“Anticipation” was a song released by Carly Simon on Thanksgiving Day in 1971. How ironic that the anticipation was keeping me (and other Sooner fans) waiting for the biggest game to hit Norman, Oklahoma, and on the same day Carly’s song was...
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Yes, I was there with my Dad. It's definitely one of the old wounds that have never healed. 1965 and 1966 Aggie games are the oldest - they've scarred over fairly well since then, but we still hates them forever. 1966 Notre Dame was the deepest, but...
I am 60 years old, I started following OU sports in 1971, truth be told, I only learned that OU football was a thing the week before this game was played.
Jack Mildren was a god to 8 year old me and after seeing these plays, particularly the late...
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Bobby Warmack and Eddie Hinton were the stars of the team back in the day when I and my (now) wife were going to the games in the late 60s.
Great memories..........
Warmack's pass to Zabel in the 1967 Kansas game is tied with Q's TD run in the...
Life was so good without phones too. Everyone having fun.
23 years ago today: Tents lined up outside of Memorial Stadium. For days, students had been camping outside the stadium in hopes of securing the best seats for Saturday’s game.
The party...
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I was at that game. The OU school paper had a cartoon every week. I think one of them said “You’ll be raggedy too, Nebraska U!” With a drawing of Raggedy Ann. I was pretty discouraged early in the first quarter!
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I can barely remember that game to be honest. I was in a very bad place in my life at that time and many memories of then are foggy at best. But, I’m thankful I’m not there anymore and also being honest when I say One has helped me forget some of it.
Barry Switzer’s debut as OU head coach was 50 years ago today
Chip Rouse 09/15/23
Barry Switzer won 157 games as head coach during one of the most successful eras in Oklahoma football history. The first of those occurred 50 years ago today. The...
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Pretty sure Switzer came with MacKenzie for the '66 season, not after it.
... BARRY SWITZER BECAME THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA!!!
It was the Spring Semester 1973. I was a freshman @ OU, living in Kitchens House in the Old Cross Center southeast part of campus.
So many great teams; so many great...
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I've told this story before on this site, years ago, but I will tell it again. Barry came to Banning High in Southern California to recruit Stanley Wilson, he also signed LB John Truitt. I was in the 10th grade and it was our awards night (I ran X...
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