Clayton Bennett is the team’s principle owner and some-would-say orchestrator of the move. He and I are members of the same college fraternity. We're also counted among the throngs of proud alumni of the University of Oklahoma. George Lynn Cross, a former president of OU, once said, "We want to build a university our football team can be proud of.” In 2003, with the help of prominent Oklahoma publishers the Gaylord family (who happen to be the in-laws of Clayton Bennett) a big step toward this goal was taken.
On the heels of a multimillion dollar gift from the Gaylords the university saw many improvements. Included in these were upgrades to the football stadium (then Known as “The Oklahoma Memorial Stadium”) as well as a total physical overhaul of the Journalism Department. In appreciation of this gift the University of Oklahoma Rededicated the stadium as “The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium". A mouthful I know, but I have grown to love it.
I love it so much that despite not receiving a dime from the Gaylords I have decided to name the newest member of my family in their honor.
I call him "Gaylord", for short.
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