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by Staff Reports , Tulsa World

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OU fans who want Bob Stoops gone have short memories Today, I got an e-mail from someone who thinks Bob Stoops should go as OU coach. Boise State coach Chris Petersen should be targeted and hired immediately as the next man on the Sooner sidelines, the e-mailer believes. I've seen and heard the Stoops-must-go sentiment around some lately.

Heck, our paper might have even fueled some of it. We've pointed out Stoops' average record in close games and in games outside the Sooner state (including losses to Texas) in recent years. We've also reported on some of the issues beyond the staggering number of injuries that have left the offense in bad shape this year. But the notion that Stoops should be out as OU football coach doesn't make sense to me. Do fans who want Stoops out remember how many Big 12 titles OU won in a row before this season? Do those fans remember how many Big 12 titles OU has won under Stoops? Does anyone remember how many games the Sooners were winning before Stoops arrived in the 1990s? MIKE STRAIN McCoy: Sooners are playing for "pride" The headline to a column on Oklahoma football in this morning's Norman Transcript: "What's left to play for?" In one respect, it is a legitimate question. One year after winning a third straight Big 12 championship, playing for a national championship and scoring touchdowns in historical proportions, the Sooners have dropped way out of Big 12 contention, will be lucky to draw the Holiday Bowl and just played an entire game without scoring a TD for the first time under Bob Stoops. The head coach is angry. His fan base is angrier. So again... What's left to play for? Well, if anyone deserves to answer that question, given the lion-hearted way OU's defense has performed just about all season, it's Gerald McCoy. The defensive tackle/Lombardi Award finalist was asked about it after practice Tuesday night. "Last year we were in a certain situation where we had a chance to play for the national championship, and we wanted to finish strong," McCoy said. "We don't have that same opportunity this year, but we have pride, being at the University of Oklahoma. So we still want to finish out strong. Nothing changes. We do have a standard to uphold." GUERIN EMIG

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