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badger
7/6/2010, 08:40 AM
So, which one of these Sooners will replace SF.com's beloved :hot: smiley as victor of this final poll?
http://i50.tinypic.com/551qx3.jpg
OK, so I haven't cleared that with the mods, but perhaps with some pressure some things could be set in motion. :D Here's how we got this far:
http://i50.tinypic.com/2bwok7.jpg
I can't say that I expected you all to vote these two into the final round. In fact, when I was ranking the original eight, I had Krista at 3 and Whitney at four (with Sherri and Stacey, the two most-requested Sooners for photos on here, as the top seeds). But, you ask and you shall receive!

Krista Sanchez
http://i45.tinypic.com/1ouhk6.jpg
Stats: 6-1 forward from Springdale, Ark. Played for OU from 2003-2007.
Career averages: 2.7 ppg, 1.4 apg - .257 three-point shooting average
On SF.com: One of the most requested Sooner alumni in womens basketball discussions and will likely just be more requested now. First thread reference in March 2006, entitled "Krista Sanchez or Stacey Dales-Schuman?" View the fun here. (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64949)
http://i48.tinypic.com/6ed98w.jpg

Whitney Hand
http://i50.tinypic.com/19583s.jpg
Stats: 6-1 guard from Fort Worth, Texas. Played for OU from 2008-present.
Career averages: 9.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg - .375 three-point shooting average
On SF.com: One of the first mentions was November 2007, when she faced a Dallas Maverick in a three-point shooting contest at her high school. The video showed her telling the kids that she was going to OU, to which some booed. View the thread here. (http://www.rdhouse.com/forums/showthread.php?t=104341) The video link no longer works, so view the fun video here. (http://www.prepticket.com/video/market/national/id/823292:Video:27709)
http://i45.tinypic.com/333elfl.jpg

Voting time!
Just so we don't have to stare at dorky Landry next to Whitney all week, I have other pics that I will be posting throughout the week of both Whitney and Krista... holy cow, Landry is a big dork. Tomorrow's pics are some cute ones of both interacting with younger fans that will make you wish you could vote for both.

Oh... voting! Unlike past rounds, you may only vote for one. Forget Twilight's Team Edward/Team Jacob, you have to be on either Team Krista, or Team Whitney. However, voting is anonymous so nobody will ever know, except the mods, I guess.

One week from now, this lengthy debate gets settled. And wow, was it lengthy, so don't expect another one in the near future, and participate in this one while you can! :)

Boomer.....
7/6/2010, 09:03 AM
Krista!

Whitney is good looking but in a cute, friendly way.

badger
7/6/2010, 09:09 AM
Awwww... already 3-nil??? Have you guys forgetten about the Superman pic?
http://i45.tinypic.com/29mufpu.jpg

Mad Dog Madsen
7/6/2010, 09:20 AM
I'm forced to go with Whitney in this one...

CaliBornSoonerBred
7/6/2010, 09:25 AM
Still love the superman pic but have to go with Krista.....daaaaammmnnnn

NormanPride
7/6/2010, 10:52 AM
Krista looks like every blond sorority girl I've ever seen. Whitney has a unique and attractive style all her own. Whitney without a second thought.

Eielson
7/6/2010, 11:37 AM
Krista looks like every blond sorority girl I've ever seen. Whitney has a unique and attractive style all her own. Whitney without a second thought.

Yes, but putting Hand as the hottest OU women basketball player seems like a stretch. She wasn't even the undisputed hottest player this year IMO.

badger
7/6/2010, 11:39 AM
Yes, but putting Hand as the hottest OU women basketball player seems like a stretch. She wasn't even the undisputed hottest player this year IMO.

Wait a sec... who else would have you nominated from the team this year? Carlee? Lauren? Abi? She beat them all in the first round :)

Pricetag
7/6/2010, 12:45 PM
Krista!

Whitney is good looking but in a cute, friendly way.
Yep. Dales should have been the other choice here.

badger
7/6/2010, 01:13 PM
Dang it - stop making this poll lopsided! It has to last a week! :mad:

<sigh> maybe I'm just not trying hard enough. Here, have a fun Whitney story:


He's dating that young Hand girl, Whitney. Her training is tight. They don't get to spend a lot of time together. I know that Whitney bloodied his nose playing 21 on the basketball court. It was just the two of them. He complained, so she said, 'You're in my territory now.' Now they just play beach volleyball. They put that restriction on themselves."

:D you can read the rest of the interview here. (http://www.examiner.com/sitemaps/x-17604-Oklahoma-Sooners-Football-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Oklahoma-Sooners-QB-Landry-Jones-Through-the-eyes-of-his-grandparents-part-3) They talked to his grandparents from Granite, Oklahoma for a local paper.

Boomer.....
7/6/2010, 01:29 PM
So when are you going to do a hottest softball player? I'm sure you could go through the rosters and find some candidates.

badger
7/6/2010, 01:35 PM
So when are you going to do a hottest softball player? I'm sure you could go through the rosters and find some candidates.

I probably could, but this is way too much time and effort, so if my heart's not in it, I'd probably not do the team justice. After OU football, my favorite OU team is womens basketball and the rest aren't even close (even though it was fun to watch OU baseball in the CWS).

I did this to promote interest in the team during the football/basketball offseason. Interestingly, it's drawn more interest in womens basketball here than two straight Final Fours, it seems. I was slightly concerned that the team/coaches would hear about it and hate it, but I've received no such feedback, nor heard of anyone else saying anything negative. So, kudos to everyone :)

:mad: But you all better be back in the fall when the next womens basketball season starts.

Seamus
7/6/2010, 01:37 PM
The Scotch-Irish contingent has to go with Krista.

Chernobyl? Meh. Krista makes me melt down!

Harry Beanbag
7/6/2010, 02:01 PM
This is the age old Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate. Normally, I'm a big Mary Ann supporter, but I've gotta go with Ginger on this one.

NMSooner'80
7/6/2010, 02:04 PM
Try to be a bit nicer to Landry - the previous poll was linked to a message board for Artesia Bulldog fans.

badger
7/6/2010, 02:10 PM
Try to be a bit nicer to Landry - the previous poll was linked to a message board for Artesia Bulldog fans.

Ooo, link plz?

I just looked up a board and found these:
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107/bulldogbucket/Landry-Jones-360.png
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r107/bulldogbucket/Landry-Jones-PS3.png
It sounds like even if we're having fun at Landry's expense, they're good people if they're getting rid of Tebow's cover :D

NMSooner'80
7/6/2010, 06:11 PM
http://artesiabulldogs.proboards.com/index.cgi

Got a couple of Sand Ags and a Longhorn, but for the most part they're OU fans (mainly because of Landry, but OU also has some history with Artesia kids in the past).

badger
7/6/2010, 10:20 PM
Day two of voting is about to begin. As such, another round of pictures:

http://i50.tinypic.com/2rxyx41.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/jzh94.jpg
Sherri's teams are always incredibly involved in the community, from being available to fans for autographs (that Krista pic is from the 2005 Baseline Bash) to visiting children's hospitals to mission trips (that Whitney pic is from the 2010 Mission of Hope to Haiti). Just another reason to love the team besides hotness :)

Seamus
7/7/2010, 01:21 AM
Whitney reminds me of Lindsay on CSI NY, though cuter.

http://i50.tinypic.com/551qx3.jpg http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/CSI+NY+Celebrates+100th+Episode+SeaAu_9UCKUl.jpg

Mad Dog Madsen
7/7/2010, 08:39 AM
I see no resemblance...

soonervegas
7/7/2010, 02:31 PM
I have always like cute over hot. Whitney gets my vote.

I reserve the right to change my vote based on Landry's play this year.

badger
7/7/2010, 02:55 PM
It looks like unless I post bikini pics that it might be lopsided. However, Krista is about 25, while Whitney (I think) is either 19 or 20, so in a few years you all might be thinking "wtf was i thinking?"... and no, you cannot take back your vote based on Landry's performance. Whitney already bailed Landry out of a major injury last season by tearing her own ACL so he wouldn't. ;)

Boomer.....
7/7/2010, 03:08 PM
So you're saying that you have bikini pics?

badger
7/7/2010, 03:22 PM
So you're saying that you have bikini pics?

No comment.

Boomer.....
7/7/2010, 03:40 PM
:hot:

Seamus
7/8/2010, 04:19 AM
So you're saying that you have bikini pics?

Want.

RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!
7/8/2010, 01:30 PM
Whitney reminds me of Lindsay on CSI NY, though cuter.

http://i50.tinypic.com/551qx3.jpg http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/CSI+NY+Celebrates+100th+Episode+SeaAu_9UCKUl.jpgLi ndsay has reminded me of Mary Kay Place, an actress from Tulsa, I believe. She was a regular on the old Mary Hartman Mary Hartman show from the '70's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l6ZWGen7fU

Bourbon St Sooner
7/8/2010, 03:22 PM
Hey that kid's wearing Halloween attire. I'll only vote for Krista if she's counseling that youngster on his poor fashion choices.

badger
7/8/2010, 03:29 PM
Hey that kid's wearing Halloween attire. I'll only vote for Krista if she's counseling that youngster on his poor fashion choices.

I had to double check when you said that, because I also had Halloween-like pics that I considered posting.

I will definitely post more pics of both of them before voting's up. No, not the pic referred to above. I would probably hear worse from Landry's dad than that Husker blogger did... preceded by me banning myself for sinking to that :(

:P so don't get your hopes up

Eielson
7/8/2010, 03:39 PM
I don't mind you banning yourself as long as we get the pictures. :P

badger
7/8/2010, 08:27 PM
Another day of voting down, another round of pics:

http://i30.tinypic.com/dbry9c.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/2469npg.jpg

Can you spot Whitney and Krista? Maybe, maybe not. The point is that they are part of a larger program that they, themselves made tremendous sacrifices for. Krista likely could have had a lot more playing time at a different program. Whitney, despite her ACL, stayed with her team every step of the way through a Final Four season. The OU program is better for having both Krista and Whitney, for their dedication and putting the team first.

btw, the top pic is a 2009-10 practice, while the bottom is the 2006-07 season-end team banquet.

btw btw, if you think Sherri looks funny in that warpaint pic, there are tons more like it in community/team building/etc off-court pics on SS.com :D

Boomer.....
7/9/2010, 07:30 AM
Carlee is ripped!

badger
7/9/2010, 08:44 AM
Carlee is ripped!

don't you wish you voted for her now? ;)

SbOrOiNaEnR
7/9/2010, 03:35 PM
http://i30.tinypic.com/dbry9c.jpg

Thrailkill looks like Braveheart, Jan Ross looks like she's been run over by a tire, Carlee looks like Gene Simmons, and back row second from the left (I can't figure out who it is...even after consulting multiple rosters...it's not Abi, and it's not Lyndsey Cloman) has her face painted like that little Wachootoo warrior from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

badger
7/9/2010, 06:02 PM
I think that's Amanda Thompson (she had a few weird hairstyles last season), which Lyndsey between her and Abi in the back. Not sure though.

Expert mode: ID everyone in the even smaller pic from the banquet :D

badger
7/10/2010, 11:52 AM
About four days left of voting... let's do a few more pics:
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So I'm still trying to keep this fresh by posting new pics... I don't remember why I hadn't posted this one yet... maybe I just saved it because I liked Whitney's hairstyle and wanted to figure out a way to do that myself.
http://i27.tinypic.com/2hqzfcl.jpg
I recently started working out again now that the foot's all healed... it is soooo hard to get back from an injury and try to do what you did before at the same pace, the same difficulty, etc. It certainly gives you more respect for the athletes that do this day in, day out for a college degree, for pride in the university, etc. Here I am, just working out because I was bored :D

As for the pics, I've noticed at banquets, pregame, injured on the bench, etc., Sherri has a lot of style that she seems to pass onto her players when they're not in uniform running up and down the court for another 3, fast break, defense, etc. I love Whitney's and Krista's earrings in these pics. While the photo doesn't show it, I wouldn't be surprised if they all weren't wearing stilettos like their coach :)

goingoneight
7/12/2010, 07:21 PM
Well, I was all for voting for Whitney until I saw that last pic, baj. :(

Now I'm :confused: again.

badger
7/13/2010, 11:29 AM
Aaaaaand... it's finished. I hope you all enjoyed my extension of basketball by a few months and hope you'll all come back in November to continue. I am not sure what the girls think of this poll, but I'm sure they would appreciate your fandom and support during the upcoming season as they try to make it THREE final fours in a row. I know, right? How can they possibly do it again?

Well, the first time was a surprise, because even with the Paris twins we seemed to struggle beyond a Sweet 16. Then, the second one wasn't supposed to happen, because almighty Nebraska was in our bracket, Whitney was injured and the Paris twins graduated. The third probably isnt' supposed to happen now for more reasonable reason than the first two... but never, ever count our Sooners or Sherri Coale out. They've proven they can win under any circumstances against anyone.

Well, cept UConn and Stanford. Grrrr... Stanford. Hate hate hate :mad:

:D

NormanPride
7/13/2010, 11:41 AM
Can't wait for this season. We get Whitney back, and we've got some new blood to spice things up. Here's to a great year!