OU running backs coach DeMarco Murray suspended 1 game for NCAA recruiting violations

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:01:29 Category: News & Politics

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THIS IS KOCO FIVE NEWS AT FOUR NEW TODAY. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA RUNNING BACKS COACH DEMARCO MURRAY, FACING A ONE GAME SUSPENSION. THE NCAA DETERMINED THE FORMER SOONERS STAR HIMSELF WAS INVOLVED IN RECRUITING VIOLATIONS. I'M ABIGAIL OGLE AND I'M ZACH RAEL. LET'S HEAD OVER TO SPORTS DIRECTOR BRYAN KEATING, WHO'S JOINING US NOW. DEMARCO MURRAY. YOU GUYS SET AT THE RUNNING BACKS COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. LOOK, IF YOU KNOW OU FOOTBALL, HE WAS ALSO AN ALL-AMERICAN RUNNING BACK FOR THE SOONERS FROM 2007 TO 2010. SO GUYS HERE'S THE SITUATION MURRAY BEING ACCUSED OF RECRUITING. AND I GUESS MORE SPECIFICALLY CONTACTING RECRUITS OUTSIDE OF THE TIME PERIOD WHEN RECRUITING IS ALLOWED. SO HE WAS BREAKING THE RULES. RECRUITING WHEN RECRUITING IS NOT ALLOWED. AND THAT INCLUDES 65 PHONE CALLS WITH 17 DIFFERENT PROSPECTS. AND SO HERE'S A STATEMENT I GOT FROM AN OU ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON SAYING, QUOTE, THE UNIVERSITY DISCOVERED THE VIOLATIONS THROUGH ITS MONITORING SYSTEMS AND INVESTIGATED, REPORTED AND ADDRESSED THE MATTER PROMPTLY AND APPROPRIATELY. OU WORKED WITH THE NCAA TO MANAGE THE REVIEW AND REACH A CONCLUSION. THE PENALTIES IMPOSED ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT. GUYS, SO YOU MENTIONED AT THE VERY TOP DEMARCO MURRAY HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR ONE GAME BECAUSE OF THOSE RECRUITING VIOLATIONS. AND WE DIDN'T MENTION BUT SHOULD ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE TRACK

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