Comments on: Sooners, fans, media pay their respects to Oklahoma great Steve Davis

By: willie

willie — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:16:48 +0000

The Lord has brought another Great Sooner QB home. Condolences to the family.

By: Steve Sledge

Steve Sledge — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:42:28 +0000

The excitement surrounding Sooner football in the early 1970′s is impossible to explain to someone who didn’t experience it. Steve Davis is the best example I know of what that period repesented in Oklahoma. Arriving at OU as just another good athlete, Steve immediately emerged as the unique leader of the teams he played on. Most players are remembered for what they accomplished on the field. Steve, however, will always be remembered for his leadership and what he stood for ‘off’ the field. I vividly remember a clip of Steve delivering the morning message at a church. After seeing the stand he took ‘off’ the field, what I saw him do on Saturday afternoons meant all the more. For going on 60 years now, I’ve had a love affair with Oklahoma football, and have had the pleasure of watching and getting to know personally some of the greats. Steve Davis will forever stand out in a very special way for ‘who’ he was as much as for ‘what’ he was. It’s doubtful that another like Steve will come our way again. Thank you Steve for the legacy you left us.

By: David Greenlee

David Greenlee — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:22:10 +0000

I was priveledged to be a student at OU during Steve Davis career at OU. That entire team and coaching staff is a testimony to overcoming adversity and far exceeding expectations – the pundits said they were not going to be very good and were expected to lose 3 of there first 5 games we all know what happened. None exemplified this more than Steve Davis. We will always remember you. God Bless.

By: Michael Jones

Michael Jones — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:02:09 +0000

The first OU quarterback I remember growinf up was Jack Mildren and I thought he was incredible until Steve Davis took the helm. Later when I had a chance to meet Steve I realized how much greater he was off the field. My heart felt condolences to his family and fans. We’ll miss you #5 God Bless.

By: Brian Carle

Brian Carle — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:38:14 +0000

My sympathy goes out to Sooner nation and to the family of a great man – Steve Davis, one of the best there ever was.

By: Donna Byas

Donna Byas — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:17:22 +0000

Condolences to the Steve Davis family. He was a Christian gentleman, a great story teller and one of OU’s finest football players.

I will never forget his “Joe Namath” moment. At the Oklahoma Southern Baptist Evangelism Conference in Tulsa, the winter before the 1975 football season, Steve Davis stood at the podium, and PROMISED that OU was going to be in the next national championship game. I think he may have promised us the trophy, the memory is a little fuzzy on that, but I remember my jaw dropping as he made the promise to get us to the national championship. Just like Joe Willie, James Steven fulfilled that promise! And he brought home an MVP trophy, too.

He was a great one—person and player.

By: Aunt Foo Foo

Aunt Foo Foo — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:19:12 +0000

I can hardly believe the news. I got to see Steve and the team(s) play several times and I was knocked out. My prayers and sympathies go out to his family and the entire OU nation.

By: Thanh Nguyen

Thanh Nguyen — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:15:20 +0000

We lost one of a true OU player. My prayer to all the family and entire former OU players play with him.

By: Kevin Nichols

Kevin Nichols — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:08:24 +0000

What a terrible blow to the Sooner Nation. Steve Davis was a man all men should aspire to be. As much of a winner as he was on the field, he was many times more off of it. My heart is heavy, but eventually I must celebrate a life so well-lived.

By: Terry Adams

Terry Adams — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:54:38 +0000

We are losing a lot of great players and people. Jack Mildren, LeeRoy Selmon and, now, Steve Davis. I don’t mean to slight any of the other Sooners we’ve lost in the last few years but these three were very special. Gentlemen all.