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I FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 THEOKLAHOMAN NEWSOK.COM 2 Tuning in Rohde: Perfect state? The Press Row Miss the Press Row's live video cast on NewsOK? HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL It may happen this weekend, says John Rohde in his latest video commentary on Watch on NewsOK.tv to see our take on the Thunder roster vs. the Hornets, the significance of TCU and how far OSU has come since its loss to Troy. nWSOK Tulsa's football teams. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.r 7:30 p.r 7:30 p.r Brentwood, TN at Prattville, AL Putnam North at Norman North Moore at Lawton Westmoore at Putnam City Heritage Hall at Alva Broken Arrow at Sapulpa Edmond Memorial at Midwest City ESPNU (Cox 253) WWLS-AM 640, 98.1 FM KOKC-AM 1520 KT0K-AM 1000 KEBC-AM 1340 Cox 7 KSBI-52 (Cox 9) PAGE 2: Mel Bracht OjSw ON THE WEB COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7 p.m.

Connecticut at Louisville Look for Mel's blog on the news and information from the media world MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL at NewsOK.com Chi. Cubs at Milwaukee Atlanta at Houston Cincinnati at St. Louis ESPN (Cox 29) FSN (Cox 37) Cox 2 AUTO RACING 8:30 a. 11:30 a. 1:30 p.m Grand Prix Practice Sprint Cup Practice Nationwide Practice Sprint Cup Qualifying Nationwide Practice SPEED (Cox 65) ESPN2 (Cox 28) SPEED (Cox 65) ESPN2 (Cox 28) ESPN2 (Cox 28) Special assignment Reasons will handle on-field TV analyst role for TCU-OU game GOLF 9 a.m.

British Masters Noon Tour Championship 5:30 p.m. SAS Championship GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60) HORSE RACING 11 a.m. Remington Report Saturday HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 9:30 p.m. Don Bosco Prep at de La Salle COLLEGE FOOTBALL North Carolina at Miami Michigan State at Indiana Army at Texas Mississippi at Florida Wisconsin at Michigan Arkansas at Texas Tennessee at Auburn Purdue at Notre Dame Navy at Wake Forest Florida at Tennessee St. Troy at Oklahoma State TCU at Oklahoma 11:30 a.

11:30 a. 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m 2:45 p.m 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Gary Reasons will have a special role as an on-field analyst for theTCU-Oklahoma telecast Saturday night.

Reasons, a former Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz coach, normally is a game analyst. Since FSN Southwest (Cox 37) is broadcasting only one Big 12 game this week, he is free to handle the special assignment. He will be joined by play-by-play announcer Joel Meyers, analyst Dave Lapham and sideline reporter Jim Knox on the national FSN telecast. "I think it will bring a different dimension to the game," Reasons said. "My role is to react to what I see on the field.

You try to bring an aspect of maybe something you don't see upstairs and bring out some points that are an important part of the game." Reasons, 46, a former New York Giants linebacker, said he is looking forward to being closer to the action. He has experience as a sideline reporter with ABC. "From a player's perspective, going from the playing field to the booth, you lose that feel, that emotion, that passion, the pace of the game that is really down on the field," he said. Reasons expects TCU's defense will provide a good test for the No. 2 Sooners.

The Horned Frogs lead the nation in total defense and rank sixth in scoring defense. "TCU is definitely a well-coached defensive football team. The numbers speak for themselves," Reasons said. "I don't know if on a man-for-man basis, TCU has the athletes that Oklahoma has." FSN isn't Reasons' only broadcast outlet this fall. He and KFOR-4 sports director Bob Barry Jr.

co-host two football preview shows at 10:30 a.m. on KAUT-43 (Cox 16) "Gridiron Saturday" and "Gridiron Sunday," featuring college football and the NFL, respectively. Guests this week include TCU radio announcer Brian Estridge on Saturday and Baltimore Ravens radio voice Gerry Sandusky on Sunday. Reasons isn't the only sportscaster in his family. His son, Nick, a former Nicholls State football player, is a national correspondent for "He does a video package that he produces, edits and does the talent on," Reasons said.

"He also has been in a half dozen movies." ESPNCL (Cox 255) ESPNU (Cox 253) ESPN2 (Cox 28) ESPN (Cox 29) VS (Cox 251) KSBI-52 (Cox 9) ESPN (Cox 29), WKY-AM 930 KOCO-5 (Cox 8) KWTV-9 (Cox 10) KF0R-4 (Cox 3) ESPNU (Cox 253) VS (Cox 251) KXXY-FM 96.1 FSN (Cox 37), KOKC-AM 1520, KRXO-FM 107.7 KEBC-AM 1340 KRMG-AM 740 ESPNU (Cox 253) ESPN2 (Cox 28) WKY-AM 930 ESPN (Cox 29) K0C0-5 (Cox 8) 6 p.m. 6:30 p.r 6:30 p.r 6:30 p.r Texas at Central Oklahoma Central Arkansas at Tulsa South Florida at N.C. State Mississippi St. at LSU Illinois at Penn State Alabama at Georgia Virginia Tech at Nebraska MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL K0KH-25 (Cox 12) Chi. Cubs at Milwaukee or NY Yankees at Boston Cincinnati at St.

Louis Cleveland at Chi. White Sox AUTO RACING NATE BILLINGS, THl Gary Reasons will be back on the sidelines as a special on-field analyst for the TCU-OU telecast Saturday night. Grand Prix Qualifying Nationwide Qualifying Sprint Cup Practice Nationwide Series Sprint Cup Practice SPEED (Cox 65) SPEED (Cox 65) SPEED (Cox 65) ESPN2 (Cox 28) ESPN2 (Cox 28) 10:30 a. 11:30 a. 2:30 p.m 5:30 p.m GOLF OU collector's item Notes What to watch Tour Championship Tour Championship SAS Championship LPGA: Navistar Classic GOLF (Cox 60) KF0R-4 (Cox 3) GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60) 11 a.m.

5:30 p.r HORSE RACING Sunday NFL including an NIT regional final from OU at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Big 12 Classics: FSN Southwest will begin airing "Big 12 Football Classics," a package of 22 Big 12 games, at 7 p.m. Monday with Texas 47-45 triple-overtime victory over Fresno State last season. FSN has condensed the games to two hours and added player interviews.

Colorado's 27-24 upset of OU in 2007 will air at 7 p.m. Tuesday, and the Sooners' 37-30 double-overtime win over Baylor in 2005 will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday. On Thanksgiving, three Bedlam games will air OSU's 16-13 victory in 2001, OSU's 38-28 victory in 2002 and OU's 27-21 victory in 2006. College football: the No.

2 Sooners are back on national TV, hosting No. 24 TCU at 6 p.m. Saturday on FSN. Other Big 12 telecasts have Army at Texas 11:30 a.m., Versus; Arkansas at No. 7 Texas, 2:30 p.m., KOCO-5; Va.

Tech at Nebraska, 7 p.m., KOCO-5. In the best national game, No. 3 Georgia hosts No. 8 Alabama at 6:45 p.m. on ESPN.

NFL: KOKH-25 has a good doubleheader Sunday with Minnesota (1-2) and running back Adrian Peterson at Tennessee (3-0) at noon and Washington (2-1) at Dallas (3-0) at 3:15 p.m. Whitman Publishing recently released the "The University of Oklahoma Football Vault," as part of its series of 23 football vaults, which includes Big 12 schools Nebraska, Colorado and Texas. Kenny Mossman, senior associate athletic director, provides an interesting journey through more than 100 years of the program's history. Packed with vintage photos, the book serves as a scrapbook for OU fans. Tucked into sleeves and pockets are reproductions of old game programs, tickets and a variety of memorabilia items, including a 1910 booklet of songs and yells.

The 144-page book includes a foreword by Stoops and an afterword by Barry Switzer. It retails for $49.95. For more information, visit Hoops marathon includes early morning games ESPN will celebrate the start of the college basketball season with a new "College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon," featuring 23 consecutive hours of live college basketball game and studio programming Nov. 18. The marathon will begin at 11 p.m.

Nov. 17 with a tripleheader of live games: Massachusetts at Memphis, Fresno State at St. Mary's at la.m. and Idaho State at Hawaii at 3 a.m. Other games include Iowa at Kansas (women) at 1 p.m., Centenary at Baylor at 3 p.m.

and Kentucky at North Carolina at 8 p.m. ESPN2 and ESPNU also will offer have coverage, Denver at Kansas City Minnesota at Tennessee San Francisco at New Orleans San Diego at Oakland Washington at Dallas Philadelphia at Chicago KWTV-9 (Cox 10) KOKH-25(Coxl2) WWLS-AM 640, 98.1 FM WWLS-AM 640 K0KH-25 (Cox 12), WKY-AM 930 KFOR-4(Cox3), WWLS-AM 640, 98.1 FM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Florida at NY Mets Chi. Cubs at Milwaukee Cincinnati at St. Louis Atlanta at Houston TBS (Cox 62) WGN (Cox 70) Cox 7 Cox 2 Texas at LA Angels FSN (Cox 37) AUTO RACING Rohde GOLF 10 a.m. 12:30 p.r 5:30 p.m Tour Championship SAS Championship Tour Championship LPGA: Navistar Classic GOLF (Cox 60) GOLF (Cox 60) KF0R-4 (Cox 3) GOLF (Cox 60) Continued from Page 1C WNBA HORSE RACING 11 a.m.

Remington Report HIGH SCHOOL 11 a.m. Oklahoma Express K0CB-34 (Cox 11) The Ryder Cup induces temporary insanity. Match play draws more spontaneous reactions because it's man against man rather than man against course. "Match play is just so much more exciting because of all the things that happen, back and forth," Morgan said. Morgan and Mark Hayes were on Team USA's victorious Ryder Cup team in 1979, the first year the competition involved Europe rather than just Great Britain and Ireland.

Morgan also was on the 1983 team, which squeaked out a 14V-13V victory to push Team USA's overall Ryder Cup series lead to 21-3-1 at the time. "Back then, we won about every time, so there wasn't the involvement with the Europeans winning and everyone getting all fired up over it," said Morgan, who turned 62 on Thursday. "Plus, golf is a lot more popular today than it was in those eras." There certainly is room in golf for raucous fans, but there also is a time and a place. Losing your senses before a hole has been completed is neither the time nor the place. Golfers share in this responsibility.

They should react to the crowd. Instead, some have resorted to coaxing or taunting the fans. Here's hoping some decorum returns. Please, gentlemen, a little dignity. Oklahoma scene Morning roundup Kim shoots 64, opens 4-shot lead at Tour Championship Four days after Anthony Kim humbled Sergio Garcia in the Ryder Cup, he beat 29 players just as badly Thursday at the Tour Championship in Atlanta.

Showing no effects of a Ryder Cup hangover, the former University of Oklahoma golfer fired off eight birdies on his way to a 6-under 64 to build a four-shot lead over Trevor Im-melman, Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson. K.J. Choi was the only other golfer to break par on a windy day at East Lake. He shot a 69. Lang wins Senior Women's Amateur again: Diane Lang won the USGA Senior Women's Amateur for the third time in four years, beating Toni Wiesner 6 and 5 at Tulsa Country Club.

Patriots receiver Brown retires: Troy Brown retired after 15 seasons with the New England Patriots. The wide receiver, an eighth-round draft pick out of Marshall, spent his entire career with the Patriots. Ex-Bears back Benson won't face charges: Two Travis County, Texas, grand juries declined to indict former Chicago Bears running back Cedric Benson on charges of boating while intoxicated, resisting arrest and driving while intoxicated, meaning the former Texas star won't face any charges. Rockets match offer for Landry: The Houston Rockets matched the Charlotte Bobcats' three-year, $9 million offer sheet for restricted free-agent Carl Landry, keeping the forward in Houston. Compiled from wire reports stare whenever his ball found the bottom of the cup, which was quite often.

"Oh, man. Those eyes," Oak Tree's Dr. Gil Morgan said of Poulter. "He was focused beyond belief. I thought to myself, That's got to be awfully tiring, keeping your eyes open all the time like If anyone should know about eyes, it's Dr.

Gil, a licensed optometrist until a few years ago. Golf writers at ringside had Poulter and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell with punch counts of at least 30 each for the entire competition. "Everybody who was watching it on television with me was saying, 'Golly, that just doesn't look very Morgan said of the punchy combatants, both foreign and domestic. Spain's Sergio Garcia let out a primal scream after draining a birdie putt. Steve Strieker capped that with a birdie of his own and let out a scream himself.

Things are way out of kilter if Steve Strieker is screaming. Morgan watched bits and pieces of Team USA's 16V-11V victory over Europe at Valhalla, but luckily missed several segments of the Boo Weekley Show. Weekley has many charming qualities, but hopping on his driver and riding it like a horse off the No. 1 tee box doesn't qualify. An unfortunate consequence of last weekend's energized Ryder Cup is American fans now want their golfers to be more demonstrative during competitions.

Let's hope not. New England Patriots star receiver Wes Welker and Billboard Top Performing Artist Graham Colton will help assemble sacks of groceries for the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma's Food 4 Kids program. Welker and Colton, who were teammates at Heritage Hall, will be at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma at 2:30 p.m. today. The Regional Food Bank is located at 3355 S.

Purdue in Oklahoma City. Welker and Colton are spokesmen for Chesapeake Energy's "Catch a Cause" campaign. Sooners announce wrestling slate: Oklahoma released its 2008-09 wrestling schedule Thursday with home a dual with Oklahoma State set for Dec. 7. Other home duals include a home opener with NCAA Division II power Central Oklahoma on Nov.

13 and Maryland on Jan. 16. The Sooners will host Big 12 rivals Missouri on Feb. 6 and Nebraska on Feb. 8.

The Oklahoma Open, featuring competition with high school and college wrestlers, is Nov. 29. From Staff Reports John Rohde: 475-3099, jrohdeopubco.com; John Rohde can be heard Monday-Friday from 9-11 a.m. on New JOX 930 (AM)..