Sooner Fashionista: Show up in anything and you have outdressed ‘Cock couture
Well, hola, mi amigos? ¿Que pasa? Hai pasado un pescado. ¿Dónde está el baño?
I took Spanish in high school and have not forgotten a word. Why do I bring it up now, on the verge of a visit to South Carolina? Because, me fashion beauties, after much research I have to ask “Que Pasa” when it comes to fashion in that neck of the backwoods.
I wracked my fashion filled brain to remember even an utterance in any of the top fashion mags about how the folks down south like to present themselves.
South Carolina is not known for its Chicness nor its knowledge of En Vogue down “that-away” as the locals say. After a meeting with top designers, namely a scroll through Google, I found that the “Game Cocks” (excuse my crudeness of phrase) of South Carolina are not trend savvy. Wonder of wonders.
In fact, I found that the four items of clothing that are needed for fashion completeness are, and I quote, “A T-shirt, a sundress, a vest or pullover and, get ready for this, a hat”. So basically if you go anywhere and you’re not nude, you’re a trendy fashionista.
Mike: This Red River Rivalry was a mess on and off the field
Maybe the only performance worse than Oklahoma’s anemic scoring offense in the 34-3 loss to Texas was the local production of the game, which ran out of water in the stadium, offered something resembling candied stale pop corn, and had masses of liquored-up pedestrian football fans walking on active railroad tracks while Dallas police were screaming “follow instructions!”
I won’t say the 2024 Red River Rivalry was a shit show because the toilets in the Cotton Bowl were working just fine.
That may have been the most important thing for Sooner fans who were hit with an upsetting dose of second-quarter dysentery when a R. Spears-Jennings hit knocked the ball from Texas RB Quintrevion Wisner into the end zone and Texas WR Silas Bolden fell on it for a touchdown, ending what had theretofore been a tight game (Texas 7, Oklahoma 3) and beginning a Texas rout.
I know some Oklahoma fans weren’t too happy with offensive coordinator Seth Littrell’s play calling (and some in attendance wondered if Dallas city officials had put him in charge of concession stands at the Cotton Bowl.)
After an Oklahoma loss, I am always interested in how living-room-couch Sooners — the fans who watch the game on television — have a somewhat different perspective of the game from those of us suffering the heat from the blistering Dallas sun and the verbal abuse from people who worship a cow.