Story Created:
Dec 29, 2006 at 6:40 PM CST
Story Updated:
Feb 19, 2009 at 4:40 PM CST
Friday, December 29, 2006; Posted: 6:45 p.m. (CDT)
Oklahoma City -- Hundreds of Sooner fans are in Arizona awaiting the Fiesta Bowl. OU will take on Boise State New Year's Day. KSBI-TV caught up with some fans at Will Rogers World Airport before they left Friday morning. They tell us they are excited to see the Sooners play in person.
Jan Foote and her family are on their way to Phoenix to root on the Sooners. It will be their final game of the year.
"I can't even tell you, it's crazy," says Foote.
It's even more of a treat for Joe Foote, who grew up a Sooner fan in Oklahoma. He recently moved back to Norman after being gone for 30 years.
"We just moved to Norman from Phoenix two years ago, so this is a homecoming for us and a chance to see the Sooners play," says Joe.
George Bradfield, with University Sports Tours, organized a trip for 500 people all headed to the Fiesta Bowl. He says fans were still trying to get reservations Friday morning.
"The phone's ringing today, people are trying to book today and we're full now," says Bradfield.
Bradfield has been arranging such trips for 35 years. He says it's good to see the Sooners continue to shine.
"For all of us who have been associated with the OU football program for forever, this is a big game," says Bradfield. "It's the Fiesta Bowl. It's a BCS bowl, it's the top of the line. We're playing an undefeated football team."
With winter weather hitting parts of the country, traveling could become difficult.
Many flights from Will Rogers World Airport to Phoenix change planes in Denver. The Denver area received 28 inches of snow overnight. The weather caused dozens of flights to be canceled, including flights to and from Oklahoma City.
However, come Monday, Sooner fans will likely only be thinking of the game.
