Barry Switzer on OU-Texas Rivalry
Oklahoma Sooner Football Articles and Notes
Wright's past Texas connection: OU defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright knows what the OU-Texas rivalry is like wearing burnt orange. Wright spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Texas before joining Bob Stoops' staff in 1999. "When I was south of the Red (River), I got cussed by people north of the Red,” Wright said. "Being born and raised in Texas, I have a lot of friends in Texas. "I get cussed by them now." (NewsOK.com)
Switzer on the Red River Rivalry: (Barry) Switzer, who turns 70 today, works as a college football analyst for XM Satellite Radio, but still remembers the pressure surrounding an OU-Texas game. "I know how that game goes. I know the pressure," he said. "It's tremendous." The former OU coach said the weight to win the game is always heaviest for those on the OU sideline. "I don't think I've met anybody that's graduated from the University of Texas and come north of the Red River to make a living," he said. "But we've got a lot of our graduates who left and have gone south of the Red River, to Dallas and Houston, that make a living and live in those communities, the social clubs, the golf clubs ... It's very important to us. There's tremendous pressure on Oklahoma to win this game every year. I’ve always felt that."(Norman Transcript)
Only so far back: Stoops said he only goes back two years to look at past Texas-OU games. "We'll look a little bit at what they were doing," Stoops said. "If you go back too far, things look too different." (Dallas Morning News)
OU-Texas a Saturday of memories: SoonerSports.com
Former OU coach is having the time of his life as grandfather, businessman: The Oklahoman
Switzer's most memorable games: The Oklahoman
Influencing Switzer: The Oklahoman
Beating rival on field can help win recruits' hearts: The Oklahoman
Key matchups: The Oklahoman
When the Sooners have the ball: The Oklahoman
When Texas has the ball: The Oklahoman
Sooners winning recruiting battle with Texas on Dallas turf: Dallas Morning News
UT players given sobering lesson: Dallas Morning News
Players' legal woes wear on Longhorns: Dallas Morning News
OU, Texas teams won't abandon run: Dallas Morning News
Red River Rivalry hasn't been too kind to first-time quarterbacks: Tulsa World
Implications are large in rivalry game: Tulsa World
Stopping Charles is key for Sooners: Tulsa World
Texas battling its demons: Tulsa World
OU-Texas matchups: Tulsa World
OU Notebook: Think, then run: Tulsa World
McCoy, bruised and down on his luck, staying positive: Tulsa World
Vintage Switz: Tulsa World
Oklahoma-Texas rivalry transcends rankings, records, bowl hopes and spying: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Turning over a new leaf?: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Notebook -- Brown on the defensive: Austin American-Statesman
Homecoming for fan Okie: Austin American-Statesman
OU-Texas trophy no steal: Austin American-Statesman
Stoops, Brown polar opposites: Austin American-Statesman
Stoops no longer walking on water: San Antonio Express-News
Oklahoma's defense is under the gun: San Antonio Express-News
Horns, Sooners hope to avoid 0-2 start to Big 12 play: ESPN.com
Wright's past Texas connection: OU defensive backs coach Bobby Jack Wright knows what the OU-Texas rivalry is like wearing burnt orange. Wright spent 11 seasons as an assistant coach at Texas before joining Bob Stoops' staff in 1999. "When I was south of the Red (River), I got cussed by people north of the Red,” Wright said. "Being born and raised in Texas, I have a lot of friends in Texas. "I get cussed by them now." (NewsOK.com)
Switzer on the Red River Rivalry: (Barry) Switzer, who turns 70 today, works as a college football analyst for XM Satellite Radio, but still remembers the pressure surrounding an OU-Texas game. "I know how that game goes. I know the pressure," he said. "It's tremendous." The former OU coach said the weight to win the game is always heaviest for those on the OU sideline. "I don't think I've met anybody that's graduated from the University of Texas and come north of the Red River to make a living," he said. "But we've got a lot of our graduates who left and have gone south of the Red River, to Dallas and Houston, that make a living and live in those communities, the social clubs, the golf clubs ... It's very important to us. There's tremendous pressure on Oklahoma to win this game every year. I’ve always felt that."(Norman Transcript)
Only so far back: Stoops said he only goes back two years to look at past Texas-OU games. "We'll look a little bit at what they were doing," Stoops said. "If you go back too far, things look too different." (Dallas Morning News)
OU-Texas a Saturday of memories: SoonerSports.com
Former OU coach is having the time of his life as grandfather, businessman: The Oklahoman
Switzer's most memorable games: The Oklahoman
Influencing Switzer: The Oklahoman
Beating rival on field can help win recruits' hearts: The Oklahoman
Key matchups: The Oklahoman
When the Sooners have the ball: The Oklahoman
When Texas has the ball: The Oklahoman
Sooners winning recruiting battle with Texas on Dallas turf: Dallas Morning News
UT players given sobering lesson: Dallas Morning News
Players' legal woes wear on Longhorns: Dallas Morning News
OU, Texas teams won't abandon run: Dallas Morning News
Red River Rivalry hasn't been too kind to first-time quarterbacks: Tulsa World
Implications are large in rivalry game: Tulsa World
Stopping Charles is key for Sooners: Tulsa World
Texas battling its demons: Tulsa World
OU-Texas matchups: Tulsa World
OU Notebook: Think, then run: Tulsa World
McCoy, bruised and down on his luck, staying positive: Tulsa World
Vintage Switz: Tulsa World
Oklahoma-Texas rivalry transcends rankings, records, bowl hopes and spying: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Turning over a new leaf?: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
Notebook -- Brown on the defensive: Austin American-Statesman
Homecoming for fan Okie: Austin American-Statesman
OU-Texas trophy no steal: Austin American-Statesman
Stoops, Brown polar opposites: Austin American-Statesman
Stoops no longer walking on water: San Antonio Express-News
Oklahoma's defense is under the gun: San Antonio Express-News
Horns, Sooners hope to avoid 0-2 start to Big 12 play: ESPN.com
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