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The Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Sooner Football

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I could not put this down! This book is full of great stories and interviews. This is the kind of thing that stirs up the memories and makes me proud to be born an OU Sooner. I will be adding this to my favorite shelf in my library!

Buy this book if you love the Sooners or have a Sooner fan in the family. They will love you for it. Very detailed. A bit bulky, but still a book that you can lounge with. Also, look at UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL: An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports (Sports By the Numbers) if you want a great OU book with trivia, facts, and stats.

My mother attended OU when Bud Wilkinson was coach. My brother attended OU when Barry Switzer was coach. I attended when Gary Gibbs was coach (not a highlight of OU football history

The book contains great "Did You Know" boxes within the text with a short factoid. It also contains things ancillary to actual on-the-field play, but nonetheless important: e.g. the perennial game-day hangout, O'Connell's, and super-fan Cecil Samara. I also got a big kick out of the chapter on "The Rivals: The Accursed Teams of Texas and Nebraska." I would have liked to have seen more quotes from former players about their feelings for TX and NE - to stir the pot more.

There is a lot of information to digest. So I appreciate the author/publisher including some easy-to-read call-outs in the book, like actual diagram of the Wishbone and the Right 53 Veer Pass, and a full win-loss record from 1895-2007. Don't forget to take the 50-question quiz at the end of the book to test your knowledge of Sooner football.

This will make a great gift for the Sooner football fans in your life. A great read that will make you appreciate the storied history even more.

Wow!! This is a book for not only EVERY Sooner football fan, but EVERY college football fan! Fletcher takes us back to the beginning of the program and makes it exciting from the outset. The interviews with the legends are phenomenal and the little tidbits of history throughout were a wonderful addition. If you are intrigued as to how a football dynasty is created and stories from behind the scenes, you will LOVE this book.

As a long time Sooner fan and alum, I was thrilled with this book. The detail (like the Steve Davis and Barry Switzer interviews) was worth the price of the book alone. I'll be referring to this one again and again.

I purchased this book for the five OU die-hard fans in my family. My fourteen year old Grandson was the first to receive his. When his Great-Uncle saw it, he was wanting to take it with him on his trip to Miami to watch OU in the Champsionship game. Great-Uncle received his the next day. He had it read in a couple of day. Grandpa read his the first night. The next two went to Great-Aunts. The first to open hers was going to put it up to save. The last to open her present wasn't sure that she was also getting a copy. She kept pulling little junk stuff out of her box and then there it was the "BOOK". She cried!!! This Great-Aunt showed it to her two sons, told them that they could look at it, but no one was to read it until she had. It was the most fun I have had giving gifts.

When I started reading this detailed account of the story of OU football I couldn't put it down! It's like being there for all those exciting moments that represent sooner football. Jim's effort with the research and interviews really shines through as you absorb each page. Absolutely the best book I've read in years.

The short story inside the book titled "A Sooner Mom" is about my mother. Right there in the middle of interviews with all the Sooner greats, and my mothers story pops up right in the middle of them. I'm very appreciative of Jim for including moms story. It's a great book. A must have for Sooner fans.

Glorious for any Sooner fan. Jim Fletcher really did his homework for this one. Fun book and a "must add" to you collection. I give it 6 out of 5 stars!! :)BOOMER!!

I bought this book with Echoes of Oklahoma Football: The Greatest Stories Ever Told and have spent hours reading the stories, interviews, facts and figures. There are some great pictures of the team, players and coaches that have been part of the long and storied history of Oklahoma Sooner Football. If you are a fan, or know a fan of the Sooners, then you should buy this book and you will not regret it.