It’s quite a morning in Norman.
Just a day after the bombshell news that Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley was leaving to take that same position at USC — shocking everyone from Sooners fans to the rest of the college football world who heard him say he wasn’t going to coach LSU — there were signs popping up in parts of the university’s campus that appeared to refer to Riley.
What did they say? It was one word: “TRAITOR.”
Various reports said there were workers taking down the signs, as you’ll see below. But, yeah, this is definitely summing up how Sooners fans feel:
"Traitor" banners have appeared in Norman
📸: @TevisHillisTV pic.twitter.com/kL5FeVEKkU
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 29, 2021
People are taking this well in Norman. Credit anonymous source via Instagram DMs. pic.twitter.com/Pm2owPPbWU
— Eddie Radosevich (@Eddie_Rado) November 29, 2021
OU removing "traitor" sign from campus property for a second time. This comes just one day after Head Coach Lincoln Riley's USC departure. @OKCFOX https://t.co/oMsOvf6wQg
— Jasmine Anderson (@FOX25Jasmine) November 29, 2021
A somewhat somber mood on campus in Norman today after Lincoln Riley’s departure. A facilities truck is here cleaning up the seed sower statue where someone hung a “traitor” sign. #Sooners pic.twitter.com/xm3kiYNWh6
— Austin Breasette KFOR (@AbreasetteTV) November 29, 2021
That said, there are some people pointing this out:
Oklahoma fans slapping “TRAITOR” on Lincoln Riley. The Big 12 office: https://t.co/89LSGeXk77 pic.twitter.com/MghFxszurE
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) November 29, 2021
It is funny to me when OU fans call a coach who takes another job a traitor when it has a program who is leaving the Big 12 for another conference. Needs to be said.
— San Antonio Redzone (@sapreps210) November 29, 2021
Hold on there is a Traitor sign on the OU campus??? Lollll
Who is leaving the Big 12 again? 😂— Whitney Hartman (@Whitney_Hartman) November 29, 2021
