Bob Stoops planned to sleep well Saturday night. He always has the night before coaching a football game. No reason for that to change now.
Nerves? Stoops never copped to being nervous and never showed it, either, in his 18 years as the University of Oklahoma football coach. If OU-Texas didn’t make you nervous, why should Dallas Renegades-St. Louis Battlehawks?
The XFL, the latest spring football enterprise, kicked off this weekend, and Stoops’ Renegades host St. Louis at 4 p.m. Sunday in Arlington, Texas, playing at Globe Life Park, which until October was the Texas Rangers’ palatial baseball home but now is a refurbished football stadium.
And Stoops is excited. He walked away from football almost 32 months ago but has walked back in, with the less-demanding spring league that is a curiosity even to its participants.
“Not nerve-wracking,” Stoops said of his feelings as the latest chapter in his life begins. “Exciting, more than anything.”
Stoops loves football. Back in the day, he would occasionally joke about coaching middle school after he retired from OU, and after he retired, Stoops still mentioned coaching middle school, only he wasn’t joking.
The XFL isn’t middle school — it’s a far cry from Bedlam or the Sugar Bowl — but the F in XFL stands for football. And football is in Stoops’ blood.
“It is exciting for me to be back on the sideline, after a few years being away from it,” Stoops said. “I think more than anything, my love for football won out. This is a perfect opportunity to be out here, be involved in some football. I believe it’s going to be a great league to watch and to be a part of. I’m looking forward to getting started.”
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