4 years Stoops vs Herman

[TXO]

First 4 years for each coach

Stoops: 3-1 vs Texas, 1 Nat'l title, 2 Big12 titles, Orange Bowl win, Rose Bowl win, Cotton Bowl win

Herman: 1-4 vs OU, Sugar bowl win (2020 bowl TBD, definitely not New Years 6 bowl)

 

[Statalyzer]

And they both took over programs that were in about equal shape before them. If anything OU might have been worse. I'd take Charlie Strong over John Blake easily.

 

[SabreHorn]

Stat,

Interesting study and discussions about Stoops first year at OU. I told multiple people right after our win that he was going to destroy us in 365 days. When it happened people asked how I knew about it. Simple, Stoops first year he had Leach and no WRs. They played us with a bunch of third team RBs playing WR. I thought that when Leach got WRs, Stoops would kill us. Leach went to Lubbock with his tennisball guns, but Mark Mangino recruited and developed some WRs.

If Leach had had any WRs, what would Stoops have done to us?

 

[Statalyzer]

It's still odd to me that Stoops was able to come on that strong and that quick and then win a national title (oddly enough except against us, that 2000 title team was mostly about defense and not offense), and then never won one again despite getting the benefit of the doubt for every possible vote-related advantage every year.

 

[n64ra]

It's still odd to me that Stoops was able to come on that strong and that quick and then win a national title (oddly enough except against us, that 2000 title team was mostly about defense and not offense), and then never won one again despite getting the benefit of the doubt for every possible vote-related advantage every year.

Since Stoops was always in the BCS or CFP eras, voters could only get him to the playoff games. Eventually, he had to coach a game to win the title.

 

[AustinHorn24]

It's still odd to me that Stoops was able to come on that strong and that quick and then win a national title (oddly enough except against us, that 2000 title team was mostly about defense and not offense), and then never won one again despite getting the benefit of the doubt for every possible vote-related advantage every year.

I think it's well known in OU circles that after the first 5 years, Stoops basically checked out. He wasnt really putting in work anymore, he took a bunch of vacations, practice intensity decreased dramatically.

From 99 to 05 or so, he was a coach first and foremost. Afterwards, he was primarily a family man and beign a coach was his side job.

 

[zuckercanyon]

It's still odd to me that Stoops was able to come on that strong and that quick and then win a national title (oddly enough except against us, that 2000 title team was mostly about defense and not offense), and then never won one again despite getting the benefit of the doubt for every possible vote-related advantage every year.

The year they played Florida with Demarco Murray was the closest...I was at the Big 12 championship game when Mizzou injured Murray's knee on a kickoff return....he was the answer to Percy Harvin IMHO