Oklahoma Football

It really happened without any fanfare. It really happened without a cheering crowd or a marching band. It really just happened in a simple barbershop, a barbershop owned and operated by a man named Bud.

If you polled the mass majority of Oklahoma football fans it is doubtful that a majority would think an 18-year old female music teacher had any effect on the tradition of Sooner Football.

The Big 12 has suffered blows, however they should only help the Sooners. They return at least 1 projected All American on each side, and Landry Jones is a serious Heisman candidate. They are the preseason #1 and have huge expectations.

The Texas vs. Oklahoma game has bowl projections written all over it, with the season on the line for both of these teams in college football.

This is the fourth installment of a series on the beginning of Oklahoma Sooner Football. The third year of the University of Oklahoma's football program was to be the first with the benefit of a full-time football coach.

Tom Catlin, former OU Sooner and NFL coach passes away