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badger
8/4/2009, 01:33 PM
It WILL possibly HAPPEN IN 2020! Read here. (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090804_11_0_TheTul998361)

GrapevineSooner
8/4/2009, 01:36 PM
Right.

And Tom Brady's wife might possibly sleep with me. :D

kbsooner21
8/4/2009, 01:37 PM
Right.

And Tom Brady's wife might possibly sleep with me. :D

:eek:

JohnnyMack
8/4/2009, 01:39 PM
I can't think of a more outrageous waste of time and money.

Cam
8/4/2009, 02:00 PM
Atlanta >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tulsa, just sayin.

boomersooner28
8/4/2009, 02:09 PM
I live just outside Tulsa (BA), and

BWHAHWHAHAWAHAHAWAHAWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!



:D

Ya, right! :D

NormanPride
8/4/2009, 02:25 PM
Think we can get 2-3 5* hotels and a few more arenas built solely for the olympic games in 10 years? If yes, then this would be awesome. If no, then why the hell are we even thinking of this?

SteelClip49
8/4/2009, 02:26 PM
Cow-tipping, wheelbarrow racing, horseshoes, oil swimming to be added by the time it happens possibly.

soonerhubs
8/4/2009, 03:04 PM
Can you imagine the calamity of detour signs due to road construction leading up to it? Tulsa's road crews can barely handle a slight resurfacing of a free way without redirecting people 20 miles out of their way.

SicEmBaylor
8/4/2009, 03:22 PM
I can't think of a more outrageous waste of time and money.

x2

silverwheels
8/4/2009, 03:44 PM
LMAO. Riiiiiiiight....

Boomer.....
8/4/2009, 03:48 PM
First the BOK center, then the new ballpark, and now the Olympics.

OklahomaTuba
8/4/2009, 03:53 PM
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/facepalm.jpg

LilSooner
8/4/2009, 04:07 PM
Wow that is one of the more ridiculous things I have read in a VERY long time.

GrapevineSooner
8/4/2009, 04:13 PM
“A lot of you are probably thinking what I thought the first time I heard this -- ‘Tulsa? Olympics? Are you out of your mind,'” said committee member Michael Jones, an attorney.

“That’s exactly what everyone said about Atlanta when they started proposing the same thing.”

Uhhh...I'm going to have to disagreeeee with you there, Michael.

http://www.garycole.net/Films/Office_Space/Gary_Cole_in_Office_Space.jpg

TheUnnamedSooner
8/4/2009, 04:17 PM
Beijing = Tulsa :confused:

OklahomaTuba
8/4/2009, 04:19 PM
I think this is what happens when aggots start running things. Its like their 2008 Big 12 Champ bracelets.

Boomer_Sooner_sax
8/4/2009, 04:26 PM
TUlsa can have the Olympics and all the crap they bring with them. Other than the fact that they are the 455 largest city in the US, that should be a good fit and all of those extra stadiums and arenas should go to good use after the Olympics are done with their MLB, NFL, and NBA teams. At least the WNBA will get some new digs.

TheUnnamedSooner
8/4/2009, 04:48 PM
Think we can get 2-3 5* hotels and a few more arenas built solely for the olympic games in 10 years? If yes, then this would be awesome. If no, then why the hell are we even thinking of this?


I think this is what happens when aggots start running things. Its like their 2008 Big 12 Champ bracelets.

And their expanding stadium that they couldn't fill up before.

Dio
8/4/2009, 04:58 PM
Who's going to light the torch? Bikerfox?

Petro-Sooner
8/4/2009, 05:24 PM
Thanks Tulsa. I was needing a laugh today.

GottaHavePride
8/4/2009, 05:29 PM
They're out of their minds. Especially if Chicago wins the bid for the 2016 games, no way in hell will they hold it in the US back-to-back.

Oldnslo
8/4/2009, 05:30 PM
I'm in favor of making the bid. Especially if it helps to fix the goddam streets.

bri
8/4/2009, 05:32 PM
Maybe these guys are talking about a different Tulsa. If not, that's dumber than installing a condom machine at an abstinence rally.

Harry Beanbag
8/4/2009, 05:35 PM
Who's going to light the torch? Bikerfox?

That would be awesome!

Viking Kitten
8/4/2009, 05:38 PM
Note to self: Buy crack in Tulsa from now on. Sounds like you guys have some pretty good s**t up there.

GrapevineSooner
8/4/2009, 05:41 PM
I guess they could hold the swimming events in the Arkansas River.

goingoneight
8/4/2009, 06:14 PM
I guess we certainly have a better imagination than you OKC folks.

Must be all the aggy influence.

StoopTroup
8/4/2009, 07:36 PM
Yeah Right Badger....

Next your gonna tell me we're gonna host the U.S. Open.

soonerinabilene
8/4/2009, 07:45 PM
I can't think of a more outrageous waste of time and money.

What are you talking about? Just look what it did for Montreal. Oh, wait...

tulsaoilerfan
8/4/2009, 08:19 PM
Cow-tipping, wheelbarrow racing, horseshoes, oil swimming to be added by the time it happens possibly.

What about snipe hunting? :D

mdklatt
8/4/2009, 09:25 PM
They're out of their minds. Especially if Chicago wins the bid for the 2016 games, no way in hell will they hold it in the US back-to-back.

In all fairness, I think they did mention something about only doing this if Chicago didn't get the 2016 games. So they're only birfer insane and not Flat Earth Society (erfer?) insane.

mdklatt
8/4/2009, 09:30 PM
I guess we certainly have a better imagination than you OKC folks.

Must be all the aggy influence.

Well, this does make about as much sense as expanding a stadium that sells out once every other year. True Aggy Logic (TM) would require building all of the facilities before receiving the bid and financing them using T. Boner's hedge fund.

picasso
8/4/2009, 10:05 PM
Morons.

picasso
8/4/2009, 10:06 PM
Tulsa can't even host an NCAA regional.

Soonerus
8/4/2009, 10:10 PM
geeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz...

tommieharris91
8/4/2009, 10:29 PM
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/facepalm.jpg

boomersooner28
8/4/2009, 10:43 PM
Cow-tipping, wheelbarrow racing, horseshoes, oil swimming to be added by the time it happens possibly.



helluva idea...we could start the "Hillbilly Olympics"

Who's in?

colleyvillesooner
8/4/2009, 10:45 PM
oh, wow. that is ****ing hilarious...

picasso
8/4/2009, 10:51 PM
helluva idea...we could start the "Hillbilly Olympics"

Who's in?

well there's gotta be a water melon seed spitting contest!

SteelClip49
8/5/2009, 12:36 AM
The Horsepigs could light the torch!!!

tommieharris91
8/5/2009, 12:38 AM
The Horsepigs could light the torch!!!

Can they light themselves too?

walkoffsooner
8/5/2009, 05:37 AM
;) kkk will never allow it

badger
8/5/2009, 07:25 AM
You all are wonderful... when I first saw this story I thought it was a joke also, but it seems like the people presenting the idea are taking it very seriously. I think we all know it won't happen unless we have a big sponsor bribe the Olympic Committee like Atlanta-based Coca Cola did for the '96 games (can you picture the committee turning down athens for a centennial celebration for any other reason?!) and Salt Lake City apparently did that too...

but hey, the more you think about it, the more you think about ways that it COULD happen as opposed to ways it couldn't. Not all the events need to be in Tulsa. They could be spread throughout the state and even into some other regions if necessary.

however, if that is the idea, perhaps Kansas City should apply for them and we could offer to host one aspect of the games or something.

silverwheels
8/5/2009, 10:40 AM
There's no point in holding the Games in Tulsa if half of the events aren't/can't even be held there. Dream big or go home, I guess.

And if Chicago gets the 2016 Games (doesn't look likely at this point, I think), then this is all moot.

sooneron
8/5/2009, 10:57 AM
You'd have to add a greased pig competition while you're at it.

KC//CRIMSON
8/5/2009, 11:42 AM
The Horsepigs could light the torch!!!

and Bikerfox could carry it!

OklahomaTuba
8/5/2009, 11:43 AM
Wha, no love for Paul Tay???

John Kochtoston
8/5/2009, 12:07 PM
Wonder if Tulsa 2020 bumper stickers with the Olympic rings on them will become bigger collectors items tha the "ski the Tulsa mountains" bumper stickers.

Octavian
8/5/2009, 01:11 PM
clearly now is the time to start tossing around TULSA-2020 logo ideas

GottaHavePride
8/5/2009, 03:36 PM
Let's hire the same firm that did the OKC Thunder logo!

silverwheels
8/5/2009, 04:50 PM
Let's hire the same 12-year-old that did the OKC Thunder logo!

Fixed.

boomersooner28
8/5/2009, 06:03 PM
Heh! Parden the Interruption's take on Tulsas bid for the Olympics.

Tony Kornheiser: "Wilbon, Tulsa, OK is thinking about bidding for the 2020 Olympics. Is this a good spot for the Olympics?"

Michael Wilbon: "Ya. And the Olympics are gonna be at my house in 2024."

goingoneight
8/5/2009, 06:34 PM
That BOK Center has really gone to our heads up here. :D

picasso
8/5/2009, 06:53 PM
thanks for embarrassing us!

sooner ngintunr
8/5/2009, 07:00 PM
I mean theres only like 30 or 40 cities in the entire US that are better equipped to hold the games, you gotta start somewhere.:rolleyes:

The Xgames would be SUPER huge, and that will probably never even happen.

Tulsa would be a good fit though.:D

mdklatt
8/5/2009, 08:11 PM
Two words: Biker Fox Velodrome

bluedogok
8/5/2009, 08:19 PM
Birmingham, Alabama is also on the list of those cities "assessing" a 2020 Olympics bid....

goingoneight
8/5/2009, 08:19 PM
Tulsa only gets the Olympics if we add football and line up against all the non-American bastages at H.A. Chapman Stadium. :D

mdklatt
8/5/2009, 08:26 PM
Birmingham, Alabama is also on the list of those cities "assessing" a 2020 Olympics bid....

Come on Wichita, Dayton, Omaha, and Peoria--what's holding you back?

Viking Kitten
8/5/2009, 09:43 PM
clearly now is the time to start tossing around TULSA-2020 logo ideas


http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8981/tulsasbrain.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/tulsasbrain.jpg/)

Czar Soonerov
8/5/2009, 09:56 PM
Instead of 1000 beating drums, they can have 1000 dudes cooking meth for the opening ceremonies.

mdklatt
8/5/2009, 10:27 PM
Instead of 1000 beating drums, they can have 1000 dudes cooking meth for the opening ceremonies.

Come on, nobody said anything about Owasso.

:pop:

StoopTroup
8/6/2009, 07:22 AM
Two words: Biker Fox Velodrome

I can't believe there isn't a fark of the BFV yet....LMAO! :pop:


http://sallylester.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/london_velodrome1.jpg

Okla-homey
8/6/2009, 07:55 AM
First off, lets admit that a city doesn't snag an Olympics without some serious palm-greasing of various foreign IOC officials.

That said, Chicago wants that same games. Now, who do you think is better at dirty, down-low dealing, bribery and fraud? Tulsa, or Chicago?

Chicago will get that games. I rest my case.

Harry Beanbag
8/6/2009, 07:56 AM
Birmingham, Alabama is also on the list of those cities "assessing" a 2020 Olympics bid....

So is Detroit. :)

My Opinion Matters
8/6/2009, 08:11 AM
Come on, nobody said anything about Owasso.

:pop:

:confused:

My Opinion Matters
8/6/2009, 08:13 AM
First off, lets admit that a city doesn't snag an Olympics without some serious palm-greasing of various foreign IOC officials.

That said, Chicago wants that same games. Now, who do you think is better at dirty, down-low dealing, bribery and fraud? Tulsa, or Chicago?

Chicago will get that games. I rest my case.

Chicago is going after the 2016 games. All this silliness about a Tulsa Olympic bid is for 2020. Chicago will get the 2016 games, so this ridiculous idea will be dead soon.

mdklatt
8/6/2009, 09:16 AM
:confused:

I've never been to Owasso, but based entirely on the name that's the first place I'd go if I was jonesin' for some meth in the 918.

mdklatt
8/6/2009, 09:17 AM
Tulsa has been the only city in the country to have an Excessive Heat Warning all week long. That's sure to impress the IOC.

My Opinion Matters
8/6/2009, 09:27 AM
I've never been to Owasso, but based entirely on the name that's the first place I'd go if I was jonesin' for some meth in the 918.

The only people thing people in Owasso are high on is their smug sense of self-satisfaction. Owasso is the epitome of the excrutiatingly average, white, pseduo-affluent middle class suburb. I don't mean that as an entirely negative thing either, I live there.

bri
8/6/2009, 11:25 AM
thanks for embarrassing us!

+1

MrJimBeam
8/6/2009, 11:34 AM
Maybe they should start with something smaller like the Special Olympics.

Williesan
8/6/2009, 12:41 PM
Maybe they should start with something smaller like the Special Olympics.

Stillwater's already cornered the market on this. ;)

Williesan

badger
8/6/2009, 01:04 PM
Maybe they should start with something smaller like the Special Olympics.

Joking aside, aren't the special olympics usually at the same location as the regular olympics? I think i remember seeing them in Beijing on tv last year.

Mjcpr
8/6/2009, 01:41 PM
In less embarassing news, the Mayo is set (re)open later this month/early next month with a mix of loft apartments, hotel rooms, ballroom and restaurant. I'm anxious to see it.

mdklatt
8/6/2009, 01:42 PM
Joking aside, aren't the special olympics usually at the same location as the regular olympics? I think i remember seeing them in Beijing on tv last year.

You might be thinking of the Paralympics.

Viking Kitten
8/6/2009, 02:50 PM
You might be thinking of the Paralympics.

This is off on a tangent a bit, but I spent some time at a Paralympics qualifying event here in teh 405 last month. Those athletes are badass. A lot of them are returning vets who have a disability of some sort related to a service injury. They may have lost the use of their legs, for example, but what they can do in archery and weightlifting is amazing. One of the trainers told me they get confused with the Special Olympics a lot, and that bugs them.

StoopTroup
8/6/2009, 04:12 PM
Tulsa > OKC :D

OUTromBoNado
8/6/2009, 07:02 PM
Tulsa > OKC :D
+1

I can't wait to see all the thread in 10 years from all of you naysayers. It'll probably go something like this

"OMG OLYMPICS IN TULSA!!!!1111 I ALWAYS KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN!!!!!11shiftone"

bluedogok
8/6/2009, 08:21 PM
Tulsa has been the only city in the country to have an Excessive Heat Warning all week long. That's sure to impress the IOC.
That should really impress those who were complaining about the heat in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics. For the most part the high temps were in the low to mid 90's.