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As someone who has been there and been on both sides of the issue, first find out if the coach has a problem with it. Most won't, but check anyways. Also, will they be walk-ons or scholarship players. That will also determine the coach's response. If they are scholarship players, they should make sure that the fraternity knows that their school is being paid by that scholarship and they need to commit to that first, and the fraternity second. Most houses understand that.
When these players rushed, they also made sure the fraternity knew, and the fraternity would make allowances for many things and would lower the requirements for pledgeship because of the football commitment. Also, your boys should already be talking to fraternities, and that is shomething they should bring up as an issue, and NOT as a way to boast. Seriously, that is a huge turn off.
Just to clarify, there aren't many football players at OU that rush. Mostly, walk-ons are the guys who rush. Very few scholarship players rush, but there have been a few.
Also, bit of advice, tell them NOT to drink during the season. It will make them drag a$$ and they will not survive long. I don't care if they did it in high school, they need to stay away from it in season. That's mostly if they would actually play on Saturdays though, if they are only on the practice squad like most first year guys, they probably can get away with it.
Hope this helps from someone who has done it first hand, and been on both sides of the issue.
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