Football M Col.
People talk a lot about the tradition of football at Oklahoma.
Records didn't interest him. Nor did polls, predictions or other superficial methods of evaluating success. Bud Wilkinson valued the kind of people who played football for him and what they learned about discipline, readiness and character. His Oklahoma teams set the NCAA record by winning 47 consecutive games. But first and foremost, he wanted his players to understand the importance of being prepared.