Oklahoma AD JOE CASTIGLIONE and members of his staff for the better part of three decades have “gathered for breakfast before road games,” according to Jenni Carlson of the OKLAHOMAN. While the tradition is "largely observed during football season because more staff travel to games,” Castiglione “tries to get a group together for breakfast whenever he is on the road with any Sooner team.” On the tradition, Castiglione said, “It wasn’t anything other than just finding the best local breakfast…and then it just kind of grew into this tradition.” For their breakfast options, Castiglione and Co. "keep a spreadsheet of options." It includes “Big 12 locales” as well as places OU teams have “traveled to for non-conference games as well as postseason play.” Carlson notes for those "less-traveled haunts," it is important to "keep a list of where the breakfasts are good and where they’re meh." Castiglione's breakfast club “has few rules: No eating at a chain restaurant. Any staff member is invited, but not everyone comes” and they “rarely talk about work, though there’s no rule against it” (OKLAHOMAN, 12/18).
