Sooners Complete Final Day of 2004

MIAMI, Fla. -- The Oklahoma football team completed a busy schedule on the final day of 2004 in Miami. Select players began the morning with an FCA breakfast, then a group departed for a hospital visit while another headed for the Orange Bowl press conference focused on OU's defense.

Head coach Bob Stoops, Chris Chester, Jason White, Paul Thompson, Tommy Grady, Rhett Bomar, Garrett Hartley, Clint Ingram and James Moses visited patients at Baptist Children's Hospital.

In Ft. Lauderdale, Co-Defensive Coordinators Brent Venables and Bo Pelini plus Jonathan Jackson, Lance Mitchell, Lynn McGruder, Dan Cody and Antonio Perkins represented the Oklahoma defense at the Orange Bowl press conference at the media hotel.

Children's Hospital Visit | Defensive Press Conference

Read complete transcripts from the Sooner defensive coaches and players.

The Sooners then held special teams and position meetings back at the team hotel in Bal Harbour. The buses departed for Barry University at the practice facility early in the afternoon.

Sooners Visit Baptist Children's Hospital (Free Video)

After a two-plus hour practice, the team met with the media, lifted weights and took in a late buffet lunch. Another bus ride back to the hotel in Bal Harbour completed the scheduled activities for Friday.

December 31 Practice & Interview Photos

Tomorrow morning, coaches Chuck Long and Kevin Wilson plus Jason White, Vince Carter, Jammal Brown, Adrian Peterson, J.D. Runnels and Mark Clayton will represent the OU offense at the Orange Bowl press conference at the media hotel in Ft. Lauderdale.

Oklahoma's sixth practice in Miami is slated for the afternoon.

Be sure to read the daily Orange Bowl notebook from ESPN.com writer Pat Forde. All the articles are located at ESPN.com's Orange Bowl coverage page. Also, keep an eye on Stewart Mandel's Orange Bowl Blog at CNNSI. Not to be outdone, CBS SportsLine counters with interesting reads from Dennis Dodd and former Sooner Spencer Tillman.

USA Today's Kelly Whiteside wrote an article about the OU defense in the final stretch of the season and CollegeFootballNews.com always has an interesting read on the Orange Bowl matchup.

Don't leave out the local media coverage from Oklahoma and California. The best site to link up to all the newspapers that give daily coverage and a ton of ink to the Sooners and Trojans can be accessed through Newslink.com.

Check back for the latest reports, photos and videos as the Sooners prepare for the FedEx Orange Bowl and BCS National Championship Game against Southern Cal on January 4, 2005.

Enjoy a safe New Year's Eve and Boomer Sooner from Miami! We'll be welcoming in the new year one hour earlier than everyone back home in Oklahoma.

- Jason

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SoonerSports.com director Jason Matheson will post daily reports from Miami as the team prepares for the BCS National Championship Game. Follow the Sooners with photo galleries, SoonerVision videos and more at O-Zone Orange Bowl Central.

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