NORMAN — A couple hours after Bob Stoops wrapped up his weekly news conference Monday afternoon, his likeness was spotted moving down Lindsey Street, standing on a flatbed trailer.
KFOR's Nate Feken snapped a photo of a 10-foot tall, bronze Stoops statue after it had traveled uncovered on the back of a truck through the center of the University of Oklahoma campus, right past the South Oval.
Similar statues of past OU greats Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer all stand just across Jenkins Ave. from Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
Stoops — OU's all-time winningest football coach — said three years ago that a statue was ready to go, but that he didn't want it dedicated on campus until after his career was finished.