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✦ TOP STORYLINES: NOTRE DAME VS. OKLAHOMA BY LOU SOMOGYI HOME COOKIN' Since the arrival of head coach Bob Stoops in 1999, Oklahoma University is 79-4 (.952) at home in Memorial Stadium. Only Boise State, which doesn't play in a BCS conference, has a better home record over that same span with an 85-3 (.966) ledger. As a comparison, consider that since 1999 Notre Dame has yet to finish with an unbeaten season at home while posting a 59-31 (.656) mark. Here are some other home cookin' facts from the Stoops era: • Oklahoma had been 14-0 against ranked teams at home — until the 24-19 loss this Sept. 22 to Kansas State, which is now No. 3 in the Bowl Championship Series standings. • From 2005-11, Oklahoma won 39 straight home games, a stadium record and the fifth longest home win streak in the modern football era. • The Sooners also had a 19-game win- ning streak at home from 2002-04 and won their first 17 home games stretching almost over Stoops' first three seasons from 1999-2001. • Oklahoma's average margin of victory at home has been 22 points or higher each of the past six seasons and 11 of 13 full seasons under Stoops. "That's where we want to get our foot- ball program," said Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly, who has started 4-0 at home this year. "We're nowhere near that yet. We think we're moving in the right direction; we're trending the right way. "The hallmark of great programs is that consistency, the consistency that we saw here for a number of years that we haven't seen. We want to be able to bring that back. That takes time; that takes a lot of winning. And that's why there's so much The Sooners boast a 79-4 record in Memorial Stadium since head coach Bob Stoops took over in 1999 — the top home winning percentage (.952) among all BCS conference schools during that time span. ✦ PAGE 8 PHOTO COURTESY OKLAHOMA