“I went to OU during the Gibbs years and all I got was a Gator Bowl Championship”

It is always amazing to me how short people’s memories are. People not giving him credit because they were Blake’s recruits. I always wonder why it is that if they were such great players they went undefeated in his second season and in his very first season he was able to generate a winning record even with being a first year head coach and new systems after going sub-500 the previous two years. Fans not remembering that he is nearly as successful as Switzer in just about every category in a much more competitive era (including a pretty close mark against Texas – 63% to 60%), and that, as you mentioned, there are only about 4 schools in the entire nation where they would not immediately jump at the chance to have Stoops.
   
I always like this view over at SoonerStats.com to really understand how solid the program has been since Stoops took over:

OU Football Coaches – Career Records

The bowl losses drive me nuts, but again, that is partly because we have gotten spoiled with him.