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Oklahoma Linebacker Mike Balogun May Strike Eligibility Deal With NCAA

By Terrance HarrisAug 24th 2009 – 2:30PM

Linebacker Mike Balogun might play his final season of eligibility at Oklahoma after all. Balogun, 25, and the NCAA have sparred over his eligibility for more than a week after information came to light that the linebacker played semi-professional football after the age of 22. But Balogun's attorney, Woody Glass, told The...

Ex-NAFL Commish Casts Further Doubt On Eligibility of Oklahoma's Mike Balogun

By Terrance HarrisAug 20th 2009 – 2:16PM

According to a story published on the National American Football League's Web site, Oklahoma's Mike Balogun appears to have exhausted his college eligibility by participating in a semi-pro football league past the age of 21.The NAFL's Web site indicates that Balogun, 25, did play with the Maryland Marauders at least up...

Oklahoma's Mike Balogun Files Suit Against NCAA, Will Continue Practicing

By Terrance HarrisAug 19th 2009 – 3:20PM

The lawsuit Oklahoma senior linebacker Mike Balogun filed against the NCAA Tuesday with a Cleveland County (Okla.) Court District is apparently working -- for now.Balogun sought and received a restraining order blocking the NCAA's mandate he not continue practicing with the Sooners after Wednesday, while the governing body...

NCAA Could Take Away Oklahoma Linebacker Mike Balogun's Eligibility

By Terrance HarrisAug 14th 2009 – 10:02PM

The future of Oklahoma senior linebacker Mike Balogun is up in the air as the NCAA looks into his participation in a semi-pro football league prior to joining the Sooners.The NCAA, acting on information it received from Oklahoma, declared Balogun ineligible as of Friday while it looks into the possibility Balogun could...

Ryan Reynolds Again Listed as Starter in Oklahoma's Depth Chart

By Terrance HarrisJun 9th 2009 – 3:30PM

After a few hours on the depth-chart bench, Oklahoma middle linebacker Ryan Reynolds is again apparently a starter.Monday, Sooners coach Bob Stoops' released the team's depth chart with several surprises. The biggest was in the middle, as the coaching staff had Mike Balogun listed as the starter with incoming freshman Tom...

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