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Oklahoma football: Preparation vs. patience, which will win out?

MORGANTOWN, WV - NOVEMBER 23: Head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners in action against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 23, 2018 at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley faces a dilemma.

The Sooner coach has been one of the more glass-half-full voices about the prospects of college football in the fall. But he has also gone on record saying starting up football activities on campus again at the beginning of next month is too soon.

The NCAA Division I Council voted this week to allow voluntary on-campus activities to resume in football and men’s and women’s basketball.