Besides, as OU athletic director Joe Castiglione pointed out, Stoops is a sharp lad. He knows without having to hear it that beating teams wearing orange is as important as sewing up the ozone hole. Stoops indeed has the Sooners lined up right. They are 6-4 with a game to go. The Bedlam game Saturday.
Stoops is no stranger to in-state rivalries.
The Kansas affair is a county fair compared to Bedlam. The Florida feud is King Kong vs. Godzilla with the fate of two hemispheres riding shotgun. It's identical to what he said about Florida State-Florida, that too many factors weigh on a kid to place one final score too high. But he admits his players haven't forgotten recent autumns. I'm sure that doesn't set with well with them.