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ACADEMICS

Not all majors provide same OU experience Some programs have thousands of students while others have oneKATE BERGUMAssistant News Editor@kateclaire_b

Kate Acone is the only undergraduate in her major. Kaitlyn Dorrough is one of four undergraduates in her major. The same goes for Caitlin Keefe.

OU has 166 majors, ranging from advertising, to electrical engineering, to stage management. Biology, the most popu-lar major in the College of Ar ts and S ciences, has 1,365 undergradu-ate students, according to records provided by the college. Meanwhile, some programs are much smaller, such as the piano pedagogy program in the Weitzenhoffer College of Fine Arts, which only has one undergraduate.

In the case of piano pedagogy, its lone under-graduate is Kate Acone.

Acone has taken cours-es in which she has been the only student.

“I’m the only one in a very personalized program,” Acone said.

Instead of feeling lonely in her classes, Acone said she loves the personalized attention she receives as the only piano pedagogy undergraduate.

The pedagogy program’s small size means Acone is very close with her profes-sors, Acone said. Within two weeks of starting the piano pedagogy program, pro-fessors were asking Acone if she needed any help and if there was anything they could do for her.

However, while Acone is the only piano peda-gogy undergraduate, she doesn’t spend all her time in classes with just herself and a professor. There are about 15 graduate students in the piano pedagogy pro-gram who share some of her classes, Acone said. Acone also takes courses with piano performance majors.

Before she changed her major to piano pedagogy her sophomore year, Acone was a zoology major. She has found that the smaller

piano program is more intimate than her former pro-gram, she said.

“Everyone sort of looks out for themselves in a bigger major,” Acone said.

SALE

Annual OU Libraries book sale event starts Wednesday

DANA BRANHAMNews Reporter@danabranham

An array of cheap books will be offered to students Wednesday and Thursday as part of OU Libraries’ annual sidewalk book sale.

The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the south side of Bizzell Memorial Library’s Neustadt Wing.

The books in the sale are often gifts to the library do-nated by the public or by retiring professors, said Starla Doescher, head of acquisitions for OU Libraries. Because the books are donations, the types of books in the sale vary from year to year.

“They’re just a complete assortment of things,” Doescher said.

Hardback books will be sold for $2, paperbacks will

be $1 and magazines will be 50 cents. Doescher said stu-dents should attend the book sale both Wednesday and Thursday for extra discounts, as they generally cut prices on the second day.

“So even if they’ve bought some the first day, they might get some really good bargains the next day,” Doescher said.

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The Bizzell Memorial Library will host the OU Libraries’ annual side-walk book sale this Wednesday and Thursday.

Everyone sort of looks out for themselves in a bigger major.”

KATIE ACONE, PIANO PEDAGOGY SENIOR

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1,365 Students in biology, the most popular major in the College of Arts and Sciences

1 Piano pedagogy undergraduate

student

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An assortment of cheap books will be sold for less than $2 this week

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An OU biology research-er has received a grant to conduct research on

a topic that’s particular shocking — electric fish.

O U B i o l o g y r e s e a r c h -er Michael Markham earned a $716,000 National Science Foundation CAREER grant to support a five-year project researching the biology of electric fish. The research may eventually be able to be used in medical research, according to an OU press release. Real world applications could include the creation of biological pacemak-ers, Markham said.

Markham said that in the most general terms, he is interested in

understanding bioelectric sig-naling systems, like our brains, muscles and heart.

Markham’s current project is focused on understanding the weakly electric fish’s bioelectric energy requirements and how they are optimized to use the

least amount of energy to achieve the great-

est amount of infor-mation transfer, he said.

T h e w e a k -l y e l e c t r i c f i s h

Markham works with communicate

and observe the world through electric signals,

Markham said. By sending brief electric fields with a specialized electric organ in their tails, the fish “see” by detecting distor-tions of the electric field created

by their surroundings, he said.Markham said he uses the

electric fish model because they use exactly the same molecular mechanisms as our bodies to produce their electric signals.

Markham explained how the fishes’ current-generating or-gans operate on the same prin-ciple as the sodium channels in human cells. The fishes’ cells in their electric organ have a very high number of these channels and generate an electrical cur-rent when all channels are open.

“One of the reasons we study these fish is because the energy required for this system is real-ly extreme,” he said. “They dis-charge 500 times per second, 24 hours a day for their entire lifetime.”

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Petroleum Engineering

Biology

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= 100 undergraduate students enrolled with the Norman campus

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MAJORS: Students with uncommon majors have unique experienceContinued from page 1

Art, technology and culture junior Kaitlyn Dorrough is one of four undergraduate students in her program, according to university records.

Because OU’s art, technology and culture program is small, its undergraduates have formed a tight-knit group, Dorrough said.

The majors spend three-hour long studio classes togeth-er and are expected to collaborate on projects and critique each other’s work, Dorrough said. In her classes, input from other students is crucial, which fosters a collaborative envi-ronment, Dorrough said.

Dorrough has had as few as four other students in her class-es, she said. In addition to the other undergraduates major-ing in art, technology and culture, broadcast and electron-ic media majors and visual communication majors attend some of Dorrough’s classes, she said.

Because of the cooperative environment, Dorrough’s courses are unlike larger lec-ture classes. For example, students don’t just sit and lis-ten to a professor while tak-ing notes, Dorrough said.

In Dorrough’s classes, eth-ics and religion junior Caitlin Keefe has noticed her philos-ophy courses also encourage more discussion than large lecture classes.

Keefe, one of four students studying ethics and reli-gion in the philosophy de-partment, did not know her major was so small when she declared it last year.

Though one of her ethics and religion classes only had five students, she is grouped with philosophy majors in most of her classes, Keefe said. Typically, her classes have about 20 students, Keefe said.

Liberal arts and social science programs, such as ethics and religion, typically have lower enrollment numbers than other programs, said George Bogaski, an academic counseling pro-fessor for University College.

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics pro-grams, as well as business programs, are the fastest growing in the university and have very high enrollment numbers, Bogaski said.

Pre-health majors and majors that prepare student for

medical school, such as biology, also tend to be very popu-lar, said Victoria Sturtevant, associate dean for academic pro-grams in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Whatever the size of their major, college faculty members strive to make students’ experiences as personal as possible, Sturtevant said.

“I know the large majors work really hard to make sure that all their students get attention also,” Sturtevant said.

An advantage of larger major programs is that they tend to have more resources and advisers available, Sturtevant said.

Personalized help is available to all students, no matter their major’s size, said Keefe, who is taking pre-medicine classes in addition to her major courses. However, students in more popular majors may have to take more initiative to receive personalized attention.

Even in the large science courses Keefe takes to fulfill her pre-medicine requirements, Keefe said she receives personal attention from her professors by visiting them during office hours.

Kate Bergum kate.c.bergum-1@ou.edu

Senator will speak at event geared toward prospective student voters

Students can learn about absentee voting, register to vote and hear from an Oklahoma state senator at an event on Oct. 6.

The Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice and Students for Gender Equality and Reproductive Rights are hosting the event, called “Politics and Pizza.” The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center. Free pizza and drinks will be served.

Sen. Connie Johnson, D-Oklahoma City, will attend the event to dis-cuss the history of voting, as well as the mechanics of voting, including absentee voting and emergency voting, said Mary McMahan, intern for the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice.

The event aims to teach students the importance of voting.

“Voting is your chance to step up and let your elected officials know you’re watching, you’re engaged and that you care,” McMahan said.

Caitlin Schachter, News Reporter

Because the energy demand is so high, Markham’s re-search group is looking at specific adapted mechanisms in the fish that may make them particularly energy efficient, he said.

“An analogue that you can think of is the human heart,” Markham said. “It’s got to beat 60 to 100 times a second every day for your entire life.”

The cells in the human heart must deal with some of the same energetic demands these specialized cells in the fish do, he said.

“In fact, one of the precursors of heart failure is malfunc-tioning of the sodium-potassium pumps in the heart mus-cle,” he said.

Another application that can potentially arise from this study is a small biological generator, like a biological pace-maker, he said.

As a part of this project, Markham plans to continue his educational software and lesson plan development, rang-ing from the kindergarten to undergraduate level, and to continue to train undergraduate and graduate students in his own lab and department.

According to his project overview, Markham also plans to expand his existing outreach program, “The Electric Fish Roadshow,” with the goals of stimulating interest and literacy in science from children to the elderly.

Justine Alexander justine.l.alexander-1@ou.edu›››› Sooner Sampler: What has been your experience

with SafeRide?

“It took a while for the guy to get

there, but the driver did call

and let us know he was there. He was funny and we were joking

around with him.”

BECCA ENGLE, PSYCHOLOGY SENIOR

“I haven’t had a reason to use

it, but I think that Saferide ... prevents students

from getting into sticky situations.”TASHINGA NCUBE,

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FRESHMAN

“For the most part, it was pretty good. The only drawback was that everyone tried to go out at

the same time, so you’d have like a 45 minute wait.”

AMBER HUBBARD,MICROBIOLOGY JUNIOR

“The drive was good. It’s just the wait time that sucks.”FARIA CHOWDHURY,

BIOLOGY JUNIOR

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Sen. Connie Johnson will attend the “Politics and Pizza” event to teach the importance of voting.

I know the large majors work really hard to make sure

all their students get attention also.”VICTORIA STURTEVANT, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND

SCIENCES ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

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VOTING

FISH: Researcher may find medical benefitsContinued from page 1

Program to assist struggling organizationsSTUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

New program will offer counseling to some campus groups

PAGE JONESNews Reporter @pageousm

OU’s Student Government Association will offer orga-nizations more assistance through a new organization called Registered Student Organization Consulting.

The new program will work to help registered stu-dent organizations that are struggling to govern, finance or publicize their group, SGA president Matt Epting said.

SGA currently helps fund student organizations, but members of SGA hope to do more, Epting said.

“We want to do more than just funding,” Epting said.

The executive branch of SGA already includes a de-partment for assisting stu-dent organizations, but the consulting program will be more formal and more fo-cused on solving the orga-nizations’ problems, Epting said.

“Student organizations can approach us, and other students can sit down and

compare them with other or-ganizations’ best practices,” Epting said.

The new program will be run completely by student members of the Department of Student Organization, which is part of SGA’s execu-tive branch, Epting said.

This program is modeled in part by The Oklahoma G r o u p , a p r o - b o n o

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The Student Government Association will offer counseling to stu-dent organizations through a program called Registered Student Organization Consulting.

consulting firm for non-prof-it organizations, Epting said.

The RSO Consulting pro-gram has already received 11 applications from vari-ous student organizations, Epting said.

Students can apply for consultation for their groups online.

To apply, students will need to provide information about their organization, such as contact information and what kind of problems the organization is hav-ing, according to the RSO Consulting web page.

There is no deadline to apply for consultation, and it is only open to registered stu-dent organizations, Epting said.

Page Jones page.c.jones-1@ou.edu

drivers, especially if outside taxi companies can-not responsibly meet their SafeRide contract requirements.

In fact, university transportation programs run by students already exist at several other colleges and could be used as models for OU’s SafeRide program.

For example, Texas A&M University has a stu-dent-run, non-profit organization called CARPOOL that provides free rides to anyone in the College Station, Texas area who needs a ride from 10 p.m. to

3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.CARPOOL goes above and be-

yond most university transporta-tion programs because it provides a “free, safe, nonjudgmental ride home” to Aggies as well as nonstu-dents who call the organization’s number, according to the program’s

website. CARPOOL is run through sponsorship, tax-deductible donations and fundraising rather than extensive university funding.

Furthermore, we know that revamping SafeRide along the lines of CARPOOL could work because its tenants have been successfully implemented at the University of Missouri through its STRIPES pro-gram. STRIPES was inspired by CARPOOL and is also completely student-run and funded through the Missouri Students Association, donors, tips and the support of local businesses, according to the program’s website.

Rather than getting hung up on the specifics of Yellow Cab of Norman’s alleged contract abuse, our question is why was SafeRide ever run through

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SafeRide in need of major overhaul

Our View is the majority opinion of The Daily’s nine-member editorial board

Our View: SafeRide needs to be revamped as a student-run organization, and students need to make appropriate use of the existing voucher system.

On Monday we published a story detailing Yellow Cab of Norman’s possible SafeRide contract viola-tions with OU. The article is part of an ongoing in-vestigation into SafeRide, an OU program that pro-vides free transportation to students within Norman from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Saturday.

The Daily began investigating the company and its alleged violations after being contacted by a former employee about possible misconduct and reviewing police reports. Since then, four other former Yellow Cab of Norman employees have come forward with similar allegations of contract violations.

We felt it necessary to report on our current find-ings because, as OU students, our student fees fund the SafeRide program. In other words, if abuses of the program are taking place, it is at our expense. We deserve to know how safe the weekend trans-portation service really is, and we feel other mem-bers of the OU community do as well.

In fact, we propose OU develop and implement an entirely new free transportation program as an alternative to using a contracted taxi service. We urge university officials to consider redesigning the SafeRide service to be operated by trained stu-dent employees, much like existing programs at the University of Missouri and Texas A&M University. We would rather our student fees go to funding other students’ university salaries as our SafeRide

outside contracts and university funding in the first place? OU spent about $160,000 on SafeRide during the 2013-2014 academic year, an amount that could be better spent by hiring student drivers at reason-able stipend rates or by turning the program into a volunteer-run operation as CARPOOL and STRIPES are.

In the meantime, we still want students to get home safely, and we urge students to use OU’s cur-rent SafeRide program appropriately. You only need one SafeRide voucher per ride to cover a car-full of students — each student does not need an individ-ual voucher if they’re riding in a group to a single destination. Giving out more vouchers than neces-sary is essentially giving away unearned university funds.

To get the ball rolling on improving SafeRide, we encourage stu-dents to contact Student Government Association and let them know we’d like to see res-olutions calling for an overhaul of the SafeRide program.

Students can also contact SGA members by sub-mitting the problem to the SGATeam on SGA’s web-site. SafeRide is a program to keep students safe, so let’s take ownership of the service to make it secure and beneficial.

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Trash piles up in a campus trashcan on a home game day. The trash problem, not only on campus, but all over the area raises concerns about bees being provoked, stinging students and causing major health problems for those Sooners hypersentive to bee stings.

Justine Alexanderjustine.l.alexander-1@ou.edu

@caffeinejustine

OPINION COLUMNIST

bees? Put one of those ro-tating lids on the trashcans for starters! A physical bar-rier is a one-time cost that doesn’t raise the same con-cerns pesticides do.

T h e U. S. i s l o s i n g 3 0 percent of bees annually and federal tax incentives should be applied to those who provide permanent pollinator sources, accord-ing to a recent New York Times opinion column.

O U s h o u l d c o n s i d e r implementing a bee gar-den, like the University of California at Berkley. While s a f e r t r a s h c a n s w o u l d be a good state, a garden would be a more attractive place for bees deliberately

p l a n n e d a w a y f r o m high-traffic areas. This could be a great project for plant biology and bi-ology students to collab-orate with OU research-ers on. We already have much flora, but it can take more planning to have a purposeful bee garden. This gives bees a new place to live, is kind to the environment, pro-vides expanded research opportunities, and would be good press for the university.

Justine Alexander is a microbiology senior.

You know the weath-er is nice on cam-

pus when the trashcans are fil led with bees and wasps. The bushes lining many sidewalks and aca-demic buildings are also filled with bees. Bees are important environmentally and agriculturally but can also be a source of anxi-ety. Bees. Fuzzy, cute little critters that aid pollination and make people like me go into anaphylactic shock, a life-threatening allergic reaction.

The USDA website states that only one or two out of 1000 members of the gen-eral population is hyper-sensitive or allergic to bee or wasp stings. Considering OU had almost 20,000 un-dergraduate students en-rolled on the Norman cam-pus last year and a similar amount this year, odds are that 20 to 40 people — not counting faculty, staff, grad-uate students and visitors — are also sensitive to bee stings. If you’ve never been stung or tested, you may be allergic and not even know it. I don’t know if the USDA website is including only people with known sen-sitivities, so note that my 20-40 figure is a conserva-tive estimate.

Even if most people won’t die if stung by a wasp or bee, is death really the ex-treme needed to show that the bees in high-traff ic areas can be a problem? A classmate who was not al-lergic got stung by a wasp last week, and her hand swelled up like a balloon. This isn’t fun or optimal for note-taking.

The good news is that most insects will not attack if left alone. The bad news is, if provoked, bees will

defensively sting. The worse news is that bees are hang-ing out in the trashcans at OU so that if you throw something away, you risk provoking them.

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safe to say that the iPhone 6 Plus didn’t leave me disappointed. On average, on au-to-brightness, I get about 48 hours of use be-fore I have to charge it again. That number includes activities such as phone calls, lots of texting, almost constant use of the music player, web surfing, the occasional use of the GPS and various news apps. For compari-son, I got about a third of that time on my old iPhone 5.

The camera is also one of the Plus’ high-lights. Although it still packs an 8 MP sensor like its predecessors, it now has better light sensitivity. That means any pictures you take in a darker environment will look much clearer. The image processing has also been improved, which also allows for a much bet-ter shot in darker places.

The Plus also sports OIS, or optical image stabilization, which prevents the camera from shaking even though you might be. That’s great news for people who like to take video. Go Pros feature the same technology and it is the reason that the videos they take look so smooth despite all the movement going on under them. OIS isn’t just good for video, though. It also allows for better

low-light shots. The camera can also shoot even slower slo-mo than the previous iP-hone, recording 240 FPS, or frames per sec-ond. There is also a new time lapse feature for more extensive projects.

In my experience, the camera takes some fantastic shots for a cell phone. It still doesn’t hold a candle to my point-and-shoot, let alone my DSLR, but for day-to-day stuff it really shines. I can’t comment on how well it compares to other top phones, but it blows away the shooters on my iPhone 5 and Galaxy S II.

THE VERDICTOverall, the iPhone 6 Plus is an amazing

piece of hardware. Its screen, camera and battery are all truly outstanding. On the other hand, it really is a bit cumbersome. It’s a two-handed phone, and if you are some-one who likes to be able to send texts with one hand, then you probably won’t like this phone. It also isn’t very skinny-jean friendly. If the size doesn’t bother you, though, I’d say it’s arguably the best phone on the market right now.

THE GOODFirst and foremost, the screen is amazing!

Apple made a big deal about the iPhone 6 Plus’s 401-pixel-per-inch resolution, which looks the same as most HD TVs, but that’s not what I find so amazing about it. And to be fair, many high-end Android phones have had that resolution for about a year now.

No, what I love about this screen are the colors. They just pop. One of the big reasons for this is the vastly improved contrast ratio, which also allows for more detail to be shown in darker images. Viewing angles, too, are far superior to my old iPhone 5. On the 5, I could only turn it about 65 degrees before the col-ors started to wash out. On my 6 Plus, it was closer to 85 degrees. That’s almost complete-ly vertical.

Another thing I really love about this screen is how easy it is to see it in direct sunlight. This is a big plus for anyone who spends a lot of time outside like I do. The reason for this is the new iPhone screen’s super high bright-ness levels and low screen reflectance.

THE BADI’m a guy with pretty average-sized hands,

but this thing is impossible for me to use one handed. My thumb just can’t reach ev-erything on the screen. Apple claims that their “reachability” feature, which tempo-rarily moves all of the content on the screen down to match the original iPhone’s height with just a double tap on the home button, addresses this issue. It doesn’t on the iPhone 6 Plus.

In order for me to reach the home button I

have to awkwardly shift my hand toward the bottom of the phone, which feels a bit pre-carious to say the least. Really, the easiest way to get to the home button is to use my other hand, and if I’m using both hands, why use the reachability feature at all? Worst of all, the keyboard is too wide for me to reach all of the keys. Because of this, texting with one hand has become a thing of the past for me.

This is the biggest problem with the iP-hone 6 Plus. It’s a two-handed phone, and unless you’re an NBA player, there’s really no way around that unfortunate fact. It is worth noting, however, that I haven’t had any of these issues when testing out my friend’s regular-sized iPhone 6. It may not be as easy to use with one hand as the older iPhones, but it’s not a chore like it is on the 6 Plus.

Another problem with the Plus is the way some of the apps resize themselves on the bigger display. I’ve encountered several, for instance, that stay the same size as the old 4-inch iPhone 5 and leave a ton of black space on the screen around it. Other apps scale up to fit the entire screen, but the text and images look a little fuzzy. It’s not a big problem, though, as all of the Apple apps and web content look great. Plus, the issues with the other apps can be easily fixed with an update from the app developer.

THE HIGHLIGHTSThere’s more to a phone than its display,

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“When I got hooked to the microphone, that is when it hit me that there are 500 peo-ple in this room and they are all looking at me,” Nathan Kerswill said.

Kerswill , a University College academic counsel-or, looked out into the sea of p e ople, hesi-tating to begin the speech that w o u l d o p e n the conference he was attend-ing. He took a d e e p b r e a t h and spoke to the audience, and once he got his ner ves under control, Kerswill said the expe-rience proved to be a positive one.

It was experiences like these that led him to explore and teach public speaking techniques. Because public speaking can be a frighten-ing concept for students and lecturers with little crowd ex-perience, Kerswill will share

his speaking techniques from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday in Wagner Hall, room 250.

“Public speaking is like theatre,” Kerswill said. “It is storytelling.”

This is something Kerswill believes and also learned from his professors during his undergraduate years at OU, where he studied politi-cal science and history.

Though Kerswill did not recall having much public anxiety about speaking when he was a student, he feels

there are a few keys to conquer-ing the crowds — practice and confidence.

“Always know you are the ex-pert on the sub-ject,” Kerswill said. “Do not be afraid, because you p ro b ab l y know more than your audience.”

Kerswill has even taken ad-v i c e f ro m h i s students, who have given him

feedback on his own speak-ing skills — speak clearly, and not too fast.

His best trick, he said, is taking deep breaths before speaking. Kerswill said this technique calms the mind and has worked very well for

him.Another thing Kerswill

considers is vocabulary and audience awareness.

“It is important to rec-ognize who you are talking to, and what level of vo-cabulary they are going to have,” Kerswill said.

Though deep breathing and careful word choice are just a few ways to keep the stage fright at bay, Kerswill will share other tips and tricks for public speaking and for students looking to improve their public speaking abilities.

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The roller coaster ride regarding his eligibility status continued for Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield on Monday as reports indicated the Texas Tech transfer will not be allowed to suit up this season.

Citing a source, The Oklahoman’s Ryan Aber was first to report that Mayfield won’t receive an extra year of eligibility or be allowed to play in 2014. Both the NCAA and Big 12 de-nied Mayfield’s appeal, according to the report.

Because he wasn’t under scholarship at Texas Tech, Mayfield tried to navigate past conference rules that punish players who transfer within the conference.

“In the event NCAA regulations require the student-athlete to com-plete one full academic year in resi-dence before being eligible to com-pete in a sport, the student-athlete shall also forfeit one season of com-petition in that sport,” the Big 12 Conference Handbook reads.

Mayfield transferred to Oklahoma after his freshman campaign last season. After not being guaranteed a scholarship at Texas Tech, the quar-terback came to Norman despite knowing he’d likely be behind soph-omore Trevor Knight on the depth chart.

The Austin, Texas, native was named Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year in 2013 after passing for more than 2,300 yards in just seven starts for the Red Raiders. But Mayfield left Lubbock, Texas, after a tumultuous year and said OU was where he wanted to be.

His decision was based off more than just football.“Oklahoma is just a better academic opportunity as well,”

he told ESPN.com’s Jake Trotter in January. “It’s just a better school. It’s just a better opportunity for me at this point.”

Mayfield would’ve occupied the second spot on the quar-terback depth chart but if the reports are true, the Sooners must consider alternate routes.

Redshirt freshman Cody Thomas is penciled in as the back up, but senior tight end Blake Bell could revert back

Ford likely out against TCUStarting running back Keith Ford will likely miss the TCU

game this weekend, coach Bob Stoops said at his weekly press conference.

Ford missed the West Virginia game two weeks ago after suffering a minor leg injury against Tennessee. The bye week was helpful for Ford, but the sophomore is still not healthy enough to play.

Freshman standout Samaje Perine will again fill the start-ing role after exploding on the scene in an impressive per-formance against the Mountaineers.

Perine says he’ll be ready any time his number is called.“I’m always prepared to do what I have to do to help the

team,” Perine said.

Offense preparing for stout TCU defense

Two weeks ago, the Sooners saw one of the most potent offenses they will see this year in West Virginia. This week, the team will face arguably the best defense on its schedule.

Even without Preseason Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Devonte Fields, the Horned Frogs’ defense is still stout.

“They do a great job,” co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said. They see their keys really well and they make you earn everything.”

One thing that won’t be new to the Sooners is the op-posing defense stacking the box, hoping to prevent the run that’s worked so well for Oklahoma thus far.

“You run the ball the way we have the last couple weeks, people are going to load it up on you,” Heupel said.

to his old position if something were to happen to Knight. Co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel has been careful to keep Knight away from contact.

Monday’s report comes a week after a local television station re-ported that Mayfield had won his el-igibility appeal.

Despite the wide-ranging spec-ulation, the coaching staff and Mayfield are continuing on as usual.

“We just keep getting him ready, we prepare him,” co-offensive co-ordinator Jay Norvell said. “He’s the kind of kid that at a minutes notice we could bring him up and he’ll be ready to play.”

Pete Moris, assistant athletics di-rector, could not disclose any infor-mation when asked for comment. The athletic department hasn’t is-

sued a statement on the situation.If the reports are true, Mayfield will not be eligible to

suit up for the Sooners until next season.“Those are things that are out of his control and out of

our control so it is what it is right now and we’ll continue to move forward,” co-offensive coordinator Josh Heupel said.

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Latest report indicates transfer QB will likely sit out for 2014 season

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Mayfield rumors persistPLAYER PROFILEBaker Mayfield

Year: Sophomore

Position: Quarterback

Statistics (2013): 218 of 340 passing for 2,315 yards, 12 TD, 9 INT

We just keep getting him ready, we prepare him...

He’s the kind of kid that at a minutes notice we could bring him up and he’ll be ready to

play.”JAY NORVELL,

CO-OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR

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