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Spinoff thread: How did Stoops earn the name "Big Game Bob"?

Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:35 am
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
17290 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:35 am
Okay I'm 20, but I wasn't really fully aware and followed THE REST of college football like I do now until about 2003-2004.

Like the title says, how did he get that name? He won the title in his second season as a head coach, of course. But coaches before him have done the same way before he did. After that victory against FSU, his record is downright awful in "big games"

Notable Games:

2003 Big 12 Title Game vs. KSU and Bill Snyder - Destroyed by 4 TDs before facing....another big game.

2004 NCG vs. LSU - Promptly put away, Nick Saban style, in first NCG loss

2005 NCG vs. USC Trojans - Another massive embarrassment, this time at the hands of Pete Carroll and his two Heisman trophy winners. Went in dry to the tune of 55-19 I believe? Will stand as one of the worst title game losses for the next 7 years.

2009 NCG vs. tGOAT Florida Gators - Oklahoma's offense was touted as the most prolific of all time going into that game, averaging 60+ points a contest. Held to just 14 in the title.

2007 Fiesta vs. BSU - Statue of Liberty. Nuff said.

2008 Fiesta Vs. WVU - This is the weirdest one to me
The late Bill Stewart totally dismantled another superior Oklahoma team (overall, WVU had that ridiculous trio on offense)


So now we get to the 2014 Sugar Bowl and he finally just takes it to the other team and beats Alabama in nearly every facet of the game.

IMO, they should change his nickname to "Wins something special every now and then Bob"
Posted by JordonfortheJ
Bavaria-Germany
Member since Mar 2012
14547 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:37 am to
maybe it was sarcasm
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
60221 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:38 am to
It started off because he owned Texas early in his career, and at that point the RRS is basically what Bama-LSU is now. It then became sarcastic over time
This post was edited on 7/23/14 at 10:39 am
Posted by VFL1800FPD
Nashville, TN
Member since Aug 2012
9059 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:38 am to
Please don't ever be this dumb again
Posted by Crimson Legend
Mount St Gumpus
Member since Nov 2004
15478 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:41 am to
The nickname was created by Robert Horry and mistakenly applied to Stoops after one anomaly season.
Posted by BammerDelendaEst
Member since Jan 2014
2212 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:45 pm to
So, a blowhard coach with a long history of losing big games goes in and whups some bammer butt?

Sweet.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59750 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:35 pm to
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Okay I'm 20


explains a lot
Posted by bhamtbone
North, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
545 posts
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:21 pm to
Because he used to slay the pussy with Spurrier back in Gainesville, earning the moniker "Big Game". Little known fact: spurrier is known amongst his peers as " Big Wang Steve".
Posted by madddoggydawg
Metairie
Member since Jun 2013
6567 posts
Posted on 7/26/14 at 12:02 pm to
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FourThreeForty

even at 20 you should know the answer to this
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