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Barry Switzer Quotes - The Quotations Page

Aug 07, 2026 |

By Barry Switzer

| quotationspage.com

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A Look Back at 7 Months of Awesomeness on Apple Podcasts

Dec 16, 2020 |

By Steve Jordan, Ajay Nirula, Brandi Chastain, Chad Chastain, Mike Silver, Luke Campbell, Barry Switzer, Natalie Silver, Leslie Silver, Steve Silver, Donté Stallworth, Cam Jordan, Steve Kerr, Maddy Kerr, Greg Huhn

| Apple Podcasts

56 min The Pass It Down guest list has been star-studded and the content sublime--and now, 30 episodes into its existence, it’s obviously time for a retrospective.

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Barry Switzer, Coaching Legend (Part 2) on Apple Podcasts

Aug 11, 2020 |

By Mike Silver, Barry Switzer, Natalie Silver, Steve Silver

| Apple Podcasts

29 min Surprise guest Steve Silver (father of Mike, grandfather of Natalie) joins the fray as more epic stories are recalled, including the surreal dinner in San Antonio that featured Switzer angrily spewing expletives at Jerry Jones--only to tearfully profess his love for the Cowboys owner--while Mike succumbed to the effects of high-end California Cabernet.

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Barry Switzer, Coaching Legend (Part 1) on Apple Podcasts

Aug 05, 2020 |

By Mike Silver, Barry Switzer, Natalie Silver

| Apple Podcasts

35 min Following a record-setting run at Oklahoma, Barry Switzer came out of exile to coach the Cowboys in the mid-’90s… and let a certain Sports Illustrated writer ride shotgun for much of the madness. Somehow, both made it out alive, and now Barry and Mike have stories for Natalie ranging from a shattered wine glass to an emergency landing to the raucous hotel suite which contained the unlikeliest Super Bowl roommates of all time. 35 min

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Lincoln Riley, Cowboys Speculation Addressed By Barry Switzer

Nov 26, 2019 |

By Lincoln Riley, Barry Switzer, Dan Lyons

| The Spun

ARLINGTON, TX - DECEMBER 02: Head coach Lincoln Riley of the Oklahoma Sooners during Big 12 Championship game against the TCU Horned Frogs at AT&T Stadium on December 2, 2017 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) It wasnât long after his college head coaching career began, that Lincoln Riley started to come up as a potential NFL coach.

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How I Got My Booth: Coach Barry Switzer on Othello’s in Norman, Oklahoma

Apr 16, 2019 |

By Barry Switzer

| Bon Appetit

Welcome to Red Sauce America, our coast-to-coast celebration of old-school Italian-American restaurants. I came to Oklahoma in 1966 with Jim Mackenzie, as an assistant coach for the University of Oklahoma football team, 53 years ago this January. We didn’t have, really, any place to eat. Most of the restaurants were out on Highway 77. We were still in the boondocks. But in 1972, there was an Italian gentleman who came from Brooklyn named Pasquale Benso. But everyone called him Patsy.

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Barry Switzer: Why I oppose State Question 777

Oct 26, 2016 |

By Barry Switzer

| oklahoman.com

I'm against State Question 777 and here's why: It would change our state constitution and change the rules for industrial agriculture as an industry. It's a trick play and we lose. I love Oklahoma and I love the people who make it a great state to live in and raise a family. We all remember the problems of the 1990s when the big hog and chicken operations moved into our backyards and next to our family farms and ranches.

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