As the Oklahoma Sooners limped to the finish line of a disappointing 10-3 season in 2011, it became crystal clear that the natives in Norman had grown restless. The frustration reached a point at which Bob Stoops needed to make a grand gesture to regain some good will.
Bringing Mike Stoops back into the fold to help oversee the defense was one option, although I cautioned at the time that the move offered no guarantees of success. Slowing down the spread offenses proliferating in the Big 12 was a tall order, even if the pundit class didn’t quite grasp that yet.