Berry Tramel

Castiglione sports new look

Posted July 29, 2008 by Berry Tramel Comment on this article

I saw Joe Castiglione today, and the OU athletic director is sporting a new look. He’s got a sharp goatee growing. He termed it a summer diversion.

Castiglione had a moustache when he first arrived at OU but lost it to an NCAA championship. Joe C. agreed to shave off his moustache if the 2002 Sooners won the national title. Those Sooners did indeed deliver, and on the victory stand, they all reached into their warmups and pulled out disposable razors. Castiglione went into the locker room and shaved it off.

That was the first of five (and counting) NCAA titles won by OU under coach Mark Williams.