University of Oklahoma suspends classes on day of Sooners’ 2024 opener

There’s been all kinds of talk in the past few months (and years) on if the Oklahoma Sooners are “SEC ready”.

Brent Venables has had two years to try and get the program ready for the toughest conference in football. Two years to build up a culture and a level of discipline and toughness that deteriorated under the previous head coach.

While myself and many others believe that the Sooners have the right head coach at the controls, making the program ready for the Southeastern Conference can sometimes extend even beyond Venables’ reach.

The university itself is making an SEC-like move for OU’s first game of the 2024 season.

Oklahoma’s opener against the Temple Owls was moved from Saturday August 31 to Friday August 30. In response, the school announced that they have suspended normal academic and campus operations for that day.

The Oklahoman’s Colton Sulley took to social media to announce the move by the university. Sulley went on to say that “there was no way they could hold classes during a gameday with the parking/tailgating realities on campus.”

As suspected, OU’s Norman campus has suspended normal academic and campus operations for Aug. 30 football season opener.

There was no way they could hold classes during a gameday with the parking/tailgating realities on campus. #Sooners

— Colton Sulley (@colton_sulley) June 17, 2024

The SEC has been made fun of or even criticized by people in other parts of the country due to the fans of their member schools placing an emphasis on athletics (especially football) above all else over the years. This is one small example from the University of Oklahoma, but it won’t seem small when gameday comes.

This is an SEC-ready type of decision. It allows students to make the atmosphere that much better on that Friday night in Norman, because they won’t be busy with…

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Author : Sooners Wire

Publish date : 2024-06-18 13:35:47

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