Monday, December 31, 2012

Back where it all began for OU's Landry Jones


   Cowboys Stadium is where Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones began his college career and Friday is where he will end it.
   Back in 2009, Jones relieved an injured Heisman Trophy winner, Sam Bradford. Now he will be playing against one in Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel.
   Jones chuckled when told that Manziel, a redshirt freshman, recalled watching Jones play for the Sooners while he was still in high school.
   "I'm the old man around this place," Jones said. "It feels like it."
   Jones was a redshirt freshman himself when he subbed in for Bradford back on Sept. 5, 2009 when he subbed in for Bradford, who had suffered a shoulder injury. That game was the first regular season contest at the newly opened stadium - before even the Dallas Cowboys had played an official home game there.
   Jones couldn't keep the Sooners from avoiding a 14-13 upset to BYU that day. But the next season he quarterbacked Oklahoma to a 23-20 win over Nebraska at Cowboys Stadium in the 2010 Big 12 Championship.
   "It did start here," Jones said. "There's always good feelings on this field, and just remembering how your career started and where you came from. It's exciting to be back here and we're excited to play."

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