by Senior Editor in Charge Joe Huff
Norman, OK (LTP) - Earlier this week the Sooner student athletes recited the Sooner oath. The nice thing is that former Sooner coach Barry Switzer spoke at the ceremony. Landthieves was unable to confirm a rumor that athletes had to take the oath while placing their hand over Switzer's book "Bootlegger's Boy". My autographed copy (autographed to Rod Lewis, who apparently had a garage sale few years ago that my step-mother-in-law attended) describes, among other things, how Switzer paid Joe Washington $100 an hour to babysit his children (p267). That may be part of the "Honor and uphold the traditions of what it means to be a Sooner" part of the oath.
Former hoops coach Kelvin Sampson was unable to attend. I believe he was shopping for a new cell phone plan for the Hoosier Athletic Department.
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