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Art Briles, Jeff Lebby, and Woke OU

This is the second SMU game where Art Briles lost his family by the actions of others.

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Wade Burleson
Sep 10, 2023
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OU beat SMU by a score of 28-11 Saturday night, September 9, 2023, at Owen Field in Norman, Oklahoma.

The offensive coordinator for Oklahoma, Jeff Lebby, invited his father-in-law onto the field AFTER the game to be with him, his wife (Staley Lebby), and their two children.

Let me repeat:

Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator, Jeff Lebby, invited his wife’s father and the grandfather of his two children onto the OU football field AFTER the game.

Jeff’s father-in-law is Art Briles.

Seven years ago, Baylor University fired Art Briles as its head coach for not reporting the crimes of his star football players.

After hearing about trouble at a party his players attended, he questioned the players himself. They said all that happened “was consensual.”

Coach Art Briles should have reported to law enforcement what he’d heard, no matter what his star football players alleged.

He didn’t. There is no excuse.

Baylor justly terminated Coach Art Briles.

Coach Briles served…

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