Barry Switzer not losing sleep over the end of the Big XII

[knapplc]

Click the headline for the whole article. Same old Barry.

As end nears, Switzer recalls NU-OU rivalry
By Dirk Chatelain

To college football's older crowd, Barry Switzer is still Oklahoma and Tom Osborne is still Nebraska.

It's hard to think of one without the other.

But only one coaching legend will be in Dallas on Saturday night when the two schools clash for the last Big 12 title.

Switzer will be in Manhattan, a few blocks from Times Square. Each year, he and his wife schedule a vacation around the College Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Switzer, 73, isn't sure where he'll watch OU-NU — maybe his hotel room at the Waldorf on Park Avenue. He doesn't intend to miss anything.

To Switzer, Oklahoma and Nebraska will always be the giants who clashed every year, at the end of the season, with an Orange Bowl and a potential national title on the line.

“That's how I think of Oklahoma and Nebraska,” Switzer said Sunday. “I don't have any attachment to the Big 12 at all other than being a fan, a spectator. I never coached a game in the Big 12. It meant nothing to me.

“Last game in the Big 12? So what?”

 

[kansas husker]

I never coached a game in the Big 12. It meant nothing to me.

Great statement, its almost like he agrees that the big 12 ruined one of the greatest yearly games of all time.

 

[Husker_x]

I'm going to miss some of the old faces, but nothing good came from Texas. Them I won't miss one bit.

 

[Street Novelist]

Barry Switzer: gotta love him

 

[suh_fan93]

Love Switzer. He calls 'em like he seem 'em. He hits the nail on the head about the Big 12. "Last game in the Big 12? So what?"

Sounds like he didn't like the goings on of the Big 12. I'm assuming they probably did things a lot differently back in the Big 8.

 

[The Dude]

Well that's just feakin' cool.

 

[junior4949]

The thing you have to admire about Switzer is that he always calls them like he sees them. I still remember his response when asked if he'd ever come back and coach college ball again. He said nope not until the players can be paid.

 

[knapplc]

Found this "remake" of that poster:

I'm guessing it was made by a Texas Fan. Note the hand Texas lays on KSU, even though KSU has dealt the whorns some tough losses. A&M eying the SEC truck, ISU serving drinks, Mizzou looking morose, Oklahoma looking at Texas (as if waiting for directions), the Baylor Bear shining shoes, and of course the crown on Bevo's head.

And they call us arrogant.