The Boz, Switzer Top 40 villains
Pat Forde of ESPN.com released college football’s Top 40 villains of all-time.
Hitting the board for the Sooners were linebacker Brian Bosworth and coach Barry Switzer.
Wrote Forde of the Boz: “Fast and furious linebacker took flamboyance to obnoxious levels, epitomizing the out-of-control nature of Oklahoma football in the mid-to-late 1980s. Wore multicolored Mohawk for a while. Missed 1987 Orange Bowl after positive test for steroids (the event that put him on the bad list with Oklahoma backers). Oklahoma State bookstore once sold T-shirts that read, “Will Rogers never met Bosworth.” Was famously run over by Bo Jackson on his way to becoming a bust in the NFL, which earned him the sympathy of virtually no one.”
Wrote Forde of Switzer: “Cocky winner who stuck it to Tom Osborne and Darrell Royal, among many others, while rebuilding dynasty in Norman. Scored points in gushes with trademark wishbone offense, bragging of “hanging half a hundred” on the scoreboard. Ran a loose program that seemed to get progressively looser until it imploded in the late 1980s after a series of arrests and other embarrassments. Lucked into flush Cowboys job in 1990s and rode team’s overwhelming talent to Super Bowl title.”
