R.I.P. Bob

 
Bob Barry Sr., the longtime voice of Oklahoma football and basketball and a Norman resident, has pass away, OU officials confirmed today.

No details were available and neither the University of Oklahoma nor his family have released a statement.

 

Jack Ogle and Bob Barry Sr.

at KNOR

Bob, 80, began his career in broadcasting in 1956 at Norman radio station KNOR as a salesman, disc jockey and sportscaster calling Norman High games. In 1961, OU football coach Bud Wilkinson selected Barry to call football and basketball games.

Bob left Oklahoma in 1973 when he went to work at Tulsa University and Oklahoma State calling games. He was also a sports anchor and sports director at KFOR until 1997.

Bob returned to OU in 1991 doing play-by-play for the Sooners. He held onto the position until he retired after last year’s basketball season.

Bob has been awarded Oklahoma's Sportscaster of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, and was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was recognized as a distinguished alumni by the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.

OU recognized him as a distinguished alumni in 2010.

Bob graduated Classen High School in 1946, and studied journalism at the University of Oklahoma before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1951. He and his late wife, Joan, had two sons. Frank Barry is a teacher in the Norman public school system and Bob Barry Jr. is sports director at KFOR TV in Oklahoma City.

Breaking: OSU DUSTS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWCASE

You`d think T. Boone would `spring` for a few trophies...
Boomer Sooner!

OSU DUSTS FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWCASE

Top Attraction At The OSU Football Museum
THE FOOTBALL TROPHY CASE!

November 29, 2010
Stillwater, OK 

OSU's T. Boone Pickens Memorial Football Museum officials completed their annual ceremonial dusting of the OSU Football Championship Trophy Case late Monday afternoon. 

The ritual, performed by janatorial employee Wanda Wyna Feumor, was accomplished with two squirts of Windex and a terry cloth rag reportedly once used to wipe the sweating brow of Barry Sanders.  

The ceremony was observed by one OSU band-member wearing the Pistol Pete costume and a sophomore from the OSU newspaper, who promptly filed the front page story.

"Since there's nothing in the case, it's an easy job; but very necessary", said Mrs. Feumor, a 1974 OSU graduate.  "It gives the students, the team, the coaches and our fans a real sense of hope".

The light bulb was also replaced during the ceremony.

ABC announces times for two Oklahoma football games it will air

ABC television network has announced it will broadcast two Sooner football games.

ABC will televise the Oklahoma-Cincinnati contest at 2:30 p.m. Central time Sept 6 from Owen Field. The game will be the first time the two teams play each other; in 2010, the Oklahoma team will play the Bearcats at Paul Brown Stadium in Ohio.

The 102nd Oklahoma-Texas football game will be televised at 11 a.m., ABC said. ABC has aired the last nine games between the two schools.

Earlier, ESPN announced it will air the Oklahoma-Washington game Sept. at 6:45 p.m. Sept. 13. The game will be played in Seattle.