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Oklahoma Sooners Football Press Conference Notes: Lincoln Riley stands by Baker Mayfield

Related Topics: Baker Mayfield, Lincoln Riley

After the least eventful Saturday (on the field) of the college football season, the Oklahoma Sooners annihilated the Kansas Jayhawks and are officially down to one final regular season bout against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Coming into Monday’s press conference, many wondered about the hot topic of the weekend — how Lincoln Riley would address Baker Mayfield’s “incident”.

Lincoln Riley announces that QB Baker Mayfield won't be a captain for this game and he won't start. He will play.

— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) November 20, 2017

This is significant for a couple reasons.