OU football: Texas Tech unmasked?

 
By Jake Trotter | Modified: November 22, 2008 at 8:55 pm | Published: November 22, 2008   

NORMAN — In the spring of 1999, Sooner offensive coordinator Mike Leach got the best of Oklahoma co-defensive coordinators Mike Stoops and Brent Venables.

photo - Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach, left, and OU head coach Bob Stoops talk before the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Tech University at Gaylord Family -- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN
Texas Tech head coach Mike Leach, left, and OU head coach Bob Stoops talk before the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Tech University at Gaylord Family -- Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. BY NATE BILLINGS, THE OKLAHOMAN

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"Our first scrimmage, he threw for 800 yards on us,” Venables said. "I remember how stressed Mike Stoops and I were trying to defend it. How exhausted we were, our hair...
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