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Bomar's departure increases bull's-eye on Peterson

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Oklahoma tailback Adrian Peterson burst onto the college scene in 2004 looking like a man among boys. When the pads came off, however, he seemed more like a boy among men. In the few interviews he did, he sounded like the unsure 19-year-old he was. Fast-forward two years, and there is a noticeable difference. Peterson is comfortable, smiling, engaging in give-and-take with the media. Peterson has had good times and bad in a Sooners uniform, and has come out on the other side ...

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