During the announcement on the Soonervision they told everyone if there was an emergency for everyone to stay in their seat to listen to further instructions including going down on the field and out the gates if necessary. It was quite clear that they had rethought their evacuation plans and wanted everyone on the same page. They handed out the plans, had it on Soonervision, received it in my mail, and my email.
From the letter: "In addition, we have applied for and received several grants from state and federal agencies to enhance stadium security, including bomb X-ray devices and a large number of security cameras, which are placed throughout the stadium at locations that have been advised by security experts. We have also acquired new concrete barriers on hydraulic lifts which can block off streets or sidewalks to protect the stadium. Last year we conducted a major practice exercise with law enforcement partners to test our security plan. We have also added to the number of law enforcement personnel available to us at each game, comprising a large team of university, Norman, county, and state law enforcement officers. They are present at every game and are immediately available to respond to a crisis, just as they responded so well to my directives and requests at the recent game."
When is the last time, you have seen anyone apply for grants, receive the money, install the equipment, etc., all within a couple of weeks? I have NEVER seen as many law enforcement types as I did at our game last Saturday night. Want to state that OU did an outstanding job with the new security put in place so that something like the suicide bomber would not happen again.
Reason I think the rumor he may have tried with a car bomb to enter the oval may have some credence is the amount of the concrete barriers for roads/sidewalks. No one without a permit is going to get near that stadium now.
At least OU woke up to the fact that security needed to be tightened and it definitely was tightened. At the same time IMO blows big holes in the "lone, depressed suicide bomber" theory.