The King...
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Good golly!
That's a great read!
Oh, I like the writer almost as much as the KIng!
I got to go lay down...
They'd be a 'pair to draw to' for sure!Good golly!
That's a great read!
Oh, I like the writer almost as much as the KIng!
I got to go lay down...
They'd be a 'pair to draw to' for sure!
He's 78 and he's still a player...my hero!
I met Barry a few times in my life. The first time was the funniest. He had just published his book "The Bootleggers Boy" and was selling and signing at the Tulsa State Fair. Whatever year that was...
I stood in line with a fine looking philly to buy the book and get an autograph. I had been into weight lifting and weight gain in those days so I looked the part of a athlete, which I'm not. When it was my turn he said "it looks like I have my next linebacker" He was joking, but I am 6'3 and was about 215 pounds. I told him I couldn't outrun him in the forty and he laughed and told me "nevermind".
This is the really funny part, he asked me if I was married to the women with me and when I told him yes, he said "NEXT" to the autograph line.......
He gave me a big smile, though....The dude does love his women.......
I stood in line with a fine looking philly to buy the book and get an autograph. I had been into weight lifting and weight gain in those days so I looked the part of a athlete, which I'm not. When it was my turn he said "it looks like I have my next linebacker" He was joking, but I am 6'3 and was about 215 pounds. I told him I couldn't outrun him in the forty and he laughed and told me "nevermind".
This is the really funny part, he asked me if I was married to the women with me and when I told him yes, he said "NEXT" to the autograph line.......
He gave me a big smile, though....The dude does love his women.......
fitty, the King says in Bootlegger's Boy that Jones & another player took Barry's old whatever year car and pushed it over a cliff or something to that effect...
The first time I met the King...I was working for Braniff at Tulsa international. I was a ramp slut.
He was coming through security during a slow time, and I went out of my way to engage him and shake his hand. This, right after back to back nattys, 74 and 75.
I acted like we were old friends and he ask me, "So, were you a student at OU?"
I said no, just a huge fan of him and the program.
Kind of anti climatic for him...for me it was like meeting Zeus.
The first time I met the King...I was working for Braniff at Tulsa international. I was a ramp slut.
He was coming through security during a slow time, and I went out of my way to engage him and shake his hand. This, right after back to back nattys, 74 and 75.
I acted like we were old friends and he ask me, "So, were you a student at OU?"
I said no, just a huge fan of him and the program.
Kind of anti climatic for him...for me it was like meeting Zeus.
Did he have a pistol in his bag?................JJ
Nope, not that time...I was dating the crap out of one of the security gals...I'd have heard about that for sure.
From reading that article of some of his exploits it sounds as is he has NO problems with his gun...
Neither of 'em...
You are a sly one...damn!
I might touch myself, maybe...maybe not...you'll never know.
You are a sly one...damn!
I might touch myself, maybe...maybe not...you'll never know.
Eat your liver iasooner...she's all mine.
My Moaning Lisa...
Mmm, lacking for any immediate response, it must be said that all this banter is tongue in cheek.
Just kidding...it's in that vein.
Agree...What's 'After Midnight' stays 'After Midnight'!
Agree...What's 'After Midnight' stays 'After Midnight'!
You're a doll.
Stories about Switzer's drinking and womanizing were legendary, maybe apocryphal. The $100,000 bar tab during Super Bowl week of 1996. The stewardesses he banged two at a time. The Sooner coeds whose cars were parked outside his house in the morning. The very public affair he carried on with the wife of one of his assistant coaches. These stories endeared Switzer to Sooners fans. Even the school president told him he could smoke dope as long as he won national championships.
He was in the perfect place for his personality.
He was in the perfect place for his personality.
Pryor, he's never been pretentious. He's always owned his shortcomings. Being a drunk womanizer only works when one's profession is successful. Despite his personal shortcomings, he was successful and therefore rewarded accordingly. If Switzer wasn't a successful Coach, he'd be just another troubled piece of work that society absorbs. Even w/ his baggage, he is and will always be The King.
Right On, WN...Barry is Much Loved in The Sooner Nation...By Some of us, BECAUSE of his Excessive Personality; By Others, In SPITE OF it...
Barry's players love him. He loves them. That speaks volumes about the man.
Their Fathers and Mothers love him, too! Barry has Charisma...Not of the 'Bud' Variety, but his own Brand of Charisma...There is Only ONE Barry...I know of no one else who could pull that off!
These are some of the exact reasons that we love Barry so much. He wasn't afraid to be open and could give an interview without coach speak. Bob and other coaches today have to be way too guarded
I use to laugh my butt off watching the playback show when Barry would say "Keep your feet and score" as he was describing the play. Like the kid was sitting next to him. He was a hoot. As Senior posted, there's only One Barry.
What? Never heard anything like that before. Doesn't sound like the man I remember.
Eat your liver iasooner...she's all mine.
My Moaning Lisa...
"Mighty big talk for a one-eyed fat man" fishy !
Sorry, I do not have a link. It was in a book written about the 47 game winning streak. Surely someone else on here has read the book. And can verify my claim. What was funny / ironic about it was that one of his players (I can't remember who) walked into his hotel room and caught them.
Time for YOU to get some glasses, and re-read that book. My copy of it, autographed by the author, Harold Keith, a dear friend, says no such thing. There is nothing FUNNY or Ironic about it. It's slanderous! My guess is that everyone on this board has read the book and none can verify your claim. You don't know Bud Wilkinson and you don't know Harold Keith. Contrary to YOU, they were both Gentlemen, Scholars, Loaded with Class, and two of the biggest Friends OU, and Oklahoma, have ever had. Go sell your story somewhere else. You are barking up the wrong tree, here...
Time for YOU to get some glasses, and re-read that book. My copy of it, autographed by the author, Harold Keith, a dear friend, says no such thing. There is nothing FUNNY or Ironic about it. It's slanderous! My guess is that everyone on this board has read the book and none can verify your claim. You don't know Bud Wilkinson and you don't know Harold Keith. Contrary to YOU, they were both Gentlemen, Scholars, Loaded with Class, and two of the biggest Friends OU, and Oklahoma, have ever had. Go sell your story somewhere else. You are barking up the wrong tree, here...
Here, here ! That's the way I remember it too dearest one...
Mendaciousness in the strictest sense unless you are sincerely confusing this alleged incident with another book/person. Please check it out so you recognize and accept your mistake.
Time for YOU to get some glasses, and re-read that book. My copy of it, autographed by the author, Harold Keith, a dear friend, says no such thing. There is nothing FUNNY or Ironic about it. It's slanderous! My guess is that everyone on this board has read the book and none can verify your claim. You don't know Bud Wilkinson and you don't know Harold Keith. Contrary to YOU, they were both Gentlemen, Scholars, Loaded with Class, and two of the biggest Friends OU, and Oklahoma, have ever had. Go sell your story somewhere else. You are barking up the wrong tree, here...
So my reply that says it Bud and not Barry is slanderous?
But the original poster who claimed it was Barry is not slanderous?????????
Ill find my book and give you the page number. And the book was written by Jim Dent - NOT Herold Keith.
Jim Dent the bail jumping, time serving, 10 DUI getting author?
Yep, I'm sure he's credible...
Dent couldn't carry Harold Keiths quill pen.
As I understand it, Wilkinsons morals and character were unimpeachable. Just this side of Billy Graham in fact.
So, you can see what a furor can be stirred up casting these unsubstantiated charges. Sure, he's dead but his reputation as one of the good guys lives on for eternity.
So, you can see what a furor can be stirred up casting these unsubstantiated charges. Sure, he's dead but his reputation as one of the good guys lives on for eternity.