Bob Stoops Is Refusing To Do Interviews Before Oklahoma vs. Tennessee

Two famed members of Bob Stoops' 2000 Oklahoma Sooners national championship team square off this weekend as the Sooners host the Tennessee Volunteers. Oklahoma are headed by Brent Venables, who was Stoops' defensive coordinator in 2000 and for the next decade afterwards. Tennessee, meanwhile, are run by Josh Heupel, who quarterbacked those Sooners to a 13-0 record and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting that year. To not play favorites he's refusing to do any interview leading up to the game...

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“Having a strong history with both Brent Venables and Josh Heupel as players/coaches has led to far too many requests for interviews – so I’m respectfully declining them all. All attention needs to be on those two coaches & their programs,” Stoops wrote on X.

“I have great respect for both coaches. I’m grateful for their great work here at OU; Brent as a coach here for 13 years including our national championship in 2000. Josh as our 2000 national championship QB & coach for 10 years. I’ve often said he is the MVP of all my recruits because he was the catalyst that got us started in ’99.”

“I wish them both great success moving forward! But in the end I’m all – Boomer Sooner!”

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(The Spun)