A common refrain heard around the Oklahoma locker room and team hotel on evenings before game days: "Ask Sherrone."
Long before succeeding Jim Harbaugh to become Michigan's head coach, Sherrone Moore was a backup guard for the Sooners. He never started a game, but Moore proved to be a beloved, sought out and, ultimately, valued member of Oklahoma's 2006 and 2007 Big 12 championship teams. Even then, those Sooners say now they saw a future head coach.
"He was incredibly bright, a great communicator ... a team guy, and that matters," recalled Bob Stoops, Oklahoma's head coach at the time.