"We are going to ask our people to make an even more thorough search, be very careful to look down into those purses, bags, backpacks ? anything being brought into the stadium that causes any suspicion," Boren said. "This may mean our fans will have a little more inconvenience, and I urge fans to come a little bit earlier because they can expect their bags to be searched a little more thoroughly, also their cars entering the stadium garage."

OU's next home football game will be Oct. 22 against Baylor.

Norman and OU police and the Joint Terrorism Task Force are helping the FBI in its ongoing investigation.

James S. Tyree 366-3539 jtyree@normantranscript.com