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Wide receivers coach Zach Smith sent a text message to a recruit during a dead period, which classifies as a minor NCAA violation. But Smith didn’t actually send the message, his 4-year-old son did, according to The Lantern. MORE: Olbermann apologizes to Penn State, kinda | Top 10 programs As much as we love to bash the NCAA, it is highly unlikely that they will punish Ohio State specifically for this incident, but it just goes to show how ridiculous the entire process is....

The point spread is in contrast to the Don Best/Linemakers Power Ratings, which has Oregon just 1.5-points better than Ohio State on a neutral field. The total moved up several points in early wagering after the two semifinals averaged 78 points, both going OVER. Oregon (47.2 PPG) ranks second nationally in scoring and Ohio State (45.0 PPG) fifth. The Line: Oregon -6.5, Total: 75 Line movement: Oregon opened as a touchdown favorite in Las Vegas, but moved down to as low as -6 in the week preceding the game....

The night game on ABC will be the third in a row for the Buckeyes, who are scheduled to play a record five games at night in 2014 — with half of the game times still to be determined. The Buckeyes will play an unprecedented three home night games. MORE: 10 greatest Buckeyes | Spartans | SN’s Preseason All-Big Ten | Top 25 Those after-dark starts include home games against Virginia Tech on Sept....

The tight ends and running backs coach head-butted the Sooners’ Jeremiah Hall after he hauled in a 14-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter of the contest. Unfortunately, Hall still had his helmet on at the time, and the impact of the collision gave Beamer a cut near his left eyebrow that required stitches. ESPN’s Holly Rowe commented on the incident during the Sunday night’s broadcast. “We have not had too many injuries tonight, which is a good sign, but the one injury that has been significant was to Shane Beamer, one of the assistant coaches for Oklahoma....

Bigler Stouffer II, 79, was convicted and sentenced to death for killing Linda Reaves, a schoolteacher, in Oklahoma City in 1985. He is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection next month. Stouffer’s request for a stay of execution was denied but Judge Stephen Friot allowed his request for the minister to accompany him inside the death chamber during his final moments before his execution. Greg Laird, Stouffer’s attorney, said Reverend Howard Potts, a Baptist minister, will be allowed in the chambers and is allowed to touch him during the process, pending a background check....

Tulsa’s Circle Cinema is planning for a late May/early June re-opening, but is taking additional measures so that guests don’t need to come into contact with anyone or anything as they sit in their seats. Following Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s plans to start reopening local businesses come May 1, Circle Cinema made major adjustments in the interest of safety, according to Variety. Besides only planning on allowing about half capacity for showings, owner Clark Wiens also explained other changes that he planned for the theater....

Want the government to build a working Death Star? You can do it. Want Virginia Tech's football team to wear helmets with an image of a horse riding a treadmill on it? You can ask for it. Heck, do you want to see Rasheed Wallace as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons? There’s a petition for that. With the White House's online petition page, you can ask the government to do anything you want....

In the commercial, a man named "Johnny Savings" is shown signing autographs for cash in a hotel room while a Heisman trophy replica sits on the bed in front of him. MORE: Manziel questioned by NCAA | Most popular autographs | Manziel timeline of events He tells the autograph broker, "I love making money, but I also love saving you money." There's just a slight hint of bitterness toward the Heisman winner whose team rolled the Sooners in the Cotton Bowl last season....

Read on to learn about how OCPD presents, what causes it, and how it’s treated. Symptoms of OCPD OCPD is characterized by the presence of traits such as: Excessive devotion to workExcessive conscientiousnessInability to delegateMiserliness (reluctance to spend money)Perfectionism (setting excessively high standards for yourself and/or others)Preoccupation with detailsRigidityUnwillingness to get rid of old or useless objects A person with OCPD may display these traits in the following ways....

Researchers from Turku University Hospital and the University of Turku examined the medical records of 278 COVID-19 patients in the spring of 2020 and discovered that 29% of the patients had OSA. The findings raised the possibility that OSA could be a risk factor for COVID-19. Obesity—another co-morbidity for severe COVID-19 illness—is also a common denominator shared by people diagnosed with OSA. “Those diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea tend to be older, obese, and also have other co-morbidities including diabetes, and hypertension,” Robson Capasso, MD, chief of sleep surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine in California, tells Verywell....

RELATED: 5-Letter Words Ending With FTY After all, this word isn’t one that people often use in everyday situations. When faced with a difficult Wordle puzzle, players shouldn’t give up right away. Instead, this guide can offer some helpful hints, tips, and tricks that players can use to glean insights into this challenging word. What It Means Knowing the meaning of the October 31Wordle puzzle allows players to make more informed guesses instead of wasting their attempts for the day....

According to the trailer, the Oculus Quest 2 is smaller than the original Oculus Quest, which will allow for increased user comfort. Not only that, but the Oculus Quest 2 has an improved strap to allow users to more easily put the headset on. The controllers have also been tweaked to be more ergonomic. Internally, the Oculus Quest 2 boasts 50 percent more pixels than the original headset, making it the highest resolution headset that the company has produced to date....

That’s why it’s so significant that it has now been revealed that hundreds of Oculus Rift demo stations are set to shut down. Business Insider has obtained an internal memo sent by retailer Best Buy that reveals that 200 of its Oculus Rift demo stations (out of 500) are set to be shut down due to “store performance.” Employees called “Oculus Ambassadors” told the publication that during the holiday shopping system, their stores were only selling a few Oculus Rift systems a week and that after Christmas, the amount of people visiting the demo stations “drastically” declined....

Today, during its Oculus Connect event, the company has officially announced that the new $400 price drop for the Oculus Rift is in effect today, with fans being able to purchase it for the aforementioned cost through the Oculus Store right now. Those who do so will not only receive the headset itself and two Touch controllers, but also the seven free games Lucky’s Tale, Medium, Toybox, Quill, Dead and Buried, Dragon Front, and Robo Recall....

Software launching alongside a major hardware release can, has and will again determine the success of said hardware. If Halo: Combat Evolved had not been an Xbox launch title, the Xbox One may never have existed. Wii Sports single-handedly ushered in an era of motion controls and made the Wii the most successful platform of its generation. EVE: Valkyrie has the privilege of being that game for the Oculus Rift....

Oddworld: Soulstorm will take roughly 15 hours to beat, depending on player skill. While 15 hours is the average time it should take a player to complete the game, this will vary depending on the difficulty they choose to play at and their ability at platforming games. Players who wish to experience all four possible endings will also need to put in more time to see them. RELATED: Oddworld: Soulstorm Gets Launch Trailer...

April Ray’s husband, Wadih El-Hage, is now serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison for conspiracy to commit terrorism in the August 1998 bombings of two American Embassies in East Africa. Within Al Qaeda, El-Hage was nicknamed “the Manager,” according to federal prosecutors. For several years during the 1990s, the U.S. government alleges, El-Hage performed nefarious chores for his terrorist boss, like purchasing a jet plane in order to deliver Stinger missiles (El-Hage personally handed the keys to bin Laden at a dinner party)....

Yes, Michael Phelps is there. He’s the driver of the second car. Yes, Ryan Lochte is there. He’s … going through a drive-thru, for whatever reason. Yes, the deja vu element is there. We did this four years ago. Four years gone. Time stops for no one. Anyway, carpool karaoke! MORE: Rio Olympics TV schedule MVP is Maya DiRado. She’s driving the third car, in the Chance The Rapper hat....

Born the son of a Dublin horse trainer in 1909, Bacon was sent packing by his family at 16, for having had sex with some of his father’s grooms. He went first to London, then to Berlin and Paris (where a Picasso exhibition inspired him to dabble in drawings and watercolors) and finally back to London. Bacon had a profitable flirtation with interior design, but in 1931 he gave it up for the chancy career of a self-taught painter....

That comes from Voice of Russia (via Puck Daddy): Igor Ananskykh is the head of the State Duma Committee for Physical Culture in Russia, and he said this: "The situation is really strange, given that the Sochi Olympics will take place soon and Varlamov is a candidate to become part of our national hockey team which we do count on. What about presumption of innocence? It’s not normal at all....