Prove you aren't a "bandwagon" fan...

[goingoneight]

13-12, Cal... IN NORMAN, 1998.

I had great seats for the dullest game ever played. :(

Thank God for Stoops :)

[william_brasky]

Big ones I remember attending in this vein:

15-15 vs. Pokes 1992 in Stillwater
0-12 vs. Pokes 1995 in Norman

The first two instances of Poke Football Smack I witnessed in my lifetime.

[Collier11]

homecoming against kansas, I cant remember the year, probably 95 when we just got embarrassed

[Fraggle145]

13-12, Cal... IN NORMAN, 1998.

I had great seats for the dullest game ever played. :(

Thank God for Stoops :)

I actually was on the field at halftime of this game, we were being presented (the new class of national merits). I was drunk off my *** :D

[monty]

Big ones I remember attending in this vein:

15-15 vs. Pokes 1992 in Stillwater
0-12 vs. Pokes 1995 in Norman

The first two instances of Poke Football Smack I witnessed in my lifetime.

Wow! Funny you should mention that game. The same year me and my dad sat through rain to watch a loss to USC 20-10. What i remember most was Cale Gundy getting tossed to the sideline with a concussion and Kenyon Rasheed's big *** feet. I guess you could say that no...i'm not a bandwagon fan. I've seen good then bad then good again. Not once did i hide my OU flag in the years that followed...courtesy of pops btw!

Boomer!

[monty]

Hell...come to think of it, wasn't the OSU game that year (1993) in Norman and rainy also? I remember some redneck up in the north endzone singing some weird chant in his little poncho. He was the only OSU fan in the house it seemed. Everyone looked at him like, "Ooohh...he's an aggot, poor fella". Glad the tradition still lingers on for those folks!

[tommieharris91]

Does my bursar bill from OU work?

[monty]

Does my bursar bill from OU work?

Preach on brotha! Sooner Sense spent wisely at Pepe Delgados! (Hideaway, Louies, and other great places on the corner!)

[SoonerLB]

Can't remember what year it was off hand, but I accepted an invitation to the game at Lawrence with some friends that are die-hard KU fans and had season tickets there. I'm the lone OU fan to be seen in the section right behind the KU bench, and Eric Vann runs a 99 yard draw play and KU goes on to defeat us.
The humiliation heaped upon me was ruthless, but no blood was spilled. Then I was forced to listen to the after game hoopla and interviews (their version, not ours), as well as endure a 3 hour tortuous ride home.
Had my crimson on the whole time though, defiantly gave them the bird as they exited my driveway, and BOOMER SOONER echoed through the neighborhood as they ran for cover! ;)
And to show there are no hard feelings, I call them every year after we beat them, just to..........well, you know.............RUB IT IN! :)

[Seamus]

I was at Cal in Berkeley and at the San Diego game in 1996, when De'Mond ran for about a million yards but we still got 50 hung on our arses.

[Sooner24]

1 Kansas 11-15-69
2 Kansas 11-13-71
3 Utah State 09-16-72
4 Oregon 09-23-72
5 Clemson 09-30-72
6 Kansas State 10-28-72
7 Missouri 11-11-72
8 Oklahoma State 12-02-72
9 Miami 10-06-73
10 Texas 10-13-73
11 Colorado 10-20-73
12 Iowa State 11-03-73
13 Kansas 11-17-73
14 Nebraska 11-23-73
15 Baylor 09-14-74
16 Utah State 09-28-74
17 Wake Forest 10-05-74
18 Texas 10-12-74
19 Kansas State 10-26-74
20 Missouri 11-09-74
21 Oklahoma State 11-30-74
22 Oregon 09-13-75
23 Pittsburgh 09-20-75
24 Colorado 10-04-75
25 Iowa State 10-25-75
26 Kansas 11-08-75
27 Nebraska 11-22-75
28 California 09-18-76
29 Florida State 09-25-76
30 Texas 10-09-76
31 Oklahoma State 10-23-76
32 Kansas State 11-06-76
33 Missouri 11-13-76
34 Vanderbilt 09-10-77
35 Utah 09-17-77
36 Kansas 10-01-77
37 Iowa State 10-22-77
38 Colorado 11-12-77
39 Nebraska 11-25-77
40 West Virginia 09-16-78
41 Rice 09-23-78
42 Missouri 09-30-78
43 Kansas State 10-28-78
44 Oklahoma State 11-18-78
45 Iowa 09-15-79
46 Tulsa 09-22-79
47 Colorado 10-06-79
48 Texas 10-13-79
49 Iowa State 10-27-79
50 Kansas 11-10-79
51 Nebraska 11-24-79
52 Kentucky 09-13-80
53 Stanford 09-27-80
54 Kansas State 10-18-80
55 North Carolina 11-01-80
56 Missouri 11-15-80
57 Oklahoma State 11-29-80
58 Wyoming 09-12-81
59 Iowa State 10-03-81
60 Kansas 10-17-81
61 Oregon State 10-24-81
62 Colorado 10-31-81
63 Nebraska 11-21-81
64 Oklahoma State 11-28-81
65 West Virginia 09-11-82
66 Southern Cal 09-25-82
67 Texas 10-09-82
68 Oklahoma State 10-23-82
69 Kansas State 11-06-82
70 Missouri 11-13-82
71 Nebraska 11-26-82
72 Ohio State 09-17-83
73 Tulsa 09-24-83
74 Texas 10-08-83
75 Iowa State 10-22-83
76 Kansas 10-29-83
77 Missouri 11-05-83
78 Colorado 11-12-83
79 Nebraska 11-26-83
80 Stanford 09-08-84
81 Baylor 09-22-84
82 Kansas State 09-29-84
83 Texas 10-13-84
84 Missouri 11-03-84
85 Colorado 11-10-84
86 Oklahoma State 11-24-84
87 Miami 10-19-85
88 Iowa State 10-26-85
89 Kansas 11-02-85
90 Colorado 11-16-85
91 Nebraska 11-23-85
92 SMU 12-07-85
93 UCLA 09-06-86
94 Minnesota 09-20-86
95 Kansas State 10-04-86
96 Texas 10-11-86
97 Oklahoma State 10-18-86
98 Missouri 11-08-86
99 North Texas 09-05-87
100 North Carolina 09-12-87
101 Texas 10-10-87
102 Colorado 10-24-87
103 Oklahoma State 11-07-87
104 Missouri 11-14-87
105 Arizona 09-17-88
106 Iowa State 10-01-88
107 Texas 10-08-88
108 Kansas State 10-15-88
109 Kansas 10-29-88
110 Nebraska 11-19-88
111 New Mexico State 09-02-89
112 Baylor 09-09-89
113 Oklahoma State 10-07-89
114 Texas 10-14-89
115 Colorado 10-28-89
116 Missouri 11-04-89
117 Kansas State 11-11-89
118 Pittsburgh 09-15-90
119 Tulsa 09-22-90
120 Kansas 09-29-90
121 Iowa State 10-20-90
122 Kansas State 11-10-90
123 Nebraska 11-23-90
124 North Texas 09-14-91
125 Utah State 09-21-91
126 Virginia Tech 09-28-91
127 Texas 10-12-91
128 Colorado 10-19-91
129 Kansas 10-26-91
130 Kansas State 11-02-91
131 Oklahoma State 11-16-91
132 Arkansas State 09-12-92
133 Southern Cal 09-19-92
134 Iowa State 10-03-92
135 Texas 10-10-92
136 Kansas State 10-31-92
137 Missouri 11-07-92
138 Nebraska 11-27-92
139 Texas A&M 09-11-93
140 Tulsa 09-25-93
141 Texas 10-09-93
142 Colorado 10-16-93
143 Kansas 10-23-93
144 Oklahoma State 11-13-93
145 Texas Tech 09-17-94
146 Iowa State 10-01-94
147 Kansas State 10-29-94
148 Missouri 11-05-94
149 Nebraska 11-25-94
150 San Diego State 09-09-95
151 SMU 09-16-95
152 North Texas 09-23-95
153 Colorado 09-30-95
154 Kansas 10-21-95
155 Kansas State 11-04-95
156 Oklahoma State 11-11-95
157 TCU 09-07-96
158 Tulsa 09-28-96
159 Kansas 10-05-96
160 Texas 10-12-96
161 Baylor 10-19-96
162 Nebraska 11-02-96
163 Texas Tech 11-23-96
164 Syracuse 09-06-97
165 Louisville 09-27-97
166 Kansas 10-04-97
167 Texas 10-11-97
168 Baylor 10-18-97
169 Kansas State 10-25-97
170 Oklahoma State 11-08-97
171 Texas A&M 11-15-97
172 North Texas 09-05-98
173 California 09-19-98
174 Colorado 10-03-98
175 Texas 10-10-98
176 Iowa State 10-31-98
177 Texas Tech 11-21-98
178 Indiana State 09-11-99
179 Baylor 09-18-99
180 Notre Dame 10-02-99
181 Texas 10-09-99
182 Texas A&M 10-23-99
183 Missouri 11-06-99
184 Iowa State 11-13-99
185 Texas Tech 11-20-99
186 Oklahoma State 11-27-99
187 UTEP 09-02-00
188 Arkansas State 09-09-00
189 Rice 09-23-00
190 Kansas 09-30-00
191 Texas 10-07-00
192 Kansas State 10-13-00
193 Nebraska 10-28-00
194 Baylor 11-04-00
195 Texas A&M 11-11-00
196 Texas Tech 11-18-00
197 Oklahoma State 11-25-00
198 Kansas State 12-02-00
199 Florida State 01-03-01
200 North Carolina 08-25-01
201 Air Force 09-01-01
202 North Texas 09-08-01
203 Kansas State 09-29-01
204 Texas 10-06-01
205 Kansas 10-13-01
206 Baylor 10-20-01
207 Nebraska 10-27-01
208 Tulsa 11-03-01
209 Texas A&M 11-10-01
210 Texas Tech 11-17-01
211 Oklahoma State 11-24-01
212 Arkansas 01-01-02
213 Tulsa 08-30-02
214 Alabama 09-07-02
215 UTEP 09-14-02
216 South Florida 09-28-02
217 Missouri 10-05-02
218 Texas 10-12-02
219 Iowa State 10-19-02
220 Colorado 11-02-02
221 Texas A&M 11-09-02
222 Baylor 11-16-02
223 Texas Tech 11-23-02
224 OSU 11-30-02
225 Colorado 12-07-02
226 North Texas 08-30-03
227 Alabama 09-06-03
228 Fresno State 09-13-03
229 UCLA 09-20-03
230 Texas 10-11-03
231 Missouri 10-18-03
232 OSU 11-01-03
233 Texas A&M 11-08-03
234 Baylor 11-15-03
235 Kansas State 12-06-03
236 Bowling Green 09-04-04
237 Houston 09-11-04
238 Oregon 09-18-04
239 Texas Tech 10-02-04
240 Texas 10-09-04
241 Kansas State 10-16-04
242 Kansas 10-23-04
243 Nebraska 11-13-04
244 Baylor 11-20-04
245 Colorado 12-04-04
246 TCU 09-03-05
247 Tulsa 09-10-05
248 Kansas State 10-01-05
249 Texas 10-08-05
250 Baylor 10-22-05
251 Texas A&M 11-12-05
252 OSU 11-26-05
253 UAB 09-02-06
254 Washington 09-09-06
255 Oregon 09-16-06
256 Middle Tenn State 09-23-06
257 Texas 10-07-06
258 Iowa State 10-14-06
259 Colorado 10-21-06
260 Texas Tech 11-11-06

[Sooner Among The Pack]

i'll have to use my degree on the wall for this one...accepted in 2000 and graduated in 2004.

[CincySooner]

I gotta admit, I wasn't a fan until my first year at OU in 98.

I got one Blake year under my belt... and that was enough for me. I can't imagine suffering through 3 years of that crap.

[MiccoMacey]

Unless you have a degree from OU, you are not a true fan. You're a bandwagon fan. And we'd rather have 20 real fans that support us through thick and thin than 85,000 plus bandwagon fans.

Sincerely,
OSU fan

:D:D

[Suerreal]

OU BS Microbiology 1979 MS Biochemistry 1979

Does making a fan page count?
Sooners 2006 (http://www.wingingit.us/sports/sooners/sooner06.html)

- Sue

[MichiganSooner]

No degree from OU but my kids do. Got mine in the Great Lakes. But just got a papercut and my blood is Crimson and Cream!! So Aggie, call me bandwagon if you want but the checks are written to OU.

[OUDoc]

13-12, Cal... IN NORMAN, 1998.

I had great seats for the dullest game ever played. :(

Thank God for Stoops :)
I was there. How did we let that crappy team beat us?

[AlabamaSooner]

I realized I was going to OU around the 8th grade. I bought a De'Mond Parker jersey before the 97 season during those dark years. Growing up a huge Bama fan, I got some odd looks at school when I wore it. Now I've got my degree.

[CU Sooner]

First game attended, 80 Stanford game in pouring rain and Elway shreds us. But the real proof is listening to every game on the radio since early 70's because you could not go to games.
If you are a real fan "Jiminy Christmas" makes you smile every time you hear it and say it.

[Schoonerbeer]

I saw Northwestern beat the SOONERS 19 to 3 in Norman when GO GO Gomer was the coach. I think it was around 1960.


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OUMonster]

I remember staying to the end of both 34-3 (OU/TX '98) and 51-7 (A&M @ OU '97).

I remember sitting in the stands of the '98 OU/TX game thinking that staying to the end would be a good point of reference to think about if we ever rose out of the Blake dump. Needless to say we did.

[setem]

98 Cal was hella boring man!

It was not my 1st Sooner game...it was the 1st one I can remember.

Now that I am of age and I go to every home game...there are a few I still don't remember!!!

BOOOMER!!!!

[silversooner22]

I remember when TCU beat us at home in 1996....and I thought it would never happen again......But I kept going.....and we beat Texas and OSU that year.....My persistence has paid off!

[sooner518]

besides the OU degree on the wall

aww hell im too lazy to type out every game ive been to. but i went to 7 games over the Schnelly/Blake era (when I was mostly in middle school) and watched every game on TV.

[OUstud]

Senior day, 1997. I'm 8 years old and watching OU get thrashed by A&M in freezing weather. There's like 100 fans left at the end, and I am one of them. One of the saddest moments of my childhood.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

I remember staying to the end of 51-7 (A&M @ OU '97).


I was there in the student section. My friend forgot his ticket, but he bought another one for $5. It was sooo fricken cold, and there was about 20 of us left at the end.

Also, been to 11 straight RRS's

[soonerboy_odanorth]

On the road at Nebraska (L 7-69) in '97 when my buddy and I absolutely knew we were going to get slaughtered in "Dr. Tom's" next-to-last home and final Oklahoma game.

After attending smatterings of games both at home and on the road (including the 10-20 home loss to Southern Cal under Gibbs, the Stoney Clark Texas game, and the Smellsofburbon asterisk game against CU) in the 90's, I finally signed up for season tickets at the tail end of '98 when they were easy to get. Because I knew at that point there was nowhere to go but up.

Good investment to say the least.

[OU-HSV]

I'm not a Sooner grad, but I've been a Sooner fan since I can remember. And of course, the older I got, the more I was able to keep up w/the Sooners, and the more I became a fan. When my brother (OKC-SLC) started college and went through med school at OU, that's the first games I recall attending in Norman back in the Blake/Smellmybooger eras. I don't remember the exact games I went to back then, I just remember A LOT of QB rotations,haha.
On my wedding day back in '03 all of us guys scrounged up a t.v. from one of the church classes and piled up in a room of the church to watch us kick the crap out of the sheephumpers 52-9 right before my wedding. I just knew we would kick their asses that day and I was dying to watch the game. I wasn't sure if I'd find a way to watch the game live. I'm still surprised to this day that I didn't take any heat from the wife for that.

If I can't go to a game, I'm always glued to the t.v. games. Off the top of my head, here's the games/results I've been to the last few seasons. Not quite as impressive as Soonerfans24's list, but I go to the games everytime I get a chance and have the funds to!

The '03 big12 championship (of which we don't speak of) vs. KState<<This was the suckiest I've attended...froze my arse off, had a headache, and some annoying Kstate fans around us
'06 Big12 championship win vs. Nebraska 21-7
Won over Sand Aggies 34-24
Won over Colorado 24-3
Won over Washington 37-20
Won over Sheephumpers 42-14
Loss to TCU 10-17 <<<2nd on my suckiest games attended list
Won vs. Nebraska 30-3
Won vs. Oregon 31-7
Won vs. Bowling Green 40-24
Won vs. Sand aggies 60-15
Won vs. UTEP 68-0
Won vs. UNC 41-27

[Rhino]

November 15, 1997
Texas A&M 51, Oklahoma 7

Stadium was half-empty at half-time. A trickle of Sooner fans were left at 0:00.

Super cold. Super crappy. Super depressing.

[jk the sooner fan]

man i remember watching that a&m game on tv

the first game that came to mind was the Jeff Hostettler West Virginia game.....i think they scored right before the half, and then executed a perfect onside kick, recovered it and scored again


and as a kid - I had a John Carroll game used jersey

[stoopified]

Does sitiing through the turnover fest in the 1975 loss 23-3 to KU count?I think we turned the ball over on 7 consecutive drives.

[boomersooner82]

I was 8 before I got to my first game at Owen Field (granted I grew up in Texas): 45-10 upset over Nebraska in 1990. =We'd have to suffer through 10 more years before we beat the bugeaters again, the worst being that 73-21 shalacking in '96... ugh. God bless Stoops.

I still have my Garrick McGee and Stephen Alexander jerseys.

[OUFAN29]

I was at Cal in Berkeley and at the San Diego game in 1996, when De'Mond ran for about a million yards but we still got 50 hung on our arses.


Those were sad games. I was almost banned from going to road games after those losses.

[soonerboy_odanorth]

I saw Northwestern beat the SOONERS 19 to 3 in Norman when GO GO Gomer was the coach. I think it was around 1960.


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not to one up you, but I was also at that 0-20 debacle under Blake at Soldiers Field.

[C&CDean]

A 3-6 trashing at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats in 1988.

[Big Red Ron]

2004 OB. That's all I'm sayin'. And it wasn't cheap.

[Wishboned]

I haven't been fortunate to be able to attend many OU games.

But I think living in Florida during the Dark Days should count as I had an OU shirt for every day of the week and proudly wore my OU hat every gameday.

I had to listen to crap like, "OU, they're a decent basketball school now." and "Florida is the true home of college football."

I moved back in 99, and OU started winning again. I like to think it was because I returned to my home state to live...but I think that Stoops guy may deserve some credit too.

[Big Red Ron]

I went to OU from '95 to '99. In 1997, I worked with a FSU fan who kept telling me OU would never be back and crap like that.

After we beat FSU in 2000, I went back and he was still there. He was still in shock, I think.

:D

Bob Stoops gave me the greatest Graduation present EVAR!

[dolemitesooner]

Major spek to Sooner24.

My only proof is that I saw OU play before most of y'all was bornded...1956.
Jaux will back me up here

[r5TPsooner]

Season opener in 1999 (Stoops 1st year I thinketh) vs Indiana State 49-0 win. Paid about $150 for two tickets. Best $$$ I ever spent.

Last OU game that I ever saw in person at Memorial Stadium btw.

[OSUAggie]

Hell...come to think of it, wasn't the OSU game that year (1993) in Norman and rainy also? I remember some redneck up in the north endzone singing some weird chant in his little poncho. He was the only OSU fan in the house it seemed. Everyone looked at him like, "Ooohh...he's an aggot, poor fella". Glad the tradition still lingers on for those folks!

That was '91 during O-ten-and-one. 21-6. 1993 was when we only had 1 first down (by penalty), I think. There were at least 2 ags there in '91, since I was one of them and was not the person you described. Tone Jones threw a 50-yarder down to the 1 or so when it was maybe 14-6, which was quickly followed by a goal line stand netting the Pokes -8 yards, or so. It was truly pathetic, and a nice microcosm of the entire season.. And the ****ing Sooners I was with made me stay the whole time. Bastards. ;)

God the 90s were such glory days for football in this state. :rolleyes:

[sooner518]

2004 OB. That's all I'm sayin'. And it wasn't cheap.
lol ditto. 24 hour drive from OKC to Miami. and I shall never speak of it again

[TheBobbyTrain]

I've been to every home game since 1997, missed only 2 or 3 games total from 1993ish until 1996.
-First OU/TX was 2000- havent's missed one since
-attended 2003 Rose Bowl
-attended 2004 Sugar Bowl
-attended 2005 Game of which we do not speak - drove all the way down there from Norman
-@ TTech in '01
-was at OU/aTm in 2002 at Kyle, @ Baylor, @ OSU, @Big 12 Championship in '02
-in 2003- Alabama, Colorado, Big 12 Championship

....and I'm only 23 years old.

[Doged]

I had a Boomer Sooner ring tone.....


...on this state-of-the-art phone....

http://www.creativewritingcoach.com/images/old_fashioned_phone_face2.jpg

:D

[Seamus]

Damn, I can't finish reading this thread. It's making me feel bad :(

[Sooner J]

I live in Omaha and also attended this game. I sat at the top of the stadium and stayed for the entrie game. It was my first (live) OU vs NE game.



On the road at Nebraska (L 7-69) in '97 when my buddy and I absolutely knew we were going to get slaughtered in "Dr. Tom's" next-to-last home and final Oklahoma game.

After attending smatterings of games both at home and on the road (including the 10-20 home loss to Southern Cal under Gibbs, the Stoney Clark Texas game, and the Smellsofburbon asterisk game against CU) in the 90's, I finally signed up for season tickets at the tail end of '98 when they were easy to get. Because I knew at that point there was nowhere to go but up.

Good investment to say the least.

[Pricetag]

My best "I'm desperate to see the game" moment would be from on my wedding day back in '03 all of us guys scrounged up a t.v. from one of the church classes and piled up in a room of the church to watch us kick the crap out of the sheephumpers 52-9 right before my wedding.

Dude, WTF?

[Sooner J]

Also, something else that too me proves that I'm no bandwagon fan is responding with "Sooner" with out thought when you are outside of an OU area or event (The state of Oklahoma, A Sooner game, An OU store, etc...).

An example of this is last week when I was in the KC airport. I just got off a flight and was on my way to the restroom when some guy saw my OU shirt and shouted "Boomer" and with out thought I responded with "Sooner". I can see how if you were at some place where there was a good chance that someone might yell "Boomer" that you would be ready to respond but it's these unexpected times that make me feel that I'm a real OU fan.

[Ardmore_Sooner]

I've been to every home game since 1997, missed only 2 or 3 games total from 1993ish until 1996.
-First OU/TX was 2000- havent's missed one since
-attended 2003 Rose Bowl
-attended 2004 Sugar Bowl
-attended 2005 Game of which we do not speak - drove all the way down there from Norman
-@ TTech in '01
-was at OU/aTm in 2002 at Kyle, @ Baylor, @ OSU, @Big 12 Championship in '02
-in 2003- Alabama, Colorado, Big 12 Championship

....and I'm only 23 years old.

1. Arkansas State 9-12-92
2. Kansas State 10-29-94
3. San Diego State 9-9-95
4. North Texas 9-23-95
5. Kansas 10-21-95
6. Oklahoma State 11-11-95
7. TCU 9-7-96
8. Kansas 10-5-96
9. Nebraska 11-2-96
10. Texas Tech 11-23-96
11. Syracuse 9-6-97
12. Louisville 9-27-97
13. Baylor 10-18-97
14. Kansas State 10-25-97
15. Oklahoma State 11-8-97
16. Texas A&M 11-15-97
17. North Texas 9-5-98
18. California 9-19-98
19. Colorado 10-3-98
20. Iowa State 10-31-98
21. Texas Tech 11-21-98
22. Indiana State 9-11-99
23. Baylor 9-18-99
24. Texas 10-9-99
25. Texas A&M 10-23-99
26. Missouri 11-6-99
27. @ Iowa State 11-13-99
28. Oklahoma State 11-27-99
29. UTEP 9-2-00
30. Arkansas State 9-9-00
31. Kansas 9-30-00
32. @ Kansas State 10-13-00
33. Nebraska 10-28-00
34. @ Baylor 11-4-00
35. Texas Tech 11-18-00
36. @ Oklahoma State 11-25-00
37. Kansas State (Big 12 Title) 12-02-00
38. Florida State (Orange Bowl) 1-3-01
39. North Carolina 8-25-01
40. @ Air Force 9-1-01
41. North Texas 9-8-01
42. Kansas State 9-29-01
43. Texas 10-06-01
44. @ Kansas 10-13-01
45. Baylor 10-20-01
46. @ Nebraska 10-27-01
47. Tulsa 11-3-01
48. Texas A&M 11-10-01
49. @ Texas Tech 11-17-01
50. Oklahoma State 11-24-01
51. Arknsas (Cotton Bowl) 01-1-02
52. @ Tulsa 8-30-02
53. Alabama 9-7-02
54. UTEP 9-14-02
55. South Florida 9-28-02
56. @ Missouri 10-05-02
57. Texas 10-12-02
58. Iowa State 10-19-02
59. Colorado 11-02-02
60. @ Texas A&M 11-0-02
61. @ Baylor 11-16-02
62. Texas Tech 11-23-02
63. @ Oklahoma State 11-30-02
64. Colorado (Big 12 Title) 12-07-02
65. North Texas 8-30-03
66. Fresno State 9-13-03
67. UCLA 9-20-03
68. Texas 10-11-03
69. Missouri 10-18-03
70. Oklahoma State 11-01-03
71. Texas A&M 11-08-03
72. Baylor 11-15-03
73. Kansas State (Big 12 Title) 12-06-03
74. Bowling Green 9-4-04
75. Houston 9-11-04
76. Oregon 9-18-04
77. Texas Tech 10-02-04
78. Texas 10-19-04
79. @ Kansas State 10-16-04
80. Kansas 10-23-04
81. Nebraska 11-13-04
82. Colorado (Big 12 Title) 12-04-04
83. TCU 9-3-05
84. Tulsa 9-10-05
85. Kansas State 10-01-05
86. Texas 10-08-05
87. Baylor 10-22-05
88. Texas A&M 11-12-05
89. Oklahoma State 11-26-05
90. UAB 9-2-06
91. Washington 9-9-06
92. @ Oregon 9-16-06
93. Middle Tennessee State 9-23-06
94. Texas 10-07-06
95. Iowa State 10-14-06
96. Colorado 10-21-06
97. @ Missouri 10-28-06
98. Texas Tech 11-11-06
99. @ Oklahoma State 11-25-06
100. Nebraska (Big 12 Title) 12-02-06


.........and I just turned 20 this year! :D

[LittleWingSooner]

I can't remember the year, I'm thinking it was the Scnelly year, but SoonerStats has that game listed as in Manhattan. But the score was way out of hand.

[Big Red Ron]

I laughed when the Schooner crashed in 1995. I hate band wagons. :D

[KC//CRIMSON]

Stayed and sat through every last miserable second of the 2003 BIG12 Championship debacle. Freezing to death on top of it.

[OKLA21FAN]

Also, something else that too me proves that I'm no bandwagon fan is responding with "Sooner" with out thought when you are outside of an OU area or event (The state of Oklahoma, A Sooner game, An OU store, etc...).

An example of this is last week when I was in the KC airport. I just got off a flight and was on my way to the restroom when some guy saw my OU shirt and shouted "Boomer" and with out thought I responded with "Sooner". I can see how if you were at some place where there was a good chance that someone might yell "Boomer" that you would be ready to respond but it's these unexpected times that make me feel that I'm a real OU fan.
best point evar!

i have had a few awkward moments will traveling on vacation and see soem stranger wearing some sort of OU gear.

Nov 2001 Time Square -- NYC
see a gentleman walking on the other side of the street and gave him the obligatory 'BOOMER'!. after a brief hesitation, he looked over at me and gave the appropriate response.

Mar 2003 -- in the strip in Las Vegas
a kid in his 20s gets out of a cab wearing an OU ballcap. once again, the obligatory 'BOOMER' offered. kid looks at me like i was getting ready to rob him. after pausing a few seconds, i told that 'if you are going to wear that hat, at the very least understand what it means to wear it' his response, 'im from San Diego'. in disgust i walked away.

July 2006 -- on Navy Pier in Chicago
Gentleman approaches wearing an OU shirt, and mrs okla21fan remembering our LV debacle, asks 'you or me'? since I claim to wear the pants in the family almost immediately a 'BOOMER' sounds out of my mouth. gentleman quizzically looks at me and as he walks by he mumbles...'oh yeah....the shirt'

going to Alaska this summer, but my batting average is not very good these days.

[JohnnyMack]

man i remember watching that a&m game on tv

the first game that came to mind was the Jeff Hostettler West Virginia game.....i think they scored right before the half, and then executed a perfect onside kick, recovered it and scored again


I was at both of those games.

The A&M game when I was a student and the WVU game was the first OU game I ever went to.

[starrca23]

Every September my dad and I catch a couple of baseball games in St Louis. It never fails that someone at Busch Stadium gives us a "Boomer!" I have a bunch of cardinals gear, but we like to wear Sooner stuff just to see how many Boomers we get!

[SteelClip49]

Maybe I missed it somewhere but how about the 2001 home game against Kansas State? I know this isn't an era of suckiness but to witness that game was nerve racking. Oklahoma led 36-14, wins game 38-37. I have been to many, including a few bowls:

1988 Orange (4 y/o)
1999 Indy, 2001 Orange, 2002 Cotton (really boring), 2003 Rose (best football atmosphere), 2004 Sugar, 2005 Orange

[ELP Sooner]

3 suckiest ones for me were

At Southern Cal in 1988...lost 23-7
At Arizona in 1989..........lost 6-3
Fiesta Bowl loss to Arizona State 32-21 jan 1 1983

One highlight from the Arizona game....A drunk Cat fan came into the OU section waving a plastic bag filled with white powder. Some fat OU fan decked him. Good times.

[SicEmBaylor]

You people you people.
You don't know what sitting through ****ty football games for a decade is truly like.

[Spanish Sooner]

Current OU student, and I was also in college station in 02 for the game were reggie mcneal had one of his few good games....

[OU-HSV]

Dude, WTF?
What's the problem...or what's your question?
I edited the original so it makes more sense now.

[ELP Sooner]

You people you people.
You don't know what sitting through ****ty football games for a decade is truly like.


I've heard stories from the locals. :D

[Sooner-by-Marriage]

In 1993, I had just met my future wife, who was a junior at OU, and I drove out from Pennsylvania to see her over fall break. I went with her and her family to see my first ever college game in person.

It was against Colorado and OU lost 27-10 if I remember correctly.

The thing I'll never forget, though was when, with the game already decided, OU scored its first points of the game, a field goal, and the Sooner Schooner made its way onto the field and then tipped over.

[Pricetag]

What's the problem...or what's your question?
I edited the original so it makes more sense now.
Heh, no editing necessary. I was referring to your football season wedding date.

[oKOIhoma fan]

I have been to one OU game my entire life. Living in SC since I was 5 does not grant many chances to see games. Father an OU alumn and him and mom are Oklahoma natives. I drove all the way from Charleston SC on Thursday to make it to the Homecoming game vs. KU in 04. Got down there went to game visit with grandparents drove back Sunday. Oh yeah forgot to mention that I broke my foot WED afternoon. I was not going to be denied! Was in the car for 48 of 72 hour weekend. I got chance to see the great AD suit up and tear down the field. Man what a day that was. The weather was perfect, OU won, got to see all there was to see.

[OU-HSV]

Heh, no editing necessary. I was referring to your football season wedding date.
Haha, I see. :D Well, if you recall that was one of the years when late in the summer they changed the date of the OU vs. sheephumper game. Before they changed the game date, my wife had already ordered all of our invitations with "November 1, 2003" on them! But I had planned the wedding around the football season, but I was basically screwed at that point since we had the invitations already.

[LosAngelesSooner]

I used to get down on my knees to pray when I was a little kid and the Sooners were in a close game. And if we lost I would CRYYY.

Also I was at the Orange Bowl when OU played Arkansas.

[A-M]

I was enrolled for fall of 63 with a scholorship for Band, but due to family problems I was not able to attend college for 40 more years when I now live in Kansas. So driving to OU simply wasn't an option at that time. I set in the Texas Alumni section for the 66 RRR because my date was from UT. Do these count as being a true fan?

[LittleWingSooner]

I remember staying up till about 1 or 2 AM watching us play San Diego State one year when DeMond Parker ran wild. And we still got our asses handed to us.

[SoonerRecon]

1995-1998, didn't miss a home game, and we never made a bowl game. sitting in the cold rain in 97 against a&m till 0:00 with my friends who were graduating, very depressing. the northwestern game at soldier field was a horrible start to the season, but i did a shot with oger from revenge of the nerds on rush st.

[BOOMERBRADLEY]

First game as a baby in 1983...Not sure which one but I was there!!!

No OU degree, but I have a degree and that's all that matters to me at this point in my life. I guess I will have to get a masters in Colorado somewhere??

[Landthief 1972]

I didn't start going to games until we sucked in the Smellsofbourbon-Blake eras. I figured it was less painful than getting the play-by-play from Bob Barry Sr. Thanks to him, to this day, I subconsciously check for penalty flags after a big play in our favor.

[MamaMia]

When I was in college I made out with an OU football player right after we lost the game.

[Fraggle145]

When I was in college I made out with an OU football player right after we lost the game.

I had the secks on the 50 yard line of the practice field :eek:

[sanantoniosooner]

I once posted for 39 straight hours on the internet.

Could a bandwagon fan do that?

[Fraggle145]

Haha, I see. :D Well, if you recall that was one of the years when late in the summer they changed the date of the OU vs. sheephumper game. Before they changed the game date, my wife had already ordered all of our invitations with "November 1, 2003" on them! But I had planned the wedding around the football season, but I was basically screwed at that point since we had the invitations already.

Fall weddings are teh suck. Just say no. ITs too late for you, but let your mistake be a lesson to others. :D

[Sooner24]

When I was in college I made out with an OU football player right after we lost the game.




I had the secks on the 50 yard line of the practice field :eek:



:eek: It wasn't with Mama was it!!!! :eek:

[Fraggle145]

:eek: It wasn't with Mama was it!!!! :eek:

I dont think she'd have me :eek:

I'm not very tricky ;)

[chantundefeated]

1996-Tulsa 31 OU 24 my first OU game. I was 9 years old. I now attend every game that I can as a student.

[Vaevictis]

You people you people.
You don't know what sitting through ****ty football games for a decade is truly like.

Heh, maybe not quite a whole decade, but pretty damn close.

[Boffingham]

Reason I'm not a bandwagon fan? How about that monthly student loan payment! Is that good enough for you?

[bluedogok]

the first game that came to mind was the Jeff Hostettler West Virginia game.....i think they scored right before the half, and then executed a perfect onside kick, recovered it and scored again
That was my freshman year, I got fired for not showing up at work on the Saturday of the OU-USC game that year.


That was '91 during O-ten-and-one. 21-6. 1993 was when we only had 1 first down (by penalty), I think. There were at least 2 ags there in '91, since I was one of them and was not the person you described. Tone Jones threw a 50-yarder down to the 1 or so when it was maybe 14-6, which was quickly followed by a goal line stand netting the Pokes -8 yards, or so. It was truly pathetic, and a nice microcosm of the entire season.. And the ****ing Sooners I was with made me stay the whole time. Bastards. ;)

God the 90s were such glory days for football in this state. :rolleyes:My cousin was a grad assistant at OSU that season.

[bigdsooner]

my oldest brother got married the day of the 01 14-3 texas game. after the preacher said you may kiss the bride we ran like hell back to the room to catch the middle of the 1st half and the rest of the game. then we proceeded to get drunk and see the greatest college play in history imo.

Plus....cause i fukkin said so :)

[jk the sooner fan]

That was my freshman year, I got fired for not showing up at work on the Saturday of the OU-USC game that year.

My cousin was a grad assistant at OSU that season.

i was a freshman in 81 when we lost to USC - blech

[Salt City Sooner]

Rock bottom for me was getting the opportunity to read the name Caswell for 99 frickin' yards.....

[Scott D]

In 1993, I had just met my future wife, who was a junior at OU, and I drove out from Pennsylvania to see her over fall break. I went with her and her family to see my first ever college game in person.

It was against Colorado and OU lost 27-10 if I remember correctly.

The thing I'll never forget, though was when, with the game already decided, OU scored its first points of the game, a field goal, and the Sooner Schooner made its way onto the field and then tipped over.

by god we were going to come back and win that game...until Gundy got his melon bounced off of the astro-crete we called a field back in those days. I think our group in the student section got so ****ed we were shouting for Gibbs to put Doug Switzer in.

[birddog]

i had 50 yard line seats. in the dying moments of the game, jarrod reese took a sack instead of hoisting the ball downfield. after that, he threw a lame duck pass that fluttered to the 30 yard line.

[insuranceman_22]

Unless you have a degree from OU, you are not a true fan. You're a bandwagon fan. And we'd rather have 20 real fans that support us through thick and thin than 85,000 plus bandwagon fans.

Sincerely,
OSU fan

:D:D

That is not true - not true by a long shot. If that's your mentality that's fine, just because we didn't make to campus for our college years, doesn't mean we don't bleed crimson & cream. You don't understand the passion some of us feel for the Sooners. Come on down to Durant next fall when the Sooners are playing on the road & watch a game with us. It'll be a full house, loud.....and a ton of fun.

Didn't go to school there, I played ball on a scholly, just wasn't good enough to be a Sooner, but I have been a true fan since the late 70's......

[birddog]

did you not see the sig?

[Sooner24]

That is not true - not true by a long shot. If that's your mentality that's fine, just because we didn't make to campus for our college years, doesn't mean we don't bleed crimson & cream. You don't understand the passion some of us feel for the Sooners. Come on down to Durant next fall when the Sooners are playing on the road & watch a game with us. It'll be a full house, loud.....and a ton of fun.

Didn't go to school there, I played ball on a scholly, just wasn't good enough to be a Sooner, but I have been a true fan since the late 70's......

If you will notice he is saying what an OSU fan would say not what he really thinks.

[insuranceman_22]

I saw the sig., but occassionally I have a weak moment and have to explain things to herders from the North.....sorry guys, it won't happen again!

[Sooner24]

No problem. It just takes you Little Dixie folks a little long to catch on. ;)

[Piware]

Major spek to Sooner24.

My only proof is that I saw OU play before most of y'all was bornded...1956.

My first memory of OU football and rooting for the Sooners - a televised game OU vs. Duke in 1957. First game at Memorial Stadium was November 1979 OU versus Nebrasksa for all the marbles. Have been going ever since, put 2 kids through OU and send that check every year. Does that work?

[Piware]

I laughed when the Schooner crashed in 1995. I hate band wagons. :D

I was at that game too. One of my daugher's classmates observed "that's just great - all it needs now s a flaming arrow through the canvas." I think we were playing CU and it was a stinky game.

[stoops the eternal pimp]

13-12, Cal... IN NORMAN, 1998.

I had great seats for the dullest game ever played. :(

Thank God for Stoops :)

Able to see the great Bobby Shaw in that one

[PhxSooner]

You know your season is shot when you see duct tape on the turf. 1992 had to be the worst season during my years there; 5-4-2, with the tie to the ags. What was worse is that we were down by three at the end; we managed the field goal to save the loss.

My freshman year was the last year of probation; TV but no bowl. But at least I saw us pound NU.

[goingoneight]

That is not true - not true by a long shot. If that's your mentality that's fine, just because we didn't make to campus for our college years, doesn't mean we don't bleed crimson & cream. You don't understand the passion some of us feel for the Sooners. Come on down to Durant next fall when the Sooners are playing on the road & watch a game with us. It'll be a full house, loud.....and a ton of fun.

Didn't go to school there, I played ball on a scholly, just wasn't good enough to be a Sooner, but I have been a true fan since the late 70's......

There's only ONE... insuranceman_22 :D

[OU-HSV]

Fall weddings are teh suck. Just say no. ITs too late for you, but let your mistake be a lesson to others. :D
Definitely. I hope all the engaged/or almost engaged posters are reading this thread.
:pop:

[OU-HSV]

On a sidenote someone gave me spek on a post on this thread w/this quote:

wassup up hsv, its been a while. how you been?....
But they didn't sign it and I'm not currently a sponsor, therefore I can't view who typed this. Whoever it was can just PM me please.

[NAVALSOONER]

I have been to 2 games.1993 I was in 8th grade OU was playing against ATM in Norman "Experts" Weren't giving us a shot in Hell.We were ranked 20 I believe and ATM 4th.We went up 20-0.And some Aggie fans behind us kept saying just wait...like they were gonna pull off a comeback.We won 44-14 I.I got pictures of the players on the sidelines when I snuck down with my disposable.The second being the much talked about 98 game vs Cal.I remeber Ou hit a tight end screen I believe for A T.D. I thought we were gonna kill Cal needless to say A late FG later and a 13-12 loss I realized Blake is still our Coach and things aren't gonna change until he leaves.....God bless Joe and Bob, a few months later I was shaking hands with them when they came to Tulsa to scrimmage at Memorial H.S. I believe.

[winnard]

This is the stupidest thread ever. Why would anyone try to prove you are a better fan than another fan? All that proves is you have mental instability, and an insecurity complex.
Quit being such snobby fans and root for the Sooners win or lose.

[badger]

I graduated from here so I'm stuck with this team for life :mad:

:D it's not a bad team to be stuck with, however :D

[1stTimeCaller]

I'm no bandwagon fan, I've been a fan for 5 or 6 years now. After OU beat FSU in the Orange Bowl, I was hooked. It's the people that became fans after I did that are the bandwagon fans.

[budbarrybob]

IBM presents... YOU MAKE THE CALL!!

I started an aggie fan outta sibling rivalry. (root for anyone that plays OU). I then went to OU became a silent fan (too poor to go to the games even while in school there). Graduated got employeed. Started going to the games periodically. Financially stable. Got sooner saver season tickets (my only thanks I give to John Blake). Have been to every home game since Blake's last season. Am I a bandwagon fan? Should i mention that I turned off the TV in the game of which we shall never mention? AT HALF-TIME???

[sanantoniosooner]

People that worry about bandwagon fans have too much time on their hands.

Teams that are awesome have bandwagon fans. Teams that suck don't. Such is life.

[Sooner24]

IBM presents... YOU MAKE THE CALL!!

I started an aggie fan outta sibling rivalry. (root for anyone that plays OU). I then went to OU became a silent fan (too poor to go to the games even while in school there). Graduated got employeed. Started going to the games periodically. Financially stable. Got sooner saver season tickets (my only thanks I give to John Blake). Have been to every home game since Blake's last season. Am I a bandwagon fan? Should i mention that I turned off the TV in the game of which we shall never mention? AT HALF-TIME???


You can thank Gary Gibbs for the Sooner Saver. It was around several years before Boo got there.

[BudsBoy]

I don't know how you gauge wheather a fan is bandwagon or not. Each year thre are fans that come on board for various reasons. Good for them and good for OU. I would guess that my status as a fan is not challenged by many on this board. I saw my first game OU vs Texas A&M in 1949 and have attended most homegames since minus Army service. Been to 5 Orange Bowls, Holliday Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl 2 times, Cotton Bowl, Been to all Big 12 schools away except NU. So if it is a thread to stick out your chest and say I been around a while, then add this to the list. Some have been to more games than me, but most won't live much longer and I'll move up the chart.

[Sooner24]

I don't know how you gauge wheather a fan is bandwagon or not. Each year thre are fans that come on board for various reasons. Good for them and good for OU. I would guess that my status as a fan is not challenged by many on this board. I saw my first game OU vs Texas A&M in 1949 and have attended most homegames since minus Army service. Been to 5 Orange Bowls, Holliday Bowl, Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl 2 times, Cotton Bowl, Been to all Big 12 schools away except NU. So if it is a thread to stick out your chest and say I been around a while, then add this to the list. Some have been to more games than me, but most won't live much longer and I'll move up the chart.

I hope I have a few more years left. :(

[Scott D]

I hope I have a few more years left. :(

about that letter you may have received regarding your terminal illness...yeah...we meant to send it to the guy with your name that lives in Austin, Texas. It was purely a clerical error, feel free to sue the firm of Lid, Scholz, and HEH. :D

[oklaclarinet]

November 15, 1997
Texas A&M 51, Oklahoma 7

Stadium was half-empty at half-time. A trickle of Sooner fans were left at 0:00.

Super cold. Super crappy. Super depressing.

I was one of those fans left at the end of that game. I was sitting a few rows up on the five yard line, and when OU scored that touchdown I was jumping up and down like crazy. A SoonerVision cameraman was on the sideline right in front of me, so he turned the camera around and put my picture up on the screen. I didn't know it, however, until I saw him pointing up to the screen. I then saw me up there with the words "Thanks for being a great Sooner fan."

That, by the way, is the story of my sig.

[SoonerShark]

The first game I attended was in my mother's arms in 1958 in Norman at the age nineteen MONTHS unless you count in utero in 1956. On December 24, 2007, I went to my mother's house in Oklahoma City. Among my Christmas gifts from her was a 2006 Big 12 Champion Football shirt. Among my gifts to her was a 2007 Fiesta Bowl long sleeved t-shirt. On Christmas Day, December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m., my stepfather called to tell me that my mother was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, unable to breathe. I put on the gift that she gave me to be by the bedside. I had reservations to fly to Phoenix for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl the morning of January 1, 2007, a rental car and a room at the Marriott with the sole return flight I could get back to OKC set for January 3rd. I kept hoping my mother would get better, but when she did not gain consciousness by December 31st, I cancelled my flight, car and room. My mother was never able to speak again from December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m. until January 3, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. when she passed away with my brothers, my stepfather and me at her side. Had I gone to the game I would not have made it back in time to be at her side when she died. I spent my first game in her arms fifty years ago. I missed the last game to be by her bedside four months ago. I'm glad I missed the game.

[Sooner24]

The first game I attended was in my mother's arms in 1958 in Norman at the age nineteen MONTHS unless you count in utero in 1956. On December 24, 2007, I went to my mother's house in Oklahoma City. Among my Christmas gifts from her was a 2006 Big 12 Champion Football shirt. Among my gifts to her was a 2007 Fiesta Bowl long sleeved t-shirt. On Christmas Day, December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m., my stepfather called to tell me that my mother was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, unable to breathe. I put on the gift that she gave me to be by the bedside. I had reservations to fly to Phoenix for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl the morning of January 1, 2007, a rental car and a room at the Marriott with the sole return flight I could get back to OKC set for January 3rd. I kept hoping my mother would get better, but when she did not gain consciousness by December 31st, I cancelled my flight, car and room. My mother was never able to speak again from December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m. until January 3, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. when she passed away with my brothers, my stepfather and me at her side. Had I gone to the game I would not have made it back in time to be at her side when she died. I spent my first game in her arms fifty years ago. I missed the last game to be by her bedside four months ago. I'm glad I missed the game.


So sorry to hear about your mom.

[soonerloyal]

The first game I attended was in my mother's arms in 1958 in Norman at the age nineteen MONTHS unless you count in utero in 1956. On December 24, 2007, I went to my mother's house in Oklahoma City. Among my Christmas gifts from her was a 2006 Big 12 Champion Football shirt. Among my gifts to her was a 2007 Fiesta Bowl long sleeved t-shirt. On Christmas Day, December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m., my stepfather called to tell me that my mother was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, unable to breathe. I put on the gift that she gave me to be by the bedside. I had reservations to fly to Phoenix for the 2007 Fiesta Bowl the morning of January 1, 2007, a rental car and a room at the Marriott with the sole return flight I could get back to OKC set for January 3rd. I kept hoping my mother would get better, but when she did not gain consciousness by December 31st, I cancelled my flight, car and room. My mother was never able to speak again from December 25, 2006, at 9:00 p.m. until January 3, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. when she passed away with my brothers, my stepfather and me at her side. Had I gone to the game I would not have made it back in time to be at her side when she died. I spent my first game in her arms fifty years ago. I missed the last game to be by her bedside four months ago. I'm glad I missed the game.

You're a good son, dear. This mama thanks you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family. I know your mom was proud of you.

And FWIW, what you did was the mark of the best kind of fan. Love of team balanced with perspective. Ya done good, kiddo.