Norman, Oklahoma USA

Category archive

Columns - page 45

My New Orleans Cab Driver

by

(April 9, 2016) It was a little past 6 a.m. this morning and I was on the way to the New Orleans airport. Leaving that city on a Saturday morning when a whole weekend could be played there might not make much sense. But, I had a game to go to back home. That’s what I told the cab driver, L.C., from the back seat of his Suburban as we pulled onto I-10 from the French Quarter.

One of your kids’ games? He asked. Nope, I said. College game. Spring game. I’m a big fan, I said.

L.C. told me that his father was too. His dad was the biggest college football fan ever, he said. When he died, he left L.C. the house and to take care of his mom. Then Hurricane Katrina hit. And it was left in ruin. The family had to move to Houston for months. His brother and family went to Birmingham, Alabama. L.C. returned to Louisiana, but his brother stayed in Alabama; said the kids were doing well in school there.

I told L.C. I used to call my dad after every game. And talk. We were passing by Metairie Cemetery when I said that. L.C. said, me too…man I miss him.

He loved his college team, L.C. said. And you know, it wasn’t LSU or any team around New Orleans. It was “Oklahoma,” L.C. said.

Keep Reading

Bedlam begins 3-game playoff for the Sooners, worry meter spiking

by

If you ever needed a reminder of how important a good quarterback is to a football team, the 2nd half of the TCU game was it. (By the way, a big thank you for going for two coach Patterson. You saved our bacon).

Look, I really like Trevor Knight. From all accounts he is a great guy and a team leader. Heck, he was elected a team captain and he doesn’t even start.

But how is it he can be so ineffective after being on this team for three years? I mean he still throws balls in the dirt. He was unable to move the offense against the Horned Frogs and if not for a long touchdown run by Perine, the Sooners lose that game. Lincoln Riley might have some blame in this as he himself said he got too conservative and didn’t let Knight run the offense like he should have.

But it’s mostly that Knight, for whatever reason, is just not a good quarterback. He had one amazing game in the Sugar Bowl and for that Sooner fans should be very grateful. But if Mayfield is out, the Sooners are in trouble.

Keep Reading

Great Sooner win over Baylor, but was the Playoff Committee watching at all?

by

I guess there are some stories floating around that Art Briles may have said something less than flattering to Bob Stoops during their post game hand shake. So called “insiders” have said that is the case, but will not elaborate.

Wouldn’t surprise me. Arrogant prick. At his post game press conference he couldn’t bring himself to congratulate the Sooners. Closest he got to any praise for OU was saying that OU was a “good team but we made too many mistakes and they got out of here with a win.” Translation: “I don’t want to give OU any credit, we lost the game, OU didn’t win it.”

You know, sometimes that is the case. But not this time Art, and you know it. The Sooners came out with a chip on their shoulder and after Baylor’s first drive, punched the Bears in the mouth.

Whenever Baylor threatened to take the lead, the Sooners answered. And boy are the excuses coming out now. “Well, that was our back up quarterback.” That’s a very different story than what I heard before the game. All I heard from Baylor fans and Briles himself was that Stidham was ready. He isn’t your normal freshman back up. He enrolled in January and knows the offense. The offense won’t skip a beat. He’s better than Russell…and on and on. Whatever.

Keep Reading

1 … 43 44 45 46 47 … 62
Go to Top