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Oklahoma HC Bob Stoops announced following Wednesday’s practice that redshirt sophomore LB Curtis Bolton will miss the team’s season opener against Houston. Bolton suffered a strain to his patellar tendon which will force him to miss the game.

Linebacker depth and experience was already an issue for the Sooners heading into this season and while Bolton has only played sparingly thus far, he had been running with the second team and would have been likely to see the field prior to this knee injury.