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ESPN Announces Oklahoma-Texas TV Coverage

OU and Texas have their network; now the Sooners and Longhorns need a kickoff time.

John E. Hoover

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The Red River Rivalry is on the big network this year.

ESPN announced Tuesday that the Oct. 7 Oklahoma-Texas game will be carried by ABC. No start time has been announced yet for the 119th edition of OU-Texas.

After losing quarterback Dillon Gabriel the week before, Oklahoma limped through last year's showdown at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, falling 49-0 to the Longhorns – the Sooners' worst margin of defeat ever against their rival.

OU finished 6-7 in Brent Venables' maiden season, the first losing season by the Sooners since 1998. 

Oklahoma's season kicks off on Sept. 2 with a home game against Arkansas State. OU then hosts SMU on Sept. 9 and visits Tulsa on Sept. 16 before visiting Cincinnati to open Big 12 play on Sept. 23. Before heading to Dallas to take on the Longhorns, The Sooners host Iowa State on Sept. 30.

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John E. Hoover
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.

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