Students travel to Dallas to support OU

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Students travel to Dallas to support OU

• Jackie Lustig/The Daily

Friday, September 4, 2009

OU students will head to the Dallas area this weekend to support the Sooners in their first football game of the 2009 season against Brigham Young University at the new Cowboys Stadium.

[NEWS]

“The 2009 season is going to be a great one, with much to prove after losing the [BCS] National Championship [Game] and the chance to settle the score with Texas,” said Andrew Swann, energy management junior.

[IMPACT]

Losing the national championship was a disappointing end to a successful season, and seeing the Sooners win this weekend would be awesome, said Kimi Beavers, zoology senior.

[HUMAN ELEMENT]

“I am more excited for this season because I’m a senior and because the Sooners have a lot to prove this year,” Beavers said.

[HUMAN ELEMENT]

One thousand student tickets sold out 45 minutes after going on sale, Kenneth Mossman, senior associate athletic director for communications, stated in an e-mail.

[NEWS]

MISSING ELEMENTS:

IMPACT:

How will the game affect traffic?

How many students expected to go without tickets? (tailgating, watch parties)

What are other options to support if a student did not get a ticket?

CONTEXT:

When was the stadium built?

Why is it not mentioned that OU is the first college team to play in the stadium?

What's Next?:

How will the turn-out of the game affect future games and our rankings?