As spring football starts on Monday, these quotes from OSU President Burns Hargis after the Sugar Bowl are worth re-visiting. I was thinking about this because of how the release of some glorified t-shirts and 3/4 pants in March qualifies as the biggest thing to happen to OSU athletics since that Sugar Bowl. That’s crazy, right? It’s also purposeful.
“There was never a commitment at OSU until recently to become a real football competitor,” Hargis told the Tulsa World in January. “I’ve actually seen the resolution that the (OU) regents made back in the ‘40s (a written commitment to bolster the Sooner football program).