The family also revels in the pomp and pageantry of Game Day. Buck is a football season ticket holder.

“I try not to miss a game on TV, and most of the family goes to home games,” he said.

And he still enjoys occasional celebrity. When Buck, who lives in Norman, checked out the cover at the restaurant Monday, a young waiter saw the resemblance.

“I’ve always wondered who that was,” the waiter said. “Is that you?”

Buck told the waiter it was.

You couldn’t tell from the magazine caption that did not identify Buck. But, of course, it wasn’t the only problem with the caption.

The magazine described the trombone-playing Buck as an Oklahoma bandsman watching his instructor. That, he said, isn’t entirely true.

“I was looking at the twirlers,” he said.

Julianna Parker is a writer for The Norman Transcript.