The Most Iconic Picture......

[SteelClip49]

of the Bob Stoops era......


The shot of when Roy Williams dives over to tackle Simms which leads to a Lehman TD? or....

Sam Bradford touching the Play Like A Champion sign before he heads to the field? or...

Sam Bradford sacrificing his body by trying to hurdle into the end zone in Stoolwater last season?


Any others?

[SoonerSinger3]

Quentin Griffin hopping/running into the end zone against FSU in our only national title win

[yermom]

i don't see any pictures :mad:

[CincySooner]

Quentin Griffin hopping/running into the end zone against FSU in our only national title win

yep... nothing said "Oklahoma is Back!!" quite like that photo.

[Jello Biafra]

the SI pic of tommie harris crapping a helmet.

[TMcGee86]

The pic with VY on his knees and Tommie looking like he's holding a shovel.


Or the pic of Stoops hoisting the crystal ball.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Stunned Aggie? lol

[Boomer_Sooner_sax]

Marshall taking back the INT against A&M with Calmus blocking the qb. Single most important play in the Stoops era.

[goingoneight]

Heupel being carried off the field by the offensive linemen after the MNC win holding up the No 1.

[yermom]

Allen Patrick holding the ball next to a pile of Oregon players on the ground :mad:

that seems to sum up the Stoops era post 2000...

but that pic of Stoops holding the crystal ball seems like the best choice


EDIT: the Heupel one sounds good too...

[SoonerSinger3]

Also, if you can find the image, OU's goal line stand on 4th and goal against OSU in 2003 at Norman. If I remember correctly, it seemed like half the defense stopped the running back on that play. Iconic of OU's usually dominant defense and intensity of the defense.

[goingoneight]

Nobody mentioned Bomar's spike? :confused:


:D

[TheUnnamedSooner]

The team photo at the cotton bowl with the scoreboard in the background that showed 63-14 was pretty awesome.

[CBUS_SOONER]

I WANT PICTURES

[badger]

Bob Stoops iconic pictures throughout Bob Stoops in Oklahoma history, by badger:

1999:
I think Stoops getting intro'd as coach would fit here. Tons of speculation on who would replace Boo, and in comes this hotshot coordinator from Florida with no head coaching experience :D

2000:
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/1120/ncf_a_stoops_200.jpg
Stoops says OU's No. 1, then raises the ball in the air. Picture perfect.

2001:
http://images.dawgsports.com/images/admin/Chris_Simms_pwn3d_by_Roy_Williams.jpg
Despite our troubles at home and on the road later that season, this is the play that allowed OU to kill its rival in a photographic fashion.

2002:
http://www.oufoundation.org/sm/winter2003/images/year/y1.jpg
Nate Hybl and Q are two players that you should never count out, even if there are better QB's and taller RB's out there. The Rose Bowl proved that.
2003:
http://nbcsportsmedia2.msnbc.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/031213/031213_jasonWhite_hmed_9p.h2.jpg
There was no better story in college football than a QB who simply would not quit, despite two ACL tears.

2004:
http://students.ou.edu/A/William.R.Adams-1/GroupChamps.jpg
Oranges flew all season long from the fans. After the Big 12 championship, the players got in on the act too. Fun times, despite what followed.
2005:
http://www.soonerspectator.com/images/featureimages/holidaydunk.jpg
It was funny that the season of so many problems and transition ended this way - with Bob Stoops scolding re-instated team captain Dusty D for dunking him before the game was officially over while Brett Romar spiked the ball for a flag. This pic reps that season quite well :D
2006:
http://i36.tinypic.com/311umur.jpg
ENA is what OU athletics should be all about - putting team ahead of self. The fact that Texas screwed up late in the season to give PT his championship moment was pure greatness.

2007:
http://i36.tinypic.com/2lkzq5h.jpg
After Gundy's rant, Lofton earned the nickname "The Man." at ESPN College Gameday the morning of this game. At the game itself, Lofton showed "Heisman candidate" Booger Daniel exactly why he was "The Man."
2008:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/newsok-photos/522210/medium.jpg
No other. Sam will do whatever it takes to win, even if it means he has to turn into a helicopter.

What do you think? How'd I do?

[soonervegas]

Mike Stoops shaking hands with the Arizona Athletic Director

[jumperstop]

This is the lammest picture thread ever...It's like it's missing something.

Edit: Ok better now with pictures.

[Pricetag]

Bob Stoops iconic pictures throughout Bob Stoops in Oklahoma history, by badger:

1999:
I think Stoops getting intro'd as coach would fit here. Tons of speculation on who would replace Boo, and in comes this hotshot coordinator from Florida with no head coaching experience :D
There's one of him at the podium, and you can see Switzer in the background. That would be best.

[SunnySooner]

I really like all of Badger's, this one has to be 2009.
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss38/sooners93/Bradford3.jpg

Gives me chills, thanks for EVERYTHING, Sam!! Sometimes I feel sorry for Landry, who looks like he will be an amazing QB that we would all have been freaking out about IF...he hadn't had such a tough act to follow.

[badger]

I didn't choose 2009 yet, because I have a feeling that either our bowl game or perhaps our games with Nebraska or OSU will provide something too good to pass up.

I must say, I was struggling between JW's Heisman and Bob Stoops "This ball into this ball" for 2003. That is what I remember about 2003 more than anything :D

[A-M]

Great job Badger. Thanks for the pixs!

[sooneron]

I don't think there's a picture of it, but I'm sure there's a screen grab somewhere...

NU 2000 game: Josh had just made a big play scrambling and you knew the staff wasn't happy about the way he had just put his body on the line, but in typical Josh fashion, he got up looking at the sideline and winked with a big old **** eating grin on his face. It was just like the Richard Dreyfus movie Let It Ride, I KNEW at that point we were going all the way. There must be a shot somewhere of that big ol grin he was sporting.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/wacotrib/images/fb09/b-ou.jpg

[Soonersince57]

What about this one? (I know I'm sick.)

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/sioncampus/cheer.oklahoma/p1_cheer.jpg

[TheUnnamedSooner]

http://peninsulaclarion.com/images/081201/up.jpg

[the_ouskull]

What about this one? (I know I'm sick.)

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2007/sioncampus/cheer.oklahoma/p1_cheer.jpg

Sick? Don't be ignorant. You posted the best pic in this thread.

the_ouskull

[colinreturn]

Quentin Griffin hopping/running into the end zone against FSU in our only national title win

why is anyone considering anything other than this picture

[SoonerDomiNation]

What about the 1 when AD jumped over the osu player and then ran a long td? Id sure like to see a pic of that again.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

What about the 1 when AD jumped over the osu player and then ran a long td? Id sure like to see a pic of that again.

That is a good pic...

http://nbcsportsmedia4.msnbc.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/041030/041030_oklahomaMain_hmed_2p.hmedium.jpg

[TheUnnamedSooner]

http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2001/0108_large.jpg

[freshchris05]

this^

[Crucifax Autumn]

I think another good one, though not THE one, would be a shot of the crowd for Tech last year. Really shows the hunger Stoops has put back in the fans, which I think is his greatest accomplishment.

[badger]

The video:
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The best part of it:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2586wef.jpg
(sorry the quality sucks on that)

[instigator]

The video:
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The best part of it:
http://i34.tinypic.com/2586wef.jpg
(sorry the quality sucks on that)


Don't know about that pic, but damn that was a lot of fun!


2004 has to be that AD run ad OSU with Trophy in the background with his hands up.

[Rogue]

Andre Woolfolk's catch against Nebraska.
The video from #4 here (http://www.soonersports.com/ot/01_greatest_wins_2000s.html)

That confirmed for me that Sooner Magic was still alive!

[StoopTroup]

I'll have to see if I can find my pic of Kliff Kingsbury (Sand aggies) getting wrapped around the Goal Post for a sack in Norman.

Brutal it was. :D

[JLEW1818]

good work Badger

[JLEW1818]

Andre Woolfolk might be the most important player under Stoops, at OU

so many big/key plays

[CurtisFagan]

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5679/outexas.jpg

[yermom]

you need to upload it somewhere, like http://imageshack.us

[yermom]

Andre Woolfolk might be the most important player under Stoops, at OU

so many big/key plays

Superman really overshadowed what he did in the 2001 Texas game

[JLEW1818]

yup, he tore TFRW up

[BlownGP]

2008:
http://s3.amazonaws.com/newsok-photos/522210/medium.jpg
No other. Sam will do whatever it takes to win, even if it means he has to turn into a helicopter.

What do you think? How'd I do?

/thread

I dont remember all the great plays of the past, but thats SAM ferkin BRADFORD putting his NFL career on the line.

We couldnt get more style points on that nite... man that was a game..

[JLEW1818]

it makes a great picture

not to take anything away, but he didn't score a TD on the play

I still like the Jermaine tip pass TD better

[SunnySooner]

I'm pretty sure the helicopter sealed the deal for Sam's Heisman. Scared the #@$# out of me when he did it, I was so afraid he was gonna come down on his neck. I remember yelling at the TV, "THAT WAS AMAZING!!! DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!!!!"

[the_ouskull]

Andre Woolfolk might be the most important player under Stoops, at OU

so many big/key plays

Are you f'ing stoned? The glut of players who could be listed, including two Heisman winners and another two Heisman finalists, one of whom is now the best back in the NFL, before even mentioning multiple award winners like Roy Williams, Derrick Strait, Rocky Calmus, Teddy Lehman, and players robbed of multiple awards, like Quentin Griffin; not to mention the Torrance Marshall's. The Tommie Harris'. Mark Clayton. Dan Cody.

Then, maybe you start getting into the players like Woolfolk, eventually.

Really, dude?

Or were you just trying to pull a Bill Walton impersonation since he's fully retired? Hyperbole!

the_ouskull

[JLEW1818]

Woolfolk was huge on both sides of the ball

freaking clutch as hell too

first round draft pick

[BlownGP]

I still like the Jermaine tip pass TD better

lol, yeah I had to pinch my self when that happend.
:eek: :eek:

[VA Sooner]

Save the 2009 picture... it will be at the bowl game.

[SGT Park3R]

Allen Patrick holding the ball next to a pile of Oregon players on the ground :mad:

that seems to sum up the Stoops era post 2000...

but that pic of Stoops holding the crystal ball seems like the best choice


EDIT: the Heupel one sounds good too...


Had to laugh at that one. Nothing funny about it when it happened though.

I'll take the superman pic with Williams. One of my favorite sports moments EVAR!

[OU4LIFE]

Heupel being carried off the field by the offensive linemen after the MNC win holding up the No 1.

with his giant inflamed elbow, yes.

[SPuL]

it makes a great picture

not to take anything away, but he didn't score a TD on the play

I still like the Jermaine tip pass TD better

Mannn, you serious?

It was what? 3rd and goal at the 9? Had he thrown it away or taken a sack that's 4th and goal at the 8. NO WAY stoops goes for it. And who knows if Jimmy Stevens even makes that. In that game, when our defense couldn't stop OSU for ****, we needed touchdowns not field goals.

So the fact that Sam put it all on the line and got us to the 1 yd line for a makeable 4th and goal was HUGE. Especially when he snuck it in the next play.

[Sooner04]

Andre Woolfolk might be the most important player under Stoops, at OU

so many big/key plays
WHAT?

How about my man Derrick Strait tipping away the lob at O-State on 4th and Goal in 2000?

Oh, and the most important player under Bob Stoops is Josh Heupel.

[SteelClip49]

My top 5......

1. Sam Bradford touches the Play Like A Champion sign

2. Josh Heupel being hoisted up as we win #7

3. Sam Bradford doin the helicopter trying to score a TD

4. Roy Williams Superman tackle

5. Paul Thompson's 99 yard drive in the Big XII Title Game

[TheUnnamedSooner]

5. Paul Thompson's 99 yard drive in the Big XII Title Game

Where is the picture of that?

[StoopTroup]

I'm pretty sure the helicopter sealed the deal for Sam's Heisman. Scared the #@$# out of me when he did it, I was so afraid he was gonna come down on his neck. I remember yelling at the TV, "THAT WAS AMAZING!!! DON'T EVER DO IT AGAIN!!!!"

I was at the game. It was surreal. When he got up and went right back to the field...you could finally breathe again.

[fossil]

of the Bob Stoops era......


The shot of when Roy Williams dives over to tackle Simms which leads to a Lehman TD? or....

Sam Bradford touching the Play Like A Champion sign before he heads to the field? or...

Sam Bradford sacrificing his body by trying to hurdle into the end zone in Stoolwater last season?


Any others?


:D First, ya gotta tell me what iconic means?

[Octavian]

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8192/yesg.jpg (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/yesg.jpg/)

[westbrooke]

Oh, and the most important player under Bob Stoops is Josh Heupel.

Seconded. I'm pretty sure Stoops leads us back to respectability and dominance in any case, but it sure as hell doesn't happen in a single year without Heupel leading the team. Josh shortened the learning curve for this team dramatically. Then factor in what he's done as a coach...

[okiewaker]

For me, SI cover with Josh that has Perfect! on it. I got chills when I saw that.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

http://www.soonerfever.com/coppermine/albums/TCU_2005/IMG_1680.JPG

[rawlingsHOH]

Woolfolk was a good, not great, player. The NFL loved his measurables but they reached for him as a first rounder.

But you're right he made a ton of big plays for the Sooners.

[TXBOOMER]

Stoops holding the crystal ball or any other picture of that season are unbeatable.

[Jmorales22]

http://www.soonerfever.com/coppermine/albums/TCU_2005/IMG_1680.JPG


Was this 2005? Didn't Paul Thompson overthrow that?

[ocsooner]

Love this thread. It really takes the sting out of th season.