| Bob Stoops Goes to Heaven
Three college
football coaches were flying across the country when their airplane crashed and
all three died. They all noticed God up in the clouds sitting in a chair. God
motioned for one of them to come into the clouds.
God wanted to know
three things: "Who are you? What did you do? What did people think of you?"
The first coach said, "I'm Joe Paterno. I coached Penn State from 1966 to
2000. I won 300 games, 19 bowl victories, 2 national championships, and won Coach
of the Year 4 times. The people of Pennsylvania think I'm great."
God
said, "Fine, Joe, stand at my right side."
The next person said, "I'm
Bobby Bowden. I coached Florida State University from 1980 to 2000. I had a .816
win percentage, played in 14 bowl games without a loss and won a national championship
after beating Nebraska. The people of Florida think I'm great."
God
said, "Fine, Bobby, stand at my left side."
The third coach stood before
God and said, "I'm Bob Stoops. I took over a storied Oklahoma program that had
won 6 national championships and held many NCAA records but had fallen to the
lowest of the low. In the 3 years prior to me taking over the Sooners they went
3-8 (worst season in 102 years of football), 4-8, and 5-6, beating Texas only
once and not beating Colorado or Nebraska, not to mention losing to OSU. I coached
the Sooners for a season and a half, going 7-5 in my first year beating a top-15
Texas A&M with my unranked team and taking the Sooners to a bowl game. 7 games
into my second season we were undefeated and I took the Sooners to #1 in the AP
poll, Coaches poll, and BCS poll. We beat #10 Texas 63-14, #2 Kansas State in
Manhattan 41-31, and #1 Nebraska 31-14. Our quarterback was the frontrunner for
the Heisman trophy, we were in the driver's seat for the national championship,
and the people of Oklahoma think you are sitting in my chair."
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