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Research on baboons to end OUHSC to stop using baboons in several years PAGE JONES

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OU President David Boren announced Tuesday that after an internal investigation, the OU Health Sciences Center’s Baboon Program will end its research over the course of three to four years, according to a statement from the presidents office.

Boren ordered an internal

investigation in August due to the public’s interest in the care of the animals at OUHSC. Boren made his decision based on a decreased prioritization within OUHSC and the projected financial and time costs of continuing the program, according to the statement.

The program will “wind down” over the course of several years to ensure that faculty and staff have adequate time to transition. The statement said the baboons will be treated humanely throughout the SEE BABOONS PAGE 2

Parking violations high in August

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Tickets spike from first day of school DAISY CREAGER News Editor @daisycreager

According to records obtained by The Daily, the number of parking tickets issued on campus spikes between the first day of school and mid-September, then gradually decreases throughout the fall semester.

In Fall 2011, 2013 and 2014, the number of tickets issued increased by more than 1000 between the first day of school and the end of September. During the 2011-2014 school years, the lowest number of tickets were issued in December.

Vicky Holland, marketing and public relations specialist for OU Parking Services, said freshmen struggle at the beginning of the school year because they do not know where to park yet.

“They’re probably just learni ng t h e syste m a n d h ow i t works,” Holland said. “I would imagine, unless they had an older sibling or someone they knew who went here, it’s a bit of a learning process at the beginning.”

Gail, a parking officer who

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Students learn to make pasta from scratch in a pasta making class Tuesday afternoon in Hester Hall. The class was part of a series of events for OU’s Italy week that promotes OU in Arezzo.

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How Orlando Brown joined the Sooners Ex-Tennessee commit returns to battle Vols SPENSER DAVIS Sports Reporter @Davis_Spenser

Orlando Brown lost his father in September of 2011. By January of 2012, his family moved from their home in the Baltimore area to Atlanta.

That left Brown, who is now Oklahoma’s starting left tackle, without a place to play high school football, and it took him to Mark Fleetwood’s front door.

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“God almighty, I hope you have some eligibility left,” Fleetwood said to the then 6-foot-7-inch, 420pound Brown.

Fl e e t w o o d w o u l d b e c o m e Brown’s high school coach at Peachtree Ridge in Suwanee, Georgia, a town about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta.

“We had a good talk, his mom was right there, and they told me they were planning on moving to the Atlanta area soon,” Fleetwood recalled.

“Next thing I know, he’s walking through the door at our school.”

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Orlando “Zeus” Brown, was tough yours?” on him. But Brown’s road to folBrown’s body was being conlowing in his father’s footsteps was trolled by his weight. At 420 only just beginning. pounds, he was at risk for health issues later on in life. But the more New lease on life immediate consequence of his “I’m awful,” Brown said to his weight was that he couldn’t be an coach as he looked over the film of effective football player. his first game for Peachtree Ridge.

Fleetwood put Brown’s film After that meeting, Brown quickside-by-side next to the tape of a ly turned things around. player that had recently graduated “It was almost like it happened but carried a similar frame at 6 feet overnight,” Fleetwood said. “He 10 inches tall and 350 pounds. just kept getting better and workB r o w n ’s f i l m o n t h e l e f t , ing hard. By the end of his junior Fleetwood pointed at the screen season he was 360 pounds, and he on the right and said, “He’s ma- was down to 335 pounds by his seneuvering his body, who’s moving nior year.

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“It was a new lease on life for him.”

Brown is still enormous. Listed t 6 feet 8 inches tall and 342 pounds on OU’s official roster, he’s already as big as former Oklahoma left tackle Phil Loadholt.

He’s also almost bigger than his father was.

His father, Orlando “Zeus” Brown Sr., was a left tackle for the Baltimore Ravens and the Cincinnati Browns for more than a decade. Zeus played at 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighed 360 pounds.

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PARKING: Continued from Page One did not want her last name to be used, said the most common violation around the dorms is freshmen parking in priority housing spots.

Although more parking violations occur at the beginning of the year, Holland said they are also more lenient with people’s first violation.

“Nine times out of ten, your first citation will be voided. And we try to educate you about parking at that point, where you should park and shouldn’t park,” Holland said.

Gail said she issues about 100 tickets a day and feels bad about ticketing freshmen at the beginning of the year, because they are often not aware of

the rules. However, there are some students who get tickets often, which annoys her.

“There’s always that one student that just never cares to learn how to do it.,” Gail said. “I’d say every day I get at least several that have multiple tickets. There are some people that we just look at the car and start writing it.”

According to parking records, the number of parking tickets issued gradually declines starting in November.

Holland said the dips in December and March are due to school breaks.

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This is an example of the type of armored car that Norman PD and the Norman City Council are trying to attain. This photoshopped picture was in the presentation regarding whether or not The City of Norman will receive one of these massive vehicles.

Discussion to purchase armored car still on table Council listened to citizens in support, opposition of vehicl JORGE KRZYZANIAK News Reporter @JorgeKrzyz

Despite a decision by the Norman City Council to table discussion of an armored vehicle, it is still very possible that the Norman Police Department could purchase a $280,000 armored vehicle, Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said.

“It’s certainly not an issue that is off the table or gone,” Rosenthal said.

With two council members and the mayor absent, a July 28 City Council vote to authorize the purchase of the Lenco BearCat armored vehicle was postponed after questions from the public.

R o s e n t h a l s a i d m o re questions came before the vote appeared on the consent docket again at the Aug. 25 City Council Meeting, and that’s why further discussion was postponed.

“A n u m b e r o f q u e s tions have been asked of the city staff, and they’ll be

investigating those,” she said. “They’ll bring that information back to the council to see what the various alternatives could be.”

Rosenthal said the council has heard from citizens who support the armored vehicle and from those who oppose it.

S o m e re s i d e n t s h av e expressed support for alternatives.

Richard Auer said the concept that citizens require more powerful and more militarized protections to keep them safe is a “dangerous narrative.”

“It’s perhaps better suited for dystopian science fiction,” Auer said.

He said an imbalance of power that an armored vehicle represents makes him nervous.

“If you want to protect yourself, fine,” Auer said, “It’s easy. Become a ninja.

But there’s nothing you can do to protect yourself from something like this when they decide that you’re part of some problem too.”

Auer said community outreach from the police department financed through the Seizures and Restitution

“I have tremendous confidence in our chief and his commitment to community policing.”

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fund might eliminate much of the need for the BearCat. “I’m for a peaceful alternative,” he said.

As recent allegations have spread that Oklahoma police departments have seized assets from individuals who were found not guilty in court, Rosenthal said some Norman constituents have taken issue with the proposal to pay for the armored vehicle with seized money.

“The chief has assured us, and again this is one of those issues where a number of questions have been raised,” Rosenthal said, “that the funds that we have on hand for this have come from persons who have been convicted.”

No r ma n Po l i c e C h i e f Keith Humphrey said in

the July council meeting, the armored vehicle was necessary.

Humphrey told the council, “This is strictly a defensive vehicle.”

A quote from Lenco, the BearCat’s manufacturer, was presented to the council showing Norman PD’s chosen options for the vehicle, including two gun ports and a $6,480 gas injector unit to disperse chemical gas into buildings and vehicles.

Rosenthal said she understands the concern of citizens on both sides of the issue and trusts police have the best interests of Norman’s residents in mind.

“It’s obviously a reflection of some of the national concerns that are going on that have to do with police-community relations,” Rosenthal said. “But I have tremendous confidence in our chief and his commitment to community policing.”

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OU associate provost issues policy regarding pets in university facilities

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BABOONS: Continued from Page One transition to ensure the animals will not be adversely affected.

OUHSC will work with its partner, the National Institutes of Health, on a transition plan and will not seek further funding from the group.

S t o p A n i m a l Exploitation Now, a national animal research testing watchdog group, said they’re happy that Boren made the right decision.

“We are thrilled that President Boren and the University of Oklahoma are doing the right thing and closing down the baboon program,” Michael Budkie, executive director of SAEN, said in a statement.

SAEN filed a complaint to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in July stating that OU had violated the Animal Welfare Act after discovering the deaths of

about 50 baboons over the course of a year.

Pathology reports obtained by the group through the Oklahoma Open Records Act detailed infant baboons who were cannibalized and others whose skulls were crushed.

OUHSC was cited in January by the USDA for unsanitary living conditions after three baboons were reportedly hosed down while staff was cleaning their enclosure and left at risk for hypothermia.

The Baboon Program began in 1999 as a way for OUHSC researchers to study cancer and infectious diseases. A $1.74 million research center was dedicated to almost 500 baboons and the facility was built outside El Reno, Oklahoma.

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OU Associate Provost Christopher Walker said in a statement early Tuesday that pets in university facilities are prohibited despite the absence of a written policy about pets on campus.

Walker said he was prompted to send a statement through OU mass mail about the policy when some students asked him about it.

“There was no one incident which prompted this email, but after receiving four or five questions on the matter, we wanted to make our stance clear,” he said.

Walker’s email said that there is no set policy regarding pets in university facilities, but that no pets are allowed in university facilities. “ ... Except for service animals or animals authorized by the Disability Resource Center, no one has a right to bring pets into University facilities,” his email said.

Junior chemical engineering major David Hopkins occasionally walks his three-month-old golden retriever, Misty, on campus. Christopher Walker, the associate provost for OU, released a statement Tuesday morning saying that while there is no formal policy regarding pets on campus, only service animals or animals authorized by the Disability Resource Center are allowed in OU facilities.

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OU has been accused of violating the Animal Welfare Act by Stop Animal Exploitation Now in a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture. In light of the finding, President Boren has decided to wind down the baboon program.

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CAC to focus on diversity issues Transparency and inclusivity among new CAC priorities DAYTEN ISRAEL News Reporter @daytenisrael

The Campus Activities Council has made outreach and diversity its focus this semester, in light of the events that occurred last spring.

CAC Chair Chloe Tadlock ran on a platform of creating a universal application for CAC events. However, this semester she and her fellow CAC members are focusing more on better reaching the community and diversifying their organizations and events, Tadlock said.

“To put it simply, CAC heard people’s concerns and is responding to them,” Tadlock said.

Her original initiative, which would have created a common application, was pushed back until next semester, CAC Community Experience Coordinator Breanna Bober said.

The app would have asked

the same questions and looked the same regardless of the event, and it would have been released at one time in one huge push, rather than going out at different times throughout the year, Bober said.

CAC is trying to refocus its programming to be better oriented toward the student body, instead of toward one particular audience, Tadlock said. Tadlock also said that this was more time-sensitive than CAC’s other initiatives.

C AC’s Concert Series opened a volunteer corps team that receives opinions and help from everyone campus-wide, Tadlock said.

CAC is working to compile a list of the different campus organizations and their presidents to send their applications to, Bober said. CAC is looking more at umbrella groups like the Black Student Association to forward the applications on to their community and not just individual student groups.

In the past, CAC has been guilty of recruiting mainly with its greek groups, and

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Incumbant CAC Chair Chloe Tadlock is sworn in by then SGA President Kunal Naik during the State of the SGA on Tuesday, April 21 at Devon Hall. Tadlock ran on the platform of creating a universal mobile application for all CAC events throughout the year.

they don’t want to continue recycling the same students at CAC, Bober said.

“We want fresh new ideas, fresh new perspectives,” Bober said.

Bober said CAC is really encompassing student outreach by reaching out to students who in the pastthey haven’t, and by giving everyone access to their applications.

“CAC’s motto is, ‘Bringing campus to life,’ and we want to make sure we’re bringing campus to life for everyone, not just a small number,” Bober said.

Diversity has become a central point to this new initiative.

Tadlock said this new refocusing of initiatives is partly in response to the events encircling the racist chant video involving Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members CHRISTOPHER MICHIE/THE DAILY that surfaced last spring, but CAC Chair canidate Chloe Tadlcok celebrates with friends and sup- it is not the only reason for porters after hearing the news of her election victory Tuesday eve- the change. ning at O’Connells. Tadlock defeated canidate John Pham in the runoff CAC sees the areas that election by a margin of 21 votes. need improvement and are

working to correct them, Tadlock said.

Bober said the importance of diversity on the OU campus started with OU Unheard’s activism, which started last fall, Bober said.

CAC vice chairs recently underwent selection bias training led by Assistant Director of LGBTQ and Health Programs at the Women’s Outreach Center Kasey Catlett, Bober said.

CAC applications are out now, so the training was meant to make sure that, during the interview process, vice chairs are selecting individuals for the different executive councils in a way that is fair and is also representative of OU’s campus, Bober said.

The bias training made the vice chairs more aware about their own biases and helped them to find ways to act on those biases in a positive way, Tadlock said.

Transparency within CAC is also an important aspect of this new initiative, Bober

said.

In an effort to be more transparent internally, the 22-member General Council will now be able to access executive meeting minutes so that they can be more involved, Tadlock said.

In order to be more transparent to the campus, one of Tadlock’s goals was to implement a new rubric that could accurately score applicants in certain areas of their application, Bober said.

CAC got the sample rubric from Women’s Outreach Center, but a few things need to be altered to make it better effective for CAC, Tadlock said.

They will seek direction from Student Life Director Kristen Partridge and staff and Women’s Outreach Center when changing certain parts, Tadlock said.

Bober said that she thinks it was beneficial for CAC’s vice chairs to see that a standard rubric could be implemented.

CAC can let applicants

know why certain decisions were made and promote equality across the board, Bober said.

“We can say, ‘Well, we’re looking for this, so where do these people fall on what we need and want?’” Bober said.

It will also allow CAC to give students constructive feedback, Tadlock said.

Tadlock said these first few months will be an evaluation of CAC, focusing on three questions: what CAC is, what CAC stands for and do CAC’s policies and procedures uphold what its members believe.

“The time is now to start making these changes,” Bober said. CAC aims to hold events where people feel like they belong.

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Price hosts Back to Business Week OU’s college of business focuses on student involvement JAKE EYTH

News Reporter @haveaneythday

The opening ceremony of the Center for Student Success in the Michael F. Price College of Business highlighted the first day of the college’s Back To Business week, which focuses on getting Price students more involved with the college’s various programs.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony opened the new Center for Student Success, which is located in Adams Hall room 1040. The room used to house undergraduate classrooms.

The center ser ves the same purpose as Back to Business week but on a long-term basis. According to Shelly Grunsted, the executive director of the center, it will allow all Price0 students to connect to the college.

“The goal for the Center for Student Success is to make Price College students the most marketable and

globally aware students that we possibly can,” she said.

The center will offer workshops for all Price students to make them more competitive in the job market. These workshops will cover topics such as résumé writing, preparing for interviews, diversity training and professional development.

Additionally, it will help get Price students involved in the college’s programs such as the First Fidelity Integrated Business Core and JCPenney Leadership Program and work with other entities on campus to improve students’ experiences and skill sets.

It will also house the office of Kenneth M. Chapman, the college’s new director of diversity and inclusion.

The idea for the center came from Daniel Pullin, Price College Dean.

Grunsted said Pullin sees it as a way to get all students more involved and prevent them from slipping through the cracks.

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The Price College of Business is putting on Back to Business week this week from Tuesday to Thursday in the Price building on Campus.

The event kicked off with a ribbon cutting for the Center for Student Success and will include a ton of free food.

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Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, left, at her side, greets the crowd after being released from the Carter County Detention Center, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Grayson, Ky. Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released Tuesday after five days behind bars. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

County clerk released Davis released from jail, refused to issue marriage GRAYSON, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples was released Tuesday after five days behind bars, emerging to a tumultuous hero’s welcome from thousands of supporters waving large white crosses.

“I just want to give God the glory. His people have rallied, and you are a strong people,” Kim Davis told the crowd after stepping outside, her arms raised like a victorious boxer, to the blaring “Rocky”-sequel theme song “Eye of the Tiger.”

Her lawyer refused to say whether she would defy the courts again.

“Kim cannot and will not violate her conscience,” said Mat Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel, the Christian law firm representing Davis. As for whether she will issue licenses, Staver said only: “You’ll find out in the near future.”

Th e Rowa n C ou nt y clerk whose defiance has made her a hero to many

on the religious right walked free after the federal judge who ordered her locked up lifted the contempt ruling against her, saying he was satisfied that her deputies were fulfilling their obligation to grant licenses to same-sex couples in her absence.

But U.S. District Judge David Bunning also warned Davis not to interfere again, or else she could wind up back in jail.

Davis, 49, has refused to resign her $80,000-a-year job. As an elected official, she can lose her post only if she is defeated for re-election or is impeached by the state General Assembly. The latter is unlikely, given the legislature’s conservative slant.

As the surprise news of her impending release spread, a crowd of dozens of supporters who had gathered on the jailhouse lawn for a previously scheduled rally swelled to thousands. They broke into “Amazing Grace” and “God Bless America” and waved signs, flags and crosses.

Cries of thanks to Jesus echoed through the crowd as Davis emerged next to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee

and her husband, Joe, who was in overalls and a straw hat. Huckabee and fellow GOP White House candidate Sen. Ted Cruz visited her at the jail just after the decision came down.

“If somebody has to go to jail, I’m willing to go in her place,” said Huckabee, a former Baptist minister and Arkansas governor. “She has shown more courage than any politician I know.”

Natalie Ferguson, who came to the rally from Elora, Tennessee, said: “We have to stand because if we sit back and be quiet, you know then as a Christian community we’re going to get run over.”

Davis was locked up on Thursday for the boldest act of resistance by a public official yet to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that effectively legalized same-sex marriage across the nation.

Citing “God’s authority” and her belief that gay marriage is a sin, Davis, an Apostolic Christian, stopped issuing all marriage licenses.

Two gay couples and two heterosexual ones sued her.

Bunning ordered Davis to issue the licenses, and the Supreme Court backed him.

But she still refused and was held in contempt of court and hauled off to jail in

handcuffs, igniting protests from religious conservatives. They rallied for days at her office, at the jail and outside the judge’s home.

The timing of her release after just five days came as something of a surprise. Last week, Bunning said that he might reconsider his decision to jail her in a week.

Five of Davis’ six deputy clerks — all except her son, Nathan — agreed to issue licenses to gay couples with Davis behind bars. In lifting the contempt order, Bunning asked for updates on the clerks’ compliance every two weeks.

On Tuesday, Staver, Davis’ lawyer, maintained that the licenses issued by her deputies are invalid. But the Kentucky attorney general’s office said it believes otherwise.

Dan Canon, an attorney for the couples who sued, said they will ask the judge to again hold Davis in contempt if she returns to work and blocks her deputies from dispensing licenses.

“We are hoping she is going to comply with it. We’ll have to see,” Canon said.

“But if experience is a teacher, Ms. Davis just doesn’t believe that court orders apply to her.”

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Diversity training welcomed at OU COLUMNIST

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more easily summed up just by saying “accept everyone’s differences” and moving on with the topic.

Ironically, it’s exactly this kind of ideology that these kinds of events and trainings prevent. As local and global events have shown us in the very recent past, acceptance is clearly not something so innate to human beings that we need merely to recognize it as an important facet of culture.

Rather, it is something that we must actively and consciously pursue. It’s about people making decisions that are unconsciously influenced by affinity bias, (i.e., a tendency to favor “people like us”). With so many students coming from largely homogenous areas in the American Southwest, this unconscious bias is only to be expected, and we shouldn’t hold students responsible for not understanding the proper way to relate to people outside of their culture. However, we should hold people accountable for not seeking to better understand the world around them, and that’s why I firmly believe in the mission of the Southwest Center.

As a member of the LGBTQIA community myself, the fact that the Freshman Diversity Experience was an integral part of Camp Crimson made me feel more at home at OU than any chant or cheer could. Not only was I celebrating joining a family of people, but I was feeling celebrated as a member of that family.

Conversations about race, gender, identity, sexuality and beliefs are so important to furthering our understanding of the people and places that surround us — so have them. Just be respectful of other people’s opinions, and realize that not everyone is going to agree with you. And that’s OK.

Camp Crimson is a magical time. For out-ofstate students like myself, it’s the first time we hear “Boomer Sooner” shouted by camp staff or explore the nooks and hideaways on campus. For students who have grown up in the OU tradition, it’s their first opportunity to be recognized as an actual student of the University. Camp is all about making the incoming class feel welcome, and with its constant dancing, singing and omnipresent “drop your cool” mantra, it certainly succeeded.

But when campers weren’t cracking eggs on top of their heads for a relay or creating a whirlpool at the Murray Case Sells Swim Complex, the incredibly diverse Class of 2019 was working to create an accepting atmosphere for all.

No matter what religion, race, ethnicity, ability, sexuality, gender expression, or other identity one might embrace, the message was clear: not only are you welcome here, you are home.

In a bold move highlighting the University’s commitment to a rich and varied campus culture, all incoming freshman are required to attend a five-hour diversity training session. Overseen by the Southwest Center for Human Relations, the goal of this intensive workshop is to get students thinking about their interactions with others and how their actions might have unintended consequences.

Unfortunately, due to the mandatory nature of the exercise, it received mixed student reviews. Many students feel as if the expeJake Mazeitis is an rience is a “waste of time” International Studies and that could have been much Political Science Freshman

CORRECTION Yesterday, a page one headline incorrectly stated that the LGBTQ lounge in the Union had officially opened, when the lounge had only had its soft opening.

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Yesterday, we wrote an editorial encouraging OU Athletics to let redshirt freshman running back Joe Mixon speak to the media.

In July 2014, Mixon was charged with a misdemeanor due to acts resulting in gross injury after he punched a female student, fracturing her face. He was suspended from the team for a year and has been shielded from media access since the incident.

This weekend, Mixon made his debut on the field, proving himself a key player from his first touchdown against Akron.

THE QUESTION After Mixon’s off-field transgression, do you feel conflicted about cheering for him as a player?

@nathanlthompson @OUDaily I believe in a zero tolerance policy for seriously assaulting people

@kadler5 @OUDaily he served a year long suspension. That’s a year off his already short career given how football works on the body.

Served his time

@CaileyChristy @OUDaily it’s hard to cheer for a player when his actions off the field are violent. Great player, poor choises

@colt45rap @OUDaily if Joe would’ve transferred to any other D1 college the moment the fan base saw his talent they would not care of his past

@armstrongliz @OUDaily Omg yes! I know he served his time but it’s such a big “mistake.”

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BROWN: Continued from Page One According to Fleetwood, living in his father’s footsteps is the main thing that drives Brown. From the white bandana that he wears to his No. 78 jersey, aspects of Brown’s life mimic that of his father’s.

“He goes through my head every day whether it be for school, waking up in the morning, practice, whatever it may be,” Brown said. “He’s definitely always there.”

Recruiting Brown’s recruitment process was a simple one. He was just a three-star prospect according to recruiting services, but he had offers from nearly every major program in the country including Ohio State, Notre Dame and Alabama.

That list also included Oklahoma. Brown and OU coach Bob Stoops built a good relationship throughout his recruitment, but he ultimately chose Tennessee.

“When Orlando started looking at schools, he was looking for a place that he might have a chance to play early,” Fleetwood said. “As he looked around at the other SEC and Big 12 schools, he liked Tennessee because he thought he could play there early on.”

When Brown decided on Tennessee, he stuck with his decision. He stopped taking visits. He avoided the fuss that has become customary throughout the recruiting process. He was Tennessee all the way.

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The OU offensive line situates themselves for the snap in the Sooners’ game versy Akron on Saturday, September 5, at the Gaylord Famiyl Memorial Stadium. The offensive line, which includes Orlando Brown, will face Tennesse in Knowxville this upcoming Saturday.

But then, Brown was hit with more adversity.

“It was an academic issue,” Fleetwood said. “(Tennessee) didn’t know if he was going to make it or not so they backed out on him.”

According to Fleetwood, that conversation happened the Sunday before signing day.

On Monday, with singing day approaching on Wednesday, Brown sauntered in to Fleetwood’s office in search of direction.

“He was miserably disap p o i nt e d ,” Fl e e t w o o d remembered.

Fleetwood told Brown to write down his top three schools after Tennessee. He would call the first school on the list and if they had room, then Brown would go there.

If not, he’d call the second school. And so on.

“I told him ‘this isn’t going to turn into a recruiting war,’” Fleetwood said.

Oklahoma was the first school on the list. Fleetwood called OU’s recruiting offices and, on the back of Orlando

Brown’s name, got through least one teammate, that’s directly to Stoops. not the whole story.

“Since he’s been here, Two days later, Brown Orlando has been all about was a Sooner. going back and beatAfter redshirting in 2014, ing Tennessee,” Jonathan B row n ma d e h i s d e b u t Alvarez said. “He’s always starting at left tackle against talking about how he hates Akron last Saturday. This them, and he just wants to week, he returns to Knoxville get back at them.” to play in the stadium that he Brown has been very comthought he would call home plimentary of the chance one day. that Oklahoma has offered Brown has downplayed him. He says he feels “blessthe emotions of returning to ed” to be in Norman.

Tennessee after being comBut that doesn’t take away mitted to the Vols for nine some of the hurt that resultmonths. But according to at ed when Tennessee gave up

on him.

As for Brown’s new home, his teammates are behind him and ready to play for him.

“I don’t really care what Tenness ee did to him,” Alvarez said. “I just know that (Orlando) is with us now and he’s one of my brothers now. If he’s angry about Tennessee, we’re angry too.”

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As Oklahoma prepares for Saturday night’s showdown against Tennessee, talk has once again turned to the — some would say overblown — strength of the SEC. After practice Tuesday, senior linebacker Eric Striker stoked the fire a bit and said he doesn’t understand the perennial hype that surrounds the conference.

“I don’t know why people blow gas up their ass all the time,” Striker said. “I don’t understand why.”

Striker isn’t the first member of the OU football program to call out the conference. Coach Bob Stoops has made headlines a couple of times in recent years for his criticism of the seemingly never-ending love for the SEC. One of Stoops’ complaints

was that the league is top heavy. Striker echoed that sentiment, remarking that the SEC’s streak of seven national championships was put together by just a couple of teams.

As for this weekend, Striker said it’s all about what happens on the field.

“I look forward to it because I like to prove people wrong, right? I love that,” Striker said. “You say that’s about your opponent — SEC they’ve got this, they’ve got that, but what you don’t understand is you’ve got to get it done in between the lines, you know what it means?

That’s all that matters. So who’s the better team when the whistle blows in between the lines? That’s all I care about.”

Oklahoma has beaten its last two SEC opponents, toppling Alabama in the 2013 Sugar Bowl and taking care of business against Tennessee in Norman last season.

No matter Saturday’s result though, Striker doesn’t expect the SEC love to die

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that say this and that about t h e m, l e t ’s p rove t h e m wrong. But it never works, it’s all the same,” Striker said. “The next year it’s the

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Sooners ready to travel to Tennessee, hostile SEC territory

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In his last two games against an SEC foe, Oklahoma cornerback Zack Sanchez recorded an interception.

The first came in the Sugar Bowl against Alabama in 2014 when Sanchez jumped in front of a pass and nearly took it to the house.

Against Tennessee a year ago, he pulled one down in the back corner of the end zone. Most fans didn’t even know he caught the ball let alone managed to keep his feet in-bounds, until the referee signaled Oklahoma ball.

“You always want to go out and show how good you are against other top competition in the country, so especially when it’s the SEC, it just makes it that much sweeter,” he said.

Saturday will mark Sanchez’s first game against the SEC in hostile territory.

He’s not worried about the crowd, however.

“I love it man,” he said.

“Playing at West Virginia last year was probably one of the hostilest I’ve ever been in.

To go up against 105,000 is going to be a lot of fun.

“Everybody here is juiced a b o u t i t . Ev e r y b o d y i s amped. We’ve seen tough crowds before so it ain’t nothing new to us, but it’s definitely going to be exciting.”

A season ago, the Oklahoma secondary forced two interceptions as Vols quarterback Justin Worley

The pass was initially tipped by junior linebacker Jordan Evans, who didn’t realize how big the play was until junior quarterback Trevor Knight approached him on the sideline after the play.

“It was huge,” Evans said.

“I didn’t realize how big it was until Trevor came to me and was like ‘man, you gave us six points.’

“Coach Stoops really emphasizes the turnover battle, because that’s usually who comes out on top of the game.”

OU will try to make those same big plays, and it will try to overcome more than the crowd noise of 105 thousand Tennessee fans.

Josh Dobbs will be in what was Worley’s position as Tennessee’s starting quarterback and the Sooners will hope to contain the Volunteers’ signal-caller.

“I think (Dobbs is) their whole offense,” senior Eric Striker said. “You keep him contained, you get him ; that’s the key. They want to do everything through him.

He’s very versatile. We got to contain him and I think we will be successful.”

Oklahoma only has one game under its belt, but the Sooner offense struggled early in its season opener.

The Sooners defense was called on to hold back the Akron Zips attack as the

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Junior corner back Zach Sanchez talks to the media after practice on Tuesday ay the OU Rugby Fields. Zach Sanchez is one of the leaders of the OU defense that will face their first real test of the season in the upcoming game versus Tennesse this weekend.

went 21-of-44 for 201 yards and a score. Things only went downhill for the pos i t i o n u n i t f ro m t h e re, however.

When the season was finally said and done, the Sooners ranked ninth in the Big 12 in pass defense — only ahead of Iowa State.

Since defensive coordinator Mike Stoops said OU wasn’t really tested last week against Akron, the Tennessee game will offer the first true view of any progress the secondary has made since last season.

“Everybody playing has experience,” Sanchez said. “(Jordan Thomas is) back.

He’s ready to go. Ahmad has got experience. Hatari. They were all there at Notre Dame a few years ago so they know what it’s like. I don’t think it’s going to be anything new to them.”

Oklahoma may have experience, but there is a lot of youth on the Sooners’ twodeep roster. True freshman PJ Mbanasor started opposite Sanchez against Akron.

Safety Hatari Byrd said it’s important for the experienced players to guide the young ones into big road tests like the Sooners face at Tennessee.

“I feel like we got to really be on them, communicating, overly communicating with the young guys so they understand,” he said. “You got to control yourself. You got to balance your excitement. You got to be able to calm down and don’t take everything as an energizer before the game.”

Oklahoma’s schedule includes Tennessee Saturday and Tulsa Sept. 19 before a bye week, after which the Sooners will play nine straight weeks.

Sanchez said a victory over the Volunteers could provide momentum heading into that stretch.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun, and guys are amped and ready for it,” he said.

Oklahoma’s mid-September match-up against Tennessee last season was billed as a big, primetime game and 2015’s rematch is no different.

Saturday’s game is OU’s first big test of the season in an SEC environment.

“This is going to be a big game for us,” senior C ha r l e s Ta p p e r s a i d .

“We’re going to be there ready to play. We’re on somebody else’s turf.

They’re going to be yelling, and we’re going to be there trying to stop the crowd and get them out of the game early.”

Oklahoma fans “striped the stadium” last seas o n a n d Te n n e s s e e will “checker” Neyland Stadium on Sept. 12.

Last year’s primetime affair ended with a 24point Oklahoma victory.

The OU defense sealed the victory with a fourth quarter pick-six.

Te n n e s s e e ’s Ju s t i n Worley had the Vols deep in OU territory when he was picked off by former OU defensive back Julian Wilson.

offense tried to get it together. However, the defense managed to hold Akron to three points and Tapper believes his unit will be just as important in this game.

“It’s the first game, get the jitters out of there and get ready for the next game,” Tapper said. “I feel like the d-line plays a big part in this game. The SEC is a power run conference, and the Big 12, we’re not really respected for that. They’re going to try us up front. It’s going to be our job to stop them.”

Oklahoma and Tennessee will kick off at 5 p.m. CT in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Th e S o o n e r s d e f e n s e knows its hands will be full. However, the players are ready for Saturday’s game and hoping to take Tennessee out of the game early.

“Tennessee’s a great team.

Their offense looked really good last week against Bowling Green,” Evans said.

“Last week, we didn’t get tested, but that was to make sure we didn’t have mental errors.

“When it’s teams like that, you have to show dominance and that’s what we did. Hopefully we’ll carry it on to next week.”

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The Sooners’ defensive line squares off against the offensive line of Akron on Saturday at Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium. The OU defense will have a tough matchup against Tennessee on Saturday.

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