Lincoln Riley Says Oklahoma Injuries vs. Nebraska Could Go 'Down to the Wire'

The coach said "a couple" of players would be out if OU played the Huskers today, but said if the game were Monday or Tuesday, they'd "probably" be able to go.

John E. Hoover | Sep 16, 2021

Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley was still unable to update his team’s injury status during a quick interview on Thursday.

“Yeah, nothing, yet,” Riley said.

Riley said Tuesday that wide receiver Brian Darby would miss this week’s game against Nebraska and that cornerback Woodi Washington. He also said “a handful” of other players would be questionable to play against the Cornhuskers.

That includes linebacker Danny Stutsman and defensive back Billy Bowman.

“We're gonna … definitely have a couple that are gonna go down to wire,” Riley reiterated on Thursday. “We’ve got a couple that, you know, if we were playing today, would be probably be ‘no,’ if we're playing Monday or Tuesday, would be probably ‘yes.’

“And so we'll see where they land.”

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Published Sep 16, 2021

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.