Tales from the trail: Chicken fried steak nearly made Eddie Hinton an OSU Cowboy
Eddie Hinton grew up a Sooner fan. And his hometown of Lawton was a Sooner hub.
So when the Lawton High star committed to rival Oklahoma State after visiting both instate schools, everyone in town was stunned.
The day before signing day, Bill Thomas , an OU player who was Hinton's teammate at Lawton two years before, called his buddy to find out what happened.
“He asked me, ‘Why are you going t...
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