OU's Jeff Capel maintains calm presence for Sooners

 
By John Helsley, jhelsley@opubco.com
Published: February 9, 2009

NORMAN - Jeff Capel stands before the Sooners bench. Calm. Cool. In control.

Close games, controversial calls, turnover troubles — it's almost always the same.

And it's not an act.

Misleading, perhaps.

"My dad used to talk about the duck theory," Capel said. "You see a duck swimming, and it always looks like he's calm up top, but below, he may be paddling like crazy."

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