Sooner influenced Iglesias’ decision
Oklahoma wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias almost didn’t become a Sooner.
A former Sooner helped convince him, though.
Here’s more from my Q&A with Iglesias:
JC: I know you didn’t go to the same high school in Killeen, Texas, as Tommie Harris, but did you know him?
JI: I didn’t know really know Tommie. When I was in eighth grade, I think he was graduating. It was his senior year, so I didn’t really know Tommie. But he called me the day I was committed to Oklahoma and said I didn’t want to go. Me and him talked and he was just saying how it was a great place. He actually helped me come to
JC: Is it OK for a Killeen guy to go to OU? I guess maybe you and Tommie have made it OK.
JI: People just always say the same thing — “Man, I root for you, and I cheer for you, but when you play Texas, I’ll still root for you but I won’t root for your team.”
JC: You grow up a Texas fan at all?
JI: Me and my family, my dad, my brother, we didn’t pay attention to college football. We just watched the Cowboys. Then when it wasn’t football season, we’d watch the Spurs. We didn’t really watch college football. I didn’t really have any clue about anybody when I came. I didn’t know who were the big programs. That’s why when I got recruited here, I was like, “Oklahoma? Is that a good thing?” I didn’t really know who was big and who wasn’t.
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