What’s up, Sooner Nation? So we’re halfway through the month of August, and that light at the end of the tunnel you can see is the 2018 season! With 16 days remaining in our Countdown to Kickoff, I’m throwing it way back to the Bud Wilkinson era.
16 days until #Sooners kickoff
#16 Eddie Crowder was an All-American in 1952, quarterbacking the Sooners to Big 7 championships in 1951& 52. He became an assistant coach at OU from 1956–1962, and was the head coach at Colorado from 1963-73. pic.twitter.com/rrKV9ynheX— Bryan Keating (@KOCOKeating) August 16, 2018The year was 1951, and Wilkinson was entering his fifth season as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners and was fresh off of leading the school to its first national championship.