NORMAN — Shane Beamer always wanted to experience OU-Texas, so when Virginia Tech’s bye week fell on the weekend of the Red River Rivalry a few years ago, he pitched an idea to his wife to go see the game in Dallas.
“I only want to go if you’re coaching in it,” she told him.
From Virginia Tech to Georgia, Beamer landed at Oklahoma in January. Saturday he’ll be coaching on the Sooner sidelines when OU and Texas kick off in the rivalry he never knew he’d participate in.
Beamer has coached in rivalries like Virginia Tech-Virginia, Clemson-South Carolina and Florida-Georgia.