Open Mic: Your Favorite Oklahoma Football Moments

 
With the Oklahoma Sooners starting their 114 th football season on Aug. 30, there are a plethora of great moments for us to look back on.  Compiled here are the top three moments in Oklahoma football that I have been blessed enough to experience.  While these are by no means the only great moments of the past 30 years; I leave it to you, the learned reader, to fill in more.    1)      1)  2001 Red River Shootout, October 6, 2001 No one can argue that this entire game should not be on this list.  Oklahoma won this contest against Texas the previous year (63-14), but had lost the previous three.  For Oklahoma, there was still some payback.  After a scoreless first quarter, starting quarterback Nate Hybl left the game due to injury.  Backup quarterback Jason White picked up where Hybl left off, running the offense for an 11-play, 61-yard drive to the end zone.  But the play that will forever be remembered by ... (link)

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