Where does Stoops rank on a national scale?
Published: 5/28/2009 11:03 PM
Last Modified: 5/28/2009 11:03 PM
It is an annual rite of (anything to get us through) summer for college football freaks ... lists.
Today's category should get the attention of Oklahoma followers -- the top college football coaches in the land. Think his latest BCS setback has cost Bob Stoops some rank? Let's see...
Tom Dienhart of Rivals.com lists Stoops second only to Florida's Urban Meyer.
"No coach can match his four BCS title game appearances," Dienhart writes.
Mack Brown of Texas, by the way, comes in sixth on this scroll, behind Meyer, Stoops, Nick Saban, Pete Carroll and Kirk Ferentz.
Ferentz a better coach than Brown? I'm a Dienhart fan, but this is like saying Iowa City has cooler music than Austin. Please.
Next, we bring in Wally Hall of the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Actually, he's ranking today's top 10 programs, but since it's a reflection of the programs' coaches, we'll include it.
From one to five, it's Florida, USC, LSU, Texas and Ohio State. The Sooners check in at No. 6.
"Nothing underrated about Bob Stoops," Hall writes. "He has the Sooners in a BCS game almost every year. They don't win them all, but they are there, and that makes them an elite program."
Might as well toss in a fans blog, too. The folks in the Deep South seem to know their football. And how can we pass up a Website known as "Dixie Fried Sports?"
DFS' top coaches in order: Meyer, Saban, Carroll, Stoops, Butch Davis, Jim Tressel, Frank Beamer, Joe Paterno and Brown.
From the site: "Stoops took over an OU program that was in shambles and consistently has them in a BCS game. While his bowl record is only 4-6, the man has to be credited with getting OU to that level. His 7 BCS appearances are tied with Carroll for the most this decade."
-- Guerin Emig
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Guerin Emig
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