The 50 Greatest Traditions in College Football

[SoCal]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/658867-the-50-greatest-traditions-in-college-football#page/1

[CU Sooner]

The number one on the list "Play like a champion" was up in OU's locker room long before Lou ever thought about it.

[picasso]

oSu PA guy yelling another Poke first and ten?

[JLEW1818]

lol more bleacher report stuff

[bornnbredou]

dumbest article ever...i didnt even get to number one, had to wait 15 seconds on an ad. not gonna happen.

[Leroy Lizard]

My feeling is that if a Bleacher Report writer wants his views read, he should get an account here and post them.

I wish we could prevent Bleacher Report links from working. Nothing that comes from that site is worth a damn.

[MeMyself&Me]

They lost my attention once they listed the smurf turf.

[NormanPride]

Bleacher Report. Ugh.

[JLEW1818]

it's either STEP or OUdavid that own bleacherreport.com

[NormanPride]

I would not admit to owning that cesspool.

[MyT Oklahoma]

As soon as I saw it was a 1 to 52 slideshow I stopped reading.

Bleacher Report's long winded slideshow articles are a joke and should be banned.

[oudavid1]

The number one on the list "Play like a champion" was up in OU's locker room long before Lou ever thought about it.

Do you have any proof, cause i hope this is true.


it's either STEP or OUdavid that own bleacherreport.com

ha!

[IamJacksScreenName]

i wish bleacher report would just go away.

[hawaii 5-0]

Thanks folks, for saving me some valuable time. OK, now back to picking my navel.



5-0



Trump/ Yeti 2012

[badger]

Whenever Bleacher Report gets linked, I am going to link Cowboys 4ever getting booed or its equivalent in humor:
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[Leroy Lizard]

Whenever Bleacher Report gets linked, I am going to link Cowboys 4ever getting booed or its equivalent in humor:
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That would take the fight right out of any team (unless their mascot was the Warriors).

[tfoolry]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/ag_in_tx/blog/Gay2.jpg

[tfoolry]

http://miamisportsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/aggies-sucks.jpg

[badger]

As long as we're going through all of the Big 12's embarrassing fans...
http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/462737/supersad_medium.jpg

[badger]

http://media.lawrence.com/img/photos/2005/10/08/ksu_fan_paint_t440.jpg

[badger]

http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ESNP.jpg

[badger]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/446974/BaylorMascot.jpg

[C&CDean]

Yeah, those ISU fans are fun:

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[jersey sooner]

Nothing that comes from that site is worth a damn.

I beg to differ :D (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/659267-oklahoma-football-dorial-green-beckham-and-gunner-kiel-come-to-norman)

[jersey sooner]

and no fin way that's dean

[tfoolry]

In honor of Stunned Husker, I want to print shirts with his pic on front with an OU flag on back along with "We Will Never Forget" right below it.

http://is1.okcupid.com/users/490/742/4917433017881722054/mt1125353314.jpg

[agoo758]

Move to delete me thread please. Better yet, make Badger do it.

[sjt]

At #3 VT with "Enter Sandman"..Who knew that when they started that in the 1920's that it would still be happening in 2011?

[Soonerfan88]

Do you have any proof, cause i hope this is true.

It is well known that the sign was used by Bud Wilkinson, verified by those who played for him and I once saw a picture of it behind one of the Burris brothers - don't remember where. Lou Holtz said he saw it somewhere in a book while researching ND history but he can't tell you what book, no one else remembers it, nor can they produce any photos.

What really pisses me off is that some ND fan was allowed to copyright it.

[oudavid1]

It is well known that the sign was used by Bud Wilkinson, verified by those who played for him and I once saw a picture of it behind one of the Burris brothers - don't remember where. Lou Holtz said he saw it somewhere in a book while researching ND history but he can't tell you what book, no one else remembers it, nor can they produce any photos.

What really pisses me off is that some ND fan was allowed to copyright it.

Ill ask my granddad about it. Maybe he can remember.

[BigTip]

At #3 VT with "Enter Sandman"..Who knew that when they started that in the 1920's that it would still be happening in 2011?

lol!

Yes, some on the list are stupid, but for a football starved fan in the middle of April, some of them made me smile and think how cool college football is.

[StoopTroup]

I beg to differ :D (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/659267-oklahoma-football-dorial-green-beckham-and-gunner-kiel-come-to-norman)

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[yankee]

Haha why do people still post links to bleacher report?

[swardboy]

I know I recently saw video of Joe Washington hitting the "Play Like A Champion" sign...so that's '75.

[jersey sooner]

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Wait, so you too don't want him?

[Whet]

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-footbl/auto_wide/2652986.jpeg

First used by Bud Wilkinson in the '50s


Play Like a Champion
Oklahoma players and coaches touch the traditional 'Play Like a Champion Today' sign posted above the locker room door as they head for Owen Field before every home game.

As the team enters the field, the Sooners run under a crimson banner flanked by flags representing each of Oklahoma's seven national championships. The banner displays 'Play Like a Champion' on the side facing the players and 'Oklahoma Sooners' on the side facing the field.

Away from Norman, the OU equipment staff faithfully posts a travel version of the sign for the Sooners to touch as they depart the locker room for the field.

On the third floor of the Barry Switzer Center, one of the early 'Play Like A Champion Today' signs that once hung in Bud Wilkinson's office sits in a glass display. Wilkinson coached OU from 1947-63.

The item was also used through Barry Switzer's era (1973-88) as a sign that players touched before walking to the field.

When did Oklahoma first use the slogan? No one can provide a definitive answer. The origin of the saying, which is also associated with Notre Dame's program, is not known.

http://www.soonersports.com/trads/play-like-champion.html

SoonerSports.com has great information - Thanks Jason Matheson -

[CU Sooner]

All I know, is as a kid watching Switzer's coaching show they always showed players leaving the locker room and hitting the sign. I just go back to the seventies with my memory.

[Sooner_Tuf]

At #3 VT with "Enter Sandman"..Who knew that when they started that in the 1920's that it would still be happening in 2011?

!920's? Metallica song from 1991? I don't think VT did this until they got a video screen in 2000. I could be wrong, but it doesn't go back much more than ten years.

[oudivesherpa]

Where is the Tradition of OU-Texas Weekend in Dallas. Where is the tradition of getting drunk friday night, spending the night in jail, getting out just in time for the kickoff?

[The Preach Man]

The Hawaii one is pretty awesome. That would get me freaking fired up as a player and as a fan.

[BajaOklahoma]

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/446974/BaylorMascot.jpg

I actually like Judge. During the game, we assign one of the younger kids in our group to watch for him doing his upside-down bouncy thing. It's pretty funny - as long as it isn't ours. :D

[agoo758]

51st greatest college football tradition. Bad Bleacher Report Articles in the offeason.