Saturday, September 7th marked the second home game for the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team. This also meant it was the second time the school and football program would pay tribute to the late, great Toby Keith.

In August, the program announced it would be honoring the “Big Dog Daddy” at every home football game this season during the break between the third and fourth quarter. This new tradition kicked off during Week One on August 30th. The stadium went dark and 85,000 fans all turned on their phone flashlights and raised them as high as possible while “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” rang through the stadium.

Not only does one of Keith’s most famous songs play for the fans to sing along, but there is also a short video tribute before the song.

At the game on Saturday, September 7th game, former OU head coach Bob Stoops gave a short speech in between the video tribute and the playing of “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.”

Stoops could be seen getting a bit emotional after his speech and during the Toby Keith tribute.

“From our troops overseas, to fellow Oklahomans like Jax and Olivia, no one served others like Big Dog Daddy, Toby. This one’s for Big T,” Stoops said as he raised one fist in the air.

Then, the stadium went dark and began playing “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue.” Stoops stood on the field as the tribute rang out and at the end, he was taking it all in and got emotional once again. We’re sure he misses his friend Toby Keith.

Fans in the stadium were all singing every word and honoring Toby Keith, who was one of the biggest supporters of OU in all aspects. So much so that two months after Keith’s February 2024 death, OU painted his name and image on their field.