Over two months since Keith died at 62 on Feb. 5, the Sooners revealed a “TOBY” logo Friday painted on the 25-yard line of Owen Field, which will honor the diehard OU fan during the annual spring game.
Keith, who was a regular at OU athletic events throughout his life, is depicted raising his fist.
Keith was previously honored during the Sooners’ Feb. 6 basketball contest vs. BYU. Athletic director Joe Castiglione stood behind the seat Keith frequented at the Lloyd Noble Center as a guitar, a Sooners cap and red solo cup occupied the spot pregame. OU’s mascots Boomer, Sooner and Top Daug repped “TK” shirts in his honor.
“Remembering our dear friend Toby Keith in a place where he cheered on many Sooners team,” Castiglione wrote Friday on X. “
He sold Coca-Cola in the stands as a teenager and was on the sideline all the way through last season. We miss Big T!”
With their addition, the conference now boasts 16 teams, and during the conference meeting in Destin, a new logo that includes the Red River Rivals was included in a new-look logo in a pie-chart format.
It also includes the Ole Miss Rebels, the Missouri Tigers, the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
The new logo has moved from the original 10 teams to 16 teams and was revealed by ‘Action Network’s’ Brett McMurphy on X.
