Lincoln Riley: No update on Bridges, McGowan

They didn't play in Saturday's Red/White Game and aren't on the current roster, but the Sooners head coach says he'll let the legal process play out

John E. Hoover | Apr 24, 2021

NORMAN — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley declined comment Saturday on the status of two suspended players.

Trejan Bridges and Seth McGowan did not play in Saturday’s Red/White Game because they’re suspended from the team, according to a source.

They were removed from Saturday’s game roster as well.

“No. No update,” Riley said. “Kind of like everybody else, just letting this thing play out from a legal standpoint and then we'll make any decisions we've got to make from there.”

Bridges, a sophomore from Carrollton, TX, and McGowan, a freshman from Mesquite, TX, have been implicated as suspects in an alleged assault and robbery on April 15. Norman Police scanner traffic and a Norman PD 911 call both identify them as suspects.

Riley also said he couldn’t comment yet on the transfer of former Arkansas wide receiver Mike Woods, who announced this week he would be playing this season at OU.

Published Apr 24, 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.