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SEC Announces Oklahoma's Kickoff Window at Missouri

The Sooners and Tigers play for the first time in more than a decade next week in Columbia, and the Southeastern Conference has narrowed down the start times and networks.

John E. Hoover

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It'll be a nighttime kickoff at Mizzou.

Oklahoma and Missouri meet next week in Columbia for the first time in more than a decade, and the Southeastern Conference has chosen that game for one of its prime time windows.

The SEC on Monday announced the window for kickoff between the Tigers and Sooners, assigning the game to either a 6 p.m. or 6:45 p.m. kickoff and a TV designation of either ESPN (6 p.m.) or SEC Network (6:45 p.m.)

The last time they played a football game was 2011 in Norman, when No. 1-ranked OU beat the Tigers 38-28.

Their last meeting at Faurot Field came the year before, when the Sooners were ranked No. 3 and lost 36-27.

Oklahoma's last victory in Columbia came in 2006, when the 19th-ranked Sooners outlasted the No. 23 Tigers 26-19.

They'll play again on Nov. 9, and this time the Sooners are unranked. OU plays a home game against FCS opponent Maine this Saturday before returning to its first season in SEC play.

Oklahoma is coming off a 26-14 loss at Ole Miss on Saturday. The Sooners are 1-4 in conference play in their first season as a member of the SEC.

While OU will be going to Mizzou after playing Maine, the Tigers have this weekend off following their 34-0 loss at Alabama. In their two SEC losses, both on the road, Missouri has been outscored 75-10.

Missouri is 6-2 on the season (2-2 in SEC play) and still ranked No. 25 in this week's Associated Press Top 25. Last week the Tigers rallied past Auburn 21-17. They started the season 3-0, including a 27-21 win over No. 24 Boston College, then beat Vanderbilt 30-27 in double overtime before losing 41-10 at Texas A&M on Oct. 5.

Oklahoma leads the all-time series with Missouri 67-24-5.

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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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