(12/21) Stoops Bryant Award Finalist and Oklahoma Articles
Oklahoma's Stoops a Bryant Coach of the Year Award Finalist: Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops is one of five finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Award. The Houston Division of the American Heart Association today announced the finalists Wednesday. The winner will be chosen by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) and named live at an award dinner benefiting the American Heart Association on Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in downtown Houston. Also that evening, the late Glenn "Bo" Schembechler will be honored as the recipient of the 2007 Paul Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award. Schembechler passed away Nov. 17 of heart failure at age 77. The University of Michigan legend suffered his first heart attack at 40. He survived that attack, and would later survive another heart attack and two quadruple bypass surgeries. Throughout his 37-year battle with heart disease, Schembechler attributed medical science for his ability to fight and live a normal life. The 2006 Paul Bear Bryant College Football Coach of the Year Finalists, in alphabetical order, are: Bret Bielema, University of Wisconsin; Lloyd Carr, University of Michigan; Chris Peterson, Boise State University; Greg Schiano, Rutgers, and Stoops. (SoonerSports.com PR)
FB Coaches and Players on Boise St.: SoonerSports.com
Love of the game: Norman Transcript
Peterson has his reasons to return to action in bowl: The Oklahoman
Peterson: 'No doubt, I will play': Tulsa World
Oklahoma controversy still follows Ducks around: Oregon Statesman Journal
Labels: Award, Bob Stoops, Oklahoma Sooners



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