I joined the military right after high school and was stationed in Wichita, Ks from 1976-1980. Since no college team in Kansas at the time was worth following, I always tuned in listening to the OU games on radio - only a few of their games were televised back then. In '77 a friend of mine and I went down to Tulsa to watch the OU-Texas game on a big screen overhead in Oral Roberts University's B-ball arena (the Maybee Center?-something like that.) All I remember is that Texas ended up having to play their 3rd string QB that game. On a golf side note - afterwards we visited Southern Hills (where the US Open was held that year - Hubbie Green won), went right in the clubhouse and asked the people if they minded if we just walked around the course a little. They couldn't have been nicer, gave us an Official U.S. Open scorecard, a regular scorecard and a US Open program and we walked 10, 11 and 12 and then back up to the clubhouse. I still have that stuff they gave us.

Barry Switzer, the wishbone, Billy Sims, David Overstreet, the Selmon brothers- great teams. Can't remember the other running back and the QB those years - I remember JC Watts, but he wasn't the QB the years I am thinking of. In '77-78, OU had the fastest backfield in the history of college football and wouldn't throw the ball to save their lives! Now lwc, I'm going to test your age and your Sooner trivia with this, but I'll never forget one year against Nebraska, OU was down late in the 4th quarter and had like a 3rd and 20 something fairly deep in their own territory. You had to think that surely they would pass the ball in this situation, but no, they handed the ball to Simms who broke it for 30 yards, got the first down and later in the drive scored a go ahead TD. Never laughed so hard in my life - they were going to run that Wishbone Option no matter what!