After watching the BCS Championship, you can understand why Andy Geiger has drool marks on his Ohio State tie. Money won't be an issue. Ohio State has money. What it doesn't have is someone who can beat Michigan, win a bowl game that isn't played in Texas, Tennessee, Georgia or Idaho, and worm its way into the national championship equation.
Stoops can do that.
In two years' time he restored Oklahoma to its rightful place among college football's elite, and he did it without steroids or semi-automatic gunfire from Wilkinson Hall. But in the wee, wee hours of Thursday they happily gathered at midfield in Pro Player Stadium and posed for the kind of team photo you usually see after Stanley Cup championships. This is what Geiger wants for Ohio State. Boren is no dummy. He knows there are only so many coaching phenoms in the business.