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Bob Stoops' proudest achievement at Oklahoma? It has to be his 11-1 record against teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10. Stoops' biggest frustration? Has to be his inability to make a redheaded stepchild of Oklahoma State.
In the past three seasons, OU is 10-1 teams in the AP top 10 but 1-2 against Oklahoma State. In 2000, when the Sooners won the national title and the Cowboys were 3-8, OU barely hung on for a 12-7 win in Stillwater. In '01 and '02, the Cowboys--who haven't been ranked in the top 10 since Barry Sanders was in their stable--up and whupped those southwesterly big shots.
The Cowboys have drunk from a potent mix of envy, dislike and belief before taking on the Sooners; that's reason No. 1 why they've stood up to the task. Strategically speaking, they've thrown the ball with abandon, challenging OU's big-play defense to show them the money. The past two years, the ...