It’s been a wild nine days for Oklahoma Sooners legend Bob Stoops. Last Sunday, he was called into work from the golf course to take the reigns as interim head coach after Lincoln Riley’s sudden departure.
Stoops was introduced the next day as the interim head coach and, that afternoon, hit the road to get face time with Oklahoma’s 2022 recruits. As the week drug on, he remained committed to his Fox Big Noon Kickoff duties, covering the Big 10 title game. And on Tuesday night, he was finally was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Officially a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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To say it’s been a whirlwind of a week is an understatement, but as he has done his whole career, Stoops handled it with strength and class.
His Tuesday night induction makes him the 27th Oklahoma Sooner to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Stoops joins Barry Switzer, Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, and Tony Casillas as members of the Hall of Fame.
With 190 wins, Bob Stoops is the all-time winningest coach in Oklahoma Sooners history. Stoops won a national championship and 10 Big 12 titles with seven top-five finishes in his 18 seasons as the head coach.
Now all eyes turn to Bob Stoops’ return to the sideline as Oklahoma prepares for the Alamo Bowl where they’ll face Oregon.
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