... the Sooners (10-1, 6-1 Big 12) facing what figures to be an even greater challenge than in 2001. Not only does Bob Stoops have to take Oklahoma on the road to Stillwater, but the Sooners must face a much-improved team in the 11th-ranked ...

... Texas Tech way back. The Red Raiders were seventh in Sunday's standings. After beating Texas Tech, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops touted his team publicly. But later in the week, Stoops passed on a chance make another pitch to poll voters and said ...

... OU did a great job of enhancing the perception it was the best team among the three tied at season's end. OU's Bob Stoops made the proper argument on his team's behalf for the Sooners jumping over Texas despite the head-to-head result ...

... Instead, the Sooners were routed 35-7 and went on to lose to LSU by 20 in the Sugar Bowl a sequence Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops reminded his players of this week. "We've talked about it as a team, that game against Kansas State," Stoops said ...

... season, it seems appropriate their champions will play for the national title. - Advertisement - For Oklahoma and coach Bob Stoops, it'll be their fourth appearance in a BCS national championship game. The Sooners won their first try in 2001 against ...

Florida was an up-and-coming power and Oklahoma was a declining one when Bob Stoops made his move. He left his post as Gators defensive coordinator to take his first head-coaching job with the Sooners. Ten years ...

... news conference in South Florida with Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops to promote the national title game. "He wants to win ... and how important the team is to him," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. McCoy, who had the imposing task of following ...

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. Flanking either side of the Bowl Championship Series trophy, Bob Stoops and Urban Meyer shook hands for more than a minute Wednesday afternoon as more than two dozen photographers clicked and commanded ...

... with flavors for one and all SEC vs. Big 12, Florida vs. Oklahoma, Tim Tebow vs. Sam Bradford, Urban Meyer vs. Bob Stoops and, maybe the most telling defensive coordinator Charlie Strong vs. OU and his counterpart, Brent Venables, vs ...

... every game. They make me look good." Bradford is the fifth Oklahoma player to win the award, and second during coach Bob Stoops' 10 seasons with the Sooners. Bradford matched White by taking home college football's most famous bronze statue ...