WEEK 4 RECAP:
OKLAHOMA 31 CINCINNATI 29
The call letters of the fictional radio station in the late 70’s sitcom W-KRP in Cincinnati; were an obvious pun on the word crap. The situational comedy was based on the misadventures of the staff employed at the struggling station.
The misadventures of the OU defense offered television viewers the football rendition of W-KRP in Cincinnati last Saturday night…but I am willing to bet few in the Sooner Nation found much humor in it. When the nearly four hour television marathon was finally over, the Oklahoma defense had managed to contain the Bearcats to: An eye popping 461 Total Yards. On the ground the Bearcats rushed for 156 yards on 32 carries...an alarming average of 4.9 per carry. Throught the air, Cincinnati got 305 yards and completed over 60% of their attempts. And just for good measure, the Sooners were penalized 13 times…5 of which were personal foul penalties.
Granted the original version of W-KRP in Cincinnati may not have been very funny either…but at least we got to see a steady diet of Lonnie Anderson’s cleavage. The only ‘busts’ we saw Saturday night were Sooner defensive assignments.
Oh, I almost forgot…at least OU won. No, the victory at Paul Brown Stadium was not a thing of beauty....but it was a win...and a road win to boot. Things could be worse...we could have two loses and a QB with a bum shoulder like we did last year at this time. The Sooners are coming to Dallas undefeated...but for them to leave town the same way the defense will need to improve in a hurry...cause after all...beating Texas is all Sooner fans really give a 'crap' about.
It's OU/Texas time. Buckle Up.
Top 10 Reasons Why the OU Defense is Ranked 97th in the Nation:
#10
Coaches figure that as long as the defense is on the field, they won’t have to attempt any field goals.
#9
OU defensive players think ‘3 and out’ involves a State of Oklahoma Correctional Facility
#8
The Sooners wanted to honor former OU defensive greats Lee Roy Selmon and Gerald McCoy, both of whom wore jersey #97
#7
Defensive Coordinator Brent Venables thought that Cincinnati would run the option after watching the Air Force game film
#6
The ranking is a little deceiving because the Sooners haven’t had to face a really good offense yet.
#5
The OU defensive backs have realized that getting burned is the easiest way to get on Sports Center.
#4
Sooner defensive players were under the impression that it took 5 personal fouls before you were ejected
#3
There are 96 teams in the country who have better defenses right now
#2
Defense misinterpreted team goal of: Leading the nation in points allowed
#1
Brent Venables new philosophy on the best way to avoid BCS Bowl game loss...is too not be in one.
Boomer Sooner....Beat Texas
Just the opinion of one mildly interested guy
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
SOONERS AVOID A 'DOG DAY AFTERNOON'
‘Memories, like the corners of my mind…misty water-colored memories, of the way we were’
– ‘The Way We Were’ / Barbara Streisand
My Friday night was not spent doing the ‘Hustle’ at a Disco…nor did I dress up and participate in a Rocky Horror Picture Show. I didn’t spend the evening reading ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’…and not just because I have already seen the movie.
On Saturday, not once did I consider wearing bell bottom jeans or a rayon shirt to the game. I don’t have a CB radio in my car…probably because I would rather get a speeding ticket than utter the phrases "That's a big 10-4 good buddy.”
No, we didn’t spend the pre-game drinking Schlitz and listening to Jefferson Starship on an 8-track player in the O’Connell’s parking lot. Not once did the focus of our discussions involve: Charlie’s Angels, Jimmy Hoffa or the movie Jaws. While I am sure that somewhere there were discussions about military involvement in a foreign country or the price of gas…I would be surprised if Vietnam and .44 cents a gallon were the main points of contention.
At the stadium…while many chests in the stands were now artificial, the field of play no longer was…Mike Treps and John Brooks were no longer in the Sooners radio booth….and no, you couldn’t re-enter the stadium after leaving for a quick half-time beer. If there were any demonstrations or exhibitions of free love happening in or around the stadium, regrettably I was not involved.
And no…the first play of the game did not go anything like this: Quarterback Steve Davis, the 5’11” senior from Sallisaw, takes the snap, fakes a handoff to the FB Littrell…options right…cuts up field …now he pitches to Ivory. Horace, down the right sideline is finally pushed out of bounds at the 47 yard line. At least not for the Sooners anyway.
Despite these facts, who could blame any OU fan for experiencing a three hour journey back in time last Saturday? When you look down and see Lee Roy Selmon on the sideline while you are witnessing an option offense run up and down Owen Field for 351 yards on 63 carries...well…visions of 1975 are easy to imagine…even if the platform shoes aren’t.
This past weekend the University of Oklahoma held a reunion honoring members of the Oklahoma Sooners 1974 and 1975 back-to-back national championship teams. Lee Roy and Dewey Selmon, Steve Davis, Randy Hughes, Tinker Owens and Elvis Peacock were just a few of the 60+ Sooners and coaches who attended the weekend long celebration. The schedule of events included a party on Friday night followed by a special recognition ceremony that was held during half-time of Saturday’s game.
But the biggest tribute to that past era of Sooner champions may have been one that was unscheduled and unintentional.
It has been said, that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…if that is truly the case…then the performance put on by the Air Force option offense last Saturday…must have had those Sooners of yester-year blushing.
‘One if by land, two if by…land’… Yes, the decade of the 70’s was ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ for OU fans. During those ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Good Times’ the Sooners combined a dominate defense with an explosive, high powered, high scoring wishbone offense to win more games than any other program in the country.
The times, they are a changing…. In the 1970’s, college football had a run first mentality. Need some proof? From 1972-1983 the only position to win a Heisman Trophy was a running back. Need more? Try this statistic: 58 of 152 for 1,331 yards. That was COMBINED passing totals for the 1974 and 1975 Oklahoma Sooners National Title teams. In 1975 the Sooners completed less passes that entire season (25) than Landry Jones did last Saturday (26).
Baseball has always been, and still is, about pitching and defense. In basketball, Jordan and Kobe proved that you could win a title without having a legitimate star at center. In hockey, it was the belief that you only went as far as your goalie would take you…which was a first round playoff exit once Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux came along….but the adjustment in offensive philosophy necessary to win a championship in college football, is arguably the biggest change seen in all of sports history. (This has been another deep thought brought to you by The OAS).
Today’s college football offense is like an iPhone or a laptop…sleek, modern, multi faceted machines built to produce instant rewards. Like the pet rock, the Magic 8 Ball or the mood ring…the option offense is a fad from an era left way behind. If today’s offenses were a form of communication…the passing game of the spread offense would be a text message, while the wishbone would be the equivalent of the hand written letter.
The Air Force almost took the Sooners back to the future last Saturday. Like me, I would guess that most Sooner fans were nervous and concerned at one point as to what the outcome might be. But, I’m willing to bet that somewhere in heaven former Sooner QB Jack Mildren, ‘The Godfather’ of the wishbone, was smiling…lets just hope he wasn’t wearing a one piece leisure suit when he was.
Just the opinion of one mildly interested guy…
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
– ‘The Way We Were’ / Barbara Streisand
My Friday night was not spent doing the ‘Hustle’ at a Disco…nor did I dress up and participate in a Rocky Horror Picture Show. I didn’t spend the evening reading ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’…and not just because I have already seen the movie.
On Saturday, not once did I consider wearing bell bottom jeans or a rayon shirt to the game. I don’t have a CB radio in my car…probably because I would rather get a speeding ticket than utter the phrases "That's a big 10-4 good buddy.”
No, we didn’t spend the pre-game drinking Schlitz and listening to Jefferson Starship on an 8-track player in the O’Connell’s parking lot. Not once did the focus of our discussions involve: Charlie’s Angels, Jimmy Hoffa or the movie Jaws. While I am sure that somewhere there were discussions about military involvement in a foreign country or the price of gas…I would be surprised if Vietnam and .44 cents a gallon were the main points of contention.
At the stadium…while many chests in the stands were now artificial, the field of play no longer was…Mike Treps and John Brooks were no longer in the Sooners radio booth….and no, you couldn’t re-enter the stadium after leaving for a quick half-time beer. If there were any demonstrations or exhibitions of free love happening in or around the stadium, regrettably I was not involved.
And no…the first play of the game did not go anything like this: Quarterback Steve Davis, the 5’11” senior from Sallisaw, takes the snap, fakes a handoff to the FB Littrell…options right…cuts up field …now he pitches to Ivory. Horace, down the right sideline is finally pushed out of bounds at the 47 yard line. At least not for the Sooners anyway.
Despite these facts, who could blame any OU fan for experiencing a three hour journey back in time last Saturday? When you look down and see Lee Roy Selmon on the sideline while you are witnessing an option offense run up and down Owen Field for 351 yards on 63 carries...well…visions of 1975 are easy to imagine…even if the platform shoes aren’t.
This past weekend the University of Oklahoma held a reunion honoring members of the Oklahoma Sooners 1974 and 1975 back-to-back national championship teams. Lee Roy and Dewey Selmon, Steve Davis, Randy Hughes, Tinker Owens and Elvis Peacock were just a few of the 60+ Sooners and coaches who attended the weekend long celebration. The schedule of events included a party on Friday night followed by a special recognition ceremony that was held during half-time of Saturday’s game.
But the biggest tribute to that past era of Sooner champions may have been one that was unscheduled and unintentional.
It has been said, that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery…if that is truly the case…then the performance put on by the Air Force option offense last Saturday…must have had those Sooners of yester-year blushing.
‘One if by land, two if by…land’… Yes, the decade of the 70’s was ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ for OU fans. During those ‘Happy Days’ and ‘Good Times’ the Sooners combined a dominate defense with an explosive, high powered, high scoring wishbone offense to win more games than any other program in the country.
The times, they are a changing…. In the 1970’s, college football had a run first mentality. Need some proof? From 1972-1983 the only position to win a Heisman Trophy was a running back. Need more? Try this statistic: 58 of 152 for 1,331 yards. That was COMBINED passing totals for the 1974 and 1975 Oklahoma Sooners National Title teams. In 1975 the Sooners completed less passes that entire season (25) than Landry Jones did last Saturday (26).
Baseball has always been, and still is, about pitching and defense. In basketball, Jordan and Kobe proved that you could win a title without having a legitimate star at center. In hockey, it was the belief that you only went as far as your goalie would take you…which was a first round playoff exit once Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux came along….but the adjustment in offensive philosophy necessary to win a championship in college football, is arguably the biggest change seen in all of sports history. (This has been another deep thought brought to you by The OAS).
Today’s college football offense is like an iPhone or a laptop…sleek, modern, multi faceted machines built to produce instant rewards. Like the pet rock, the Magic 8 Ball or the mood ring…the option offense is a fad from an era left way behind. If today’s offenses were a form of communication…the passing game of the spread offense would be a text message, while the wishbone would be the equivalent of the hand written letter.
The Air Force almost took the Sooners back to the future last Saturday. Like me, I would guess that most Sooner fans were nervous and concerned at one point as to what the outcome might be. But, I’m willing to bet that somewhere in heaven former Sooner QB Jack Mildren, ‘The Godfather’ of the wishbone, was smiling…lets just hope he wasn’t wearing a one piece leisure suit when he was.
Just the opinion of one mildly interested guy…
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
Friday, September 17, 2010
OH, OH SEMINOLE WIN...FOR SOONERS
WEEK 2 RECAP
OKLAHOMA 47 FLORIDA ST. 17
“My attitude is one of hope…Hoping it was only one game, the first game…hoping that Utah St. was just better than expected (which I think is true)…and hoping that even though looking ahead is a bad habit too, maybe that is what happened here.”
–Quote from The OAS in Week One Update.
I know. Amazing isn’t it? Insight with that kind of depth is not easy to find these days. It’s a gift really. Oh, like you, I hear the talk…people calling me a “Super Hero of Sooner Stuff”…but I don’t know…the word ‘super’ is so over used these days. Ultimately, I guess that’s for me to decide. But regardless of how I label my genius, it feels good knowing that my level headed, even keel, emotionally stable approach in regards to all things Sooner Football is being recognized.
Not buying that? Yeah, me neither. Like most of you, I have met me. Even keel? Can’t say I have heard that used to describe me in, well, ever. My ‘hope prediction’ from last week, falls squarely into the “even my broken clock is right twice a day” category…Hell, I was just due. As far as my history with predictions or assumptions go…A man has a better chance of being the victim in a Lifetime Channel movie than I do being correct. I don’t need Charles Dickens to send the ‘Ghost of Over Reactions Past’ my way for a visit to remember these little winners:
“Allen Patrick will never see the field as a running back”
What I meant to say was…Patrick turned out to be a very important part of the offense for the Sooners in 2006 & 2007. In 2006, he adequately took over for an injured Adrian Peterson…rushing for 761 yards on 169 carries. In 2007 as the starter he rushed for a team leading 1,009 yards, on 173 carries. Not a bad career for a guy that was never going to see the field.
“The impact of the Rhett Bomar situation will not only destroy the 2007 season, it’s impact on the program could very well be felt for years to come”
Or Not. Sooners were Big 12 Champs in 2007 with a converted WR at QB. In 2008 a sophomore 2 star recruit from Putnam City named Sam Bradford led the Sooners to the Big 12 Title and BCS Title Game…Oh, and that guy Bradford; he also won the Heisman that year.
All those Bomar Sooner t-shirts I had made are in a box with my 2004 Sugar Bowl shirt, my 2005 Orange Bowl shirt and my Brent Rawls for Heisman t-shirts.
Mo Dampeer will take over from Tommie Harris and be the next great DT in Sooner historyNot So Much…Mo could have won ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with his sideline break dancing...but the Sooners were hoping for a Selmon Brother not M.C. Hammer. Dampeer ended his career with more interceptions than QB sacks (1).
But, that is the beauty of a new season and having a delete button on your blog….I am 1-0 and on fire in 2010.
"Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." – Mark Twain
Cancel those reservations at the Best Western in Shreveport. What a difference a week makes. Turns out that Landry Jones can still pass…our lineman can block….our cornerbacks can actually knock down a pass…our linebackers can make tackles with out causing red laundry to be thrown…and our kicker can…OK, well, things aren’t perfect, but they are a lot better than a lot of people in the Sooner Nation assumed at this point last week. No, the Sooners don’t suck…but we are probably not as good as we looked against FSU last weekend either. But what an improvement:
NEW & NOTES – OBSERVATION & OPINIONS
OFFENSE
Last Week: Simply Offensive / This Week: Mr. Jones & The Jets
It took three plays to see that the offensive game plan was ‘a little different’ than it was for Utah St. Last Week: was the ‘turn around and hand it to #7’ offense...the aesthetic auto equivalent of the Chrysler K-Car…This Week: the Sooners moved the ball around, utilized weapons no one thought they even had (see TE below) and set up the run with the pass. Auto equivalent: ‘Little red Corvette’.
No Matter What Week: News flash…Ryan Broyles is a stud
I would like to report a UFO sighting:
I think I saw a TE dressed in a Sooners uniform. Last Week: What is a Tight End? (Yes, I have several smart ass answers for that as well…no pun intended.)
This Week: Mr. End Zone, I would like you to meet: James Hanna & Trent Ratterree. No they have never met…at least not since 2008. In 2009 the Sooner TE’s had the same number of TD catches that I did…that would be zero if you are scoring at home. Hanna finally showed the speed and versatility we have been hearing about since he arrived in 2008. Was it my stadium cup cocktail or did anyone have a little Trent Smith flashback on his long TD catch?
Much Ado about Mossis Madu:
Dear Mossis: Welcome back from your one game suspension. I missed you. While you were gone, Kevin Wilson was very mean to me. He made me run the ball 35 times. Doesn’t he know that I breakdown easier than Lindsay Lohan in a court room? If you decide to drink again, please take RB Jermie Calhoun with you to be your designated driver…he is obviously not busy here and needs something to do. In fact, it will probably make him feel good that he finally got an important ‘carry’as a Sooner.
Sincerely, DeMarco Murray.
P.S. Do you Chris Brown’s cell number?
DEFENSE
Brent Venables: As The Fine Young Cannibals might have put it: He Drives Me Crazy. Every time I write him off, convinced that he couldn’t coach a player out of a paper bag…he comes off with a game plan or an adjustment that makes him out to be a genius. For every Lewis Baker he falls in love with, he develops a DJ Wolfe or Clint Ingram. For every running QB that has burned us for 200 yards on the ground.…there is a Heisman candidate or five that he has shut down like a typewriter store.
The defensive adjustment he made after the Seminoles first drive was the key to the game. The FSU coaches never found an answer. FSU QB Ponder was 11-28…and most of those 11 completions were on the first drive.
I admit that I have an on again off again thing for Venables. While I am not a fan, I am more than willing to acknowledge his success…Quick to criticize but the same with credit. He is like a woman that you are tired of going out with…but just not tired enough of her to break up. Venables and I are going out again Saturday against Air Force…triple option offenses and I have something in common…we have both been known to be hard on relationships. See ya Saturday Brent….pick you up about 2:30.
The emergence of freshman Tony Jefferson at nickel back has given the Sooners a nice problem to have. His play has Venables playing a nickel package as more of a base defense, which takes the strong side LB off the field…which is Ronnell Lewis. Lewis is a player the coaches want on the field…so they have him playing a lot at DE….which was a crowded and talented position to begin with. Interesting to see how the rotation plays out.
Thats all I got...
Just the Opinion of One Mildly Interested Guy
The Overweigth Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
OKLAHOMA 47 FLORIDA ST. 17
“My attitude is one of hope…Hoping it was only one game, the first game…hoping that Utah St. was just better than expected (which I think is true)…and hoping that even though looking ahead is a bad habit too, maybe that is what happened here.”
–Quote from The OAS in Week One Update.
I know. Amazing isn’t it? Insight with that kind of depth is not easy to find these days. It’s a gift really. Oh, like you, I hear the talk…people calling me a “Super Hero of Sooner Stuff”…but I don’t know…the word ‘super’ is so over used these days. Ultimately, I guess that’s for me to decide. But regardless of how I label my genius, it feels good knowing that my level headed, even keel, emotionally stable approach in regards to all things Sooner Football is being recognized.
Not buying that? Yeah, me neither. Like most of you, I have met me. Even keel? Can’t say I have heard that used to describe me in, well, ever. My ‘hope prediction’ from last week, falls squarely into the “even my broken clock is right twice a day” category…Hell, I was just due. As far as my history with predictions or assumptions go…A man has a better chance of being the victim in a Lifetime Channel movie than I do being correct. I don’t need Charles Dickens to send the ‘Ghost of Over Reactions Past’ my way for a visit to remember these little winners:
“Allen Patrick will never see the field as a running back”
What I meant to say was…Patrick turned out to be a very important part of the offense for the Sooners in 2006 & 2007. In 2006, he adequately took over for an injured Adrian Peterson…rushing for 761 yards on 169 carries. In 2007 as the starter he rushed for a team leading 1,009 yards, on 173 carries. Not a bad career for a guy that was never going to see the field.
“The impact of the Rhett Bomar situation will not only destroy the 2007 season, it’s impact on the program could very well be felt for years to come”
Or Not. Sooners were Big 12 Champs in 2007 with a converted WR at QB. In 2008 a sophomore 2 star recruit from Putnam City named Sam Bradford led the Sooners to the Big 12 Title and BCS Title Game…Oh, and that guy Bradford; he also won the Heisman that year.
All those Bomar Sooner t-shirts I had made are in a box with my 2004 Sugar Bowl shirt, my 2005 Orange Bowl shirt and my Brent Rawls for Heisman t-shirts.
Mo Dampeer will take over from Tommie Harris and be the next great DT in Sooner historyNot So Much…Mo could have won ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with his sideline break dancing...but the Sooners were hoping for a Selmon Brother not M.C. Hammer. Dampeer ended his career with more interceptions than QB sacks (1).
But, that is the beauty of a new season and having a delete button on your blog….I am 1-0 and on fire in 2010.
"Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated." – Mark Twain
Cancel those reservations at the Best Western in Shreveport. What a difference a week makes. Turns out that Landry Jones can still pass…our lineman can block….our cornerbacks can actually knock down a pass…our linebackers can make tackles with out causing red laundry to be thrown…and our kicker can…OK, well, things aren’t perfect, but they are a lot better than a lot of people in the Sooner Nation assumed at this point last week. No, the Sooners don’t suck…but we are probably not as good as we looked against FSU last weekend either. But what an improvement:
NEW & NOTES – OBSERVATION & OPINIONS
OFFENSE
Last Week: Simply Offensive / This Week: Mr. Jones & The Jets
It took three plays to see that the offensive game plan was ‘a little different’ than it was for Utah St. Last Week: was the ‘turn around and hand it to #7’ offense...the aesthetic auto equivalent of the Chrysler K-Car…This Week: the Sooners moved the ball around, utilized weapons no one thought they even had (see TE below) and set up the run with the pass. Auto equivalent: ‘Little red Corvette’.
No Matter What Week: News flash…Ryan Broyles is a stud
I would like to report a UFO sighting:
I think I saw a TE dressed in a Sooners uniform. Last Week: What is a Tight End? (Yes, I have several smart ass answers for that as well…no pun intended.)
This Week: Mr. End Zone, I would like you to meet: James Hanna & Trent Ratterree. No they have never met…at least not since 2008. In 2009 the Sooner TE’s had the same number of TD catches that I did…that would be zero if you are scoring at home. Hanna finally showed the speed and versatility we have been hearing about since he arrived in 2008. Was it my stadium cup cocktail or did anyone have a little Trent Smith flashback on his long TD catch?
Much Ado about Mossis Madu:
Dear Mossis: Welcome back from your one game suspension. I missed you. While you were gone, Kevin Wilson was very mean to me. He made me run the ball 35 times. Doesn’t he know that I breakdown easier than Lindsay Lohan in a court room? If you decide to drink again, please take RB Jermie Calhoun with you to be your designated driver…he is obviously not busy here and needs something to do. In fact, it will probably make him feel good that he finally got an important ‘carry’as a Sooner.
Sincerely, DeMarco Murray.
P.S. Do you Chris Brown’s cell number?
DEFENSE
Brent Venables: As The Fine Young Cannibals might have put it: He Drives Me Crazy. Every time I write him off, convinced that he couldn’t coach a player out of a paper bag…he comes off with a game plan or an adjustment that makes him out to be a genius. For every Lewis Baker he falls in love with, he develops a DJ Wolfe or Clint Ingram. For every running QB that has burned us for 200 yards on the ground.…there is a Heisman candidate or five that he has shut down like a typewriter store.
The defensive adjustment he made after the Seminoles first drive was the key to the game. The FSU coaches never found an answer. FSU QB Ponder was 11-28…and most of those 11 completions were on the first drive.
I admit that I have an on again off again thing for Venables. While I am not a fan, I am more than willing to acknowledge his success…Quick to criticize but the same with credit. He is like a woman that you are tired of going out with…but just not tired enough of her to break up. Venables and I are going out again Saturday against Air Force…triple option offenses and I have something in common…we have both been known to be hard on relationships. See ya Saturday Brent….pick you up about 2:30.
The emergence of freshman Tony Jefferson at nickel back has given the Sooners a nice problem to have. His play has Venables playing a nickel package as more of a base defense, which takes the strong side LB off the field…which is Ronnell Lewis. Lewis is a player the coaches want on the field…so they have him playing a lot at DE….which was a crowded and talented position to begin with. Interesting to see how the rotation plays out.
Thats all I got...
Just the Opinion of One Mildly Interested Guy
The Overweigth Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
Thursday, September 9, 2010
SOONERS SURVIVE OPENER
WEEK ONE RECAP:
OKLAHOMA 31 UTAH ST. 24
THE OAS SOONER SPOT LIGHT: Patrick O’Hara, OU place kicker
Thought I would mention this kid now before he isn’t the kicker anymore. Has anyone said anything good about any of the Sooners place kickers this year? “Hey, they never forget to bring their kicking shoe…Anything?” I mean seriously, how confident can this kid O’Hara be? Two weeks ago, his head coach was so impressed with his performance in practice that he felt the need to publicly invite anyone with a pulse and a student ID to come out and audition for his kicking job.
When no one with the ability to be consistent inside of 40 yards magically emerged from the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Studies….Stoops reluctantly named O’Hara the starting kicker. When pressed as to why by inquiring minds…Stoops all but said: “of all the candidates, he sucked the least…and the people printing the program needed a name to put next to the K.” This kid needs his holder to be Dr. Phil.
I seriously think he needs to be featured in a Dos Equis type ad:
He is blamed for losing games the team has yet to even play…Tony Robbins advised him that his only option was to just give up...He was the punch line to jokes told before he was even born…his mother openly admits she wanted a girl…The questions on his recent Spanish class final exam were written in French…Homeless people feel the need to give him money…His twin, if he had one, would claim to be an only child…He is…the most beaten down Sooner in the world.
Need more evidence of the lack of confidence from his coach? Facing 4th and 6 from UTS 28 yard line…Stoops felt it a better gamble to go for it on 4th down then he did have O’Hara attempt a field goal from 45 yards out. Since I think a donut has a better chance to survive 5 minutes alone with Kirstie Alley then O’Hara does making a 45 yard field goal….I thought it was the right move. (The OAS has your back coach!)
I am proud for O’Hara and his success Saturday night. He converted all of his extra points and the one field goal opportunity he got. Good for him. But just for the record, O’Hara’s 32 yard field goal might very well have been the ugliest ever made in school history…but the key word in that sentence was “made” I guess. Ugly but effective can certainly work…just ask Steve Buscemi….
In the words of the Most Interesting Man in the World: “I don’t always try field goals, but when I do, I prefer to drink heavily….Score Touchdowns My Friends"
PRE-GAME
Clearly, the “in thing” in business advertising these days is to boast a mascot. To me, walking around campus corner was like being an extra in a Pixar Film. There was a walking steel belted radial tire, a hand shaking computer screen, an overly aggressive orange safety cone representing who knows what...and my personal favorite, a water drop named H2Ou. Evidently there must be some sort of Campus Corner mandate that if your product is edible, it must be represented by a mascot. What happened to the day when a business would just pay Billy Sims $20 to stand at the door and tell you it was his favorite place? Now it like a buffet on parade…everywhere you turn there is a walking, talking, smiling, kid kissing, 7” tall carbohydrate trying to hand you a flyer. Does this kind of marketing really work? Maybe it’s just me, but I just can’t envision a scenario in which my dietary decision would be influenced one way or another by a dancing Bean Burrito.
THE GAME
Positive first play √ Score inside the red zone √ Convert extra point √
QB not hurt before half √ Schooner Ponies don’t take pre-game poop on field √
Sooners roll over Aggies...X
“Holy ‘Big Love’…this can’t be happening again…can it?”
Yes, that thought crossed my mind more than once Saturday night. Well, OK…maybe not that exact thought. My disbelief at the possibility of losing a second consecutive season opener probably didn’t include a reference to the HBO series Big Love…but hey, how often does one get the opportunity to work a TV show about polygamous families in Utah into the conversation? I am nothing if not opportunistic.
The truth of the matter is…the Sooners got outplayed and maybe outcoached last Saturday night. In the end OU won the game because: (1) it was at Owen Field and (2) the disproportionate talent edge the Sooners possessed made just enough plays to avoid being upset by the 31 point underdog Aggies.
The victory was the 800th in Oklahoma school history, an accomplishment that only 7 other schools can make. 800 wins is an amazing accomplishment…it validates our sense of tradition and underscores the consistent, long term excellence that this program has achieved…Nice milestone…but if you are wondering why you didn’t get invited to the 800th win celebration after the game, don’t worry…it is because there wasn’t one. This team has major issues that need to be addressed and soon….cause if they don’t…you won’t be getting invited to the post game 801st victory celebration this weekend either.
Couple Positives -Thought Wort & R. Lewis were active and aggressive. Tom Wort, obviously a little to much so with the 2 personal foul penalties. It didn’t bother me as much as coaches, I was glad to see some passion out there.
-Freshman contributions. I noticed lots of redshirt and true freshman out on the field. The one that stood out the most was true freshman DB Tony Jefferson from California. He is the starting nickel back…played very well in my opinion.
“I thought we could get a foot, and I was almost wrong.” – Bob Stoops
Still 8 minutes to go in 3rd quarter, OU goes for 4th and inches at own 32
Panic move or Big Game Bob Move? Were coaches concerned that by punting they would be behind next time they had the ball? Interesting call.
Frankly, enough is being said about this game, so I won’t recap what you have already read...My attitude is one of hope…Hoping it was only one game, the first game…hoping that Utah St. was just better than expected (which I think is true)…and hoping that even though looking ahead is a bad habit too, maybe that was what happened here. We will know soon enough.
See you in Norman, get there early....we are.--“Stay thirsty my friends”
Just the Opinion of one mildly interested guy
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
OKLAHOMA 31 UTAH ST. 24
THE OAS SOONER SPOT LIGHT: Patrick O’Hara, OU place kicker
Thought I would mention this kid now before he isn’t the kicker anymore. Has anyone said anything good about any of the Sooners place kickers this year? “Hey, they never forget to bring their kicking shoe…Anything?” I mean seriously, how confident can this kid O’Hara be? Two weeks ago, his head coach was so impressed with his performance in practice that he felt the need to publicly invite anyone with a pulse and a student ID to come out and audition for his kicking job.
When no one with the ability to be consistent inside of 40 yards magically emerged from the Department of Medieval and Renaissance Studies….Stoops reluctantly named O’Hara the starting kicker. When pressed as to why by inquiring minds…Stoops all but said: “of all the candidates, he sucked the least…and the people printing the program needed a name to put next to the K.” This kid needs his holder to be Dr. Phil.
I seriously think he needs to be featured in a Dos Equis type ad:
He is blamed for losing games the team has yet to even play…Tony Robbins advised him that his only option was to just give up...He was the punch line to jokes told before he was even born…his mother openly admits she wanted a girl…The questions on his recent Spanish class final exam were written in French…Homeless people feel the need to give him money…His twin, if he had one, would claim to be an only child…He is…the most beaten down Sooner in the world.
Need more evidence of the lack of confidence from his coach? Facing 4th and 6 from UTS 28 yard line…Stoops felt it a better gamble to go for it on 4th down then he did have O’Hara attempt a field goal from 45 yards out. Since I think a donut has a better chance to survive 5 minutes alone with Kirstie Alley then O’Hara does making a 45 yard field goal….I thought it was the right move. (The OAS has your back coach!)
I am proud for O’Hara and his success Saturday night. He converted all of his extra points and the one field goal opportunity he got. Good for him. But just for the record, O’Hara’s 32 yard field goal might very well have been the ugliest ever made in school history…but the key word in that sentence was “made” I guess. Ugly but effective can certainly work…just ask Steve Buscemi….
In the words of the Most Interesting Man in the World: “I don’t always try field goals, but when I do, I prefer to drink heavily….Score Touchdowns My Friends"
PRE-GAME
Clearly, the “in thing” in business advertising these days is to boast a mascot. To me, walking around campus corner was like being an extra in a Pixar Film. There was a walking steel belted radial tire, a hand shaking computer screen, an overly aggressive orange safety cone representing who knows what...and my personal favorite, a water drop named H2Ou. Evidently there must be some sort of Campus Corner mandate that if your product is edible, it must be represented by a mascot. What happened to the day when a business would just pay Billy Sims $20 to stand at the door and tell you it was his favorite place? Now it like a buffet on parade…everywhere you turn there is a walking, talking, smiling, kid kissing, 7” tall carbohydrate trying to hand you a flyer. Does this kind of marketing really work? Maybe it’s just me, but I just can’t envision a scenario in which my dietary decision would be influenced one way or another by a dancing Bean Burrito.
THE GAME
Positive first play √ Score inside the red zone √ Convert extra point √
QB not hurt before half √ Schooner Ponies don’t take pre-game poop on field √
Sooners roll over Aggies...X
“Holy ‘Big Love’…this can’t be happening again…can it?”
Yes, that thought crossed my mind more than once Saturday night. Well, OK…maybe not that exact thought. My disbelief at the possibility of losing a second consecutive season opener probably didn’t include a reference to the HBO series Big Love…but hey, how often does one get the opportunity to work a TV show about polygamous families in Utah into the conversation? I am nothing if not opportunistic.
The truth of the matter is…the Sooners got outplayed and maybe outcoached last Saturday night. In the end OU won the game because: (1) it was at Owen Field and (2) the disproportionate talent edge the Sooners possessed made just enough plays to avoid being upset by the 31 point underdog Aggies.
The victory was the 800th in Oklahoma school history, an accomplishment that only 7 other schools can make. 800 wins is an amazing accomplishment…it validates our sense of tradition and underscores the consistent, long term excellence that this program has achieved…Nice milestone…but if you are wondering why you didn’t get invited to the 800th win celebration after the game, don’t worry…it is because there wasn’t one. This team has major issues that need to be addressed and soon….cause if they don’t…you won’t be getting invited to the post game 801st victory celebration this weekend either.
Couple Positives -Thought Wort & R. Lewis were active and aggressive. Tom Wort, obviously a little to much so with the 2 personal foul penalties. It didn’t bother me as much as coaches, I was glad to see some passion out there.
-Freshman contributions. I noticed lots of redshirt and true freshman out on the field. The one that stood out the most was true freshman DB Tony Jefferson from California. He is the starting nickel back…played very well in my opinion.
“I thought we could get a foot, and I was almost wrong.” – Bob Stoops
Still 8 minutes to go in 3rd quarter, OU goes for 4th and inches at own 32
Panic move or Big Game Bob Move? Were coaches concerned that by punting they would be behind next time they had the ball? Interesting call.
Frankly, enough is being said about this game, so I won’t recap what you have already read...My attitude is one of hope…Hoping it was only one game, the first game…hoping that Utah St. was just better than expected (which I think is true)…and hoping that even though looking ahead is a bad habit too, maybe that was what happened here. We will know soon enough.
See you in Norman, get there early....we are.--“Stay thirsty my friends”
Just the Opinion of one mildly interested guy
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
Buddy Putty
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Time To Begin 2010
TAKE 2
For the second straight year the Sooners will open the season against a team from the Mormon state. OK, OK…calm down. Just like you, I am well aware of the fact that the official nickname for the state of Utah is The Beehive State. But seriously, The Beehive State? I don’t get it…Is Winnie the Pooh from Utah or what? I will grant you that the Mormon state is not ideal...but at least it is not as generic and non-associating as a beehive. Look, my name is Buddy Putty, so who am I to say shit to anybody about what they want to call themselves. But I will say this…My “official” name is Weldon. The only people who address me as such are opposing counsels and some bitch from Discover Card…and I don’t like it or them. Weldon is an old guy who hangs out at the coffee shop. Weldon doesn’t fit me. So out of respect for Butch Cassidy, Donnie Osmond and all the other Utahans I have never met...Utah is the Mormon State.
(Wow, first paragraph and I go way off the map…although it seems worth it, if for no other reason than I got to use Winnie the Pooh and Butch Cassidy in the same paragraph.)
Anyway…Also like last year, the opening opponent will be dressed in blue and white and will be a double-digit underdog. As was also the case a year ago, the game is scheduled for evening kickoff and will be played before a large partisan OU crowd.
Also like last year, I plan on arriving at the game early. I plan on enjoying some time with old friends as well as some adult beverages. I am sure that just like opening day last year and all the opening days prior …I will still get that familiar rush that come with the new season…things I call ”the traditions”
The traditions are things…like the energy you feel and the color you see entering the stadium…hearing the “go-go” as the Pride takes the field (just got chills)…Waiting to see if the Drum Major who leads the team down the field can tilt his head back like the guys we watched as kids…all the while knowing he won’t. It’s the chill I will get from watching the new intro video on the Jumbo-Tron…which is similar to the one I will get when the Sooners take the field. Tradition is a large bag of peanuts and the sound of crown royal and ice merging in a $6 stadium cup. Hey, some traditions are better for you than others.
On a personal note, there is one tradition that I will enjoy above all other this season…I will see my friend Ken again. Ken is the unfortunate soul who has had to sit next to me at Memorial Stadium for the last 17 years. Don’t know that I have ever heard him cuss; don’t know that he has ever heard me not. Ken has been battling cancer for a couple years with a courage and passion that is truly remarkable. If he possessed an attitude wrought with bitterness or defined by depression, one would understand, if not condone…instead you find a Sooner fan with a youthful exuberance and passion that even I bow too. Instead of complaining about how he feels or the effects of chemo…Ken will talk about the point spread and single out which Pom-Pom girl he thinks wants to date him this season. Last year Ken had a tear running down his face on senior night. While we were all sad to see Cordero Moore and Carter Whitson graduate…I knew what he was thinking…maybe this was his last home game too. He promised me he would be back. He called me last week to confirm that he was indeed “living" up to his end of the deal. I never doubted for a moment that he wouldn't. Ken told me he was looking forward to seeing me…I am looking forward to him seeing me too…Ken, the honor is all mine. Boomer Sooner
Yes, it will be all smiles and maybe even a Steel Magnolia moment or two. It will be good to be back with something so familiar, so good, so comfortable….
That being said….from that point on….I hope that any and all similarities to last year come to an end.
NEW SCRIPT
I hope that Joe Castiglione does not have to scoop up pony poop before the anthem. I hope that after one play, it is not 1st and 15. I hope that the Sooners will find a way to score touchdowns inside the red zone…and be able make the point after when they do. I hope that if Landry Jones is standing on the sidelines in the second half without pads on, that he is eating ice instead of wearing it. I hope Stoops does not wait until Jones gets hurt to get Allen some snaps. I hope that the mouthy idiot two rows behind me had to go to a wedding or a baby shower or had car trouble and couldn’t make the game. I hope that the guy who wins the Carl’s punt, pass and kick thing has some eligibility left so he can kick for us. I hope our starting tight end is not on crutches when the game starts and has better hand than a fish after it does. I hope that LB’s Tom Wort & Ronnell Lewis are as good as I think they are…Jamarkus McFarland is more Selmon, Harris & McCoy than he is Mo Dampeer or De Granger. I hope the Sooner coaches can find the milk carton that former top prospect in the nation R.J. Washington is on. I hope Wheeler and Colman are ready to roll with the food this week, because I am going to be a consumer not a provider. I hope the final score is what I expect it to be.
It is time for football. Personally, the season could not be getting here at a better time for me. Life is strange…about the time you think you got it all figured out, it provides proof that you don’t. Going to Norman for OU games has always been like going home…a place to see old friends and meet new ones…there is a comfort in it…its good for the sole…and my soul could use some good.
It is time to renew traditions. Time to feel the chills those traditions bring…It’s time to tape your ankles and put on your eye black…time to turn on GameDay and fill you flask. Get out your new OU shirt and visor…and pick out your Pom-Pom girl…It’s time to get excited about potential and be nervous about the unknown…Its time to see old friends and met new…It’s time for football….It’s about time
Just the opinion of one mildly interested fan...
Buddy Putty
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
For the second straight year the Sooners will open the season against a team from the Mormon state. OK, OK…calm down. Just like you, I am well aware of the fact that the official nickname for the state of Utah is The Beehive State. But seriously, The Beehive State? I don’t get it…Is Winnie the Pooh from Utah or what? I will grant you that the Mormon state is not ideal...but at least it is not as generic and non-associating as a beehive. Look, my name is Buddy Putty, so who am I to say shit to anybody about what they want to call themselves. But I will say this…My “official” name is Weldon. The only people who address me as such are opposing counsels and some bitch from Discover Card…and I don’t like it or them. Weldon is an old guy who hangs out at the coffee shop. Weldon doesn’t fit me. So out of respect for Butch Cassidy, Donnie Osmond and all the other Utahans I have never met...Utah is the Mormon State.
(Wow, first paragraph and I go way off the map…although it seems worth it, if for no other reason than I got to use Winnie the Pooh and Butch Cassidy in the same paragraph.)
Anyway…Also like last year, the opening opponent will be dressed in blue and white and will be a double-digit underdog. As was also the case a year ago, the game is scheduled for evening kickoff and will be played before a large partisan OU crowd.
Also like last year, I plan on arriving at the game early. I plan on enjoying some time with old friends as well as some adult beverages. I am sure that just like opening day last year and all the opening days prior …I will still get that familiar rush that come with the new season…things I call ”the traditions”
The traditions are things…like the energy you feel and the color you see entering the stadium…hearing the “go-go” as the Pride takes the field (just got chills)…Waiting to see if the Drum Major who leads the team down the field can tilt his head back like the guys we watched as kids…all the while knowing he won’t. It’s the chill I will get from watching the new intro video on the Jumbo-Tron…which is similar to the one I will get when the Sooners take the field. Tradition is a large bag of peanuts and the sound of crown royal and ice merging in a $6 stadium cup. Hey, some traditions are better for you than others.
On a personal note, there is one tradition that I will enjoy above all other this season…I will see my friend Ken again. Ken is the unfortunate soul who has had to sit next to me at Memorial Stadium for the last 17 years. Don’t know that I have ever heard him cuss; don’t know that he has ever heard me not. Ken has been battling cancer for a couple years with a courage and passion that is truly remarkable. If he possessed an attitude wrought with bitterness or defined by depression, one would understand, if not condone…instead you find a Sooner fan with a youthful exuberance and passion that even I bow too. Instead of complaining about how he feels or the effects of chemo…Ken will talk about the point spread and single out which Pom-Pom girl he thinks wants to date him this season. Last year Ken had a tear running down his face on senior night. While we were all sad to see Cordero Moore and Carter Whitson graduate…I knew what he was thinking…maybe this was his last home game too. He promised me he would be back. He called me last week to confirm that he was indeed “living" up to his end of the deal. I never doubted for a moment that he wouldn't. Ken told me he was looking forward to seeing me…I am looking forward to him seeing me too…Ken, the honor is all mine. Boomer Sooner
Yes, it will be all smiles and maybe even a Steel Magnolia moment or two. It will be good to be back with something so familiar, so good, so comfortable….
That being said….from that point on….I hope that any and all similarities to last year come to an end.
NEW SCRIPT
I hope that Joe Castiglione does not have to scoop up pony poop before the anthem. I hope that after one play, it is not 1st and 15. I hope that the Sooners will find a way to score touchdowns inside the red zone…and be able make the point after when they do. I hope that if Landry Jones is standing on the sidelines in the second half without pads on, that he is eating ice instead of wearing it. I hope Stoops does not wait until Jones gets hurt to get Allen some snaps. I hope that the mouthy idiot two rows behind me had to go to a wedding or a baby shower or had car trouble and couldn’t make the game. I hope that the guy who wins the Carl’s punt, pass and kick thing has some eligibility left so he can kick for us. I hope our starting tight end is not on crutches when the game starts and has better hand than a fish after it does. I hope that LB’s Tom Wort & Ronnell Lewis are as good as I think they are…Jamarkus McFarland is more Selmon, Harris & McCoy than he is Mo Dampeer or De Granger. I hope the Sooner coaches can find the milk carton that former top prospect in the nation R.J. Washington is on. I hope Wheeler and Colman are ready to roll with the food this week, because I am going to be a consumer not a provider. I hope the final score is what I expect it to be.
It is time for football. Personally, the season could not be getting here at a better time for me. Life is strange…about the time you think you got it all figured out, it provides proof that you don’t. Going to Norman for OU games has always been like going home…a place to see old friends and meet new ones…there is a comfort in it…its good for the sole…and my soul could use some good.
It is time to renew traditions. Time to feel the chills those traditions bring…It’s time to tape your ankles and put on your eye black…time to turn on GameDay and fill you flask. Get out your new OU shirt and visor…and pick out your Pom-Pom girl…It’s time to get excited about potential and be nervous about the unknown…Its time to see old friends and met new…It’s time for football….It’s about time
Just the opinion of one mildly interested fan...
Buddy Putty
The Overweight Armchair Sooner
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