OU Lineman Leaves Sooners To Join The Marines
An Oklahoma football player has said so long to the Sooners, so he can sign up to serve his country.
Scott Wright of the OKLAHOMAN reports that Britt Mitchell, a freshman offensive lineman for OU, left the football team last week in order to enlist with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Are workouts with Bob Stoops so intolerable that you’d rather hitch up with the Marines? OU SID Kenny Mossman explains that a military career for Mitchell “has been attractive to him for some time“, and that the Sooners’ coaching staff give Britt their “full support“.
However, Wright comes off as a little snippy that Mitchell would dare turn his back on the Sooner Schooner:
