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OU stayed the course with Tank Carrington, and it paid off

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Tank Carrington committed to Florida State in June, and that was that. The Seminoles had been the only official visit destination over the summer for the 6-foot-2, 272-pound defensive tackle. His recruitment seemed pretty cut-and-dried, and definitively over. But Todd Bates never gave up the fight. And in the end, the Sooners' revered defensive tackles coach won.