Bob Stoops

I'll give you some credit, Kentucky.

He's better than Bob Stoops.

Is he, though? We'll find out in a few years.

Kentucky's never had a been ranked number one

Quarterback gurus came up through the assistant coaching ranks and then took over for absolute legends at major national powerhouses.

Riley for Bob Stoops at Oklahoma and Ryan Day for Urban Meyer with the Buckeyes.

Yeah, I know that when Coach Stoops transitioned, similar to the way that Coach Meyer did, it was similar in terms of how that all played out.

And then I know there was communication at the time just about how all that went down.

And a lot of people felt like he was handed the keys to the Ferrari.

And so, you know, with Bob Stoops handing him that program.

So I think...

But I do think there's a lot of things there that he felt like maybe they weren't prepared for to go compete in the SEC at the time.

we? 9-1-8 Rod, I was at the Oklahoma-Nebraska game and I turned to my son after the game and said, Oklahoma is back.

Patrick says, oh my God, no, you're talking Bob Stoops era? There were very Switzer games against Nebraska that were even better because it was at the end of the season and the winner was playing for the national championship.

Okay, then what years were better than the 2000 game? 85 maybe would be the first that comes to mind?

Yeah, I don't know.

Poor

John Hoover's like, listen, guys, I did battle for a decade with Bob Stoops, and then Lincoln Riley came in.

It's someone else's turn.

To step up to the plate and get some stuff done.

I hope everything's run through that team by now because I felt like it played.

I know Bob Stoops disagreed, and he's right.

You know, you've got to take that mentality of we're out here, everyone's dealing with something, let's go play football.

And I agree with him.

Even Texas wasn't that good.

That was the only reason why he was successful at Oklahoma, because he had Bob Stoops guys, and when all the Stoops guys left, the real Lincoln-Roddy team showed up in 2021.

Well, he had a chance out there when he took Caleb Williams out of Norman, and he had one good year, and this was supposed to – by the way, I can't tell you how many experts told us in August, this is Lincoln Riley.

He's got all the parts.