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Weather Aware: With Foul Conditions Expected at K-State, Oklahoma and Spencer Rattler Are Prepared

Lincoln Riley says his quarterback, who grew up in the desert, has prepared for the harsh weather they'll see on Saturday in Manhattan, KS.
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Weather Aware: With Foul Conditions Expected at K-State, Oklahoma and Spencer Rattler Are Prepared
Weather Aware: With Foul Conditions Expected at K-State, Oklahoma and Spencer Rattler Are Prepared

The weather forecast for Saturday in Manhattan, KS, is bleak.

According to Weather.com, there’s strong chance of showers all morning, followed by a stronger chance of heavy thunderstorms throughout the afternoon for Oklahoma’s 2:30 p.m. kickoff at Kansas State.

“I would fully expect to be fully able to do what we want to do offensively,” OU coach Lincoln Riley said Thursday, “unless it’s an absolute monsoon.”

That includes quarterback Spencer Rattler, who grew up in the desert and has played in only fair conditions so far during his college career.

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Riley isn’t worried.

“It’s something we drill and do quite a bit with our skill guys,” Riley said. “Anybody that handles the ball. I think we’ve talked about it before, soaking balls down, doing whatever we gotta do. We do it spring ball, we do it in camp. We do it multiple times throughout the season as well. So we get a pretty good feel for our guys that can handle it, throw it, catch it, carry it. Do all that. And guys that maybe that aren’t as strong with it.

“But I would say in the quarterback room, I don’t have any concerns with our guys being able to handle the ball in those conditions. And obviously, that depends on the level of conditions. Because everybody gets affected at some point. Spencer and our guys have done real well with it.” 

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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