Big 12 football Media Days notebook

The question Bob Stoops was asked Monday almost as much as how his quarterback race looks was about the recent NCAA sanctions handed down to Oklahoma and the school's appeal of two portions of the ruling.

OU appealed the NCAA's finding that the school failed to monitor the employment of its athletes, as well as the vacation of eight victories from 2005.

Stoops said he didn't want to talk too much about it since the appeal process is ongoing, but he did offer a few thoughts.

"There's nothing there that would inhibit us from continuing to win championships,” he said. "Most of the penalties are in the past.

"It's under appeal right now, so for me to say anything more wouldn't be right. I think it's fair that as a university we stand up for the 110, 115 guys that did things the right way and played by the rules.

"So we'll appeal it, and hopefully there's something to look at there.”

Regardless of how the appeal turns out, the players didn't seem too bothered by the idea of losing eight wins from the 2005 season.

"I don't worry about that,” OU receiver Malcolm Kelly said. "Everybody who saw us play knows we were 8-4. It's nothing I can control. The people who played them, they know who won the game. And that was us.”

•Holder on hold: Stoops said he might be auditioning holders for extra points and field goals this fall after fourth-string quarterback Hays McEachern — the team's holder as a sophomore all of last season — informed him this summer that he plans to quit football.

"Hays, right now, is thinking he's not going to play this year,” Stoops said. "He's getting a little older and is concentrating on his school work. I'm hoping he'll change his mind, but right now, that's not likely.”

•Quarterback decisions: All four teams at Big 12 media days on Monday are uncertain who will be their start