***Official OU vs. Condoms Thread***

[OKC-SLC]

Is this happening?

Are we doing this?

[Ton Loc]

Is this happening?

Are we doing this?

new guy in

[OKC-SLC]

2-2
18:25

[SoonerBOI]

nice shot by godbold.

[OKC-SLC]

Sick block by B. Griffin.

[SoonerBOI]

USC wants to dictate the tempo.

[Ton Loc]

BLOCKED!!!!!!!!!!

[Jello Biafra]

BLOCKED!!!!!!!!!!

get that mess outta here...

[SoonerBOI]

BG erases the shot bigtime!

[OKC-SLC]

I don't think SUCk is going to go 3 minutes scoring only two very often. Need to score during their droughts.

[OKC-SLC]

USC wants to dictate the tempo.
sure looks like it.


Leary picks up second foul.

2-2
17:05
USC shooting two.

[Ton Loc]

annoucers???? who the hell are these guys???

[SoonerBOI]

Sweet three by AJ.

[OKC-SLC]

Longar needs to not suck so bad at free throws. you know, if that's cool with him and all.

[SoonerBOI]

Mayo resembles Reggie Bush.

[OKC-SLC]

nice rebound by LL. Needs to make the putback. Fouled.

USC 8
OU 5
15:43

LL shooting two when back from timeout.

[SoonerBOI]

Longar needs to not suck so bad at free throws. you know, if that's cool with him and all.

He needs to convert on FT. I wish he would just dunk the ball.

[tommieharris91]

Umm announcers are Pac-10 homers. Blake only gets a few minutes, while we watch OMG OJ MAYO IS AMAZING AND SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED MORE!!!1!!!1

[OKC-SLC]

LL makes one. Down two now.

[OKC-SLC]

LL needs to stop shooting from 15 feet. That's two he's tried/missed.

[tommieharris91]

Hmm...Wonder how much tix to champ game are... also wonder if I can find a place to stay...

[OKC-SLC]

They're double teaming B. Griffin. I don't know that he's touched the ball more than once so far.

[SoonerBOI]

Nice D series there.

[OKC-SLC]

Man, it's frustrating that we couldn't convert that steal. It's almost like no one has the confidence to take a shot and tries the extra pass instead.

[SoonerBOI]

Nice Keith Clark!

[Ash]

That crowd is pitiful.

[tommieharris91]

We cannot shoot tonight.

[Ash]

Can't hit shots and drawing fouls.

[SoonerBOI]

Cade must settle down.

[tommieharris91]

Condom's ad: We're better than you, we're smarter than you. You're welcome.

[Ash]

I'm impressed with the D on Mayo

[OKC-SLC]

We cannot shoot tonight.
Seems to be a recurring problem.


Since 1994.

[Ash]

Nice job of stopping the break and getting the offensive foul

[OKC-SLC]

I'm impressed with the D overall.

The offense, meh.

We just chronically seem to have more people on the team that THINK they're three point specialists than we actually have.

[Ash]

Apparently, OJ Mayo's NBA development at USC involves getting use to the NBA travelling rule.

He's taking steps on the last two possessions.

[batonrougesooner]

what channel?

[SoonerBOI]

are they using PAC-10 officials?

[tommieharris91]

2/8 3-pt FG's = We can't go inside.

now 2/9.

Taj Gibson get his third. That is good for us. Takes on of their NBA-talent guys out for the half.

[OKC-SLC]

Very strong play and nice finish by B. Griffin.

[Ash]

I'm impressed with the D overall.

The offense, meh.

We just chronically seem to have more people on the team that THINK they're three point specialists than we actually have.

True, the really frustrating thing is the lack of a concerted effort to get points inside.

[SoonerBOI]

nice pivot by BG.

[OKC-SLC]

what channel?
FSN.

OU 13
SUC 14

7:30.

[tommieharris91]

what channel?

FSN.

14-13 condoms.
7:40 1st

[Ash]

If the entry pass to Griffin isn't there, drive and dish or do backscreen or something.

[batonrougesooner]

thanks

[Ton Loc]

True, the really frustrating thing is the lack of a concerted effort to get points inside.

the problem is its hard to get points inside when USC is packing the paint and double teaming everytime the ball comes in the post.

seems to be working unless we start hitting outside shots

[OKC-SLC]

If the entry pass to Griffin isn't there, drive and dish or do backscreen or something.
Yeah, we just seem to have no imagination.

That said, SUC is loaded with NBA players, and they aren't exactly burning the place down with inside thunder.

[SoonerBOI]

that was a bad shot selection by Blake.

[OKC-SLC]

If I see T. Griffin shoot another three, I'm going to puke.

Oh great, now B. Griffin thinks HE'S the three point specialist. Airball.


wtf?

[Ash]

BG airballs a 3.

It's okay to shoot the ball between the three point line and the basket fellas.

[Ton Loc]

HOLY HELL
our shotting % is going to be around 9%

[Ash]

the problem is its hard to get points inside when USC is packing the paint and double teaming everytime the ball comes in the post.

seems to be working unless we start hitting outside shots

good point, but we just saw a couple possessions ago what our motion can do to disrupt that zone and open up the paint. Problem is, there was no option down low after the initial post up.

THat's my problem, you can do more than drive from the top of the key and entry passes to the post to get inside points.

[OKC-SLC]

HOLY HELL
our shotting % is going to be around 9%
2-10 from 3-pt


And now missed the front end of a 1-1.

And SUC with a basket.

And us with a miss.

And SUC charges on LL.

USC 22
OU 13

5:00 to go, our ball.

[Ash]

Hacket should have been T'd up.

[Ton Loc]

USC has gone over our backs about 10 times now before that foul

[SoonerBOI]

FT sucks!

[Ash]

If you can't hit from the field and you can't hit from the foul line, you're pretty much screwed.

We need to find some offense.

[OKC-SLC]

our three point shooting is only rivaled by our free throw shooting.

[Ton Loc]

USC has gone over our backs about 10 times now before that foul

and again and again

[Ash]

Another thing I'd like to see, is the team crash the boards. After a missed shot there's one guy down there battling four SC players.

[OKC-SLC]

Someone seriously tell me if having Longar jack 15 footers was part of our offensive game plan. Because the kid's barely drawing iron on the three I can think of this game.

There is absolutely no reason for SUC to foul us--let us shoot it wide open. Aw hell, foul us. That way SUC gets to get in position for the rebound.

[birddog]

this is bad.

shooting continues to be a serious problem.

[Ton Loc]

Someone seriously tell me if having Longar jack 15 footers was part of our offensive game plan. Because the kid's barely drawing iron on the three I can think of this game.

There is absolutely no reason for SUC to foul us--let us shoot it wide open. Aw hell, foul us. That way SUC gets to get in position for the rebound.

i don't think it matters who is shooting right now...it's all the same result :eek:

[illinisooner]

Whatever happens...I'm blaming Mark Bradley. Seriously, what's up with the shooting? I know we're not great at shooting, but c'mon, we're not this bad. Oh well, can't get any worse and the D isn't horrible, hopefully we can find a way to pull this one out.

[OKC-SLC]

T. griffin with jumper.

OU 18
USC 26

1:04 left, USC ball.

[OKC-SLC]

we just missed a layup by a lot.

granted, it was a bit contested.

but it was a big lot.

[Ton Loc]

not that it matters, but the refs suck
the color guy sucks harder

[Ash]

Nice no call when Crocker gets the forearm shiver.

D is ok, but we need to hit the boards. Second and third chance buckets are our only chance since we can't toss into the ocean tonight.

[OKC-SLC]

not that it matters, but the refs suck
the color guy sucks harder
all true statements.

I think that OJ Mayo has actually cured cancer during the first half, if you ask the color guy.

[Ash]

Have I mentioned that the crowd sucks?

[OKC-SLC]

D is ok, but we need to hit the boards. Second and third chance buckets are our only chance since we can't toss into the ocean tonight.
yeah, the rebounding has been disappointing.

[SoonerBOI]

still a manageable lead by SC. Post game is lacking, perimeter game not clicking. If we can just convert on our FT this is a close game. IMHO

[Ash]

all true statements.

I think that OJ Mayo has actually cured cancer during the first half, if you ask the color guy.

He's brought peace to the middle east, no babies will go hungry ever again and taxes are lower...thanks to OJ Mayo

[Ton Loc]

Have I mentioned that the crowd sucks?

They make OU's home crowd sound look good.
Notice how many football jerseys are in crowd...I don't think they know where they are

[SoonerBOI]

Does L2 have a good medium range jumpshot?:confused:

[Ash]

Anyone watching the highlights? K-state loses because their players can't count.

[Ash]

They make OU's home crowd sound look good.
Notice how many football jerseys are in crowd...I don't think they know where they are

A few people cheer when their team does well, but the whole crowd erupts when BG airballs the 3.

In fact, they don't seem to know when to cheer or really have the desire. Typical SoCal crowd. They'll all be gone about 5:00 minutes into the second half to "beat the traffic."

[tommieharris91]

A few people cheer when their team does well, but the whole crowd erupts when BG airballs the 3.

In fact, they don't seem to know when to cheer or really have the desire. Typical SoCal crowd. They'll all be gone about 5:00 minutes into the second half to "beat the traffic."

Sounds like OU, cept the few of us that go to home games cheer for OU instead of the otehr team.

[Ash]

Sounds like OU, cept the few of us that go to home games cheer for OU instead of the otehr team.

:( :O

[badger]

Have I mentioned that the crowd sucks?
sooo... just like us, eh? :D

it's a non-conf game. they're probably saving their energy for ucla.

[SoonerBOI]

nice 5-0 run. I like KC's potential.

[SoonerBOI]

Pete needs a botox shot, srsly.

[OKC-SLC]

Just got back...we looking a bit better this half?

[badger]

those "crimson" jerseys look a tad faded.

sorry, just joined in from disappointment-of-a-game. if you don't know, don't ask, and if you do, don't tell :mad:

[badger]

A nun, a priest and a rabbi walk into a bar... PETE CARROLL IS A D00SHE

[tommieharris91]

And I thought we would have gone this whole game with out hearing about that one game...

[OKC-SLC]

Nice of Petey to keep an extra button un-done.

[Ash]

Pulled within 3. Can we sustain?

[tommieharris91]

Here's what's going on:

We started to his shots. They had built up a 13-pt lead, but OU got hot and cut it down to 4. AJ just hit a 3, and now the condom lead is 3. AJ has scored 9 this half.

[Ash]

Mayo called for hooking on the court! :eek:

[OKC-SLC]

We seem hellbent on tying it with a three rather than taking the ball into the paint which is starting to open up a bit.

[Ash]

C'mon guys. Just because one guy hits a three doesn't mean they'll start raining down. Find a shot!!!!

[badger]

only down by 3 now. good job coming back, guys :D

[Ash]

Nice rebound, feed and move to the basket by L2!

[OKC-SLC]

LL with some voyeur defense after his basket.

[Ash]

We're letting their guards get inside way too easy.

Rebounding still is suspect.

[Ash]

LL with some voyeur defense after his basket.

Ole! :twinkies:

[Ash]

That was a cheapy foul. :mad:

[OKC-SLC]

right around here is a pivotal point in the game. They are looking to stretch the lead out to 10, and our guys will start thinking about jacking (more) threes out of fear of the game getting away from them.

Need to SOMEHOW establish an inside game on offense.

[King Crimson]

this one about to get out of hand.

[King Crimson]

no foul on Mayo? bull****.

[Ash]

Granted Mayo is on another level, but you see with Mayo how valuable a pure scorer can be. Some guy who can get his shot.

We need a scorer on this team. They don't need to be on the same level of Mayo, but we need a guy who can find his own shot.

[OKC-SLC]

am i the only one who saw the male SUCk fan primping himself to the camera?

[tommieharris91]

Our defense has broken down completely.

Mayo played 6 years of high school ball??? :eek:

[Ash]

Clark hits a nice turnaround.

[OKC-SLC]

A. Johnson has convinced himself he has a consistent outside shot.

Someone needs to talk him out of that.

[Ash]

am i the only one who saw the male SUCk fan primping himself to the camera?

no and it was GHEY

[OUMonster]

Blake Griffin has taken only 4 shots?

[Ash]

A. Johnson has convinced himself he has a consistent outside shot.

Someone needs to talk him out of that.

The entire team could use that talk.

Run screens and cuts dammit! Get an easy one down low behind the d!!!!

[OKC-SLC]

no and it was GHEY
You ain't lying.

[OUMonster]

17 free throws to OU's 9? Is passing the ball inside totally impossible?

[badger]

USC: We whore off anything Whollywood. (http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/IMREC/spirit/song/media/2002withkevincostner.jpg)

another disappointment. wow, this night has been bad :(

[SoonerBOI]

that is one ugly set of fans.

[Ash]

Mayo taken these guys to school now.

[OKC-SLC]

Is passing the ball inside totally impossible?
Yes.

Yes it is.

[Ash]

USC: We whore off anything Whollywood. (http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/IMREC/spirit/song/media/2002withkevincostner.jpg)

another disappointment. wow, this night has been bad :(

Sorry badger.

I didn't follow the game but heard that Favre was out? What's the status?

[OKC-SLC]

Ash is right. We need a scorer on this team.

There are zero scorers on this team.

[aurorasooner]

Arrrrgh. 33% FG shooting. Yep, that layup that stuck in the taint about sums it up for us tonight.

[Ash]

Crocker's D on Mayo was stellar up until a few minutes ago.

SUC fans doing the soccer chant??? GHEYx2

[badger]

Sorry badger.

I didn't follow the game but heard that Favre was out? What's the status?
16 minutes crying. One for each season that he's played in Green Bay. That's the status. M'kay? Ai'ight.

[Ash]

Even with my crimson glasses off, I don't understand the intentional call.

[OKC-SLC]

Well, at least our current coach is scoring 50-something per game without violating NCAA rules.

(sorry)

(but not very sorry)

[King Crimson]

we are a bad shooting team. we have been for two years at least. a hot night for us is about 48% from the floor. we also uncork the old 34% night (often on the road).

i just looked at the box score....just home and turned on the game with about 13 minutes left.....what a trainwreck. 5/11 from the stripe.

we must have shot horribly in the first half. but, that's a typical OU loss. shoot like crap, dig a hole fight and stay in it....but never really get over the hump.

[Ash]

16 minutes crying. One for each season that he's played in Green Bay. That's the status. M'kay? Ai'ight.

Uh...Ok.

<walks away quickly>

[OKC-SLC]

we also uncork the old 34% night (often on the road).

Man, it just seems like we've got cases of this junk.

[badger]

Uh...Ok.

<walks away quickly>
Good idea. NP's already done that :D

Seriously. I lost more than a Packer game today. No, not vCash. I will have to endure my co-workers Monday (I don't work tomorrow) and had a bet with a co-worker that after the Packers won, he would wear a cheesehead for an hour.

I hate to think of the sheedy thing I have to endure for an hour now. I should call in sick. I already feel sick. Makes me wanna puke thinking about it... WE SHOULD HAVE WON THAT GAME?! Why didn't I put in a "Brett Favre plays entire game" clause?! I need an escape clause... any ideas? Do we have any resident aggie fans that can clue me in on "moral victory" speak? :(:(:(

[Frozen Sooner]

Rogers played better than Farve

[birddog]

fans now chanting "we own ou".

[Ash]

Good idea. NP's already done that :D

Seriously. I lost more than a Packer game today. No, not vCash. I will have to endure my co-workers Monday (I don't work tomorrow) and had a bet with a co-worker that after the Packers won, he would wear a cheesehead for an hour.

I hate to think of the sheedy thing I have to endure for an hour now. I should call in sick. I already feel sick. Makes me wanna puke thinking about it... WE SHOULD HAVE WON THAT GAME?! Why didn't I put in a "Brett Favre plays entire game" clause?! I need an escape clause... any ideas? Do we have any resident aggie fans that can clue me in on "moral victory" speak? :(:(:(

If only we had more time, Rodgers would have mind melded with Favre and thrown for 500 yards and 5 tds. We were five plays away from winning!!!

Sorry, I'm not an aggy. That's the best I could do.

[OKC-SLC]

I hate to think of the sheedy thing I have to endure for an hour now.(
This post will be worthless without pics.

[badger]

fans now chanting "we own ou".
it's the we are sc chant.

but... if you're subliminally thinking that :eek:

[King Crimson]

series is 5-5 in hoops all time....counting this toejam win. i don't think we've played them in any other sports.

[OKC-SLC]

fans now chanting "we own ou".
I think they were actually doing their We Are S C chant.

But they do own us, fwiw.

[badger]

Rogers played better than Farve
if you weren't a mod I'd ****** you in the ******. You're a ****** head and I think you should shut the ****** up.

[badger]

ps: the edited word was bedl@m :D

[King Crimson]

Moose and AJ combine for almost half our points. God bless those guys but that ain't the formula.

[Ash]

Well, I figured this would be a loss. USC is loaded with athletes and an NBA guard. They've underachieved this year, though, so my hopes were inflated.

Most disappointing about this game is that the scrappy rebounding and D weren't there the whole game. When shots aren't falling that's what you can fall back on to win games.

[Frozen Sooner]

ps: the edited word was bedl@m :D

:D

[birddog]

Most disappointing about this game is that the scrappy rebounding and D weren't there the whole game. When shots aren't falling that's what you can fall back on to win games.

seems like we fall back on that ALOT. actually it seems like it happens every time we play a "good" team.

oh well, we're still really young and it's a long season.

[LittleWingSooner]

I'm not sure if Capel is capable of coaching a good offense. His offenses worked in the CAA scoring around 75 a game but against good teams OU's not going to score at all. They don't set picks, they don't really try and get open shooters all they try and do is run around get shoot open jumpers that aren't high %. If we score on a good team it'll be because we are hot that night not because we have better players.

[usmc-sooner]

why is it when we have nobody who can shoot the three, and we take like 50 three point shots and make 3 of them. I was frustrated but I was asleep before it was over.

[sooner518]

Blake Griffin had 4 shots? wtf???

[The Maestro]

Um...I tried to watch, but it seems Capel hired Kelvin's offensive coordinator.

Give me a run and gun team that might lose some games to superior talent, but entertain me. I couldn't watch it...boring as hell. Hoops is not a "defense first" sport. It is score more points.

[Rock Hard Corn Frog]

Call it a glass half-full post if you want but I can see this team being much better come Fub and March. The outside shooting needs to improve...a lot but this is a pretty young team making a number of mistakes that are correctable. Athletically we are a big step up from last year. Too many turnovers but a lot of teams look sloppy in November and early December.

I think the offense will improve as the year goes on and the effort is there on defense. Don't get me wrong I don't see us as a top 25 caliber team but I can see us making a tourney push later in the year.

[King Crimson]

anyone *expecting* this to be an NCAA team is in left-field. it could happen, but i think we're a lot like last year but a little better when it's all said and done. we're an NIT type team in a down year in conference.

additionally, when it's all said in done USC could turn out to be a pretty good team, 4-5 seed type.

now, 08-09 and thereafter i think we can have some justified expectations.

[SoonerBBall]

It is hard to watch this team right now, even though they have potential. The killer thing is, last year we had a wonderful 3-point threat in Neal but nobody good down low to take pressure off of him. Now we have a sick inside threat in Blake and no 3-point threat to take advantage of it.

[Ash]

anyone *expecting* this to be an NCAA team is in left-field. it could happen, but i think we're a lot like last year but a little better when it's all said and done. we're an NIT type team in a down year in conference.

additionally, when it's all said in done USC could turn out to be a pretty good team, 4-5 seed type.

now, 08-09 and thereafter i think we can have some justified expectations.

It's a down year in the conference? :confused:

[LittleWingSooner]

Um...I tried to watch, but it seems Capel hired Kelvin's offensive coordinator.

Give me a run and gun team that might lose some games to superior talent, but entertain me. I couldn't watch it...boring as hell. Hoops is not a "defense first" sport. It is score more points.

This is completely different from Kelvin. Kelvin's offenses usually went to a central piece. Ryan Minor, Corey Brewer, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Price and McGee, Taj, whoever that central part was we kept feeding it. Sometimes they weren't hot there so our offense didn't look good. But we know the identity of most of the offenses. The only exception was the year we had all those injuries in 2004. But they usually went to whoever was hot or the best scorer and kept feeding them the ball. We don't really have that guy right now and don't really try and use a guy like that.

The conference will only get better the next couple of years. I'm not sure if OU will though.

[Ash]

This is completely different from Kelvin. Kelvin's offenses usually went to a central piece. Ryan Minor, Corey Brewer, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Price and McGee, Taj, whoever that central part was we kept feeding it. Sometimes they weren't hot there so our offense didn't look good. But we know the identity of most of the offenses. The only exception was the year we had all those injuries in 2004. But they usually went to whoever was hot or the best scorer and kept feeding them the ball. We don't really have that guy right now and don't really try and use a guy like that.

The conference will only get better the next couple of years. I'm not sure if OU will though.

I don't see how you can write the future of the team off like that. They just brought in a top 20 recruiting class. Those guys are young, though, and as this year progresses and going into next season I think there's going to be considerable improvement. Add to that this years incoming class, with Willie Warren - who is big time, and who is a scorer (just what we need).

I think Capel's teams are going to get better and the future still looks bright.

[LittleWingSooner]

I don't see how you can write the future of the team off like that. They just brought in a top 20 recruiting class. Those guys are young, though, and as this year progresses and going into next season I think there's going to be considerable improvement. Add to that this years incoming class, with Willie Warren - who is big time, and who is a scorer (just what we need).

I think Capel's teams are going to get better and the future still looks bright.

I don't know anything about our recruits but the system that we have right now needs 3 or 4 guys that can just score. It doesn't look like they have any roles even if they aren't great scorers like under Kelvin. I'm not sure if that will work with what we have right now and the next couple. It would have to be a lot of talent coming in. Yes we get a highly touted player like Warren but is that going to be enough? I doubt it. It may be a while before we have the offensive talent that Capel wants to run with here. We never had it under Kelvin except for one or two years.

[King Crimson]

It's a down year in the conference? :confused:

compared to OU, OSU, UT, KU of the early 00's, where are the marquee teams? any Final Four teams? Marquee players like Price, Durant, TJ Ford, Hinrich, Collision, Acie Law etc. truth is the conference will be competitive in conference but middling with parity IMO. ATM has a chance to challenge KU, but what else?

i see a lot of teams with 35-60 rpi's battling to be 9-7 in conference and usually holding serve at home, dropping roadies.

frickin Colorado of 02 or 03 with Morandais and David Harrison could go 11-5 or 12-4 in this year's Big XII....4 or 5 seed.

[King Crimson]

This is completely different from Kelvin. Kelvin's offenses usually went to a central piece. Ryan Minor, Corey Brewer, Najera, Nolan Johnson, Price and McGee, Taj, whoever that central part was we kept feeding it..

you mean like how Kelvin kept feeding Taj in the last 10 minutes of the debacle against West Virginia in the All-College? you know after WVU could not stop him (nor were they ever going to) and we pulled within 6 and then he never saw the ball again. and Kelvin blasted him in the DO the next day saying the front of the jersey doesn't say Taj Gray?

[Frozen Sooner]

truth is the conference will be competitive in conference but middling with parity IMO.

I'm calling my shot right now.

Big 12 teams go no better than .500 vs. other Big 12 teams.

[King Crimson]

I'm calling my shot right now.

Big 12 teams go no better than .500 vs. other Big 12 teams.

Mike Rich=Mister Vegas.

[SleestakSooner]

We were in enough trouble in this game before Crocker started talking smack to Mayo.

This game was hella hard to watch (except when we went on that run to cut it to 4). This Sooner team needs a true point guard and a slasher/creator on offense. I sure hope someone will step up and make that happen.