A Tribute to Barry Switzer

[@steven8086]

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]

Yep..!!

[@matthewjohnson3086]

I concur!

[@LARRYCAL]

💯 % truth

[@cocokatdaddy42]

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

[@hichcoc]

By far...!!

[@philbrown1474]

@TheRapper10000 nope. Wilkinson runs a distant second.

[@TheChayche13]

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.

[@Jany1954]

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

[@bettinabeer7845]

Quo yfr

[@matthewhogg7616]

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.

[@PaulSmith-ty4mx]

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

[@t.cjohns740]

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

[@LARRYCAL]

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

[@SoonerBear]

@@LARRYCAL I agree. Stoops personal life is better than Switzer's, but he didn't quite have the knack for motivating players like Barry did. Stoops got complacent, maybe Barry did, too but you coach as long as both of them did, wears on you. It happens.

[@philbrown1474]

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.

[@billjohnson5372]

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.

[@cfbexpert]

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.

[@Spitzerman]

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.

[@Spitzerman]

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.

[@Jensuarezgonzalez]

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]

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

[@LARRYCAL]

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

[@drwinstonOboogi]

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.

[@DrSooner1]

What a classic. Thanx for sharing!!!

[@tonyrollman3991]

The King...still !!!

[@SoonerBear]

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.

[@CW-lj5mv]

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

[@davidpierce9949]

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

[@okiepita50t-town28]

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

[@CaceyTaylor-mn8vj]

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

[@Spitzerman]

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

[@jakecantrell5542]

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

[@soonerdave01]

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]

Exactly...

[@davidpierce9949]

@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]

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]

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

[@antontchuck]

Would be kinda cool if for a couple home games brought back the crimson "OKLAHOMA" jerseys

[@Spitzerman]

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

[@mscecelia101]

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

[@nork21]

good vid. boomer sooner

[@iwinzeazy]

That silence when Nebraska knew they were in trouble😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@JAMESGANG-f5u]

Haha Osbourne wasn’t wanting to face OU

[@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615]

I’m my opinion Billy Sims was the greatest

[@akbohonk9894]

Yup, great coach who was run out of town by the University after his QB was arrested for selling cocaine on campus and etc., etc., rinse and repeat!!

[@akbohonk9894]

A PRO - fessional cheater by any standard!