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When faith and a dream come together

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It began like any other day that morning in our 9th grade science class. Our teacher, Mr. Ott, was about to talk about the formaldehyde-soaked frogs we were to dissect. But then, he stopped and introduced us to a short young man with thick calves and a thicker baby-faced smile who had just walked in the door, seemingly out of nowhere.

He said he was Steve Davis and he was there to invite us all to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting that was to be held that night in the auditorium. He was going to give a speech at the meeting.

Davis told us he had played high school football down the road at Sallisaw, but he was now a freshman in college. At OU, he said.

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Landry is the old man on the field now

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We’re one-third through the season and, finally, age is on Oklahoma’s side.

From here on, Landry Jones is the dean of quarterbacks on OU’s schedule.

At 23, he’ll be the oldest starting quarterback on the field for the rest of the regular season. He’s older than Texas’ David Ash (20). Older than West Virginia’s Geno Smith (22).

Until this past Saturday, Jones had been the second-oldest. Texas Tech QB Seth Doege, who was ravaged by the Sooners in a 41-21 loss, is also 23.

But he’s six months older than Jones.

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What we learned from week one

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For us, the launching of Soonersports TV on Fox Sports Oklahoma is like crimson crack for a Sooner junkie.  The two-hour pre-game show that preceded the OU-UTEP broadcast brought  insightful comments from former QB coach Chuck Long and perhaps our favorite…

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