And there were big plans in place for this year’s annual Red-White Spring Game, but the breaks were applied to those plans one day into OU spring practice , when the COVID-19 outbreak caused the cancellation of all winter and spring collegiate sports activities were cancelled indefinitely.
That included the popular Red-White game, which was originally schedule for this coming Saturday night (April 18) at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Generally in the neighborhood of 45,000 to 50,000 fans attend the game every year. It is typically one of the more well-attended spring games anywhere in the country, but the stadium will be empty on that date this year.