Dear God,

[colleyvillesooner]

I know we didn't make it to any post season tournament, so we have no reason to talk, but please, please let OSU lose to Marist. It would be really, really funny.

Thanks. :D

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=270720197

Marist 37
OSU 26
Half.

[bri]

If aggy loses, I'm gonna call in to work tomorrow and tell 'em I can't come in. When they ask me why, I'll say "Because there may still be a Sutton or two out there driving home, and I can't risk it."

[colleyvillesooner]

:D

[OKC-SLC]

If aggy loses, I'm gonna call in to work tomorrow and tell 'em I can't come in. When they ask me why, I'll say "Because there may still be a Sutton or two out there driving home, and I can't risk it."
heh.

[BigRedJed]

So here's the next question: would you rather the OU team be at home, licking their wounds and planning for next year, or be getting their hats handed to them by MARIST on ESPNU? I'll take wound-licking.

[BigRedJed]

52-37 Marist 13:04 second period

[OKC-SLC]

Yahoo gamecaster show 52-37 Marist with 12+ to go.

This would be all kiindz of funnay.

[OKC-SLC]

So here's the next question: would you rather the OU team be at home, licking their wounds and planning for next year, or be getting their hats handed to them by MARIST on ESPNU? I'll take wound-licking.
agree.

[AllAboutThe'O']

Yahoo gamecaster show 52-37 Marist with 12+ to go.

This would be all kiindz of funnay.
Wait, they are playing at the vaunted Gallagher-Iba Arena, right?

BTW, love the Marist nickname, the Red Foxes. No, contrary to popular belief, the mascot does not fake a heart attack and telling someone named Elizabeth he's coming to join her.

[colleyvillesooner]

If aggy loses, I'm gonna call in to work tomorrow and tell 'em I can't come in. When they ask me why, I'll say "Because there may still be a Sutton or two out there driving home, and I can't risk it."

Okay that original :d wasn't big enough for this post.

I am the God of Big Smilies, and I give you:

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2691/biggrinrs2.jpg

[BigRedJed]

Doh. 57-51. 7:33 remaining.

[OKC-SLC]

damn.

[bri]

Heh. "Harris got called for the reach-around..."

[colleyvillesooner]

I didn't realize it was being played at OSU. That would make it 10 times better.

[bri]

I'm scratching my head trying to figure out how aggy can be losing at home to a supposedly inferior opponent.

They didn't try and jar up the essence of Gallagher-Iba again, did they? :D

[goingoneight]

Score?

[bri]

65-60, Marist on top with 2:20 left

[colleyvillesooner]

Score?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=270720197&refresh=30

[bri]

Eeee-ton goes 1-2 from the line after a dodgy foul call...65-61 with 1:34 left. aggy ball.

[bri]

aggie gets a three, it's 65-64 Marist with :43.7 left. :mad:

[BigRedJed]

Not good.

[bri]

Marist calls a timeout to keep from losing the ball with 34.2 seconds left. I'm too old for this sh*t.

[bri]

Marist runs down the clock, misses a shot and then gets the rebound to run it down to 8.5 seconds left. two shots coming up...

[bri]

Makes 'em both, Marist calls timeout to set the defense. 67-64 Marist with :08.5 left in the game...

[OUinFLA]

Bama lost to UMASS with the lead and 9 secs left
:(

[BigRedJed]

Don't foul.

[colleyvillesooner]

67-64 Marist
3.0 2nd

OSU with the ball

[OUinFLA]

Don't foul.

you should have spoken louder

[bri]

BUWHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
!!!!!!111 :D

[BigRedJed]

Heh.

[colleyvillesooner]

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2691/biggrinrs2.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2691/biggrinrs2.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2691/biggrinrs2.jpg
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2691/biggrinrs2.jpg

[OKC-SLC]

heh.

[TopDawg]

You people seriously need to...


:mad: RESPECT THE JINX! :mad:

It's a good thing I came along with 30 seconds left to save it for Marist.

[BigRedJed]

I'll be registering my Marist troll on the OSU fan board. See you guys.

[Katherine]

That was GREAT :D

[OKC-SLC]

I'll be registering my Marist troll on the OSU fan board. See you guys.
again, heh.

[colleyvillesooner]

Deep Breath....

MARIST!!

[bri]

See if "Marist Crane" is taken. Then see if any of the mouth-breathers get the reference. :D

[colleyvillesooner]

nice

[TopDawg]

You people seriously need to...


:mad: RESPECT THE JINX! :mad:

It's a good thing I came along with 30 seconds left to save it for Marist.

Seriously. You people are ridiculous.

I keep trying to tell you and you keep on doing it.

[BigRedJed]

Well, I was actually just kidding about registering. Talking about it and actually taking the time to register on one of those POS orange circle-jerks are two different things.

[BigRedJed]

Thanks, TD.

[Crimsontothecore]

Timeline:

3/10/07 osu hopes for NCAA tourney birth
3/11/07 osu selected to NIT
3/12/07 Sports Animal hosts talk of osu winning NIT
3/13/07 (11:45AM) Sports Animal host speaks of how easy Marist game will be for osu.
3/13/07 (11:25PM) osu defeated by Marist in GIA!
3/13/07 (11:30PM) I'm still LMAO!

Projected timeline:
3/14/07 (12:15AM) Sean and Eddie get sloshed and take a walk to the nearest stoolwater middle school.

[TopDawg]

Thanks, TD.

Don't thank me, thank the basketball gods for having mercy on us.

[Octavian]

The Link (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk)

[poke4christ]

You guys can lay it on all you want. This team deserves it. Also, want to know something funny? Sutton benched Boggan and Monds for most of the last half. That was how we made the run. I'll be happy when those guys are out of here. No leadership whatsoever. We'll see what happens in the future, but I'll bet my car that this isn't Sutton's fault. It's the players. I just hope that the problematic one's are the one's with the door knob print on their hind quarters.

Next year:

Good Luck OU. Hope you can compete for the tourney.

OSU, I don't think even Coach Sutton knows. I just hope that tonights effort didn't totally alienate Jai from consideration. Thank God for the early signing period or Boggan and Monds might have really cost us.

[Frozen Sooner]

I find it hard to make fun of a team for losing in the first round of a tourney we didn't get invited to.

Nah, actually, I don't.

[poke4christ]

I know we didn't make it to any post season tournament, so we have no reason to talk, but please, please let OSU lose to Marist. It would be really, really funny.

This is how you thank me for rooting for the mean green in the tourney? ;)

[goingoneight]

Well, maybe now the "basketball gods" in GIA know how we felt after the BSU loss. Sucks when the little guy steps up and owns, don't it? :O

[12]

I'm pleased they lost.

Sincerely,
12forChrist

[colleyvillesooner]

This is how you thank me for rooting for the mean green in the tourney? ;)

Yeah, cause UNT is in the real tourney. ;)

[101sooner]

GIA was half empty.

[crawfish]

Wow...I didn't expect them to lose so early.

[Sooner_Bob]

If aggy loses, I'm gonna call in to work tomorrow and tell 'em I can't come in. When they ask me why, I'll say "Because there may still be a Sutton or two out there driving home, and I can't risk it."


Imagine how I felt driving to work this morning.

[SleestakSooner]

So TD does this mean you think playing Jimmi Hendrix's 'Foxey Lady' wouldn't be a good pick by DJ Necktie when OSU visits Norman next year?

You know you're a cute little heartbreaker
Foxy
:D

[colleyvillesooner]

MARIST!!

[CobraKai]

GIA was half empty.

Actually only Lloyd Noble can be half empty. GIA was half full. At least that is what I gather from the Sports Media in this state.

[NormanPride]

I didn't hear about this until this morning, and it freaking made my day. :D

[Taxman71]

GIA was half empty.

That is an understatements. The upper deck was absolutely barren while a good percentage of the high-priced seats behind the benches and press row were noticably bare. The TV color guy could not get off of the fact that the pukes were doggin it the entire game. Expect the aggie crybaby PR machine to start sending out hate mail soon to ESPN-U like they did after the Big 12 tourney.

[OUmillenium]

This year's OSU bunch definitely lacked leadership and also effort. Newsflash - Eaton is a ballhog and when he doesn't shoot a high %, OSU struggles. They will definitely be better next year, as will the Sooners.

[OSUAggie]

That is an understatements. The upper deck was absolutely barren while a good percentage of the high-priced seats behind the benches and press row were noticably bare. The TV color guy could not get off of the fact that the pukes were doggin it the entire game. Expect the aggie crybaby PR machine to start sending out hate mail soon to ESPN-U like they did after the Big 12 tourney.

Gettys is a Houston guy (Phi Slamma Jamma) and he hates the Big 8 teams. He'll take any opportunity to dog any of them. However, it's not that difficult to slam OSU's effort.

The Marist game is a perfect example of why you should never play in the NIT when you're a respectable program. It does nothing positive for you, and if you have a team that couldn't care less about playing, you'll get beat by the likes of Marist. OSU has now lost 3 out of its last 140 non-con home games. The 3 losses are to Florida Atlantic, Northwestern State and Marist.

[bri]

You point is somewhat invalidated by the fact that all you EVER schedule at home non-con is the likes of Florida Atlantic, Northwestern State, and Marist.

[OSUAggie]

Michigan State, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Washington and Arkansas are all a part of that steak, off the top of my head. It's not the easiest thing in the world to get teams to come to Stillwater and play, for a variety of reasons... Although now that the runway has been extended at the airport that will eliminate 1 excuse.

[OklahomaTuba]

****!

There goes my NIT bracket.

[poke4christ]

You point is somewhat invalidated by the fact that all you EVER schedule at home non-con is the likes of Florida Atlantic, Northwestern State, and Marist.

Bzzzz, wrong. That's all we CAN schedule. You don't think they try to get the big dogs to come to GIA? Why do you think we have so many tough NC road games? Our NC schedule is never easy, but I think they biggest non-con I've ever seen at GIA is Washington State, and we won that game something like 75-35 (not exagerating). Big teams just don't come to GIA. The best we can do is the Ford center.

[Big Red Ron]

Michigan State, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Washington and Arkansas are all a part of that steak, off the top of my head. It's not the easiest thing in the world to get teams to come to Stillwater and play, for a variety of reasons... Although now that the runway has been extended at the airport that will eliminate 1 excuse.I wouldn't bet on it. Who the hell would voluntarily go to stillwater?

How's that bottled up GIA spirit doin' ya? Ever get the Nolan Johnson DNA out of it?:D

[OSUAggie]

Bzzzz, wrong. That's all we CAN schedule. You don't think they try to get the big dogs to come to GIA? Why do you think we have so many tough NC road games? Our NC schedule is never easy, but I think they biggest non-con I've ever seen at GIA is Washington State, and we won that game something like 75-35 (not exagerating). Big teams just don't come to GIA. The best we can do is the Ford center.

Wazzu scored 29. We scored 81. They weren't very good at that point.

[SteelClip49]

No big team wants to go to Gallagher-Iba because of how intense it can get there. It's no Allen Fieldhouse but the same concept is there. It is a nice arena and the fans are just as intense as their bright orange shirts. GIA before the expansion was just as intense and awesome. Big ooc teams fear going to GIA because of the tradition it has and the spirit of Iba that surrounds it. I wish OU had an arena like GIA. Hell, all we have is a damn concert hall, or at least that is what it used to be used for.

[bri]

Teams don't want to go to GIA because it's a f*ckin' dumphole.

[CobraKai]

Gettys is a Houston guy (Phi Slamma Jamma) and he hates the Big 8 teams. He'll take any opportunity to dog any of them. However, it's not that difficult to slam OSU's effort.

;)


Big 12 basketball analyst Reid Gettys interviewed by Tramel Saturday

By Berry Tramel
The Oklahoman

How did Jeff Capel do in his first Oklahoma season?

“I love Jeff Capel. I’ll confess, when they made that hire, my eyebrows went up. ‘Uhhhhh. That’s interesting.’ But I spent some time with him in Norman, I love Jeff Capel. I would love to play for Jeff Capel. I would send my son to play for Jeff Capel. Last night, the game was slipping away. Somebody made a play and he jumped up and applauded it. Slapped the guy on the butt as he was going down court.. It was one of those plays he could have let go. It meant nothing. It was of no consequence. Yet what that did, and the statement that made, not only to that kid but to the guys sitting on the bench ... I love Jeff Capel.”

[SteelClip49]

Stillwater may be a dumphole but GIA is one nice arena. The plane crash memorial is also one remarkable site, remarkable in the sense that it's a nice representation to the ones that have parished.

[Mixer!]

I'm pretty sure bri was calling GIA the "dumphole".


Teams don't want to go to GIA because it's a f*ckin' dumphole.

[bri]

Yes. GIA is an overhyped practice gym. High schools have nicer buildings.

[poke4christ]

Yes. GIA is an overhyped practice gym. High schools have nicer buildings.

You are either showing ignorance, bias, or stupidity in that statement. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out which one. There's a reason GIA was ranked twice (once by CBS and once by ESPN) as the number one college basketball venue in the nation.

[usmc-sooner]

You are either showing ignorance, bias, or stupidity in that statement. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out which one. There's a reason GIA was ranked twice (once by CBS and once by ESPN) as the number one college basketball venue in the nation.

GIA is not even in the top 10

OSU is Duke of the prairie

[CatfishSooner]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

POOR AGGIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[101sooner]

You are either showing ignorance, bias, or stupidity in that statement. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out which one. There's a reason GIA was ranked twice (once by CBS and once by ESPN) as the number one college basketball venue in the nation.


BS. I was in GIA last summer. From the floor level it looks EXACTLY like Norman Highs gym, but with folding bleachers added below the 20 foot wall and the upper half extended upward. I don't give a **** what some network TV mouthpiece says, I've been there and I've seen plenty of empty seats in that dump when things aren't going well. Just because during big games a bunch of students try and dress up like Duke fans, doesn't make OSU Duke.

You don't just dress up an average programs gym and make it an elite facility/program.

[Big Red Ron]

BS.
You don't just dress up an average programs gym and make it an elite facility/program.I believe the technical phrase is, "You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig."

:D

[bri]

You are either showing ignorance, bias, or stupidity in that statement. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out which one. There's a reason GIA was ranked twice (once by CBS and once by ESPN) as the number one college basketball venue in the nation.

No, I'm showing a complete and total lack of anything remotely approaching being impressed by your little gymnasium. And la-dee-freakin'-dah that twice in the history of people ranking things that some random column writer decided to take a break from fawning all over Phog Allen and Cameron Indoor to throw you guys a bone.

[tulsaoilerfan]

I didn't see the score until i picked up the paper at 5:45 this morning, and it pretty much made my day!! Did Marist have guys named Grady, Rollo, and Lamont on the team?

[usmc-sooner]

it's a HS gym packed full of people who wish they had a football team to cheer for.

[bri]

it's a HS gym packed full of people who wish they had a football team to cheer for when they think they're 'good'. Otherwise, it's a half-empty HS gym.

Fixed. ;)

[Taxman71]

You are either showing ignorance, bias, or stupidity in that statement. I'm not going to waste my time figuring out which one. There's a reason GIA was ranked twice (once by CBS and once by ESPN) as the number one college basketball venue in the nation.

Yes....and the LNC was heralded as the toughest place in the nation by Dick Vitale and others after OU swept #1 Kansas and #1 Missouri in one week back in 1990. We also had a record home winning streak against nonconference foes during that era.

What determines the toughness of an arena is win-loss records. An eye-popping home record can come from being dominant (see OU in the 80's and early 90's) or from scheduling nothing but patsies at home.

[bri]

But...but....patsies are all they can get to come play at historic GIA! :stunned:

:rolleyes:

[Jeopardude]

BTW, love the Marist nickname, the Red Foxes. No, contrary to popular belief, the mascot does not fake a heart attack and telling someone named Elizabeth he's coming to join her.

But does it emotionally abuse and belittle its son while condemning him to the life of a junk man? That's one dark show.

[Taxman71]

But does it emotionally abuse and belittle its son while condemning him to the life of a junk man? That's one dark show.

I do know that they celebrated their victory in historic GIA with ripple instead of champagne.

[BigRedJed]

I'm thinking about picking up one of these (http://store.fansonly.com/marketplace/store_contents.cfm?cart_id=02510369571111821011007 07132220071503&store_id=135&dept_id=-4&product_id=19207)...

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[bri]

Oh, SNAP! :D