Oklahoma is coming off a 10-win campaign and set to make its SEC debut in 2024. After a season-ending loss to Arizona in the Alamo Bowl, the Sooners return talent on both sides of the ball.

Linebacker Danny Stutsman, defensive back Billy Bowman and defensive lineman Trace Ford will lead the defense. Add in cornerback Dez Malone, a transfer from San Diego State who recorded 47 tackles and one interception last season, and the Sooners’ defensive unit is looking tough.

Quarterback Jackson Arnold is the anticipated starter, taking over for Dillon Gabriel, who transferred to Oregon. Arnold played in seven games last season, passing for 563 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions.

The Sooners have running back Gavin Sawchuk and receiver Nic Anderson back for another year. Samuel Franklin, a running back from UT-Martin, and Geirean Hatchett, an offensive lineman from Washington, will also join Oklahoma for the 2024 season.

Here is everything you need to know about Oklahoma’s spring game, including information on how to watch the annual event.

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What channel is the Oklahoma spring game on today?

• TV channel: N/A
• Live stream: ESPN+ 

Oklahoma’s spring game will not be televised, but it can be streamed on ESPN+. Toby Rowland and Dusty Dvoracek will call the scrimmage.

ESPN+ costs $10.99 per month and is separate from cable subscriptions and the ESPN App. It can also be bundled with Disney+ and Hulu for $14.99 per month.

Oklahoma spring game start time

• Date: Saturday, April 20
• Time: 3:30 p.m. ET | 2:30 p.m. CT

Oklahoma’s spring game will kick off at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET from Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla. Gates will open at 1 p.m. ET.

The spring game was originally scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m. ET, but the athletics department pushed the start time back because of predicted rain and lightning.

Oklahoma tickets for 2024 season

Tickets for Oklahoma games are already available on StubHub. You can find a complete rundown on prices and available seats via the link below.

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Oklahoma football spring game rosters 2024

Oklahoma has not revealed the Red or White rosters for its 2024 spring game. Until then, you can view the Sooners’ 2024 football roster here.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States.

Under the provisions of HB 4156, impermissible occupation is defined as the act of a noncitizen entering and remaining in Oklahoma without legal authorization. The first offense constitutes a misdemeanor, carrying penalties of up to one year in the county jail, a fine not exceeding $500 or both. Additionally, the individual must leave the state within 72 hours following conviction or release from custody, with subsequent offenses classified as felonies, punishable by up to two years in prison, a fine of up to $1,000 or both.

The measure also imposes penalties on noncitizens who have been denied admission, excluded, removed or departed from the United States while facing an outstanding removal order and then enter or attempt to enter Oklahoma. Law enforcement is mandated to collect identifying information of those arrested for impermissible occupation, which is cross-referenced with criminal databases by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Proponents of the bill argue that it is essential to uphold the rule of law and protect state borders. However, Rep. Arturo Alonso-Sandoval (D) said the bill  “promotes racial profiling, which puts every Oklahoman at risk.” He further criticized the bill as “strictly political. This is not policy-focused. It’s not solution-focused. It’s campaign messaging.” House Majority Floor Leader Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, defended the bill, stating that “nothing inside this bill will allow racial profiling.”

The Oklahoma bill largely mimics a similar immigration bill from the Texas Legislature, which was signed into law in December 2023 and has since been embroiled in legal challenges. Iowa also passed a similar law in March.

New York City will no longer be home to the tallest building in North America if a plan freshly approved by Oklahoma City officials stays on course.

However, some residents near the site of the proposed Legends Tower have expressed concerns over the 1,907-foot structure — a number representing the year Oklahoma officially became a state.

Three months after announcing plans to build the tallest skyscraper in the country, the Oklahoma City Planning Commission approved zoning for a building that will stand 131 feet taller than lower Manhattan’s One World Trade Center. Once completed, Legends Tower will be a football field bigger than 1,550-foot Central Park Tower, North America’s second-tallest building.

According to the AO architecture firm behind the design, Legends Tower will be part of a mixed-use project called The Boardwalk at Bricktown, featuring nearly 2,000 apartment units, a Hyatt hotel, a sports arena, and 110,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment.

But while the planning commission gave its blessing on the height of the estimated $1.6 billion project, officials held off on approving bright signage that isn’t sitting well will locals, according to The Oklahoman.

“We’re not Las Vegas,” Oklahoma City resident Cynthia Ciancarelli told officials. “We’re not Manhattan.”

Ciancarelli and other Oklahomans worry proposed ad space on the building could cause sensory issues as well as appearing “a bit tacky.”

She also expressed concern that Oklahoma City is already a “one-stop shop for disasters,” including earthquakes, tornadoes and terror attacks.

More than 160 people were killed when a domestic terrorist detonated a truck full of explosives outside a federal building in 1995 — but tornadoes are a far more regular occurrence. The National Weather Service reports the Oklahoma City area has been hit by more than one twister on the same day at least 30 times.

But a well-designed skyscraper could structurally survive in the area known as “Tornado Alley,” the architecture firm said. At a planning meeting last week, the team offered reassurance that engineers will build a concrete core surrounding the skyscraper’s elevator shaft, and that the windows will be capable of withstanding a tornado without damage.

Experts told The Oklahoman that once completed, Legends Tower and The Boardwalk at Bricktown could be a boon to continuing growth in Oklahoma City, which the U.S. Census Bureau says is the sixth-fastest growing city in the nation.

Construction is set to begin later this year on parts of the project, with Legends Tower coming later.

If all goes according to the city’s plans, Legends Tower will become the sixth-tallest building in the world, behind China’s Ping An International Finance Centre.