Iowa State running back Breece Hall (28) celebrates the team's win over Texas in an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
OU coach Bob Stoops waves to the crowd after the college football game between the University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M University at Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, Saturday, November 8, 2008. BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, from left, talk before the 2006 game. Photo by Bryan Terry
Sam Bradford, left, Bob Stoops and the Sooners open practice Thursday. (Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman)
OU football coach Bob Stoops talks with his players before practice Thursday in Norman. Stoops gave the fans in attendance a hard time when he didn’t think they were cheering enough for non-offensive players. PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Sam Bradford threw for 389 yards and a touchdown in OU's 33-7 win over Baylor Saturday. PHOTO BY CHRIS LANDSBERGER, THE OKLAHOMAN
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops tries every year to make his players understand the benefits of staying in college as long as possible. Those benefits include the possibility of going higher in the NFL Draft and graduating. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN
Texas coach Mack Brown, left, and Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops shake hands before the 2007 Red River Rivalry game. Berry Tramel says that by going into the Pac-10 together, the Big 12 schools would have strength in numbers. Photo By Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman Archive
University of Oklahoma vs Texas college football at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX. October 11, 2003. OU head coach Bob Stoops celebrates with Brandon Everage. Staff photo by Doug Hoke.
Former OU coach Bud Wilkinson talks with players on Dec. 29, 1955, as the team prepared for the Orange Bowl. Players are, top row from left, Robert Burris, Billy Pricer, Jim Harris and Tommy McDonald. On the bottom row are John Bell, Edmon Gray, Cecil Morris, Jerry Tubbs, Bo Bolinger, Wilkinson and Calvin Woodworth. The team was part of OU's 47-game winning streak, which stretched from 1953-57. - OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE
OU: Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops is interviewed following the Fiesta Bowl college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Connecticut Huskies in Glendale, Ariz., at the University of Phoenix Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman ORG XMIT: KOD
Sooner head coach Bob Stoops congratulates quarterback Landry Jones after a college football game in which the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) defeated the Iowa State University Cyclones (ISU) 26-6 at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
University of Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson, center, with Darrell Royal former University of Texas coach. 10/27/1989. Photo by Jim Beckel
Kansas head coach Mark Mangino and Bob Stoops meet at midfield after the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the University of Kansas Jayhawks (KU) on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, in Lawrence, Kan. Oklahoma won the game 35-13. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman
Coach Bob Stoops chuckled when a renamed "Bob Stoops Press Box" was suggested Monday. "That would be ironic, wouldn't it?" he replied. OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE PHOTO
OU: University of Oklahoma college football coach Bob Stoops comments on his team during the Big 12 Conference Football Media Days Monday, July 23, 2013 in Dallas. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp) ORG XMIT: TXTS101
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops gets dunked within the final seconds of the Red River Rivalry college football game between the University of Oklahoma (OU) and the University of Texas (UT) at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Oklahoma won 63-21. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
OU coach Bob Stoops signals to his players during last week’s loss to Baylor in Waco, Texas. Photo by Jim Beckel, The Oklahoman
Head football coach Bud Wilkinson is carried off the field by his Sooners after they defeated Nebraska in 1962. (Oklahoman Archives)
There is jubilation on the OU bench after the Sooners scored their final touchdown in a 56-21 rout of Colorado in 1955. Coach Bud Wilkinson leads the cheering while line coach Gomer Jones appears to be weeping from joy. Player Dale DePue pats Wilkinson's back. Identified players are Bob Timberlake (81), Gerald McPhail (48), Delbert Long (27) and Henry Broyles (56). (Oklahoman Archives)
OU standout Billy Vessels is shown conferring with head coach Bud Wilkinson on the sideline in 1952 during the Sooners' 34-13 win over Nebraska. (Oklahoman Archives)
Cleveland, OK, residents turned out en masse Jan. 20, 1953, to honor their hometown hero, All-American halfback Billy Vessels, left, and his coach, Bud Wilkinson, second from right. Here, Vessels, the Heisman Trophy winner and OU standout, receives the key to the city from City Manager J.D. Cheek, far right, a former Oklahoma A&M player. Also shown is OU assistant coach Dee Andros, between Vessels and Wilkinson. (Oklahoman Archives)
OU head coach Bud Wilkinson plots game strategy with quarterback Claude Arnold during a game in 1950. (Oklahoma Archives)
Bud Wilkinson in 1966. (Oklahoma Archives)
OU head coach Bud Wilkinson strolls across campus in this 1947 photo with Memorial Stadium in the background. (Oklahoma Archives)
Bud Wilkinson, OU head football coach, hangs his head on the sideline during the Sooners 7-0 loss to Notre Dame on Nov. 16, 1957. The loss ended OU's national record win streak at 47 games. (Oklahoman Archives)
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, OU COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Coach Bud Wilkinson and Ed Lisak celebrate as the clock runs down in a 20-14 win over Texas in 1949. (Original photo dated 10/08/49)
Head coach Bob Stoops talks to his team following the Spring College Football Game of the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, April 12, 2014. Photo by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy, left, and Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, right, talk before the start of their NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma defensive coordinator Mike Stoops shouts at Oklahoma's Steven Parker (11) during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Kansas State University Wildcats at Gaylord Family-Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. Oklahoma lost 31-30. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops pats the helmet of Dede Westbrook (11) after a touchdown during a college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners (OU) and the Baylor Bears (BU) at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. Oklahoma won 45-24. Photo by Bryan Terry, The Oklahoman
Bobby Boyd (left) poses with Bud Wilkinson and halfback Jere Durham before the 1958 Orange Bowl. (Oklahoman archive photo)
Bud Wilkinson (second from right) chats with his 1949 staff: Gomer Jones (left), Pop Ivy (standing) and Bill Jennings. (Oklahoman archive photo)
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA / OU / KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DECEMBER 2, 2000 / OU vs Kansas State in the Big 12 Football Championship at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. Coach Bob Stoops and his team celebrate a Tim Duncan winning field goal. Staff photo by Doug Hoke.
