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Flagstaffsooner
12/4/2009, 02:26 PM
http://newsok.com/barry-switzer-to-coach-at-uso-event-in-iraq/article/3422522?custom_click=headlines_widget

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Barry Switzer to coach at USO event in Iraq

BY BERRY TRAMEL, Staff Writer, [email protected] Comments http://s3.amazonaws.com/content.newsok.com/newsok/images/comment_icon.gif0 (http://newsok.com/barry-switzer-to-coach-at-uso-event-in-iraq/article/3422522?custom_click=headlines_widget#comments) </SPAN>Published: December 4, 2009







Barry Switzer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Barry+Switzer&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach again. This time, in Iraq (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Iraq&CATEGORY=COUNTRY) as part of a USO event to bring the college football bowl experience to American troops.




Switzer and Tommy Bowden (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommy+Bowden&CATEGORY=PERSON) will coach teams made up of college football legends and military personnel in a flag football game sponsored by Tostitos (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tostitos&CATEGORY=PRODUCT) and the Fiesta Bowl (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Fiesta+Bowl&CATEGORY=MISC).
"I've never been (to the Middle East (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Middle+East&CATEGORY=REGIONS))," said Switzer, who leaves Dec. 27 for Kuwait City (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Kuwait+City&CATEGORY=CITY). "I'm looking forward to it.
"American soldiers, they love college football. We're taking a bowl game to them."
Former Sooners (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Oklahoma+Sooners+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) Tony Casillas (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tony+Casillas&CATEGORY=PERSON), Brian Bosworth (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Brian+Bosworth&CATEGORY=PERSON) and Joe Washington (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Joe+Washington&CATEGORY=PERSON) are among the former players signed up for the game. Others include Tee Martin (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tee+Martin&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Tennessee (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tennessee&CATEGORY=STATE) to the 1998 national title; Tommie Frazier (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Tommie+Frazier&CATEGORY=PERSON), who quarterbacked Nebraska (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Nebraska+Cornhuskers+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) to national titles in 1994 and 1995; 1990 Heisman Trophy (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Heisman+Trophy&CATEGORY=MISC) winner Ty Detmer (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Ty+Detmer&CATEGORY=PERSON) of BYU; Pro Football Hall of Famer Bruce Smith (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Bruce+Smith+(Football)&CATEGORY=PERSON) of Virginia Tech (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Virginia+Tech+Hokies+(Football)&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION); former Georgia (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Georgia&CATEGORY=STATE) star Garrison Hearst (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Garrison+Hearst&CATEGORY=PERSON); and former Notre Dame (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=University+of+Notre+Dame&CATEGORY=ORGANIZATION) star Rocket Ismail (http://newsok.com/keysearch/?er=1&CANONICAL=Raghib+Ismail&CATEGORY=PERSON).
The game will be played at a base in Iraq. The exact location and time is not released, for security purposes.
The game is billed as the Salute the Troops Bowl. The former college stars will team with selected military personnel to form the squads.
Highlights from the event will be shown during halftime of the Jan. 4 Fiesta Bowl.
The event for the troops also will include a pre-game pep rally and tailgate party.
hgarmorer
12/4/2009, 02:32 PM
Maybe I should go repack my deployment bag
85sooners
12/4/2009, 02:32 PM
:pop:
ouduckhunter
12/4/2009, 02:35 PM
Nice!!
Flagstaffsooner
12/4/2009, 02:40 PM
Little Joe is like in his mid 50's, gonna hurt. Hope the game is on the net somewhere.
Mississippi Sooner
12/4/2009, 02:42 PM
Somewhere, David Swank is muttering that the troops need to be stressing academics.
OKLA21FAN
12/4/2009, 02:44 PM
Think Barry will eat a hot dog on the side lines? or take a puff?

good times :pop:
boomermagic
12/4/2009, 02:57 PM
I love the King !
Frozen Sooner
12/4/2009, 03:03 PM
Man, Garrison Hearst, what happened to that guy? He had like one pretty good year with the 49ers and just dropped off the planet. Did he get hurt or something?
Collier11
12/4/2009, 03:07 PM
He tore up his leg one yr but came back for a little while after that
Frozen Sooner
12/4/2009, 03:09 PM
That's right, broke his ankle really horribly and had that deal Bo Jackson did with his hip, except with his heel. Came back for a couple of years then retired.
Flagstaffsooner
12/4/2009, 03:10 PM
Broke his annle and then complications.
Collier11
12/4/2009, 03:22 PM
annle? is that supposed to be anal? :eek:
Flagstaffsooner
12/4/2009, 03:25 PM
oops ankle, its a Natty Friday
Collier11
12/4/2009, 03:29 PM
so youve got anal on the mind? :D
olevetonahill
12/4/2009, 03:58 PM
Da King is the Best
RedstickSooner
12/4/2009, 05:25 PM
The King and patriotism. And the Boz. Nice combo.
SoonerBacker
12/4/2009, 05:35 PM
Now they just need to take Ted Nugent to perform the National Anthem!
KantoSooner
12/4/2009, 05:48 PM
Some of those Iraqi boys look pretty hairy and large....mebbe Barrah can recruit us a coupla linemen?
SunnySooner
12/4/2009, 06:50 PM
I hope the hubby gets to go to this!!! I'll send him the link, and if he gets to go, I'll have him send me some pics and post em here. Wow, Barry and the Sooners in Iraq, that would be teh allsome for him!!!!
King Crimson
12/4/2009, 06:59 PM
Little Joe is like in his mid 50's, gonna hurt. Hope the game is on the net somewhere.

not only that (age), Joe's had something like 503 knee surgeries.
OU Adonis
12/4/2009, 07:25 PM
Two of my favorite sooners. The king and the Boz.
VA Sooner
12/4/2009, 08:05 PM
Would be a wild game to watch.

How much is a flight to Iraq?
Frozen Sooner
12/4/2009, 08:17 PM
Some of those Iraqi boys look pretty hairy and large....mebbe Barrah can recruit us a coupla linemen?

Oh crap, the Kasey Studdard thread lives!
CrimsonandCreamForever
12/4/2009, 09:10 PM
oops ankle, its a Natty Friday

You mean it's a Naturday? ;)
85Sooner
12/5/2009, 09:36 AM
Now they just need to take Ted Nugent to perform the National Anthem!

Dittos on this one.
IronHorseSooner
12/5/2009, 09:47 AM
Would be a wild game to watch.

How much is a flight to Iraq?

I can get you the number, because I finance the rotator flights over there.:D As for the troops they will get to play at the game, The King ought to get GEN Odierno. He's 6'6", 250, and played TE at West Point. In fact, after his rotation, there are rumors of the GEN's retirement. We ought to see if he has any eligibility left. I was his money man, as well, in Iraq, and used to workout with him. He's in great shape. We could use help at TE!:D