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Ocho Cinco, Tombstones and Dirty Popcorn
Published: 10/21/2008 5:39 PM
Last Modified: 10/21/2008 5:39 PM

Three thoughts:
1, Now we know why Chad Johnson wanted so badly to change his name. The NFL franchise he plays for is 0-7 for the fifth time since 1991.
Possible conversation between man on the street and the receiver:
"Hey, aren't you Chad Johnson?"
"No. You must have me mistaken for someone else. My name is Ocho Cinco."
2, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham came up with the idea of putting tombstones outside the Utes' football stadium. On the tombstones would be the names of BCS teams that Utah has beaten. Even though Halloween is just around the corner, don't expect his idea to become reality. Hey, why not trot out a crypt keeper for a mascot?
3, Neil Diamond, who performs at the BOK Center Tuesday night, is apparently a sports fan. According to published reports, he is a rooter of the Brisbane Lions, an Australian Rules Football team.
I will make my second trip to the BOK Center (the first was for an Oklahoma City Thunder game) to attend Diamond's concert. This is a compliment, but every time I think of him, I think of dirty popcorn.
As a kid, my family cleaned a movie theater (thus, lots of dirty popcorn) at an army barracks in Wertheim, Germany. There were two good fringe benefits.
I saw every movie, every night, including stuff like "Jaws" and "Race With the Devil" three nights in a row.
And whoever was in charge of the film room played Neil Diamond songs every night after the curtain closed. The songs were good and they stuck.
Former Tulsa sports radio partners Al Jerkens and Ryan Rahal used to have legendary arguments and one of them was over Neil Diamond. Rahal was pro-Neil. Got to side with Rahal on that one and against him on the issue of John Wooden being overrated.




Reader Comments 3 Total
Ryan Rahal (4 years ago)
Jimmie,

Neil was as good as ever...and hey, I would have never made the Wooden comment if the guy recruited on the up and up...hey, they paid 'em big at UCLA!!

Neil's a stud! He's 96, but a stud nonetheless!
Dwayne (4 years ago)
Funny, I think of Will Ferrell.
Henry (4 years ago)
Would love to see Neil myself... but when he comes to town, I will be out of town...
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Tulsa World sports writer Jimmie Tramel is a former class president at Locust Grove High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Northeastern State University with a journalism degree and, while attending college, was sports editor of the Pryor Daily Times. He joined the Tulsa World on Oct. 17, 1989, the same day an earthquake struck the World Series. He is the OSU basketball beat writer and a columnist and feature writer during football season. In 2007, he wrote a book about Oklahoma State football with former Cowboy coach Pat Jones.

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