Boone’s 2011 Big 12 Championship Team

I was in Stillwater that fateful night when Boone’s team kicked OU’s ass 44-10 to win the school’s only Big 12 football championship to date.

As I weave through this blog post it is a small world indeed. Back then, Boone demanded that AD Mike Holder’s coach Mike Gundy turn over his offense to a coordinator and quit calling plays himself. Boone wanted Gundy to seem more ‘head coachly’ on the sidelines. I’m telling you this was Dan Jenkins in Semi-Tough with oil tycoon Big Ed Bookman running the show for the TCU Horn Frogs back in the day. God… the things which have never been written.

So somehow Boone gets Gundy to hire Todd Monken as his offensive coordinator…. and it was magic.

Monken connected with QB Brandon Weeden. The offense soared. Weeden became a Heisman contender and Boone got his Big 12 championship over the hated Sooners. Other than Bob Stoops’ repunt to Tyreke Hill–this would be Boone’s lone win over the Sooners.

Fast forward. Todd Monken went on to head coach at Southern Miss. He then became the offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Bucs and is now Baker Mayfield’s offensive coordinator in Cleveland where it isn’t going well three games in as it appears head coach Freddie Kitchens is reluctant to allow Monken to call the plays from the press box.

Let me say this, I love Todd Monken. He is a player’s coach. Especially if the player is a quarterback. I love listening to Monken talk offensive football like I love listening to Nick Collison talk basketball. I just love listening to the guy.

He could pass for a State Farm agent, but the guy is a quarterback whisperer. Trust me.

So…I’m saying this to myself…if Monken goes down in flames this season with the Cleveland Browns—then Boone in his now ethereal spirit form will make Gundy hire Todd Monken as Spencer Sanders’ offensive coordinator.

This is how my mind works.

So you read it here first on my modest rogue blog…Todd Monkon back to Oklahoma State in 2020 to whisper in Spencer Sanders’ ear.

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