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Oklahoma Sooner Fans: Ten Things to Be Thankful for in 2016

By Chip Rouse

Dec 31, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; The Oklahoma Sooners run out for the start of the 2015 CFP Semifinal against the Clemson Tigers at the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2015; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; The Oklahoma Sooners run out for the start of the 2015 CFP Semifinal against the Clemson Tigers at the Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 1, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops and quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) and offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley celebrate during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 1, 2016; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Bob Stoops and quarterback Baker Mayfield (6) and offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley celebrate during the game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /

Bob Stoops’ 14 10-Win Seasons in His 18 Years at Oklahoma

Bob Stoops is the winningest head coach in Oklahoma’s illustrious football history. In his 18 seasons at OU, he has taken the Sooners to 17 consecutive postseason bowl games, including playing for the national championship four different times and winning it once. His team have won nine Big 12 championships, and he is on his way this season to make it 10.

The Sooners have won 11 or more games 11 times in Stoops’ 18 seasons in Norman, and 10 or more 14 times prior to this year. That is a record even OU coaching legends Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer cannot lay claim to.

Stoops’ worst season at Oklahoma was his first one in 1999. He won seven games that season with the team he inherited from his predecessor John Blake. That is the fewest games Stoops has won in a season as the Sooners’ head coach. Since 2000, no college coach has won as many games as Bob Stoops has at Oklahoma.

If that’s not something to be thankful for, I don’t know what is.

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