The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: A Nole's Observations From Norman!...

I try to be fair when it comes to the fans from other teams. I recognize that there are bull**** fans for every school. Having said that, there does appear to be a bitterness about OSU fans that transcends the norm, just as there is an arrogance about UT fans that transcends the norm. I just don't understand them. I actually like the OSU team (but not UT) but I cannot carry a conversation with Poke fans. As soon as I tell them I'm a Sooner they get this look on their face, as if I had just told them that I poisoned their cat.

They's gots issues.

 

Glad you had a good time!

 

I met several cool FSU fans at the game. I'm glad you had a great time here.

I said it in another post, but you guys will be fine. I think in the next 2-3 years FSU will be a legit top 10 team. Too much talent, money and tradition not to be.

 

B. The Bad

1. The humidity, although I realize the big storms that came through earlier in the week contributed to that.

2. The wind. Wow, now I know why they wrote that into the song. -- NOLEMAN

Noleman - glad you came and for the most part enjoyed your fans. The weather, however, was pretty darn good for Oklahoma. It could have been bumpin' a hundred or the wind blowin' at 40 mph.

We look forward to our visit to your house next year and I know the game will be much more competitive as your players get a full understanding of the new coach's systems.

BOOMER

 

I sat in the midst of Nole fans in section 39. Glad we pulled away in the score because I get tired of the tomahawk chop and the singing. Had good converstions with them before the game except one husband dressed in a Texas shirt and hat. He is a texass grad now living in Tallahassee. The guy made a big deal out of the OU starters who were from Texas. "Only one starter from Oklahoma...blah, blah, blah.
I politely told him the Texas kids came to OU to play football because they wanted to be champions.

 

After the game, while walking down Lindsay Street toward the south oval area, I stopped and took a picture of the Seed Sower statue with Dale Hall in the background. A Nole stopped beside me and said, "this is a beautiful campus."

 

"Only one starter from Oklahoma."

1. Three guys from Oklahoma were selected from OUr starting lineup in this Spring's NFL draft... pretty highly I might add, too.
2. **** and moan all you want to about where OUr guys are from, you'r ejust pissed that they're on OUr side while your own team succcccccccccccccccccccks.

 

We didn't recruit them; we rescued them. I-35 is like the Underground Railroad.

 

I taught at Florida State for 3 years in the mid-90s. Yes, it was hell sportin my OU swag.

One of the most disappointing things for me was the complete lack of architectural synergy in their campus plan. Every building different, no real common areas, and streets and roads take precedence over foot traffic...frankly, it's ugly.

I'm not surprised they think OU is a nice looking place. It is.

Edit: To be fair, I loved my time there and the opportunity to teach at the University level.

 

So he hadn't seen the purple horse.

 

My dad said that it was pretty nice but then we sat through too many of those 100+ degree games and that was 6:00pm starts not the ones in the middle of the afternoon.

 

I cannot believe no one ever says
Darrell K Royal

Born in Hollis OKLAHOMA Royal played quarterback and defensive back at the University of Oklahoma under his mentor, coach Bud Wilkinson from 1946 to 1949. While attending Oklahoma, he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity.

Royal was most noted for his prowess as a defensive back, where his 18 career interceptions and his three interceptions in the 1947 game against Oklahoma A&M are still Sooner records.[2][3]

Royal's part-time contributions at quarterback had a similar impact, despite having to share time with Jack Mitchell and Claude Arnold at the position. He threw a 43-yard pass against the North Carolina in the 1949 Sugar Bowl. Royal holds the fourth-best winning percentage in school history (minimum 15 starts) with a 16–1 mark as a part-time quarterback starter. His 11–0 mark as a starter in 1949 ranks as one of the best seasons in school history.[2][3]

In 2000, Royal was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

University of Texas

Royal took over as head coach at University of Texas in December 1956, and achieved success almost instantaneously. The team went from a 1–9 record, their worst record ever, in 1956 to a 6–4–1 mark and a berth in the Sugar Bowl in 1957. In Royal's 20 years as head coach, Texas never had a losing season. Royal posted a 167–47–5 career record at Texas. His overall coaching record was 184–60–5.

With Royal at the helm, Texas won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), won or shared 11 Southwest Conference championships, and made 16 bowl appearances.

This program had NEVER won anything until our homeboy Darrell went there, with his work ethic, his quotes, his practice technique, all learned at the knee of his mentor coach Bud Wilkinson!! Three national championships given to them by a Sooner football player. Their last one was coached by Mack Brown, WHO ALSO WAS AN ASSISTANT AT OU.
Tell your friends forget about the players who come here from texas, how about their three national championships given to them by 4 year star at OU, who is the connection to NCs from coaches. Homeboy was inducted into the OKLAHOMA Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.

 

This is always my reply to the lame "but you did it with Texas players" bit. Or more simply, I just remind them that they named their stadium after a Sooner.

I don't even understand why they think where the players came from is relevant. :O

 

I always bring up the fact that their stadium is named for an Okie and Sooner All-Americans and the fact that Mack was an assistant under Switzer....

...then I tell them there are so many recruits every year because of the population base that you can't sign more than 25 recruits or you would be in violation of NCAA rules so why does it matter where the rest of them go?
Then they give some line of crap about how they "want them to stay in Texas" and I tell them so you would rather A&M, Tech, Baylor, Rice or UTEP whip your butt with them instead of OU like what happened in the old SWC?

 

Thx for the post

 

UT's best basketball coach was also from Oklahoma.

They don't own up to that one either.

 

Classy fans. I really enjoyed hanging out with them before and after the game. Looking forward to Tallahassee.

 

To be fair, actually, game day was quite pleasant. Friday was another story, and this is coming from someone that lived in New Orleans for 3 years. It was MUGGY!

 

There's a web site most of us "classier" Noles (and maybe older) hang out on:

http://www.theterritory.org/

There is a GREAT tailgate, and since I know the Board Administrator, and some of the folks that organize, I will help acclimate you to Florida.

I will say the majority of our fans, particularly the older ones, are very accommodating and classy. You will feel very welcomed by most, particularly since you're not a Gator or Cane. I will give you a heads up that our students can sometimes be over the top with the language and drinking, far more so than what I saw at OU, but nothing violent or anything to worry about. But they could use some good Midwest values and lessons from your kids.

 

can't believe it was more humid than in fla.