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As the playoffs turn, the plot thickens

...Gailey's fault that his winning percentage (.563) hasn't been as high as that of Jimmy Johnson (.672) or Barry Switzer (.625); the Cowboys are older and haven't had great drafts in recent years. But in this terribly weak NFC East...

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Gotta know your history to see what's on tap

Somewhere, Bear Bryant, Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer and Danny Ford are grinning, for Alabama, Miami, Oklahoma and Clemson, the traditional powers of the past, are back. Alabama...

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Casey case is an ethics test for collge football's MR. RIGHT

...hold Joe Paterno to a higher standard because he has held himself, and his school, to one. It was Paterno, not Barry Switzer, who once said "success without honor is an unseasoned dish." Here is what Paterno now picks at on his plate...

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Does Dungy need reality check?

...his first year as Cowboy coach, doesn't have as strong a connection to Dallas' last decade as Jimmy Johnson or Barry Switzer. Why not give Cunningham a chance, Dave? If Jerry will let you. THE NFL'S MOST FRUSTRATED MAN Denver Bronco running...

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It's unanimous: Strike up another round of 'Boomer Sooner'

...final poll in 1986. In Oklahoma's glory days of the 1970s and '80s, the Sooners won three national titles under Barry Switzer (1974, '75 and '85) to go with three under Bud Wilkinson (1950, '55 and '56). But after Switzer left in...

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The man who brought OU back

...Bob Stoops was inspired. Faster than anybody could have imagined, he proved he belonged. Stoops was only 20 when Barry Switzer's Sooners beat Bobby Bowden and Florida State in the Orange Bowl in successive years, 1980-81, too young to know...

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Oklahoma wins national title

MIAMI -- Oklahoma has celebrated Heisman winners and champions before. It has had Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, the Boz, the Selmon brothers -- Lee Roy, Dewey and Lucious -- and Joe Don Looney. Photos But nothing as loony as this...

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Saying goodbye isn't easy for Troy Aikman

...beat that combination." He thanked scores of people. He named 18 offensive linemen, about a dozen coaches -- even Barry Switzer -- and practically every member of the Cowboys' organization, including Jones and his family. He had trouble talking...

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Lead pack ready to form in run for national title

...both teams are in the top 5, and the first time since '85 that both are undefeated. How important is this game? Barry Switzer, who led the Sooners to three national titles, including the one in '85, put it like this: "If you lose this...

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Preparing for bowls can be a mystifying experience

...game-breaking pass play or help in a game-saving goal-line stand. Some, like Bowden and former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer, had remarkable success in bowl games. Others, like retired Nebraska legend Tom Osborne, watched their teams struggle...

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