A Tribute to Barry Switzer

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13 жыл бұрын

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If you are a Sooner fan and don't know who Barry Switzer is then shame on you. Barry Switzer is arguably the greatest coach in the history of Oklahoma Football. This tribute was put together for a "Players Salute" to Coach Barry Switzer in August of 2005 in Houston, Texas and is available on DVD. (BUY IT!) Barry always said that Bud Wilkinson created the OU Football monster and that he just fed it. With a record of 157-29-4, 12 Conference titles, and three national championships Barry did more than feed it. Barry Switzer solidified himself as one of the all-time greats in the history of College Football. BOOMER SOONER!

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@steven8086 7 жыл бұрын

I have said it before never get tired of saying it...Barry Switzer is the best thing to ever happen to OU football PERIOD !

@hichcoc 6 жыл бұрын

Yep..!!

@matthewjohnson3086 5 жыл бұрын

I concur!

@LARRYCAL 2 жыл бұрын

💯 % truth

@t.cjohns740 8 жыл бұрын

I was too young to remember Switzers coaching, but he is still the man in Oklahoma. Stoops will always be in his shadow.

@LARRYCAL 2 жыл бұрын

Stoops was good but never quiet lived up to Barry’s level.

@TheChayche13 13 жыл бұрын

I know that voice listened to it for years on KTUL TV Tulsa! Thanks Chris Lincoln for lending your voice to a great tribute and for being a great sportscaster.

@Spitzerman 10 жыл бұрын

1971 A running back who should have won the Heisman who averaged 9.4 yards per carry gaining more than 1657 yards...and a wide receiver who averaged more than 30 yards per catch...at an offense that broke national records that will never be broken...and a coach who was not only a great recruiter..maybe the best that ever was...but a coach who in reality was truly an offensive genius. I was blessed to have witnessed it all.

@cocokatdaddy42 9 жыл бұрын

Met the man and he is very down to earth. He was truly the best coach in Oklahoma history.

@hichcoc 6 жыл бұрын

By far...!!

@philbrown1474 3 жыл бұрын

@TheRapper10000 nope. Wilkinson runs a distant second.

@billjohnson5372 10 жыл бұрын

Barry revived a dormant OU program with a little help from Mckenzie and Fairbanks. The teams of 73, 74 and 75 were the envy of all other programs in the country. It's amazing how one university could have four coaches with as much success as the Sooners. Switzer certainly played his part in that success. He's a winner in life as well. Coach...thanks for all you've done for our state and our program.

@matthewhogg7616 4 жыл бұрын

That '73 punt return in the USC tie game is one of the greatest college football plays I've ever seen, and this is the first time I've ever seen it. I'm just floored.

@Jany1954 5 жыл бұрын

I started at OU as a freshman in 72...fantastic years for OU!

@bettinabeer7845 5 жыл бұрын

Quo yfr

@cfbexpert 12 жыл бұрын

Switzer was a great coach and it was a great time to be a Sooners fan. So many big games and so many wins. Switzer's 157-29-4 record was the best record in college from 1973-1988. OU fan since 1973 when I was 9 and Switzer starting out 29-0-1 before his 1st loss as a head coach spoiled me.

@drwinstonOboogi 7 жыл бұрын

If Oklahoma counted National Championships the same way Alabama does then Switzer would have 7 championships, 1 more than Bear Bryant and 2 more than Nick Saban. Switzer also won a Super Bowl.

@Jensuarezgonzalez 11 жыл бұрын

Ok, so the 1978 Sooners didn't win a national championship, but what they did that year, with Billy Sims winning the Heisman, and an even better defense than the '75 version, was something Sooners fans everywhere would never EVER forget, again.

@Nair295 11 жыл бұрын

I meet him today. it's a great honor to shook his hand.

@Spitzerman 11 жыл бұрын

Jimminy Christmas....I grew up in Norman watching Pruitt, Mildren, Washington, Davis, Sims and about 50 other All Americans dominate college football offensively and defensively for 10 years. These are memories I will always cherish.

@LARRYCAL 2 жыл бұрын

He was a great coach. Never be any better. God bless Barry

@PaulSmith-ty4mx Жыл бұрын

My heart is with my hogs Barry and be Jimmy has left me with so much victories

@philbrown1474 3 жыл бұрын

Great tribute to a good and truly humble man. His response to overly displays of compliments is simply “don’t make me in to something I’m not”. He’s lent his name and efforts to many charitable causes, going out of his way to help others. There’ll never be another Switzer.

@SoonerBear 3 жыл бұрын

That Ohio St. game in '77 I was a week old. Mom was watching the game, but she sent my brother to our neighbors a block away. I remember the game in '17 when we went up there and got some payback for what they did to us in Norman the year before. I thought it was hilarious when Baker planted the OU flag on their field. Serves them right. What goes around comes around. That's sports for you. Football, especially. To comment about this video, Switzer overcame a lot. Will still continue to overcome obstacles God puts in his life.

@DrSooner1 11 жыл бұрын

What a classic. Thanx for sharing!!!

@CW-lj5mv 5 жыл бұрын

Son of a bootlegger from Crossett Arkansas. Good man great coach. Go Hogs, Cowboys

@davidpierce9949 5 жыл бұрын

I went to school in smackover. It's not too far from crossett. South Ark

@tonyrollman3991 5 жыл бұрын

The King...still !!!

@okiepita50t-town28 3 жыл бұрын

He was the greatest coach in all college football imo. Those were halcyon days to be sure.

@CaceyTaylor-mn8vj 7 жыл бұрын

He had some big shoes to fill When he went to Dallas

@Spitzerman 11 жыл бұрын

Stoops could have been an assistant trainer or the like on Switzer's OU teams...but that's about it.

@soonerdave01 11 жыл бұрын

Lol! I'm really getting sick of the people who're trying to put Bob Stoops on the same level as Switzer. Stoops runs a cleaner program----no doubt----but he's not anywhere near Switzer when it comes to motivational skills & relating to players. And recruiting? Don't make me laugh----Switzer got a future NFL hall-of-famer to run the wishbone for him! Haha. Oh damn it------Johnny Football just scored another touchdown against "Big Game" Bob's defense.

@hichcoc 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly...

@davidpierce9949 5 жыл бұрын

@Matt Beeman true. But dude, who can achieve as much as switzer as a coach? That's a tall order. Stoops did a fantastic job. You can't win them all but he won a nat champ and won all 4 bcs bowl games.

@jakecantrell5542 5 жыл бұрын

ranking the five best coach’s in Oklahoma history 1 bud wilkason 2 Barry Switzer 3 bob stoops 4 Benney Owen 5 chuck fairbanks boomer sooner

@slodrickj 12 жыл бұрын

someday im gonna meet him. i could been the first german. to win the heisman.

@jakecantrell5542 5 жыл бұрын

Barry Switzer finish his 15 years at Oklahoma with 157 victory’s 8 bowl game victory’s 3 national championships and the close second in my opinion of greatest ou coach of all time behind bud boomer sooner

@Spitzerman 11 жыл бұрын

In 16 years of games decided by 3 points or less Switzer's OU teams lost......1 game.

@mscecelia101 7 жыл бұрын

If TRUE, that's GREATNESS !!!!!!