Sep 9, 2017; Columbus, OH, USA; Oklahoma Sooners former head coach Bob Stoops congratulates current Sooner head coach Lincoln Riley following the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium. The Oklahoma Sooners won the game 31-16. Mandatory Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Former Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops has been an outspoken critic of the Southeastern Conference in the past, particularly that conference’s claim to college football supremacy.
In the early part of the past decade, the Sooner head coach fired a shot over the bow directed at SEC football, publicly commenting that the SEC’s best-of-the-best reputation was based on only a few teams at the top of the conference, and that just because the SEC produces the best team in the country every year doesn’t necessarily make it the best conference.