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Analyst advises Peterson
In the booth

 
By Mel Bracht   
Published: October 13, 2006

FSN college football analyst Dave Lapham offers some advice to Adrian Peterson as the Oklahoma running back prepares to play in the first game his father, Nelson, has attended since he was 12:

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Joel Meyers, left, and Dave Lapham will broadcast the Iowa State-Oklahoma game at 11:30 a.m. Saturday for FSN. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOX SPORTS

Local ratings

Sports events Oct. 2-9
KOCO-5 dominated the week with a 38.1 rating for OU-Texas telecast, 18 percent higher than last year's telecast. Nationally, ABC received a 3.1 rating (3.4 million households), down 9 percent from the OU-Oregon telecast window, which also included the Miami-Louisville game.

• 1. Oklahoma vs. Texas, college football, Saturday, KOCO-5, 38.1.

• 2. Dallas at Philadelphia, NFL, Sunday, KOKH-25, 13.7.

• 3 . Pittsburgh at San Diego, NFL, Sunday, KFOR-4, 10.2.

• 4. Nebraska at Iowa State, college football, Saturday, KOCO-5, 8.4.

• 5. Arkansas at Auburn, college football, Saturday, KWTV-9, 8.0.

Ratings are a percentage of homes

in the Oklahoma City TV market.

What to watch

College football

  • No. 23-ranked Oklahoma seeks its first Big 12 victory by hosting Iowa State on FSN Southwest (Cox 37). In other Big 12 action, No. 6 Texas hosts Baylor at 6 p.m. on TBS (Cox 62) and No. 19 Missouri plays at Texas A&M at 2:30 p.m. on KOCO-5 (Cox 8).

  • The best national game is No. 2 Florida at No. 11 Auburn at 6:45 p.m. with “full circle” coverage on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN 360.

  • The evening telecast on KOCO-5 (Cox 8) will be No. 4 Michigan at Penn State at 7 p.m.

    NFL

  • KOKH-25 (Cox 12) has the best Sunday game with surprising New Orleans (4-1) hosting Philadelphia (4-1) at noon (Dick Stockton and Troy Aikman).

  • KWTV-9 (Cox 10) has the doubleheader with Houston (1-3) at Dallas (2-2) at noon and Kansas City (2-2) at Pittsburgh (1-3) at 3:15 p.m.

  • Denver (3-1) hosts

    Oakland (0-4) at 7:15 p.m. Sunday on KFOR-4 and Chicago (5-0) travels to Arizona (1-4) at 7:30 p.m. Monday on ESPN.

    Prep football

    In a battle of Class 5A eastern powers, No. 1 Tulsa East Central plays at No. 5 Coweta on Cox 7. KSBI-52 (Cox 9) has a 6A game as No. 6 Tulsa Union plays at struggling Edmond North. Both games kick off at 7:30 p.m.

    Baseball

    The Detroit Tigers will try to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Athletics at 3:30 p.m. today on KOKH-25 as Kenny Rogers faces Oakland’s Rich Harden. At 7:05 tonight, the St. Louis Cardinals (Suppan 12-7) will face the New York Mets (Maine 6-5).

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