OU Football: Oklahoma Adjusts Start Time of Spring Game

Impending bad weather is expected earlier on the day on Saturday, so the kickoff time for the annual spring scrimmage has been pushed back.

John E. Hoover | Apr 19, 2024

Spring Game postponed

Oklahoma has pushed back the start time of Saturday’s spring game.

The Sooners will start their annual Red/White Game at 2:30 p.m., instead of the originally scheduled 1 p.m.

The change was made due to impending inclement weather.

According to a tweet from OU Football’s Twitter/X account, “Due to anticipated rain and lightning earlier in the day, kickoff for Saturday’s Spring Game has been pushed back to 2:30 p.m., with gates opening at 1 p.m.”

The scrimmage will be televised on ESPN+.

The athletics department also announced that its "Party at the Palace presented by Allstate" pre-spring-game fan festival on the north side of the stadium has been canceled.

Saturday's 6 p.m. OU home softball game against Houston will continue as originally scheduled, however, a morning statue unveiling of head coach Patty Gasso at Love's Field has been postponed due to likely inclement weather. Information on a new date for the ceremony will be communicated when finalized.

OU officials are continuing to monitor Saturday's weather forecasts and any potential additional changes to the day's schedule will be communicated with as much notice as possible.

Published Apr 19, 2024|Modified Apr 19, 2024

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.