NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 02: Head coach Bob Stoops and Baker Mayfield #6 of the Oklahoma Sooners hold the winner's trophy after defeating the Auburn Tigers 35-19 during the Allstate Sugar Bowl at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
There has been reference to the similarity between 2016 and this season, and the Oklahoma football team knows the only acceptable comparison is if it ends the same way.
The 2016 season was Bob Stoops final year as the Sooners’ head coach. OU opened their longtime head coach’s 18th and final season at the helm as the No.