Posted on 10/06/2005 5:51:28 PM PDT by MikefromOhio
DALLAS -- Confident that a thorough security plan for the Cotton Bowl was developed before a deadly explosion outside the University of Oklahoma's football stadium last week, authorities said no drastic new safeguards will be made for Saturday's game between Texas and Oklahoma.
But authorities warned that security personnel around the Cotton Bowl will be more alert in response to the blast, which investigators say was caused when explosives attached to a student's body detonated within 100 yards of where more than 80,000 fans were gathered inside Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
"That's one of things we drilled into the heads of our officers," said Dallas Deputy Chief Jesse Reyes. "To be vigilant about suspicious-looking persons or suspicious-looking vehicles or anything of that sort."
Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, died Saturday when the device attached to his body exploded about while he sat on a bench outside George Lynn Cross Hall on the campus in Norman, Okla., officials said. The blast could be heard inside the stadium, where Oklahoma was playing Kansas State.
University of Oklahoma President David Boren said Tuesday that authorities continue to believe that Hinrichs did not try to get into the stadium and that he acted alone.
Reyes said Dallas police have been talking with FBI investigators to learn more about the explosion, so that officers patrolling the game can watch for similar signs or evidence Saturday. Officials said the day of the Texas-Oklahoma game draws about 250,000 fans and visitors to the State Fair of Texas, which takes place outside the Cotton Bowl and serves as the backdrop to the rivalry.
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it's not, nowhere near, but for most people, that is still the first twitch....
NFL ping?
well there are more than a few NFL prospects in this game...
sorry for the spam I guess....
A stretch...but please keep ping lists for their intended purposes, I've had to remove myself from a few that liked to stray from the subject.
I asked a couple of the list keepers in post 2....
I wasn't going too, but i wasn't sure....maybe you should talk with scott says....
The MEDIA BLACKOUT of the OU SUICIDE BOMBING hardly inspires confidence in our great leaders.
what you want the government to TELL the media what to report?
the channel in oklahoma is reporting the hell out of this story. The national media isn't for reasons known but unspoken.
He was a bomb builder who might have also built the bombs for the AQ operatives who were supposed to hit New York. The failed attack at OU was supposed to be a diversion of what was supposed to happen later in the NYC subways in my opinion.
I think Texas is going to exploded on OU.
LOL
you know, I would laugh my arse off if Texas found a way to lose that game....
There is no way OU should be within 3 TDs of the Longhorns, but at the same time I don't think OU is as bad as everyone thinks they are either....
Check again. I think Shootout was deemed politically incorrect by the sponsor and that the name of the game has been changed to something less militant.
Interesting thought for the ping list?
See my post directly below yours.
A lot of those people will be little kids also...
Did the original story have something about some friends of his missing...
They wouldn't be in New York would they??? Is this just a coincidence you think?
:) Sorry about your Packers.
"Despite explosion, no security changes for OU-Texas" (!!!) ping. Thanks to PhatHead for the ping.
Looks like the authorities don't want unnecessary disruptions and cancellations during college football season. Lots of conflicting info on the security situation at the games.
LOL...PC runs wild in the NCAA...I'm not sure if I like "corporate " sponsorship of this classic rivalry....oh well, times have changed.
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