoor sandals such as Chacos. Yet you can rarely walk a mile down campus on a school day without seeing them strapped to a student’s feet.

So what’s so great about them?

Anne C laire Cosby, a sophomore who religiously wears Chacos, said she forgets she is wearing shoes every time she has them on.

Why are these Chacos so comfortable? The straps, which only go over the fleshiest parts of the foot, avoid bones, pressure points, moving parts and so on. They do a great job avoiding the more sensitive areas, which is why people are able to wear them for extended hours without a problem. Chacos also have the Seal of Acceptance by the American Podiatric

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A group of OU students make a star formation while wearing their Chacos on Aug. 29. Chacos are a nationwide trend that have college students scrambling to get a pair of these colorful sandals.

Medical Association because they have arch support, a sculpted heel cup, heel risers and multiple widths.

But does the comfort level make them worth buying?

Chacos fall under the ‘I-honestly-don’t-knowwhy-I’m-buying-this’ category, one that also consists of Uggs, feather extensions and Crocs, the most socially unacceptable footwear known to man. I’ve bought and actually used each one of those items, though, so maybe I would buy a pair of Chacos, too.

However, I would not buy your best Chaco tan.

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Chacos to make a fashion statement. Chacos are actually useful when there’s a combination of sports and water.

“I love Chacos for their durability and comfort,” said Megan Murphy, a radiology sophomore. “I like wearing them with shorts and a t-shirt if I decide to wear them casually.”

Others disagree, though.

“I think what bothers me about Chacos is when people try to wear them as dress-up shoes,” said sophomore Reilly Houck. “The worst combination I’ve ever seen in my life is jeans and

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Chacos.”

Whether you like Chacos or not from a fashion standpoint, they are pretty practical. The only thing impractical about these shoes is the awkward, rather ugly ap p e a ra n c e. Th e y l o o k like a thick piece of leather with Velcro straps attached to them to keep them on your feet. Maybe their price range, from $80 to $110, will turn you away as well.

Practicality, not fashion, is the purpose of Chacos.

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Harley Harrell, university freshman, has had her Chacos for roughly five years. Her Chacos remind her of summer camp, allowing her to feel “campy.”

‘Yeezus’ running in 2020? Get ready, America ASSISTANT NEWS MANAGING EDITOR

Jesus. Christ.

But this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone.

This isn’t the first time the man has dubbed himself a god. He made a song all about it.

“I am a god, even though I’m a man of God,” he raps on the song “I Am a God” Andrew Clark from his latest solo album andrew.clarkou@gmail.com @Clarky_Tweets “Yeezus.”

His godly persona also, apparently, has a relationStrap in for a bumpy ship with Jesus. five years of presidential “I just talked to Jesus, he elections, America. Your said, ‘What up, Yeezus?’ I next presidents could be said sh**, I’m chillin’ tryna Donald Trump, who is leading polls nationwide in stack these millions,” he raps on the same song. the GOP race, and Kanye Yeezus. Really.

West.

No amount of shock How the hell did we end value is too much for West. up here?

This is the man plotting Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, to be the leader of the free world in 2020. at the end of his accepIf you’ve been paying tance speech for the Video attention to the GOP race Vanguard award, West anthis year, another candinounced his presidential date who brings shock bid for 2020.

The announcement was value to the table should come to mind — Trump. a wild ending to a wild Remember when he speech in which he discalled illegal immigrants cussed everything from from Mexico criminals and getting booed by 60,000 rapists? Even after that torpeople at a baseball game rential outpour, he still had to seeing pop superstar the guts to say this: Justin Timberlake in tears “I do great with Latino after losing album of voters.

I employee so many the year for “FutureSex/ Latinos. I have so many LoveSounds.”

He even compared him- people working for me,” Trump said. “The Latinos self to Jesus Christ. love Trump, and I love “Sometimes, I feel like them.” that I died for artists to be But here’s the thing — able to have an opinion after they were successful,” even after this abomination of a remark, he is still he said.

care about black people,” he said on live, national TV during “A Concert for Hurricane Relief” after Katrina struck Louisiana in 2005.

“Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time,” he infamously told Taylor Swift in 2009 after she accepted the award for best music video.

“Beck needs to respect artistry, and he should have given his award to Beyoncé,” he said after Beck won album of the year at the 2015 Grammy awards.

And he really believes all of this.

“Every time I say something that’s extremely truthful out loud, it literally breaks the Internet,” he said in an interview with TIME earlier this year. “So, what are we getting all of the rest of the time?”

Does he have a point?

And if Trump’s scheme of unapologetic honesty can grab victories in the polls, can West’s mirrored formula do the same?

Though 2020 is far away, if Trump’s success conMATT SAYLES/ASSOCIATED PRESS tinues, who’s to say the Kanye West accepts the Video Vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on man who believes he is a deity can’t do it, too? This Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. is America in 2015, and there are no boundaries anymore. leading in the polls. one up. agree with that truth or if This should say a lot Trump’s campaign that truth stabs you with a about voters in general, platform relies heavily on knife. Mr. West also has a too, as some also believe in telling people what he be- long history of what he be- Andrew Clark is a journalism junior. a candidate named Deez lieves is the truth. He also lieves is truth-telling.

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Importantly, Clinton’s plan calls for universities to cut their budgets, only funding programs that are essential to helping students. However, what exactly this means is unclear.

At some schools, this could mean forced cuts to the athletic department’s budget, but OU and a few other schools have self-sustaining athletic departments. It’s not hard to see money spent on marketing, another area singled out

by Clinton for cuts, being shuffled around and renamed in a way that pleases the federal government.

Cutting programs at universities won’t be easy. In fact, Clinton has also announced a plan to increase federal funding of a program for on-campus childcare for students with children, which schools would also have to help fund. This is an important attempt to help parents earn degrees, but how many other programs like this exist for different groups of students with financial difficulty?

Clinton also calls to reign in the rising cost of university administration, but these administrators are helping to run programs like on-campus childcare and others that are beneficial to student life and, therefore, graduation rates.

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Rejoice, OU class of 2022 or so. You may not need student loans to pay for your college education.

Both of the leading candidates for the Democrat’s presidential nomination have rolled out ambitious plans to make college more affordable for all Americans.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders leads the purists of the left, calling for free tuition and fees for all students at public institutions in the “College for All Act.�

And Hillary Clinton positions herself as the realist on the issue, proposing a funding system that would allow students to attend public institutions in their home state loan free, with reasonable expectations of financial help from parents, depending on their income, and students, through having to work a minimum number of hours per week.

Under the competing plans, both state and federal funding to universities would increase.

College affordability is not just an issue for 18 to 22-year-olds, either. CNN reported last year that over 40 million Americans now have outstanding student loan debt, and adults continue to go back to school to earn more marketable skills. As a result, both candidates include student debt refinancing in their plans as well.

Sanders’ plan is the most striking, and it would be great if the U.S. found a way to implement free college tuition, like some European countries have. But the U.S. education system is structured very differently than, say, Germany’s, and a higher percentage of U.S. students attend college after high school than German students.

OU students I spoke with described Sanders’ plan as “idealistic.� It’s hard to disagree with them. In the current political climate, with state funding of higher education disappearing and many states operating under a balanced budget amendment, fully funding college tuition seems more or less impossible.

But even Clinton’s plan may not be realistic. It is still an expensive plan, and Republicans currently control both houses of Congress. The last time a Clinton was in the White House, Republicans tried

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Forgive the skeptic in me, but given how quickly tuition and fees have been rising across the country, it’s hard to see universities cutting any significant costs. An influx of federal dollars will lead to an expansion of some programs, and while this will probably help students graduate, it may make this project even more expensive than the $350 billion over 10 years that Clinton is proposing.

Cheap or free college would be great, and it would open up a lot of opportunities for Americans who are left in the shadows.

But whether or not college tuition should be heavily funded by the government is a different discussion than whether it will be, and it’s hard to see even

Clinton’s plan being implemented in full without a Democratic takeover of both houses of Congress.

For current OU students, and even the class of 2022, it’s probably best to focus hope on refinancing student loans. Maybe it will even gain bipartisan support. Unfortunately, free college is still a pipe dream, and cheap college may end up costing a lot more than we think.

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Pressures, expectations of Stoops SPORTS REPORTER

Spenser Davis davis.spenser@ou.edu @Davis_Spenser

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klahoma coach Bob Stoops will begin his 17th year at the helm on Saturday, but this season is setting up to be unlike any other.

Expectations have always been, and will always be, high at Oklahoma. It comes with the territory of being a blue-blood program.

Stoops ensured that would be no different under his watch by winning a national title in his second season back in 2000.

Stoops then went on to build one of the nation’s most consistent program through the end of the BCS era.

With one national championship win, appearances in three others and at least one victory in each of the BCS bowls, Stoops took Oklahoma to places few programs have been in the last two decades.

But over the last four

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Coach Bob Stoops and his team celebrate the Sooners’ 45-31 victory over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl. Stoops mustered momentum on a national level when Oklahoma defeated Alabama in the 2013 Sugar Bowl,

years, Stoops’ Sooners haven’t been the consistent program they once were.

Oklahoma has managed just one (shared) conference title since defeating Nebraska in the final Big 12 championship game in 2010.

Stoops did manage to build momentum on a national level when Oklahoma defeated

Alabama in the 2013 Sugar Bowl, but any goodwill was swept away with 2014’s lackluster campaign.

After an 8-5 season, in which his kicker was somehow more reliable than his defense, Stoops is in unchartered territory.

Oklahoma is ranked No. 19 in the preseason coaches poll, its worst start since Stoops turned in a 7-5

season in his first year in Norman.

Of course, that ended up working out for OU as Stoops brought home his only national title in the ensuing season.

Coincidentally, Stoops will be dependent on firstyear offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley this year, just as he was with Mark Mangino in 2000. Mangino and Riley both learned the air raid offense from Mike Leach.

Stoops also finds his team an underdog at home this season (to TCU) — something that hasn’t happened since 2000 when Nebraska and Texas A&M were both heavy favorites in Norman.

Perhaps more alarmingly, Stoops appeared to have lost control of his program last season.

Stoops, the man who was once considered a defensive mastermind, allowed his brother to run a JACKIE EBY/THE DAILY secondary that held split Coach Bob Stoops walks onto the field during the spring game on April 11, 2015. The Sooners open their meetings between corner season with a home game against Akron this Saturday September 5, 2015 at Gaylord Family Memorial backs and safeties, limiting Stadium.

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communication between the unit.

However common that may be in the industry, it seemed to be a surprise to the man brought in to help fix the problem.

New secondary coach Kerry Cooks was perplexed at the idea that a single secondary could be housed under two different roofs.

“Having played the position, I don’t know how you could do it,” Cooks said.

Offensively, Stoops enters 2015 reliant on a coordinator more than 20 years his junior and a quarterback who has more interceptions (9) than career appearances (8) and who hasn’t seen the field competitively since 2013.

Expectations are dubiously low in Norman, which means that a good contingent of the fan base still thinks this team could compete for a national championship or, at the very least, a playoff berth.

In reality, Stoops will have to prove once again that he and the Sooners

belong among the nation’s best in this day and age — five seasons removed from Oklahoma’s last solo Big 12 title.

Stoops said Monday that walking out on the field for game one in year 17 will be just as thrilling as it was in year one.

“Are you kidding? I’ve got to go out in front of 85,000 people on Saturday and, hopefully, play well,” Stoops said. “There’s nothing boring about that.”

“I’ll be as anxious Friday and Saturday as I am every year at the start of the season,” he said.

But if tangible improvements aren’t made soon, he may not get to experience too many more.

Spenser Davis is a journalism sophomore.

SAMAJE PERINE

Freshman phenom Seibert wins field goal and punting job Perine talks upcoming season, says weight loss will pay for season opener off with increased speed True freshman kicker Austin Seibert will handle both field goal and punting duties in Oklahoma’s season opener Saturday, coach Bob Stoops announced Monday.

Seibert competed with senior Nick Hodgson for the place-kicking gig this offseason. Stoops maintained that the race remained tight up until the coaches made a decision over the weekend. “(Seibert) has earned that job,” Stoops said. “We feel just over a good number of practices (...) his averages and consistency have just been a little bit more.”

Hodgson will remain on kick-off duty for his second season in a row.

Seibert also won the punter derby, beating out junior Jack Steed for the job.

“It’s been a really close fight,” Stoops said. “Nick has done well kicking off.

Punting-wise, also, Jack Steed has done

very well.”

Shortly after committing to Oklahoma, Seibert posted a video to social media in which he made a 70-yard field goal. He was rated as the best punter and second-best kicker in the 2015 class.

This summer, word spread around social media that Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine had bench-pressed 225 pounds 100 times.

The feat almost seemed larger than life, but the sophomore confirmed the story Monday.

Brady Vardeman, Assistant Sports Editor “It was 10 sets of 10,” he said.

When asked if the lifting was done in one session, Perine responded nonchalantly.

“Mhm,” he said to a room of chuckling reporters. “(A session is) about 25-30 minutes.”

Since his breakout game at West Virginia last season, Perine has gained notoriety on a national level for his strength. Just a few weeks ago, fellow running back Daniel Brooks claimed he saw Perine bench-press AUSTIN SEIBERT a car, get up and pretend it never hap-

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Perine said the Sooners’ weight training staff has him maxed out on the bench at 440 pounds.

“Is that a lot?” he quipped.

He said that number might be a decrease from last year after an offseason spent cutting weight.

“I’m a lot faster,” he said. “I was like 250 last year, and it was a different weight for me, but now I feel faster, more agile, like I can outrun somebody for once.”

When asked if his ‘weakness’ would affect his onfield performance this season, Perine smiled.

“I think I can make due until the offseason,” he said.

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Dillon Hollingsworth, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu • phone: 405-325-3666 oudaily.com/sports • Twitter: @OUDailySports

First game starters announced The Oklahoma football team released its initial 2015 depth chart Monday. We took a look at three of the most hotly contested position battles and how things shook out.

SPENSER DAVIS Sports Reporter @Davis_Spenser

Offensive Line

Oklahoma entered fall camp with three vacant offensive line positions after Tyrus Thompson, Daryl Williams and Adam Shead all left for the NFL. Stoops announced today Orlando Brown, Josiah St. John and Jonathan Alvarez will be assuming those positions.

Brown, a redshirt freshman, was originally committed to Tennessee until signing day on 2014. Brown’s received a lot of praise from teammates and coaches throughout fall camp, and his massive frame (6-foot8, 342 lbs.) make him a perfect fit at left tackle.

Opposite Brown will be senior Josiah St. John, who beat out fellow senior Derek Farniok for the right tackle position.

St. John said throughout camp he felt like he was “next in line” after the departure of Thompson and Williams.

The biggest surprise came on the interior with sophomore Jonathan Alvarez beating out JUCO transfer Jamal Danley for the left guard spot.

Alvarez was Oklahoma’s backup center a year ago as a true freshman.

Kicker/Punter

True freshman Austin Seibert won both the field goal kicking and punting duties for OU during fall camp.

Seibert was the nation’s number-one kicker in the country in the 2015 class.

Seibert beat out Nick Hodgson for the place kicking role and Jack Steed for punting responsibilities.

Stoops repeatedly praised Seibert throughout fall camp for his accuracy and power, which culminated in a 52-yard field goal to win Oklahoma’s final scrimmage at the end of a two-minute drill.

Hodgson will retain kickoff duties.

Wide Receiver

Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley insists that his wide receivers will rotate throughout games, which is evident with 12 different wide outs being listed on the depth chart.

Sterling Shepard, Durron Neal and Dede Westbrook all top three of the four receiver positions, with walk-on junior college transfer Jarvis Baxter occupying the other.

Baxter was a late addition to the 2015 class, joining Oklahoma just before fall camp. He’s one of three walk-on wide receivers listed on the depth chart, joining Grant Bothun and Connor Knight.

Also of note, Bothun is listed above sophomore Michiah Quick on the depth chart. Quick started for OU as a true freshman last season but finds himself with the third-team wide receivers heading into 2015.

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