Oklahoma safety Billy Bowman out for Red River Showdown
After Billy Bowman suffered an injury in last week’s loss to TCU, the Oklahoma Sooners secondary struggled to slow down Max Duggan and the Horned Frogs. Questionable all week, Bowman won’t be playing today against the Texas Longhorns in the Red River Showdown.
Diamond Harmon was lost due to injury as well in last week’s loss. That leaves Trey Morrison, Justin Broiles, Key Lawrence, and Justin Harrington to man the safety spot.
Against Texas’ skill positions, the Sooners will face a stiff challenge. However, with a full week to prepare Bowman’s replacement, perhaps they’ll be better prepared than a week ago to slow down Xavier Worthy, Ja’Tavion Sanders, and Jordan Whittington in the passing game.
So Billy Bowman is definitely out, as is Nic Anderson.
If Dillon Gabriel is out too, this is one heck of an act he’s putting on throughout warmups.
— Parker Thune (@ParkerThune) October 8, 2022
The other interesting nugget here is that Dillon Gabriel appears to be going through warmups with the Oklahoma Sooners. However, there’s still no indication as to his availability for today’s game.
FWIW, I would still be very surprised if Gabriel plays today. Gun to my head? General Booty gets the call.
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) October 8, 2022
Dillon Gabriel taking snaps in warmups. Looks like he might be playing.
#Sooners QB Dillon Gabriel warming up with the 1s 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/1NMB8sS2HN
— Bob Przybylo (@BPrzybylo) October 8, 2022
As we inch closer to game time, we’ll continue to monitor Gabriel’s status.
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