The GREATEST Sunday Night Football player intro goes to Sterling Shepard. 🫡
Bob Stoops is like the rest of us and can’t wait to watch Baker Mayfield tonight. “There’s nobody more competitive and tough than him. There may be people equal to him, but there ain’t anybody more than him.”
What’s the greatest OU defensive performance in program history?
Bob Stoops says it’s the 13-2 win over Florida State in the Orange Bowl that ranks as the best during his OU tenure.
“It was a masterpiece.”
What will Kendal Daniels and Marvin Jones Jr. bring to the OU defense?
Dusty Dvoracek broke down what he likes from OU’s two recent portal adds.“
The talent, man, it is absolutely there.”
What does Bob Stoops think about the possibility of Brent Venables running the OU defense in 2025?
He said on the Stoops Review:
“Brent can handle it himself or he’ll find the right person he can work side-by-side with.”
19 years ago today: DeMarco Murray committed to OU over USC.A 5-star prospect out of Bishop Gorman in Las Vegas, Demarco ranked as the No. 22 overall player in the 2006 class.He lived up to the hype, and then some, finishing his career with 390 points, the most by a non-kicker in OU history.
Brent Venables said this about R Mason Thomas back in September of 2022:
“You know, he gonna be hell on wheels. He’s got a great, great future.”
9 years ago today: Buddy Hield scored 46 points at Kansas.In one of the greatest performances by a visiting player at Allen Fieldhouse, Buddy hit eight 3’s and finished 13-23 from the field. His 46 points tied Wayman Tisdale for the sixth-highest scoring game in school history.
Bob Stoops isn’t losing faith in Brent Venables. He laid out the reasons things can be much better in 2025 for the Sooners.
“I think we have the pieces in place with Ben Arbuckle being, with John Mateer the experience he has at quarterback.”
23 years ago today: PERFECTION!
OU used a dominating defensive performance to beat Florida State 13-2 in the Orange Bowl and claim national title No. 7.
OU finished 13-0 with wins over the No. 11, No. 2, No. 1, No. 23, No. 8 and No. 2 teams en route to the championship.
11 years ago today: Bob Stoops became the first coach to win all four BCS bowls and a national championship.The feat was clinched with a 45-31 win over No. 3 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.
2000 - Orange and national title.
2002 - Rose
2010 - Fiesta
2013 - Sugar
Happy New Year!!!
Jan. 1st is arguably the most successful date in OU history.
• OU is 16-8 all-time in NYD bowl games, including a 10-4 mark in the Orange Bowl.
• 1975 and 1985 national championships were clinched on Jan. 1st.
• Gator, Sugar, Cotton, Rose & Fiesta have also been won on NYD.