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Tue December 5, 2006

Sooners ready for fun in the sun
Fiesta Bowl bound: Oklahoma vs. Boise St.
Fiesta Bowl will complete BCS bowl trips for OU's 5th-year seniors

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Fiesta Bowl tickets
Price: $135 Availability: The Fiesta Bowl officially is a sellout, but blocks of 17,500 tickets have been reserved for the schools and first will be available to OU season ticket holders.

The drill: Although the season ticket holder deadline has passed, those season ticket holders who had not already placed their order for Oklahoma’s bowl game have one more chance to apply at Soonersports.com. The Athletics Ticket Office also is handling walk-up and phone sales at (405) 325-2424 and (800) 456-4668.

Distribution: Seat locations will be determined at a later date and will be assigned based upon priority within giving levels. All orders will be assessed a processing fee and will be shipped via UPS in mid-December.

Alumni trip
The OU Alumni Association and the Sooner Club have a Fiesta Bowl trip planned. The package includes hotel, the Boomer Bash Pre-Game rally and more. For information call (405) 325-2424.
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By John Helsley
Staff Writer
Standing on the frozen floor that was the Arrowhead Stadium turf Saturday night, Oklahoma's Reggie Smith already was looking forward to some sun and fun in the desert.

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"Lovely," Smith said. "I won't carry no long-sleeve nothin'. All shorts and stuff. I'll be having a fun time."

The Sooners are headed for a Jan. 1 Fiesta Bowl meeting with Boise State, a matchup made official with the pieces of the BCS puzzle falling into place Sunday.

A matchup made possible by OU's 21-7 win over Nebraska in the Big 12 title game Saturday.

And a matchup spurring warm and fuzzy feelings for all involved.

"It's a dream come true," said quarterback Paul Thompson, who may have entered Sooner lore by leading this team's improbable charge after moving from wide receiver on the eve of the preseason's first practice.

"Definitely wanted to be in this situation, be the leader of this team, lead us to a Big 12 Championship. Whew, it worked out. Big 12 Champions. I'm loving every minute of it."

There's even more to love, with the Fiesta Bowl completing a Sooner Slam of sorts for several fifth-year seniors.

For Thompson, Rufus Alexander, Larry Birdine, Jason Carter,