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Mike: If only we had a fan base of which the football team could be proud

Published on September 26, 2021 by Mike

I remember when the only boos heard at Owen Field occurred when the band played the visiting team’s fight song.

And that always seemed perfunctory. A half-hearted, we-gotta-do it, buuu…ewe.

Last night during the OU-West Virginia game, boos came when the Sooners were failing to convert third downs in the second quarter.

More disappointing was a chorus of “We want Caleb” — a chant I didn’t hear in the stadium, but apparently was nationally broadcast on prime time ABC from a mic’ed up student section of drunken frat boys.

These booing and chanting apparently didn’t notice a Sooners offensive line that was getting whipped by the Mountaineers and causing QB Spencer Rattler to run for his life all night (until the final drive when it counted the most).

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It’s time for Sooner leader to emerge

Published on September 18, 2012 by Mike

Two things come to mind going into Saturday’s OU-Kansas State game:

1) This is a game where leadership needs to emerge; and 2) this is a game where fan support needs to go nuts.

A combination of those two should bring a big fat win for the No. 5 Sooners and propel them nicely into the conference schedule and the national championship discussion.

In the past Oklahoma has stepped up when needed on both fronts.

Remember the 2008 Texas Tech game? That was the last time Coach Bob Stoops called out the fans to go crazy at Owen Field. And they did – to the tune of “Jump Around.”

And the team, then also ranked No. 5, showed up to put a 65-21 trouncing on the then No. 2 ranked Red Raiders.

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