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Source: Tulsa World, Okla.mini storageAug. 17--Position watch: Nickel backJulian Wilson is embedded into the nickel role on Oklahoma's defense. The junior played in all 13 games last season and had two starts.Wilson said he's more comfortable entering the 2013 season than he was last season."It's understanding the defense a lot more. Last year, I thought too much," Wilson said. "I knew what I had, but I didn't know what everyone else had. Now I know what everyone else has. I know where my help is. It's the little things."News and notesPay to watch: Oklahoma's season-opening game against Louisiana-Monroe will be available for viewing on a pay-per-view basis.Cost for the Aug. 31 game will be $39.95 on Fox Sports Oklahoma. Ron Thulin, Dave Lapham and Chad McKee will call the nonconference game.The game is on pay-per-view because it was not selected for over-the-air broadcast or cable television coverage. It will be available on a dedicated pay-per-view channel by participating providers in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.Outside of the state of Oklahoma, viewers may purchase a live stream on SoonerSports.tv for $44.95. The purchase will include three months of SoonerSports.tv and SoonersIllustrated.com.Decision time: Bob Stoops announced on ESPN's SportsCenter that he anticipates naming a starting quarterback by the "end of next week."Stoops and the coaching staff are deciding between Blake Bell and Trevor Knight on the position left vacant by Landry Jones' graduation.With less than two weeks remaining before the Sooners' season opener, there's little surprise that an announcement will be made inside that time frame.End of fall camp: Friday's practice completed the fall camp portion of Oklahoma's 2013 season. OU starts school on Monday and the team will begin afternoon practices.How much of a grind is fall camp?"It's tough," OU senior defensive back Gabe Lynn said. "After that first week, you kind of hit the wall and see a lot of the freshman guys getting down."But it's footbself storagell. We've been doing this our whole lives. You just have to get over that part."Ikard named to ESPN list: Center Gabe Ikard has been named a preseason All-American center by ESPN.com.It is the second time that the senior has been named a first-team selection. Ikard was named to SI.com's team last week.Ikard has played in 39 games, with 37 starts, on the offensive line. He is a member of the Rimington Trophy Watch List, which is presented to the nation's top center.Big honor: OU commit Mark Andrews has been listed on USA Today's Preseason All-USA High School football team.Andrews, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound wide receiver from Desert Mountain (Ariz.) High School, had 81 catches for 1,494 yards and 21 touchdowns in his junior season.Opponent watch: Texas TechFirst-year coach Kliff Kingsbury announced on Friday that the Red Raiders' starting quarterback would be a "game-time" decision for the Aug. 30 season opener at SMU.Michael Brewer, Seth Doege's backup last season, has not practiced in a week, the coach said, after suffering a back injury at the beginning of summer workouts."It'll be a game-time decision now," Kingsbury told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "We'll let them play it out these next few weeks and go from there."Freshmen Davis Webb and Baker Mayfield (a walk-on) took the majority of the snaps this week. Texas Tech hasn't started a true freshman quarterback since 1978.Key datesMonday: First day of classesAug. 26: Bob Stoops' first weekly news conferenceAug. 31: Louisiana-Monroe at OklahomaScheduleAug. 31: Louisiana-Monroe, 6 p.m.Sept. 7: West Virginia, 6 p.m.Sept. 14: Tulsa, 11 a.m.Sept. 28: at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.Oct. 5: TCU, TBAOct. 12: Texas (at Dallas), TBAOct. 19: at Kansas, TBAOct. 26: Texas Tech, TBANov. 7: at Baylor, 6:30 p.m.Nov. 16: Iowa State, TBANov. 23: at Kansas State, TBADec. 7: at Oklahoma State, TBACopyright: ___ (c)2013 Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) Visit Tulsa World (Tulsa, Okla.) at .tulsaworld.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉
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