aurorasooner
10/18/2015, 12:38 PM
and perhaps our 18-20 year old FB players responded to some fast food, dancing, and music instead of the usual "do it by the book routine of veggies,fruit,healthy eats, and chalk-boards", and it was all due to HCBS.
Really good article and reporting, imo.
http://www.oudaily.com/sports/oklahoma-football-sooners-found-ways-to-pass-the-time-in/article_4fd7444a-7534-11e5-8bf0-9700275f8251.html
Mechanical failures to three different United Airlines planes plagued OU’s travel plans and caused them to spend much more time at Will Rogers World Airport than originally planned.
But by the time the fourth plane arrived, OU players and coaches had already enjoyed a night they are sure to remember for a long time.
Not good advertising for UAL
I felt like it was a really good team bonding event,” defensive tackle Matt Dimon said. “We stuck with each other.”
Matt Dimon was “in heaven,” as he puts it, enjoying a buffet of fast food that was brought to the airport in droves by team employees.
“I think everybody got in there and started dancing,” Sanchez said. “It could have been a lot worse but we made the most of it.”
More than anything, it created an environment that forced the Sooners to come together as a unit.
“The thing was all of us dancing and using music to build us up and bring us together, making us closer as a team and not really worrying about the flight delay,” Dede Westbrook said.
As for the spread that was brought in to feed the players, it was all Bob Stoops’ idea.
“It got to where it’s eight o’clock and our kids haven’t eaten,” Stoops said. “So I asked whoever who was in the building who had a car to just go out and go to any fast food chain you can.
“If we have 10 people go out and get 10 of whatever, we’ll have enough food to feed our players. And that’s exactly what we did.
As for the variety to choose from, it was extensive. Dimon says there were at least six or seven restaurants represented. He enjoyed Whataburger, Sonic and Chick-Fil-A. Cornerback Jordan Thomas said he had Jack-In–The-Box, Burger King and Dominos.
After Oklahoma’s dominating win over Kansas State, some players questioned whether or not this should be a permanent installation.
“That will give (Stoops) more of a reason to keep doing it for us,” Thomas said. “We gotta have that junk food to fuel us.”
“Our nutritionist is going to hate us,” Baker Mayfield said.
Hope they got some good video/pics of that event and they'll show it on our Head Coach's playback show tonight and Monday on FCS.
Really good article and reporting, imo.
http://www.oudaily.com/sports/oklahoma-football-sooners-found-ways-to-pass-the-time-in/article_4fd7444a-7534-11e5-8bf0-9700275f8251.html
Mechanical failures to three different United Airlines planes plagued OU’s travel plans and caused them to spend much more time at Will Rogers World Airport than originally planned.
But by the time the fourth plane arrived, OU players and coaches had already enjoyed a night they are sure to remember for a long time.
Not good advertising for UAL
I felt like it was a really good team bonding event,” defensive tackle Matt Dimon said. “We stuck with each other.”
Matt Dimon was “in heaven,” as he puts it, enjoying a buffet of fast food that was brought to the airport in droves by team employees.
“I think everybody got in there and started dancing,” Sanchez said. “It could have been a lot worse but we made the most of it.”
More than anything, it created an environment that forced the Sooners to come together as a unit.
“The thing was all of us dancing and using music to build us up and bring us together, making us closer as a team and not really worrying about the flight delay,” Dede Westbrook said.
As for the spread that was brought in to feed the players, it was all Bob Stoops’ idea.
“It got to where it’s eight o’clock and our kids haven’t eaten,” Stoops said. “So I asked whoever who was in the building who had a car to just go out and go to any fast food chain you can.
“If we have 10 people go out and get 10 of whatever, we’ll have enough food to feed our players. And that’s exactly what we did.
As for the variety to choose from, it was extensive. Dimon says there were at least six or seven restaurants represented. He enjoyed Whataburger, Sonic and Chick-Fil-A. Cornerback Jordan Thomas said he had Jack-In–The-Box, Burger King and Dominos.
After Oklahoma’s dominating win over Kansas State, some players questioned whether or not this should be a permanent installation.
“That will give (Stoops) more of a reason to keep doing it for us,” Thomas said. “We gotta have that junk food to fuel us.”
“Our nutritionist is going to hate us,” Baker Mayfield said.
Hope they got some good video/pics of that event and they'll show it on our Head Coach's playback show tonight and Monday on FCS.