FOOTBALL
‘Durron Neal wants senior season to go out with a bang’ (TW)
‘It’s time for Texas and Oklahoma to get off the couch’ (Waco Trib)
Some impt advice from Nate Hybl & Paul Thompson as Baker Mayfield makes first #Sooners start. http://t.co/lSXzLNiIcC pic.twitter.com/azeQ2owG0U
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) August 31, 2015
If the #Sooners want to be better this season, here's a big problem their defense must solve: http://t.co/gQhDlLNp5w
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) August 30, 2015
Oklahoma is paying Akron $1 million for season opener, according to contract. The game's officials will be designated by Big 12. #Sooners
— Eric Bailey (@EricBaileyTW) August 30, 2015
Is that good?
A perfect night for @Eagles QB Sam Bradford. pic.twitter.com/qEBBlvP3Mx
— NFL (@NFL) August 30, 2015
I suspect Coach B & OU might use this as a future recruiting tool.
Get money! The Redskins made Trent Williams the highest-paid tackle in NFL history. http://t.co/bICgpNWzTB pic.twitter.com/kHnP1cUPPH
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) August 29, 2015
John E. Hoover: For better or worse, #OKState is banking heavily on transfers http://t.co/U0RXpoDyxL via @tulsaworld
— John E. Hoover 🌮 (@johnehoover) August 30, 2015
Results of Baylor investigation: we need another investigation http://t.co/pAuvcuNcO4
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) August 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/SBNationCFB/status/637765955960049664
BASKETBALL
Buddy Hield steals the show at fifth annual Legends Alumni Game || http://t.co/1bQPZDlAJu #Sooners
— OUHoops (@ouhoops) August 30, 2015
Crimson Team shows off its hardware after winning the 2015 Alumni Game. What a way to cap off a great family weekend. pic.twitter.com/UPfcE5DYTV
— Oklahoma Basketball (@OU_MBBall) August 29, 2015
ICYMI from the weekend.
No. 43 Payton Pritchard picks Ducks after leaving Sooners http://t.co/qKDOkaUdeU Pritchard had a tremendous spring & summer@ESPNRNHoops
— Reggie Rankin (@ReggieRankin) August 28, 2015
OTHER
Very nice win for OU Soccer.
The #Sooners bounce back with a 2-0 road Bedlam win. RECAP: http://t.co/ftUNnG9btG pic.twitter.com/5xZaoErBQ1
— Oklahoma Soccer (@OU_WSoccer) August 29, 2015
And another.
The #Sooners down Little Rock, 4-0, in their home opener. RECAP: http://t.co/wyMNb5zW5e
— Oklahoma Soccer (@OU_WSoccer) August 30, 2015
It’s actually 0-3 now, rough start to what was supposed to be (and, to be fair, still could be) a promising season.
#Sooners volleyball starts season 0-2 for the first time in coach Santiago Restrepo's tenure: http://t.co/hze50O8Han pic.twitter.com/1IsW3zPfPZ
— OU Daily Sports (@OUDailySports) August 29, 2015
Injury to Robbie Lawler sends Ronda Rousey to Australia to headline UFC 193 http://t.co/jsWoO6oKoj via @YahooSports
— Kevin Iole (@KevinI) August 29, 2015
Proud moment in this woman’s life.
https://vine.co/v/ObVLP1d13Lg
https://vine.co/v/ej9uQMBKWEh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYQF2ADMQLI#t=12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EW8GZ7Ueqg
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Morning fellow Brainiacs
Good morning! Game week!
Yeah, baby! It’s here.
Five days away. Wanted to post my favorite Sooner from my youth. I wore this number in high school.
https://youtu.be/aBmZu24MuZ4
Winner.
IT’S GAME WEEK!!!
It’s so close, so very-very close…
https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/daily-morning-awesomeness-40-photos-386-39.gif?w=400
That’s just wrong, EasTex. Wrong.
Buh..buh..buh…but he is so very-very close, it might as well be me.
Toss the man a rope, please.
I’m so read for some football.
Quick story: I took the family for a brief camping trip this weekend at Kelley’s Island off Lake Erie. My son was the victim of getting a catfish stuck in the back of his his neck. Some buddies of his were tossing the dead fish. One of them threw it his way but he had no idea. My son is tough, but this one knocked him out of the action the second half of the day.
I…don’t understand.
A catfish “stuck” on the back of his neck?
Please explain.
Several of his buddies were tossing the fish around, chasing girls with the fish. My son, as I understand it, was playing with one of the younger kids. Well, they decided it would be funny to hit him with the fish. He wasn’t looking. I guess they threw the damn thing in the exact angle that would allow the fin to penetrate his neck. I wasn’t there to see it because my wife and I had gone back to start lunch. I’d just told him to grab his sister’s chair and glasses when he comes up. He’s a tough kid but he was crying like a baby.
Okay, now I understand, it was the fin that got him.
It’s tough being a kid.
There’s something fishy about this story……Hope your boy is doing ok.
I’ve been spiked in the hand by a catfish. Hurt like hell.
He slides better than a walrus. At least he has that going for him.
That’s how my goals in life feel sometimes. So close yet so far away.
But you keep going, just like this guy. 🙂
Never give up on your dreams Boy’s and Girl’s.
He would have pulled that guy reaching his hands out right over.
I think I can, I think I can…
G-Day minus 5
Here are a few videos to help us get thru the last few days until we finally kick off this season!
Steve Davis – Nic Harris – Earl Johnson
Earl Johnson
This video is a highlight of Earl Johnson and Spencer Tillman both had 100+ yard days. 1983 Iowa State game.
https://youtu.be/LCXs8xwxi0U
Nic Harris
https://youtu.be/5SLhkc14k5Q
I didn’t know too much about the sport back when Harris played, but I used to think that the reason we called the position the nickle back was b/c Nic played that position. Great DB.
The legendary Steve Davis
https://youtu.be/aBmZu24MuZ4
RIP Steve
Did you get to see all of the DLS vs ET game Saturday night?
I made it to half, then watched the second half Sunday morning. Great finish to the game. Recordings make life so much easier to deal with. 🙂
Yes they do.
There is a flash of Chris Daniels deflecting DLS’ last pass on 4th and 14.
Good football game.
https://twitter.com/clicclac97/status/638047117596999680
I thought it was deflected, did not realize it was Daniels. Sweet!
de la Salle’s DE/TE ( Asiasi ) really had a good game…wish OU was recruiting him…..
I don’t know how I am supposed to get any work done this week, with it being GAME WEEK and all
So glad to see Bradford shine, and I hope this week doesn’t drag along…..I’m all fired up!
I will never understand adults that take baseballs from kids at games like that. Unreal. I hope all of the real adults in that area let that woman have it for the rest of the night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d28NWseRua8
Get the feeling she’s going to be itching for a little payback?
Not sure- a lot of possibilities here. Looks like the Mountain, or whatever he’s become since the experiments, is in her corner and will exact whatever revenge she orders or she’s actually changed because of the “shame”.
Also interested to see what role Ian McShane (Deadwood) fills since they’ve announced he’s on board for Season 6.
I’m guessing revenge.
Most likely one of the Greyjoy’s (Theon’s relatives), and thus a pirate.
Or Jon “Snow’s” father.
I think they already cast young Ned 😉
His “real” father
Oh, I’m fully aware of L+R=J, just being snarky.
This is fake, but if you want to pretend it’s real so that you can hate her a little more, it’s a fun read:
http://thedamienzone.com/2014/09/09/identity-of-baseball-stealing-woman-revealed/
Video: real.
Story at link: satire.
yes, sorry. I meant the story was fake. not the video, itself. The nice thing about the quotes, though, is that you can kind of actually imagine her really saying them.
Much like the Onion
Well hopefully Broyles ends up in philly
Good Game week all. “It’s a great day to be a SOONER” Ready for, “Light em up Joe” and “Smash em in the mouth Perine”
Along with “he be gone” Westbrook and “can’t touch this” Shepherd.
And “look at me Ma” Mayfield.
and Mark “This Down” Andrews.
After reading the Hybl/Thompson piece, there was a link to an excellent story on Steve Owens and the pure joy of high school football.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/johnklein/john-klein-steve-owens-still-gets-chills-talking-about-his/article_6cd9a0f5-2cd6-50f0-b682-2489a1ff3ea4.html
YAHOO! providing bulletin board material… me likey.
http://hsrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=AvEEwzM.A2VRQOMDVaSqAkKbvZx4;_ylc=X3oDMTc0ajEzYWZ0BF9TAzIwMjM1MzgwNzUEYQMxNTA4MzEgc3BvcnRzIGJpZyAxMiB1cGhlYXZhbCB0BGFpZANpZC0zNTcxNzQ0BGNjb2RlA3JkY2FiNQRjcG9zAzEwBGcDYzgzNGJlYTQtODgzZC0zYzdmLThmNzEtODA4YTA0ZDczNjEyBGludGwDdXMEaXRjAzAEbHR4dANCaWcxMmVyYW9mdXBoZWF2YWwEcGtndgM1BHBvcwMwBHNlYwN0ZC1mZWEEc2xrA3RodW1ibGluawR0YXIDc3BvcnRzLnlhaG9vLmNvbQR0ZXN0AzkwMQ–/RV=1/RE=1442235294/RH=aHNyZC55YWhvby5jb20-/RO=2/RU=aHR0cDovL3Nwb3J0cy55YWhvby5jb20vbmV3cy9uZXctd29ybGQtb3JkZXItLWJpZy0xMi1pbi1lcmEtb2YtdXBoZWF2YWwtYXMtdGV4YXMtLW9rbGFob21hLXRha2UtYmFjay1zZWF0LTAzMjAyOTYwMS1uY2FhZi5odG1s/RS=%5EADA.2wMKMkYez9lZt_.W1UL3M3TPFQ-
Not very original is it? They must have got the football preview meme late.
Not at all original. Curious that last year’s upheaval in the SEC (Ole Miss and Miss St. jumping Auburn and LSU, and Rebels beating Bama) isn’t noteworthy in the eyes of the SEC-biased press.
Happy game week everyone! We’ve made it
Oh and the clip of the “lady” stealing the ball from the girl is ridiculously sad.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/26/justice-last-evil-woman-outed-grabbing-girls-game-/
Looks like she might regret her actions
wow that was way back in 2011
Yes it is. Despicable, really.
I can smell game day from here…
https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/load-up-the-grill-tailgate-season-is-almost-here-29-hq-photos-31.jpg?quality=90&strip=info&w=920
bacon jalapeno poppers?
Yes, please.
Sir, you have good tastes.
No tots?
On the side…
https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/tumblr_nmyg4fpuhv1rt05ero1_1280.jpg?quality=90&strip=info&w=600
That’s my man. I will be hosting at my house this weekend. I have a Southern tradition: honey buns and bologna on opening weekend. I will have this treat off and on all season, but if you come to my house on the opening weekend, you have to have one.
This is, without a doubt, the first time I have seen Honey Bun and Bologna in the sentence. 🙂
You need to go to the South, then. I’ve had my fill of honey bun and bologna, as well as pouring peanuts into a coke to wash it down. Don’t knock it. Try it.
Huh. I’ve never heard of either of those. And I was born and raised in Dixie. RC and a moon pie is what most us southerners enjoy. But, bologna and honey buns will have to be tried
BoomerSooner, good morning, my friend. Peanuts in coke is good stuff: the original sweet and salty treat. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/45fb3386783c992591fd3c126f7c21bca5bae296e2256bd1c1e00ec9f3eaf847.png
May have to try that too
It is good. I will be having it this Saturday.
Edit: I was born and raised in South Georgia.
Georgia. That explains a lot 🙂
Grew up in Eastern Oklahoma, remember doing the peanuts an RC’s during baseball games. Not sure where it came from, but do remember them being most excellent.
It is. I was sharing some thoughts with my kids about my childhood. This came up. I am going to let them try it this weekend. Strange enough, I haven’t had this since I left Georgia.
I do it this way…
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/dodgecity/files/2014/01/dp-peanuts.jpg
Okay. I’ll try it.
While standing in the middle of a Highway?
Anywhere…anytime. 🙂
I agree, an R-uh-C and a moon pie cures what ails you.
You crack me up.
Peanuts have to be with a RC
Nossir, DP.
I am a Son of the South and I ain’t never heard baloney and honey bun in the same sentence.
In East Texas/NW Louisiana we poured our Tom’s salted peanuts into our bottles of Dr. Pepper.
Orange or Grape Crush with the hot and spicy peanuts. With the grape or orange there was some resemblance of a healthy component
I’m quite sure you have the wrong user name listed. (TexTots, TaterTex, etc.)
Can’t stop staring at #22.
She has a really nice……uh……jersey doesn’t she.
It was hard to look up that high to get the number.
I believe that’s Madison Ward and not only is she a knockout and a really good volleyball player, but she has a great singing voice. She’s pretty much a 10
Name on Jersey doesn’t look like “Ward”.
It says OKLAHOMA
Hence my 2nd sentence.
Sorry, had to refresh, didn’t see the edit.
Wasn’t trying to be snarky or anything.
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That is a very fine, um, derriere.
She has nice ups to go along with her other assets.
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Funny stuff, read here what the evil lady stealining baseball, does for a living. http://thedamienzone.com/2014/09/09/identity-of-baseball-stealing-woman-revealed/
That woman is despicable. The seating attendant should have taken the ball from her and given it to the girl.
It looks the baby in peanut butter is saying, “What? No jelly?”
Stole this from bleedinggreennation.com
Perhaps there is a good reason for this but my question is, why is dean blevins in the OU Alumin Basketball pic?
He played a little bb until Switzer made him quit. Also, he was the “ass’t coach”.
thx, I figured there must have been a reason