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Of Beaks and Men
Published: 1/17/2008 10:19 PM
Last Modified: 1/17/2008 10:19 PM

While my 2-year-old on was focused on the big Eagle at the ORU-IUPUI basketball game Thursday night, I was thinking about big chickens.
Specifically, I was thinking that the schools that left the Summit League (formerly the Mid-Con) could be considered big chickens because possibly they are scared of playing ORU, especially with the league tournament scheduled to be played in Tulsa.
If there was ever a year to beat ORU, it would seemingly be the season after Scott Sutton's team lost Caleb Green and Ken Tutt. Instead, the Golden Eagles still have never lost a Summit League game.
Props to the schools that stayed in the league, including IUPUI, which has a nice squad and took ORU down to the final possession. Let it be stated on the record that the Jaguars are not guilty of fowl play.




Reader Comments 7 Total
Rob (5 years ago)
Tram, while I can't stand ALPO and their bright gold uniforms, you have to think that the Horizon being a higher ranked conference (rpi-wise) with schools geographically closer played some part in their decision to leave. Sure Homer Drew never won in Tulsa, but that probably only added a added motivation for the move. ;D
Terry (5 years ago)
I have to agree that the move by Valpo to the Horizon league made sense from a travel and natural rivalry perspective. That said, I don't think Homer will be visiting Tulsa anytime soon.
ORU_Ed (5 years ago)
Tram, #1 Thanks for coming. It was a great game (especially since ORU won).
#2 You are so right about the defectors. Good riddens. The Summit league in general seems to be doing as much as it can to upgrade the conference as a whole. It is a good fit for ORU.
Zacbtu (5 years ago)
I knew ORU degrees were "devalued" because of the scandal. But I didn't know it was so bad that the students didn't know how to spell. I am pretty sure that "riddens" is not right. Call me crazy.
But more to the point. What kind of high school newspaper writing is this Tram? Take a shot at teams leaving because....you are jealous? you are a homer? you miss Valpo's cheerleaders? I guess you just needed something to put on your "blog".
Jimmie Tramel (5 years ago)
Mongo just pawn in game of life.
Hoops (5 years ago)
Actually, nobody from our university has ever lynched anyone so I feel pretty good about that. ::cough:: 1921 :: cough::. So no I wouldn't say I'm jealous of a bigot.
Will (5 years ago)
Wow, going from b-ball to scandal to lynching. Is this Golfweek magazine?
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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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