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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 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"
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 on 7/23/14 at 10:37 am to FourThreeForty
maybe it was sarcasm
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:38 am to FourThreeForty
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 on 7/23/14 at 10:38 am to FourThreeForty
Please don't ever be this dumb again
Posted on 7/23/14 at 10:41 am to FourThreeForty
The nickname was created by Robert Horry and mistakenly applied to Stoops after one anomaly season.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 12:45 pm to FourThreeForty
So, a blowhard coach with a long history of losing big games goes in and whups some bammer butt?
Sweet.
Sweet.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 3:35 pm to FourThreeForty
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Okay I'm 20
explains a lot
Posted on 7/23/14 at 4:21 pm to FourThreeForty
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 on 7/26/14 at 12:02 pm to FourThreeForty
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FourThreeForty
even at 20 you should know the answer to this
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