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Wilkinson created Sooners dynasty

By Bob Carter
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, September 29, 2000

"People talk a lot about the tradition of football at Oklahoma. The person who started that tradition was Bud Wilkinson," says Hall of Fame wide receiver Steve Largent on ESPN Classic's SportsCentury series. Records didn't interest him. Nor did polls, predictions or other superficial methods of evaluating success. Bud Wilkinson valued the kind of people who played football for him and what they learned about discipline, readiness and character. Granted, Wilkinson won football games - more in o ...

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