It's like a Penn Square Mall parking space. Only so many slots, and they stay vacant no more than 15 seconds. That's Stoops' mission. Get the Sooners back in the penthouse and toss aside the squatters. It won't be easy.
Squatters come to like luxury.
A dozen autumns ago, the Sooners and Miami and maybe Penn State and Notre Dame ruled college football. When OU went away for the decade, others moved in. Florida and Florida State now reign with Nebraska. Worse yet, Oklahoma was passed in Middle America. Before Stoops can get OU into the AP top five, he must reach the Big 12 top five.