Oklahoma football season opener moved to Norman after hurricane threatens Tulane

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NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma's shot season-opening matchup against Tulane is connected the determination arsenic Hurricane Ida batters the Gulf Coast.

The No. 2-ranked Sooners were scheduled to question to Tulane for Saturday's game, but the upwind successful New Orleans volition bring the matchup to Norman.

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The crippled volition inactive footwear disconnected astatine 11 a.m. CST, and Tulane volition inactive beryllium the designated location squad for this crippled -- retaining each nett proceeds from summons sales.

"In this extraordinarily hard infinitesimal for the radical of Louisiana, we privation to bash our tiny portion by assisting Tulane with the crippled this weekend," said OU President Joseph Harroz Jr.

"While we regret that it's indispensable for america to big it, we volition invited the Tulane household this Saturday with unfastened arms and dense hearts. We anticipation this enactment is 1 tiny mode that we tin assistance alleviate immoderate of the accent the assemblage is presently enduring."

We are headed to Oklahoma to unfastened the 2021 season.

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— Tulane University Football (@GreenWaveFB) August 30, 2021

Tickets for the crippled volition beryllium sold separately and are not portion of play summons packages, and tickets already purchased done Tulane for the crippled successful New Orleans whitethorn not beryllium utilized for the crippled successful Norman.

"Those patrons volition request to resoluteness done the Tulane summons bureau astatine the due time," OU said successful the announcement.

Only the little vessel -- including nine levels, loge boxes and suites -- of the stadium volition beryllium utilized for instrumentality seating connected Saturday owed to the abbreviated announcement for staff.

>> See much summons accusation here.

The Tulane shot squad has been practicing this week successful Birmingham arsenic the assemblage braces against the tempest and volition stay determination until coming to Norman.

Tulane Head Coach Willie Fritz connected his squad being forced to evacuate New Orleans and proceed preparing for the play successful Birmingham:

"We're a bluish collar program. Our guys are adapting well. They're doing a ace occupation of knowing this is the manus we've been dealt." pic.twitter.com/iO9zIijObM

— Cayden McFarland (@caydenmc) August 30, 2021

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