you hit the nail square on the head. when tulsa played on national tv two weeks ago, the stands were half full.

the radio and tv people must give the people what they want. during football season, that order would be ou, osu, tie between tu and arkansas (at least in the tulsa area).

and as the picker pointed out, the timing was unlucky for tu this weekend, with the best rb to ever put on a sooner uni going down for the season and an osu wr going for three football fields in receiving yards.

the obvious truth is that few outside of the metro area care about tu, while the entire state is sprinkled with sooners and cowboys. the animal is norman based, so you can forget any big tu coverage. in my opinion, the buzz needs to really pump tu being in the bcs this week.

what do you expect when the two premier state media sportscasters (blevins -- and holcombe) are on the payroll of the universities that they are supposed to be covering objectively..

lets face it. holcombe has to ask osu for a vacation day in order to attend a tu game. and, blevins would break his neck if stoops turned a corner fast.

toughtless and ignorant post. you use the phrase "no one." no one implies that skelly stadium would be competely empty on game day. it hasn't been empty all year. attendance is frivolous in tulsa, always has been. tu will draw better when it become a consistent winner against big time teams. that hasn't happened yet. the tulsa media should care that tulsa is resurging as a football power in the midwest. without question, tulsa is atleast the second best team in oklahoma, and probably the best with peterson out at ou. the tulsa world has done a great job of giving tu its due. local television is a joke. jack bunds and the other moron are jokes to journalism. they have no knowledge of the local scene or sports in general. watching those two is like watching 'dead air'. we can hate on 6 all day for their obvious interest conflicts, but atleast they get video of the games.

mr. picker is right, here. jay is an embarrasment to sense.

a local tv sports person having to ask for a vacation day from another university to cover tu, now that's funny, mr. smith, that is a comment of high intelligence.

you're so right, it's crazy. at least someone in the media gets it.

and props to tw for giving the coverage it does. at least it does better than the other media outlets.

you guys are gonna make me stand up on my soap box again.

first of all, dean blevins played quarterback for ou, so it is not a huge surprise that he might slant his opinions in an ou direction. i must say, however, that i've heard him call the coaches out more than once. and in what city do you think the animal is based? uh, norman is home to ou. it's an ou sports station first, and the animal makes no apologies for it, nor should it. 80% of the state of oklahoma breaths sooner football...they give the people what they want. accusing the animal of being an ou homer is hilarious. that's like accusing a tree of being made of wood. pretty obvious.

secondly, osu has good representation on that station. jim traber played qb for the pokes, and coach pat jones makes daily contributions. traber is constantly accused of bad mouthing ou. i'm not sure what station you are listening to.

as for tu, it's up to the city of tulsa to pump the hurricane. the buzz, based in tulsa, should give the golden hurricane the time and coverage they disserve. the picker was right in calling out the tulsa tv news for not highlighting tu football. it was unfortunate that peterson went down on that day, and osu had a huge game from a wr. but no matter...tulsa news should have really given tu some props. the animal is broadcast in tulsa because people there want to hear about ou and osu, not because tulsa is there. if you expect the animal spend the majority of its air time on something other than ou football, especially in the fall, then you are kidding yourself.

again, the tu golden hurricane disserve great coverage with the season they are having and their outstanding coach at the helm. the responsibility falls on the university to market, the fans and alumni to demand the attention, and the city of tulsa media to deliver.

jeremy: first of all, install a spell checker on your computer! secondly, your remarks are remarkably unintelligent.

contrary to popular belief, the tulsa sports fan's schedule does not revolve around ou and osu. it would be foolish to think that tu has as many fans as the the two state schools, but the fact remains that tu football is becoming very popular in this city.

for your information, the proof is in the crowds. that terrible crowd you are talking about from the southern miss game was around 22,000 people. that may not seem like alot, but considering the fact that it was on a tuesday night, on television and that tu has an enrollment of 4,000 and a large portion of its alumni don't live in the state, i'd say the city is pretty interested. also, tu has had two other home games versus non-descript opponents and had over 25,000 in the stands and even more that were not counted in the turnstiles. not to mention 17,000 people traveling to memphis for last year's liberty bowl.

if you can get out of your little "norman world" and realize that life does exist beyond the 60,000 yea-hoos at owen field that join the 25,000 real fans and alums for an ou home game, then you would realize that tu's numbers (given the size of the school) are actually indicative of a high amount of interest in the city of tulsa.

as for osu, well lets just say that, aside from ou, they consistently draw about 10,000 more fans to lewis field or boone pickens stadium or whatever they are calling it this week than they did for any other home game.

sorry for the long diatribe...now, school's out sucka, i hope you learned something!

oh, one more thing...as for the local tv media?? what do you expect?? jerkens is a true pro, but doesn't anchor on the weekends...holcomb is employed by osu, mike wolfe is solid, but he is bound to the rules that his station sets forth which is to cover ou and osu with high intensity and if there's any time left, get some tu in...then the rest of the guys are simply not qualified to work the positions they have in this market. don't mean to hurt anyone's feelings, but it's true.