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Oklahoma Ready To Hire Blake

Associated Press

The University of Oklahoma has hired Dallas Cowboys assistant John Blake as its new football coach, according to a broadcast report Friday night.

Radio station KATT-FM, citing unidentified sources, reported Blake will be announced as the replacement for Howard Schnellenberger, who resigned Dec. 18.

The report said Blake, who played football at Oklahoma, would be introduced during a news conference in Norman.

OU president David Boren had said earlier in the day the school has narrowed its search for a new football coach to “two or three names” and would soon make a decision on the matter.