"I walked in the Barry Switzer Center every day for 18 years," says Bob Stoops, OU's head coach from 1999 to 2016, who also still lives in Norman. "I always embraced it. We have a great relationship.

Barry Switzer isn’t exactly getting emotional about Oklahoma leaving the Big 12 Conference for the SEC on Monday. In fact, some of his fondest memories actually center on the Sooners’ new league.

1 for the first time since 1984. That year, Mack Brown was the offensive coordinator of the third-ranked Sooners and managed to piss off OU coach Barry Switzer and nearly broke OU quarterback Troy ...