You're on, Gene, Tiger is even-money so it's a resonably fair contest. The prize, the Fried Platter at Fair Meadows? Maybe something a bit classier.....

Chris, coach Pat makes Stillwater sound like the La Brea Tar Pits.

And just when did Norman turn into Santa Monica?

Pickens seems to be a pretty good fit for OSU. Who wouldn't fit in well with money?

If OSU gets a great coach Al and Dean might need oxygen.

At any moment, the radio people will suggest that OSU contact for its next coach: John Phillips.

Picker,

It truly is unreal how biased the Sports Animal has been with it's Self to OSU talk.

If it was OU's coaching search (two years ago with Calipari) they were convinced he was coming and that it was a great fit.

What a bunch of jokers. OSU is not gonna land Self, but that doesn't mean he didn't listen. He will and probably decide to stay...At least for now.

But Calipari would go to Norman right Smithey?

There is more than one Chris posting as well.

Me, I am a lawyer In NYC (OU grad no less). You Smithey?

PS What's a pard?

Calipari to Norman? Yeah, in some futuristic, poorly-written WB screenplay, perhaps. But not in reality. Chris, if you're an OU grad you'll recall the silly flirtation the Sooners initiated with John Robinson (Sr) years ago; that was a joke as well. No, I'm afraid it'll take many years of consistent living at the top of college basketball's pyramid before any established, winning coach will leave a top-flight program (e.g. NCaro, Louisville, KU) to move to the state calling the Scissor-tale its state bird. And the move will probably take this fictitious coach to Stillwater rather than Norman because of the obvious. And, Chris, If my barbs flew your way in error, my apologies. Some other Chris had the temerity to call me pompous a few blogs back; and while this may be true, I don't suffer the epithet well when coming from hillbillies.

Smithey,

No offense taken.

Was the Robinson talk to OYU when tubbs was hired?

I am an OSU grad as well and that is where my primary loyalties lie.

The point of my posting has been about how the media portray Stillwater as being a deterent to any coaching search. This stuff is coming from people that never spend any time there.

In actuality, the two towns aren't that different.

Chris, you're quite right. I've also studied on both campuses and while my loyalties lie in Norman, I will say (and have said often) that the campus in Stillwater is the prettier of the two. And scholastically, there is probably not a nickel's worth of difference in the undergraduate areas...but let's talk football, shall we? ;)

Chris R,

You're a lawyer in NYC, but listening to the Sports Animal? If you are indeed in NYC, then you must surely be streaming the radio station over the internet. My question to you: "Why?"

Surely there is a better way to satisfy your eardrums than by contaminating them with sports talk radio from the state of Oklahoma. Music, politics, or service oriented talk radio are all better options than sports talk, especially "The Animal."

But that's all beside the point. Never having lived in either Stillwater or Norman, but having spent lots of time there (friends went to both institutions), I can in fact tell you the two towns are different, and appeal to different kinds of people. This is not to say one is better than the other. They are just different. Norman is closer to a major city than is Stillwater. Stillwater offers a more reserved, rural setting than does Norman. And while we're all Oklahomans, people are different in any town you go to, no matter the sizes or similarities.

I, for one, do not think Stillwater would be the reason a coach would turn down an offer from OSU. Nor do I think it will be the reason an offer was accepted. Depending upon who's hired, it MAY play A role, but will not (at least SHOULD not) be the determining factor. But saying the two places, Norman and Stillwater, are "not all that different" is to ignore the personalities of the citizens of and the facts about both fine cities.

Frank, mean to TU basketball? Mean to whom? You like your media in cheerleading gear? Or real? Pick it. If somebody doesn't agree with
you, it's mean?

One minute, TU says it welcomes support from objective fans from OU and OSU and elsewhere; if we give this support, does that mean we have to buy into this "national championship" talk about the most recent basketball tournament victory?

No kidding, somebody said the hoop title was a national championship.

I go to almost all TU football games and many TU basketball games. There's a company line that has to be followed?

Moreover, why must the media be considred a source of support instead of an objective observer?

The record speaks for itself in the long run.

Matthew, I was out collecting Final Four picking rewards, sorry I'm late on the Griffin bulletin. But your wishes are my marching orders.

I think it is extremely wise for anybody whose shots occasionally hit the underside of the rim to return to the college arena for more polish.

That player can sure jump. A better jump shot will undoubtedly bring him something like $1.1 billion per season, half guaranteed; or whatever the going rate will be year after next.

The only regret is that with the young man's return to OU, the Sports Animal radio people will now have the Sooners in their top two teams nationally next years, instead of the top four.

According to an unnamed source, they will have the OU football team ranked somewhere between first and third, even though Mr. Venables is still on hand and has few corners. Speaking of football, does the remote possibility exist that qb Bradford is not quite as yet all-world?

Just got off the horn with Al and Dean.
The pre-season poll looks like this:
1. OU
2. OU
3. OU
4. OU
5. LSU

Actually, pre-season polls are evil and shouldn't be recorded until October 1.