He played quarterback on the Associated Press national championship Oklahoma Sooners football teams in 1974 and 1975 and on four Big 8 Conference championship teams from 1974-77.
Parrington was the second head coach of the University of Oklahoma football team, where he was the first OU faculty member to officially hold the position.
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However, he was suspended by head coach Lou Holtz for team violations stemming from an on-campus incident prior to the 1978 Orange Bowl victory over Oklahoma.
DeMarco Murray, American football running back, currently with the Dallas Cowboys after attending the University of Oklahoma
Featured was a full game with 2-minute quarters between the Florida Gators and Oklahoma Sooners in Sun Life Stadium.
Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley sought to replace him with either Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan or Oklahoma's Bob Stoops, but after a media frenzy surrounding Foley's personal visits to both men, they each decided to remain with their respective teams.
Coming out of high school, Watts primary selling point was that his father, J.C. Watts, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, was previously a starting quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners.
WWE Superstar Edge also makes use of the symbol during his entrances for wrestling (as the Devil Horns), and used it to openly mock Jim Ross who was an Oklahoma Sooners Football fan during a June 2008 episode of Raw.