Oklahoma football: With more time to tweak defense, Bob Stoops expecting greater results in 2014

NORMAN — Mike Stoops’ Oklahoma defense improved dramatically between Years One and Two of his return to Norman, and not just in ways that can be tracked numerically.

OU rediscovered the swagger that made it one of the most daunting defenses in college football at several points throughout the game’s history.

Making that improvement all the more impressive is the fact that at this point a year ago, OU coaches hadn’t even started installing the 3-3-5 scheme that helped make the improvement possible.

“It was a work in progress through the season last year, and it was still good,” OU head coach Bob Stoops said in a recent interview with The Oklahoman.