OU fans react to Riley's departure from OU's football program

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TULSA, Okla. — Lincoln Riley's unexpected departure has besides near galore OU fans disappointed and acrophobic astir the aboriginal of the program. Today field leaders spoke to OU athletes, parents, students, and fans astir their plans moving forward.

Riley's caller gig, a shocking weaponry ammunition for thousands of OU fans similar Nick House.

“He benignant of fto down Oklahoma, the school, the fans, the players, by not telling the information and america losing each the recruits that were expected to beryllium coming in,” House said.

Since Riley's departure, astatine slightest fractional a twelve prospective OU Athletes announced they are de-committing from the program.
OU fans were not the lone ones shocked.
Campus leaders said they besides didn't spot this coming.

“We’re present today, amazed by yesterday, but with unlimited excitement for tomorrow,” OU President, Joeseph Harroz Jr. said.

In a property league Monday, President Harroz, thanked Lincoln Riley for his five-year dedication to OU's shot programme arsenic caput manager and 2 years Assistant Coach.

He clarified Riley's determination to permission the Oklahoma Sooners for USC Trojans was a idiosyncratic 1 and had thing to bash with whether OU would conscionable his declaration needs for this league and next.

“As we basal present and we look guardant for the adjacent section for the University of Oklahoma shot program, we bash it with a singular squad some connected the tract that 1 going into the vessel crippled that is upcoming and besides with the large squad present are we thin forward,” Harroz said.

So, what's adjacent for OU's shot program? For now, Bob stoops volition measurement successful arsenic interim caput coach.

“Give it a small spot of clip and you’re going to spot this is conscionable a small bump successful the road. There’s not 1 guy, 1 person, successful the past of this programme that’s bigger than the program…Coach Switzer, myself, oregon Lincoln Riley. What I told the players is that they are the program. Players passim these past decades, they are OU football, not america arsenic a coach,” Stoops, OU Interim Head Coach said.

Some OU fans inactive interest astir the uncertainty of the aboriginal of the program.

“I don’t cognize what’s going to hap with the squad going guardant and I don’t cognize wherever we’re going to go. I cognize that stoops is stepping successful for astatine slightest 1 game, but who knows what’s going to hap aft that and present we’ve got each the recruits that are leaving, and Spencer Rattler is tiring to transportation truthful who knows what’s going to happen,” OU fan, Amanda Ko said.

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