View Full Version : If you could make one change to Owen Field
oudavid1
5/8/2011, 12:34 PM
What would it be?
I vote new press box.
SoonerLB
5/8/2011, 12:36 PM
10 designated seats for me and my friends on the 50 yard line, for as long as I live! ;)
MyT Oklahoma
5/8/2011, 12:49 PM
Me in the press box every game. It's the best view in the whole house and the food is free. Burp!
SoonerofAlabama
5/8/2011, 12:59 PM
For me to be closer to it.:D
Easting
5/8/2011, 01:02 PM
Removing the Gaylord signs.
TheLadiesMike
5/8/2011, 01:11 PM
The upper decks should match.
SoonerObsession
5/8/2011, 01:25 PM
Enclosing the south end zone.
bowl the upper decks together across the north.
jk the sooner fan
5/8/2011, 02:08 PM
Enclosing the south end zone.
this
Osama Bin Laden
5/8/2011, 02:11 PM
Change the name to Wilkinson Field
I withdraw my previous suggestion. I want the pride moved to the south endzone seats.
deweydw
5/8/2011, 02:34 PM
Enclosing the south end zone.
this
Ditto...
Sooner_Tuf
5/8/2011, 02:51 PM
Beer, Ice Cold Beer.
OUthunder
5/8/2011, 03:39 PM
Escalators instead of walking the ramps.
TheLadiesMike
5/8/2011, 03:55 PM
Who are all these mythical people dying to get corner end zone seats?
King Crimson
5/8/2011, 04:01 PM
Removing the Gaylord signs.
my vote.
Get yer nominees now and I'll make it the Monday poll.
SoonerofAlabama
5/8/2011, 04:10 PM
Why don't we just do one of those original ten you suggested in April?
Why don't we just do one of those original ten you suggested in April?
It's a long summer we'll get to them all and more... maybe
SoonerofAlabama
5/8/2011, 04:24 PM
It is a very long summer.
Memtig14
5/8/2011, 05:47 PM
Who are all these mythical people dying to get corner end zone seats?
Excellent, excellent question!!!
Always_Sooner
5/8/2011, 06:02 PM
I vote for enclosing the south end as stated above. That would enclose the noise. Then again, we would have OSHA making OU lower the noise because it exceed the TWA for 3 1/2 hours....
I'm for closing the south end of the stadium too! More people more noise.
Soonerfan88
5/8/2011, 06:13 PM
Removing the Gaylord signs.
Definitely this!
Who are all these mythical people dying to get corner end zone seats?
Certainly nowhere I've seen - it's often hard to give away end zone tickets right now.
mightysooner
5/8/2011, 06:25 PM
Better looking cheerleaders that aren't transvestites.
rekamrettuB
5/8/2011, 06:40 PM
What would it be?
I vote new press box.
Be a waste of money...assuming an F5 comes thru there. :D
Sooner_Tuf
5/8/2011, 06:49 PM
It's a press box, let the press pay for it.
oudavid1
5/8/2011, 06:52 PM
Be a waste of money...assuming an F5 comes thru there. :D
saw this coming from a mile away
budbarrybob
5/8/2011, 07:07 PM
Shorter lines at the concession stands.
Mist sprayers for the hot days.
Hot Rod
5/8/2011, 07:27 PM
Cant believe this thread went 2 pages without a "Crimson" turf joke.
I agree with closing the south endzone and concession lines though.
JLEW1818
5/8/2011, 07:28 PM
Crimson turf ...
LostCreekSooner
5/8/2011, 07:36 PM
Better looking cheerleaders that aren't transvestites.
Ouch... :eek:
I was wanting the student section changed to topless only???:pop:
agoo758
5/8/2011, 08:51 PM
SoonerFan poster sections with personal laptops attached to the seats so that we may rack up post counts with "fire heupel" threads. :O
Demo the West upper deck and continue the East upper deck elevation all the way around, enclosing the South End Zone, to create a bowl. A new, state of the art press box would be in the new West upper deck and each end zone would have about 210 ft. video boards. Oh, you said just one?? Sorry, once it started I couldn't stop it.
BOOMER
gaylordfan1
5/8/2011, 10:25 PM
Removing the Gaylord signs.
:mad: :D :D
Enclosing the south endzone
SunnySooner
5/8/2011, 10:41 PM
Seems like I read somewheres that enclosing the S endzone is basically impossible because the architectural aspects of the structures don't match up.
Something like that, the gist being, it ain't happenin'.
So my vote would be for...beer. Surprise. ;)
soonerstan56
5/8/2011, 10:51 PM
Owen Field at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Stan
StoopTroup
5/8/2011, 10:51 PM
I'd make it a rule to give me full access and free Concessions.
Jboozer
5/8/2011, 11:14 PM
some way of blocking the sun that sets over the west side especially during afternoon/evening games. You can't see **** when the sum comes over, and you instantly take another shower (assuming you took one in the first place). I'd also bring the players over to the other side so they are right next to the student section, I bet that would create tons of momentum and excitement from the players, really get them going.
How about going back to an artificial surface? The new generation of fake turf is lights yrs ahead of the stuff torn off 20 yrs ago.
Remember the stories Barry used to tell about psyching out the other teams with the enormous crown Owen Field used to have? :D Not saying OU needs the big crown again, just wondering if Field Turf would look better...
Sooner_Tuf
5/9/2011, 12:47 AM
Fake grass is for people that can't afford natural grass.
StoopTroup
5/9/2011, 01:37 AM
Fake grass is for people that can't afford natural grass.
I'll go with the grass that has documented proof of players with very few injuries.
Has anyone figured out what the best playing surface to play Football is?
CrimsonRez
5/9/2011, 01:50 AM
a deck on the north side of the stadium. A big one, Penn state big
StoopTroup
5/9/2011, 01:52 AM
a deck on the north side of the stadium. A big one, Penn state big
You mean this thang?
http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/images/stadiums/PennState.jpg
StoopTroup
5/9/2011, 02:00 AM
What about something we could drive our boat to.....
http://www.rhetorik.ch/Aktuell/stadium/stadium.jpg
CrimsonRez
5/9/2011, 02:14 AM
You mean this thang?
http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/images/stadiums/PennState.jpg
ya, that thang :D
85sooners
5/9/2011, 02:30 AM
Strippers
StoopTroup
5/9/2011, 02:34 AM
ya, that thang :D
Looks pretty shaky and old....like their Coach.
CrimsonRez
5/9/2011, 02:57 AM
nah if it has seats and 50% of the nuts and bolts go ahead and put people in it.
TexassSux
5/9/2011, 05:04 AM
this
Concur!
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 07:14 AM
Why the Gaylord hate ???
Move stadium to Thackerville.
soonerloyal
5/9/2011, 08:20 AM
Why the Gaylord hate ???
http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108176&highlight=Gaylord
I reiterate now what I have said before about those more-money-than-good-breeding-and-taste Fokkers.
Our stadium's proud history, its' real name a tribute to Oklahoma's fallen heroes - and the kidnapping of that name for the sake of sucking up to money is yet another reason I despise the Gaylord Fokker Family for insisting their name be on our Stadium. It WAS named to honor our Sooner Veterans. Now it's a joke. Bottom line - if the Gaylord family really didn't give a shi* about the recognition-for-a-price, they'd have insisted their name not be added - and their wishes would have been granted, bank on it.
Screw the Gaylords and their donations. It's all about the Benjamins, and Boren laid down wearing a lace nightie and loved it. Any other explanation is full of crap. For all our jokes about T. Boone, that man at least loves his alma mater, and he does more for OSU than write checks for the tax writeoff and to see his name in feet-high letters.
For almost anyone who isn't a whore for the Gaylords and any other big-name-no-account - it will always be OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STADIUM. The men and women who bled and died for their country and for Oklahoma are the TRUE namesakes of our beloved playing area. As a military mom whose family has a long history of service, seeing "Gaylord" on Memorial just makes me ill. And I'm only one of many who feels that way.
I can't even escape that carpetbagging family even here in FL. Every time I drive on Osceola Parkway, I have to look at their over-the-top "Gaylord Palms" on the roadside.
My vote: Take "Gaylord Family" OFF OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL STADIUM.
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 08:44 AM
you over react. money helps.
soonerloyal
5/9/2011, 09:20 AM
Sure, money helps. That's the way of the world. But writing big checks doesn't mean they have to have their name plastered over/in front of one that honors war dead.
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 09:21 AM
Sure, money helps. That's the way of the world. But writing big checks doesn't mean they have to have their name plastered over/in front of one that honors war dead.
Well, yes it does.
soonerloyal
5/9/2011, 09:23 AM
No, it doesn't son. They don't HAVE to. They just don't have the decency to not WANT to.
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 09:30 AM
why does it bother you so much ???
My Dad is a vet of WWI & it doesn't bother me.
i appreciate folks who give to schools.
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 09:31 AM
SON !!!!!!!!!
All right, I'll start yer poll with my favorite ideas :D
StoopTroup
5/9/2011, 04:00 PM
Change the name to Wilkinson Field
I would make sure you never stepped foot near there.
Opps.....to late.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4RRXXdAMW0/TcV4UczFoyI/AAAAAAAAAUk/nnEo0kU3N5I/s320/Osama%2BBin%2BLaden%2BFish%2BFood
Osama Bin Laden
5/9/2011, 04:30 PM
I would make sure you never stepped foot near there.
Opps.....to late.
Are you a SEAL? I thought SEAL's were great spellers.
Mad Dog Madsen
5/9/2011, 04:33 PM
Change the name to Wilkinson Field
Nobody cares what you think... :D
Osama Bin Laden
5/9/2011, 04:39 PM
Nobody cares what you think... :D
Ok, then I'll put it in question form. Does really nobody else want the field named after the second best college football coach of all time, the coach who orchestrated the 47 game winning streak, and the coach who made OU what it is?
SoonerofAlabama
5/9/2011, 04:42 PM
Ok, then I'll put it in question form. Does really nobody else want the field named after the second best college football coach of all time, the coach who orchestrated the 47 game winning streak, and the coach who made OU what it is?
Nope, just kidding:D
soonerloyal
5/9/2011, 05:02 PM
why does it bother you so much ???
My Dad is a vet of WWI & it doesn't bother me.
i appreciate folks who give to schools.
My family is full of vets and that ghey moniker overshadowing the Memorial part of the name bugs the carp out of all of us.
Dang! I thought we lost all our War to End All War Vets. :D Seriously, tell 'im THANKS for us.
I appreciate their contributions too; doesn't mean we wanna put their moronic-sounding name on the place. It was fine as Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. And like I pointed out, if they really wanted to be decent they'd have insisted the stadium name be left unmolested. But that sort of good character just isn't in any of them.
Son. I used it as a term of polite bantering affection. Better'n Julio Asbestos or Dip****. ;)
texaspokieokie
5/9/2011, 05:19 PM
SoonerLoyal
i'm probly waaaay too old to be your "son".
the giveaway is that my Dad was a vet of "WWI".
he would've been 115 this year.
Osama Bin Laden
5/9/2011, 05:22 PM
Nope, just kidding:D
My head just exploded. Again.
bluedogok
5/9/2011, 05:30 PM
Ok, then I'll put it in question form. Does really nobody else want the field named after the second best college football coach of all time, the coach who orchestrated the 47 game winning streak, and the coach who made OU what it is?
The field already has a name, after Bennie Owen as former coach/AD who was the driving force behind building the stadium in its current location in the first place and the first real successful coach in school history. The history of the program extends beyond Stoops, Switzer and Wilkinson.
btw, the poll is here (http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154107), just in case that one falls off the main page.
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