Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Monday it is a possibility that the Sooners will have running back Adrian Peterson back when they visit Oklahoma State on Nov. 25.
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Peterson suffered a broken collarbone Oct. 14 against Iowa State and, at the time, team doctors said he would miss approximately six weeks.
"(That) will be six weeks, so they'll evaluate it next week and we'll see," Stoops said.
"He's not playing this week."
He needs 151 yards to break Billy Sims' career OU rushing record of 4,118 yards.
• Patrick practices: Running back Allen Patrick took part in practice Monday with a heavily taped right ankle.
"He did a little bit of stuff, not a lot," Stoops said.
Patrick missed the Texas Tech game on Saturday because of the ankle injury suffered Nov. 4 at Texas A&M.
• Johnson out of hospital: OU receiver Manuel Johnson was released from the hospital and attended team meetings Monday, according to Sooners co-offensive coordinator Kevin Sumlin.
Johnson was knocked unconscious and experienced temporary numbness after a helmet-to-helmet hit last Saturday night. He spent the night at OU Medical Center.
Stoops said Johnson is scheduled to begin some weight-lifting and running later this week, but he won't play Saturday at Baylor.
Oregon and replays: The instant replay system was dealt another weird twist involving the Oregon Ducks on Saturday night.
Down 28-3 to USC, Oregon backup quarterback Brady Leaf threw an apparent touchdown to Jonathan Stewart.
The play was reviewed in the booth, and the TD was overturned because the replay official ruled Stewart had stepped out of bounds before catching the ball inbounds.
Oregon coach Mike Bellotti then challenged the review call. After a second review, the replay ruling was overturned and the touchdown counted.
The second review found that the ball had been tipped after Stewart had stepped out and back in, making him eligible to catch the ball.
Dave Parry, the Big Ten supervisor of officials who helped the conference develop instant replay, said he was surprised to hear about the challenge of a reviewed call.
"That's the first time I've ever heard of it," Parry told CBS' Sportsline.com. "You're fortunate the score was lopsided. If it was 28-27, there'd be a lot of talk."
By Scott Wright
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