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Why the OU football radio crew hopes Merv Johnson's streak of Sooner games continues

NORMAN — Merv Johnson admits he struggles nowadays to quickly remember names. Jersey numbers? Positions? Stats? Those things are still no problem for the 82-year-old who's spent a lifetime in football, most of it at Oklahoma. Take these numbers he rattled off the other morning. "I will have been here 40 years next January," he said...

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