University of Oklahoma Athletics
Legacy of Winning Premieres October 17
October 12, 2011 | Athletics
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The first screening begins at 7 p.m., while the second will follow at 7:15 p.m. The total running time for Legacy of Winning is two hours and 35 minutes. Wilkinson's son, Jay, will emcee the premiere.
The DVD sells for $19.99 and can be ordered now in the OU Multimedia Store. It will be available to the public beginning Tuesday, Oct. 18. Homeland Stores and MetroShoe Warehouse will be among the lead distributors for the video.
Part one in the series, which covered the inception of the program and focused on the Bennie Owen era, debuted last year.
Part two brings to life the Wilkinson era as told by the coach's former players, his son and even Wilkinson himself, whose taped interviews shed insight on his philosophies and remembrances.
The DVD series, which is produced by OU's very own SoonerVision HD, is planned to be released in four installments over a four-year period.
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About the History DVD Series |
SoonerVision, the video production unit for the University of Oklahoma's Athletics Department, is putting together the most comprehensive DVD series ever issued on the history of Sooner football.
Sooner Sports Properties, the multimedia rights holder for OU Athletics, underwrote the project and is handling distribution.
Plans call for the series to be released over a four-year period with each new video expected out in October of each year. Part I: Birth of a Champion, which was released in 2010, chronicled the period from the inception of the program in 1895 and focused on the Bennie Owen era. Part II: Legacy of Winning encompasses the Bud Wilkinson era from 1947-63.
Brandon Meier, OU's Executive Director of Video Production, is producing the DVD along with his staff at SoonerVision.
"From the time Brandon joined our staff, he talked about this project," said Kenny Mossman, senior associate athletics director for communications. "The final result is truly stunning and something in which Oklahoma fans can take great pride.
"The amount of work that SoonerVision poured into this effort, including the location of and refurbishing of hours of vintage video, is amazing. This DVD reflects that hard work in its incredible thoroughness. Even those fans that have soaked up every ounce of OU history will see and hear things that have never before been made available to the public."
Meier said his staff was determined to provide the most definitive piece ever done on Sooner football.
"We understand the passion of our fans and worked to produce a piece that would meet their standard," he said. "We set out to tell the comprehensive story of this program from a fresh perspective. I believe this is something that will provide hours of enjoyment to OU fans."
OU alum and current CBS broadcaster Spencer Tillman is the host for the series.
The SoonerVision staff began with 8,000 films in its own library and worked to get those identified and transferred to a digital format. Meier estimated that more than 8,000 man hours were invested in getting the project completed.
"I'm pleased with the final product," Meier said. "It tells some stories that haven't been told before. I find myself enamored by the old film, how they played and how the stadium looked. It's easy to get caught up in all of that. The footage is great."
