Oklahoma has petitioned the NCAA for a waiver that would allow the Sooners to move their 2020 football opener against Missouri State from Sept. 5 to Aug. 29, the USA Today Network has learned. Missouri State apparently is agreeable to the move.
OU athletic director Joe Castiglione’s rationale in this pandemic-stricken year is that moving the opener would give OU an off week after each of its first two games, which could be valuable with the testing of players for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Missouri State is scheduled to host Montana on Sept. 12 and travel to South Dakota on Sept.