Sooners without McGee, Kasatati for Texas

BY GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
Monday, October 08, 2012

NORMAN – Oklahoma won't have Stacy McGee or Nila Kasatati for its showdown with Texas Saturday in Dallas.

Kasatati, who has been OU's first offensive lineman off the bench all season, injured his knee during the fourth quarter of last week's win at Texas Tech.

"Nila is getting his MRI today, but it sounds like he's torn his anterior cruciate ligament," Bob Stoops said Monday. "It's what we're expecting to hear, unfortunately. I feel bad for Nila. He's really been coming on, and it's just unfortunate. It makes us more thin in there."

The Sooners were already thin on their offensive line, having lost starters Ben Habern and Tyler Evans before the season began. Evans was to be the right guard. Bronson Irwin replaced him, with Adam Shead starting on the left side.

Kasatati had been spelling Shead over the first four games.

McGee has been suspended since two-a-days, leaving OU down a starting defensive tackle.

Jamarkus McFarland, Casey Walker and David King have started there, with freshman Jordan Phillips also rotating in. Walker had his most effective game of the year in the Sooners' 41-20 win at Texas Tech.

The Sooners have one other health issue. Aaron Colvin, arguably OU's best player on either side of the ball at Tech, tweaked his knee during the game.

"It’s OK. It’s getting better," he said Monday. "It was a play when I made an open-field tackle on a fullback. I got up and it was hurting pretty bad. I kept getting chop blocked and it kind of hurt. It feels better now."