NORMAN, OK - NOVEMBER 23: A Ruf/Nek parades the Oklahoma Sooners flag around the field after a touchdown against the TCU Horned Frogs on November 23, 2019 at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. OU held on to win 28-24. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
Football is the foundation and the rock of all Oklahoma Sooners sports, both literally and figuratively.
No card-carrying member of the Sooner Nation would ever dispute that, but largely because of the historic success of the football program, other Oklahoma sports, particularly those in the winter-spring time frame have been able to thrive and compete at the highest levels of their sport nationally.