Bob Stoops on racist video: Hard to believe that actually happened

Ken Bradley

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Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops spoke at an on-campus demonstration Monday morning, the day after a racist video surfaced showing members of a campus fraternity chanting racial slurs on a bus. 

The cell phone video was sent anonymously to the student newspaper, NewsOK.com reported.

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"It's hard to believe that that actually happened," Stoops said, according to Guerin Emig of the Tulsa World.

OU president David Boren spoke at another student protest Monday morning: “You are disgraceful . . .  Real Sooners are not bigots, real Sooners are not racist,” he said in reference to the participants in the video.

Boren added that the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity will be disbanded. The national chapter also said the Oklahoma branch would be closed.

“For the university, there is no more house. The house will be closed,” Boren said Monday, according to NewsOK.com. “All of our ties to that organization on our campus are severed. I’ve given them to midnight tomorrow night to get their things out of the fraternity house. After that time, it will be totally closed and they’ll have to make special arrangements to even get their belongings out of the house.”

Later Monday, Oklahoma players marched through campus, arriving at the indoor football complex — athletic director Joe Castiglione was there, too — walking arm in arm, reported John Shinn of the Norman Transcript. He also reported that the team was not practicing Monday because of "captains' decision."

On Monday morning, Stoops, along with many Sooner athletes, met next to Owen Field before speaking.

Danielle Dunn, a reporter for Fox 25 in Oklahoma City, posted multiple images and video from Monday's demonstration:

Former Oklahoma player Gabe Ikard made a statement on Twitter:

Also, Sooners linebacker Eric Striker made a statement on camera to Dunn about race relations on the OU campus, calling it an "institutional breakdown when it comes to minority relations" at the university. He referenced issues among some athletes, too, but refused to take any questions.

Ken Bradley