Landry Jones has been recognized by The American Mustache Institute

[adoniijahsooner]

I havent seen a stache this popular since Tom Selleck.

http://photos.newsok.com/2/showimage/689928/medium

http://www.newsok.com/landry-jones-and-his-mustache-have-reach-celebrity-status/article/3401003?custom_click=lead_story_photo




NORMAN — Quarterback Landry Jones has taken plenty of grief from his Oklahoma teammates about his mustache.

Tight end Brody Eldridge calls him "Doc Holliday.”

Quarterback Sam Bradford jabs that "it’s not very manly.”

"We tease him about the mustache all the time,” offensive tackle Trent Williams said. "I’m predicting before the year is over he’ll shave that thing off.”

Since replacing an injured Bradford in the lineup in the second half against Brigham Young, Jones and his ’stache have reached celebrity status.

"After the first game, people were calling and texting me from back home in North Carolina saying, ‘What’s up with your QB’s mustache?’ ” said guard Brian Simmons. "People in my class, tutors in study hall, everyone has been asking me about it.”

Students came to Saturday’s game sporting fake mustaches and T-shirts that said, "Fear the Stache” and "Mustache Mafia.” OU football operations coordinator Matt McMillen and video director Brian Martin have begun growing mustaches to show solidarity with Jones.

"I’m excited about that,” Jones said. "I’m going to try and get the stachers organized.”

Most of the feedback, however, has not been positive. From national sports talk radio show hosts all the way down to his teammates.

"A lot of people give me a hard time,” Jones said. "Say it looks awful. Tell me I need to shave it.”

But the American Mustache Institute wants Jones to know he’s not alone. The 44-year-old mustache advocacy group based out of St. Louis is a big supporter of Jones and his mustache.

"We’ve been paying attention to Landry,” said Aaron Perlut, chairman of the Institute. "We love it. Unfortunately, when he first entered the game, there was a lot of criticism the following week about his mustache. We find that very disappointing.

"That’s the life of downtrodden, mustache-wearing Americans.”

Perlut pointed out Jones’ style of mustache is a "Chevron,” worn wide and long to cover the top border of the upper lip.

"We are inspired by Landry and appreciate everything that he’s doing,” Perlut said. "He is a shining beacon of freedom for all the young people out there who wear mustaches.”

Initially, the Institute held high hopes Texas quarterback Colt McCoy would carry that banner after growing a mustache during the preseason. But before the Longhorns’ season opener, McCoy shaved it off. For that reason, Perlut believes McCoy’s Heisman hopes are sunk; but is hopeful Jones is on track to leading OU to glory.

As long as he keeps the mustache.

"We’ve seen a number of examples in recent years of people performing at higher levels with mustaches than without,” he said. "We assume here at the Institute the Sooners are in good hands with Landry and his mustache.”

[adoniijahsooner]

So Jones has what they call a Chevron Stache

http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/

[Toronto Sooner]

He needs to lose the stache. It's making him go bald. See in the pic, the hair on his head is being diverted to his stache.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

I read this an expected to see "originally posted by The Onion"

[boomersooner28]

So they have an institute. Interesting.


:pop:

[Knippz]

He looks like the guy that stole my TV.

[soonermix]

i am jumping on the mustache bandwagon

[SoonerPr8r]

Tight end Brody Eldridge calls him "Doc Holliday.”

Now all the soonermen will be wearing shirts that say "I'll be your huckleberry"

[unbiasedtruth]

kinda looks like a 3rd eyebrow to me..... nttatwwt......

[the_ouskull]

kinda looks like a 3rd eyebrow to me..... nttatwwt......

The H*ll you say. Eyebrows are supposed to come in even numbers, not odd ones.

the_ouskull

[OK2U]

http://thenaica.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/val-kilmer-as-doc-holiday.jpg

[OklahomaTuba]

So Jones has what they call a Chevron Stache

http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/

I think we have found LJ's new nick name:

CHEVRON

[meoveryouxinfinity]

landry's just over compensating for his receding hairline. :D

[homerSimpsonsBrain]

One of th commentators on the BYU game said it was a "Football Moustache". 11 hairs on each side. :)

[A-M]

He needs to lose the stache. It's making him go bald. See in the pic, the hair on his head is being diverted to his stache.

Not ture. My son had a stache for over 12 year and he was going bald. He shaved it off and after 12 more years, he is still going bald. :) :)

[Toronto Sooner]

So Jones has what they call a Chevron Stache

http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/

I hope the next institution that recognizes him is not a porn institution. Now, if they are willing to donate say $100 million (of their billion dollar industry) to the Sooner football program........ :rolleyes: :eek: :cool:

[Toronto Sooner]

Landry better not grow his stache out too much more horizontal, otherwise the Village People might come calling. :les: :texan: :mack: :texan: :stunned: :kelvin:

[salth2o]

The song on the American Mustache Institute website...kicks a$$. Maybe we should use it for our new intro song.

[SoonerNate]

He's wins for the best 70's porn stache

[adoniijahsooner]

Their Mission Statement


Bias is everywhere, and the deep discrimination against the Mustached American race in the United States has been pervasive since the 1960s.

Acceptance of lip sweaters has ebbed and flowed, but the mustache’s glory years, of course, were the 1970s, when a man or woman could wear a mustache without scorn. Virtually overnight, as disco faded and Walter Cronkite left television, the cookie duster became a fad seen only on law enforcement, moto-cross drivers, and members of the Village People.

Enter the St. Louis-based American Mustache Institute (AMI), with headquarters nestled in the shadow of the world's largest mustache - the Gateway Arch. We are freedom fighters, civil libertarians if you will – working against the bias and stereotyping plaguing the Mustached American race.

AMI promotes the growth, care, and culture of the mustache, and works to create a climate of acceptance, understanding, flavor saving, and upper lip warmth for all Mustached Americans alike

[Eielson]

I'm starting to like this Institute.

http://americanmustacheinstitute.org/cs/blogs/ami_2009/archive/2009/09/15/the-case-for-landry-jones.aspx


The Case for Landry Jones

Going into this college football season, there were three prohibitive favorites to win the Heisman Trophy, and all were quarterbacks: Florida Gators FOJ (Friend of Jesus) Tim Tebow, the Texas Longhorns' Pony McCoy, and last year's winner, Sam Bradford of Oklahoma.

The stage was set for a solid, season long Heisman race between the three until BYU linebacking Mormon Coleby Clawson, in the first game of the season, drove Bradford into the ground with a crushing hit that injured Bradford's shoulder.


And while all Bradford could do was stand helplessly on the sideline and watch his team ultimately fall to the Slingin' Bigamists, even in defeat, a hero as born.

Enter Landry Jones, Mustached American.


Certainly it wasn't the redshirt freshman's paltry 6 of 12 completions or his 51 yards that earned him hero status. It was, quite simply, his lower nose accoutrement delicately scattered across his upper lip.


As we conveyed yesterday to Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman, unlike Mule McCoy, who shamefully shaved his labia sebucula (Latin for "lip sweater) a few weeks ago -- ruining both his Heisman and national championship hopes -- Jones has proven to be a true descendant of Mustached American stock with the power and grit of Chuck Norris riding atop an silver back gorilla on acid.

He might not be a Heisman candidate, but certainly should garner consideration for the Robert Goulet Memorial Mustached American of the Year honor.

Indeed, Jones wears his mouth brow with power and wisdom, and as he progresses through the season and capably fills in for Bradford -- who suffers from Bare Upper Lip Disorder (BULD) -- we know that he will not only yet again prove that there is no greater performance enhancer than the mustache, but he will represent people of Mustached American descent with a strong resolve, great athleticism, quick thinking, and of course, good looks.

Carry on.

[SoonerLB]

I don't know whether to have faith in that organization or not. I was just looking at the various styles of mustaches they show, and the style I have isn't even listed. Surely I'm not the only one with a rideable style, am I? ;)

[RedstickSooner]

He needs to lose the stache. It's making him go bald. See in the pic, the hair on his head is being diverted to his stache.

It's not being diverted. This is simply an example of the free will granted our follicles by the Almighty. Your follicles see all the great times being had by the face, and naturally enough, everyone wants to move there.

It's like San Diego that way.

[StoopTroup]

I think we have found LJ's new nick name:

CHEVRON

Lame IMO.

I'll always remember him as "The Stache".

Has that kind of ''Flash Gordon'' ring to it IMO.

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-06/flash-gordon.jpg

[AlbqSooner]

The writer can turn a phrase.

"Jones has proven to be a true descendant of Mustached American stock with the power and grit of Chuck Norris riding atop a silver back gorilla on acid."

I grew my walrus mustache in '68. It has been, at various times, handlebar, fu manchu, and chevron. Currently somewhat walrus - as much as my employer will permit.

My dad, on the other hand grew a chevron mustache in 1938 to look older. Later he kept it to look younger. Now, at 91, he keeps it because he is too lazy to shave.

[Boooom!]

That does it.. ima growing a frick'n stache!

[Crimson Kid]

They should name a stash after him, The Jones or the landry.

Mods we need a stache icon. :D

[royalfan5]

I'm pretty sure that stache will qualify him for any and all scrambler and octopus operator jobs at traveling carnivals throughout the midwest if the whole football thing doesn't pan out.

[madillsoonerfan5353]

That does it.. ima growing a frick'n stache!

In! I've got a Gotee, but I will be made a Stache!:D

[salth2o]

That does it.. ima growing a frick'n stache!

Are you man enough to grow one? :D

[StoopTroup]

If he's had his 1st drank of OVJ he is.

[AzianSooner]

Landry always wanted to be Clark Garbel in "gone with the wind"

He loves wind.

[AzianSooner]

"We’ve seen a number of examples in recent years of people performing at higher levels with mustaches than without,” he said. "We assume here at the Institute the Sooners are in good hands with Landry and his mustache.”


man man man.... i will start growing my own mustache then. How should it look like?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fn_eda_LVjE/SZGv-frXDKI/AAAAAAAAAKw/slDZQ0e5Syk/s400/a_arhett_1119.jpg

[A Sooner in Texas]

Landry always wanted to be Clark Garbel in "gone with the wind"

He loves wind.

Did you intentionally "garbel" his name? :D

[CatfishSooner]

awesome... I second the call for a stache smily!

[beer4me]

I don't know whether to have faith in that organization or not. I was just looking at the various styles of mustaches they show, and the style I have isn't even listed. Surely I'm not the only one with a rideable style, am I? ;)

They really don't have my type either but mine is rideable also :D :D