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Joe Castiglione calls it "surreal" to reach Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame

Joe Castiglione held it together. The OU athletic director stood on the stage of the Riverwind Showcase Theater and didn’t let his emotions overtake him. Even though they tried.

Joe C. was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame on Monday night, and he called it “surreal” about two hours before he was introduced on the stage.

On that stage, Castiglione said, “I’ve been put up for adoption twice in my life. Once right after I was born. And once after I was named athletic director at the University of Oklahoma, where I was reborn .