College Football World Reacts To The Oklahoma Media News
On Wednesday, Oklahoma Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley canceled his team’s media availability. That decision left the college football world a bit surprised because he didn’t state a specific reason for the change in plans.
The timing of Riley’s decision is suspicious due to the fact that Oklahoma made a significant change at quarterback this past weekend.
Spencer Rattler was benched during the Red River Showdown in favor of Caleb Williams. The five-star freshman didn’t disappoint, as he led the Sooners to an improbable comeback win over the Texas Longhorns.
Riley has been trying his best to keep his cards close to the vest, but the Oklahoma media wants to know who’ll be the team’s starting quarterback this weekend against TCU. His decision to cancel media availability this Wednesday only raises the drama surrounding the Sooners’ quarterback controversy.
“This is like the bat signal for all the media members who cover Oklahoma to dig into whatever’s going on,” Dan Wolken of USA Today said.
This is like the bat signal for all the media members who cover Oklahoma to dig into whatever’s going on https://t.co/v1xoqrl2aV
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 13, 2021
There’s some speculation that Oklahoma’s student newspaper found a way to watch practice from a nearby building on Tuesday. They reportedly spotted Williams taking the majority of the first-team reps.
While it’s possible Riley canceled media availability to prevent reporters from finding out who has the early edge at quarterback, the college football world doesn’t really believe that’s a good excuse.
“Oklahoma closes off practices to the media because it’s some nuclear-level secret that they’re going to play the better QB on Saturday, and the OU student paper finds out by simply standing in a public building and looking at the field,” college football reporter Alex Kirshner said.
Oklahoma closes off practices to the media because it's some nuclear-level secret that they're going to play the better QB on Saturday, and the OU student paper finds out by simply standing in a public building and looking at the field. Lolllll https://t.co/k5i3c5zluC
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) October 13, 2021
“Wait so Oklahoma cancelled all media until Saturday because an OU student newspaper reporter used binoculars to see that Caleb Williams took 1st team snaps,” Barstool Sports’ Unnecessary Roughness podcast said. “That’s incredibly dumb.”
Wait so Oklahoma cancelled all media until Saturday because an OU student newspaper reporter used binoculars to see that Caleb Williams took 1st team snaps???
That's incredibly dumb.
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) October 13, 2021
Unless Riley makes a sudden change to the team’s media schedule, the college football world will have to wait until Saturday to find out if Williams will be the Oklahoma Sooners’ starting quarterback.
Kickoff for Oklahoma-TCU is at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
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