Nebraska ace, former Oklahoma star Jordy Bahl honors late Sooners super fan Toby Keith
Jordy Bahl is no longer with the Oklahoma softball program after transferring to Nebraska this offseason, but she still took time to honor Sooners super fan Toby Keith on Tuesday.
Keith died on Monday after a battle with stomach cancer. He was 62 years old.
The country music legend frequently made appearances at Oklahoma sporting events, including to support the Sooners softball program. Jordy Bahl posted about Toby Keith and the celebration the Oklahoma softball program had with him after winning last year’s national championship.
The Sooners beat Florida State in last year’s Women’s College World Series, capturing their third consecutive national title.
Afterwards, Jordy Bahl and the rest of the Oklahoma softball team celebrated at Toby Keith’s restaurant — “Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill” in Oklahoma City.
ESPN’s Holly Rowe videotaped Keith and the Sooners singing along to his famous hit, “How Do You Like Me Now?!” Later, Toby Keith Tweeted about Oklahoma winning another national championship.
“Congratulations to Natty Patty and the (Oklahoma softball) team. 7 time champs. Boomer Sooner,” Keith tweeted at the time.
The Sooners finished the 2023 season with a 61-1 record, which marks a .984 winning percentage. That is the best winning percentage in Division I history. The team also finished the season on a 53-game win streak, which is also a Division I record.
Oklahoma’s third straight national championship is tied for the most in a row by a softball program, along with UCLA from 1988-1990.
Sooners head coach Patty Gasso said this last national title was the most difficult of the three.
“It is incredibly hard. I don’t know how to explain it. I just can tell you the way I feel right now is free because the expectation is overwhelming, the pressure is overwhelming,” Gasso said. “They all have each other to laugh with. I’m standing here by myself, so that’s why you’re hearing my voice do this. I know what they’re feeling. I know what I’m feeling. It’s very difficult. It’s extremely rewarding. Like, I just want to go to Costco and shop and no one care that I’m there. They feel the same.”
Brent Venables honors late country music superstar, Oklahoma superfan Toby Keith
Jordy Bahl was far from the only person associated with Oklahoma athletics to honor Toby Keith.
Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables took to Twitter on Tuesday to honor Keith. Venables posted a photo of himself alongside Keith and former Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops.
“WE are all Better, for knowing Toby…An Amazing Man who GAVE to so many. RIP brother. All love & [prayers] For His Family,” Venables posted.
You can see the picture below:
