We love it when games are personal. This would be Snyder's chance to beat the snot out of a guy who pillaged the Kansas State coaching staff when he got the Oklahoma job, hiring away not only his little brother, Mike, but also Brent Venables and Mark Mangino. There was a little truth in all of it.
Stoops is a hyper-competitive guy who wants to beat everybody.
Snyder is a guy who resents people leaving him. This is not unusual in the coaching business, but Snyder takes all aspects of his job to their extremes. But, in search of an angle, sometimes we all seize on the obvious and miss the truth. Oklahoma and Kansas State are playing again Saturday night for the Big 12 title. Let's examine the roles a little more carefully.