Noble changed more than football
Source: Big 12 Football Blog - Aug 29, 2011 at 4:48 PM
Our latest team site, SoonerNation.com, launched today with a feature from Jake Trotter on Oklahoma legend Lloyd Noble:
In the spring of 1998, the University of Oklahoma was searching for its next athletic director.Click here to read the full story.
Among others, Michael Cawley was appointed to the search committee. He was on his way to a meeting on campus at Evans Hall when a man stopped him on the front steps.
"Billy Vessels," OU's 1952 Heisman winner said, sticking out his hand. "You're with the Noble Foundation, right? Well, you need to know, without Lloyd Noble, none of us would be here today."

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