Filed under: Nebraska, Oklahoma, Big 12
ARLINGTON, Texas — As a coach of a program that seems to be in the BCS national championship conversation most seasons, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops has been indifferent — at best — when it comes to conference championship games.
More than they help, they seem to hurt, has been Stoops’ concern.
But interestingly, Stoops’ Sooners have at times been at their very best on the Big 12 Championship Game stage. So it was more than fitting Saturday night in the final Big 12 Championship Game for the foreseeable future that Stoops and his Sooners added to their dominance in this conference championship game.
This time, ninth-ranked OU roared back from a 17-point deficit and thwarted long-time rival Nebraska 23-20 on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium in the Cornhuskers’ final game as Big 12 members. OU has now won the league title four times in the last five seasons while locking up a conference-best seven Big 12 crowns.
For those keeping count, that spans six different OU quarterbacks and a revolving cast of players that have managed to produce winning results.
“We’re proud of the fact that it isn’t one guy,” said Stoops as he glanced over this year’s winning quarterback, Landry Jones. “It’s a team effort, and to be able to come back and win it multiple times with a lot of different players in different years … It just speaks to the consistency and the overall play through the years.”
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