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Oklahoma Announces Week 10 Captains for Critical Bedlam Matchup

The Sooners have five new captains for Week 10, and they all have something in common.
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Oklahoma Announces Week 10 Captains for Critical Bedlam Matchup
Oklahoma Announces Week 10 Captains for Critical Bedlam Matchup

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It's a big week in the state of Oklahoma. Bedlam will occur on Saturday for the last time in likely a long time, and both teams need a win to stay alive in the Big 12 Championship hunt.

On Monday, Oklahoma announced its captains ahead of the game.

The Sooners have been switching up its lineups of captains every week this year, and once again, it's a different group for Bedlam. Ethan Downs, Trace Ford, Gavin Freeman, Drake Stoops and Gentry Williams will be Oklahoma's captains when the team travels to Stillwater on Saturday.

All five players have one big thing in common. They all grew up Oklahomans and played high school football in Oklahoma. Brent Venables has always talked about how much this game should mean to the in-state players, and now he's elected five hometown captains for the cross-state rivalry game.

Hidden in the hometown narrative is the underlying fact that Trace Ford received the captain honor for the first time this season. For Ford, this is no ordinary game. He transferred to OU in January from Oklahoma State, making the rare rivalry switch. He's been a starter on the Oklahoma defense ever sense, and has a chance to make a big Bedlam impact on Saturday.

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Ross Lovelace
ROSS LOVELACE

Ross has covered the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooners since 2018. He's made guest appearances on various radio stations and the Sooners On SI podcast. Ross enjoys public speaking and has done so at multiple churches and high schools across the OKC metro area. In addition to writing, Ross has been the Play-by-Play announcer for Crossings’ basketball and football programs since 2020. In high school, Ross started with Thunder Digest, where he discovered his passion for writing. From there, he worked for the OU Daily as a women's basketball reporter and worked for Sooners On SI and Thunder On SI. Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Ross played basketball and wrote for his own Thunder blog at Crossings High School in OKC. He enjoys reading, New York Jets football and a week at the beach. Ross and his wife live in New Orleans, where he is a Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator at the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee. His Twitter handle is @Rosslovelace.

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