Barry Switzer

Switzer: This could be OU's best offense ever

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Switzer: Bradford, passing attack as good as Sooners fans have seen

Memo to Switzer: Utah was unbeaten

Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Font Resizenatalie meislerMemo to Switzer: Utah was unbeatenPosted: 01/07/2009 12:30:00 AM MST"The problem with the Bowl Championship Series is that it prevents student-athletes at 54 universities from achieving the dream of ending the season ranked No. 1 . . . It creates a two-tiered recruiting system as well as an unfair imbalance between universities in terms of revenue derived from football."...

Meyer, Stoops taking fast track to greatness

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

... season with the Sooners - restoring pride to a football program that had long been searching for a Barry Switzer replacement.When the Gators came calling, the chance to follow Spurrier, a mentor and good friend, piqued Stoops' interest, but that was about it."I don't think he was ever close to taking the job,'' Foley said.Foley ended up hiring Ron Zook and the Gators fell from their...

• Meyer, Stoops taking fast track to greatness - Miami Herald

Tim Tebow's future: Will it be at quarterback?

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009

... and we'll find out down the road,'' said former Dallas Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners coach Barry Switzer. ``People questioned [former Texas and current Tennessee Titans quarterback] Vince Young's ability. I questioned it myself, whether he had the arm to play in the NFL, make throws in the NFL. He's struggling.''While some analysts think Tebow could be a first-round selection in April,...

Win isn't nearly enough of statement for Texas

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009

Let's call this what it was. This was a lucky 24-21 Fiesta Bowl win over an average team whose claim to fame now is beating Michigan. Whoop-de-damn-do. Everyone beats Michigan. Appalachian State beats Michigan. You won, Texas, but this was still uglier than one of Barry Switzer's chocolate pinstripe suits.

Utes deserve No. 1 ranking

Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009

Four years ago, the University of Utah football team busted the BCS by dominating Pittsburgh. But college football's power structure could brush that one aside because Pittsburgh was the weakest of the BCS qualifiers that year.This time, no one can brush anything aside.Even if a smug Barry Switzer told the nation before the game that not one Ute player would have been on Alabama's recruiting...

OU machine won't mean a thing without championship ring

CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009

... score a lot of points, then that really goes by the wayside if you don't win." If possible, Barry Switzer was even harsher. "Oklahoma has to define itself by winning this football game," the former Sooners coach said, "to prove that they deserve the right to be in the championship game, by winning the championship game." The burden of backing up the numbers is significant and understandable....

Rooting for Utah versus rooting for not Utah

OBNUG (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009

We'll take C) rooting for Barry Switzer to do play-by-play.

Mixed Reviews For OU

TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009

... national-title game.Oklahoma had a of playing in Miami as the Big Eight champion under ex-coach Barry Switzer. The Sooners won six of nine Orange Bowl appearances under Switzer, including two that produced a national title.HE'S IN THE MONEYIt's already a Happy New Year financially for Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. He qualified for a $3 million bonus when 2009 arrived.The Associated...

Stoops Hoping To Halt Streak

TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009

... that's happened in the past won't have a darn thing to do with this ballgame," said Fox analyst Barry Switzer, who admits his bias as an ex-Sooners coaching legend and still a resident of the state. "This is a better team than they've taken to some past bowl games."He reasoned that the 2003 and 2004 USC Trojans were better teams, and it showed en route to national championships with...

The Utah Runnin' Utes Deserve the National Championship

Conglomerate (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009

... play defense, and Utah's offense mystified Alabama's defense for most of the night. Besides, as Barry Switzer graciously reminded us, Alabama wouldn't even recruit any of Utah's players out of high school, so please shelve the argument that this was a depth-of-talent loss. As readers of The Conglomerate know, my preference would be to allow Utah to settle this in a playoff, but that...

A Quick Warning To Pat Bowlen

Kissing Suzy Kolber (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009

... 10:00AM – Leisurely breakfast. Read four newspapers in their entirety. 11:00AM – Report to Barry Switzer Center. Tuck in drunken Switzer. 11:30AM – Watch game film of typical Big 12 defense. Enjoy long, hearty guffaw. 12:00AM – Congratulate Sam Bradford on winning Heisman and getting eventual Top 10 draft pick money for throwing the ball many times to receivers who are 30 yards...

Henderson: Stoops shaky fit for NFL

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009

... fan base. Stoops has one national title, and a win next week would give him two, one fewer than Barry Switzer and double the total of Jimmy Johnson, two college coaches who won Super Bowls for the Dallas Cowboys. Stoops has helped engineer an Oklahoma offense that is scoring points at a lofty rate, 54 per game. How much would Jay Cutler like to pick the brain of a coach whose team...

Coaches’ comedy corner

Get The Picture (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008

... Bowl stadium. “So we’re coming down the tunnel surrounded by Oklahoma fans and I look over and see Barry Switzer standing with President Gerald Ford and Darrell Royal, and I hear an Oklahoma fan holler, ‘Hey, who are those two guys standing over there with Swtizer?’ “ Unique background That’s not all. Leach said he left a dummy play script lying on the field before the game in hopes...