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Oklahoma football: Why Eric Striker is a different kind of college athlete

NORMAN — Eric Striker walked into the interview room after practice Tuesday and had something he wanted to say.

“Let’s talk about what’s going on this week, right?” Striker said, completely unprompted. “It’s a good week for me. I’m loving this week.”

Is he having a good week of practice? Is he especially well-prepared to face Texas Tech and its up-tempo offense?

Nope.

“Writing a paper that I actually enjoy writing,” Striker continued. “And it’s always better when it’s the papers ... some papers, you just don’t like writing, but the papers you enjoy writing, you have fun with.