The result was a massive turnaround on that side of the ball under a young assistant named Bob Stoops and an eventual national championship the following season.
Stoops himself would of course go onto a legendary coaching career as we all know (the man does have a statue outside of the stadium for a reason), but when his offense showed significant struggles in an embarrassing loss to Clemson he took a page out of his old mentor’s playbook and found a turnkey offensive mind that allowed him to focus on the other side of the ball.
Now his protege Lincoln Riley is charged with the same task.