Sooners try to stay out of the Sun
Published: 11/19/2009 10:24 PM
Last Modified: 11/19/2009 10:24 PM
Don't share this with anyone in El Paso, but one of the true motivations remaining in Oklahoma's season is avoiding the Sun Bowl. I'm pretty sure the Sooners can get that done by winning at Texas Tech Saturday. That would solidify, at worst, a 7-5 season and, at worst, the No. 4 position among Big 12 Conference teams when they're slotted into bowl games. The Sun comes in at No. 5, or just after the Alamo Bowl.
For now, we should let Sun Bowl executive director Bernie Olivas dream about the scenarios that played out in the El Paso Times last week:
"How would a Southern Cal-Oklahoma game look on New Year's Eve in El Paso? How about Arizona and coach Mike Stoops against brother Bob Stoops' Oklahoma team? That sibling rivalry would be the talk of college football."
The topic got a little play at Bob Stoops' press conference last Tuesday, even, when it was suggested he wouldn't be too crazy about coaching against his younger brother.
That was the media's suggestion, not Bob's, who dismissed the idea that he would hate to see Mike across the field. He also swatted away the notion that Mike might walk to the end of the earth to beat his big brother.
"He wouldn't do that anyway? Whoever he's playing?" Bob boasted.
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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