Let's see how many OU fans take the Picker's bait....sorry. Had to.

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Good one Jay!

I do however agree with Michael in that, regarding OU, you tend to accentuating the negative and eliminating the positive!

Conversly, your T.W. cohorts do the opposite when covering Oklahoma's Second University.

Good thing it is the offseason -- this material isn't funny enough for a weekly column. Sorry, Picker, but you've done better. This sounds grumpy and is mostly narrow-minded about OU. (They were in the NCAA tournament, right?) I'm hoping Nitwit, er nitpicker, comes along soon to save the comic value.

College bass fishing has exploded in the past 4 yrs,,,for those that have no clue, it is big business. As in any sport some will go on to the big time with the possibility of making millions.

Jay. Is it true that the Big 12 is going to have a speed horse stall cleaning championship each year? T Bone told the Big 12 they had to add a sport where OSU had a chance to win. My source in Stillwater says the team is in intense shovelling training, and three will be out of jail in time for the season.

Sports headline of the week. Just before Wimbledon started it read,

VENUS, SERENA HUNGRY

You think? Two three hundred pounders itching to get out.

I took a weekend trip to my hometown of Eufaula Friday night. Much to my amazement, the Best Western was filled, nay, overrun, with Big 12 anglers. Fishing gear, bait, both real and artificial of course, traditional school emblems on hats and shirts. It was a plethora of wild and crazy fans, just chomping at the bit to cheer for their favorite athlete, er, fisherman. Heck, there was tailgating at each school's designated boat ramp. (I didn't understand the grilling of skunk and armadillo by the fans from Texas Tech!)

Apparently, the summer months will now be filled with fishing on yet to be determined lakes (no ponds please, way too cheesy for this type of competition) throughout Big 12 country. Imagine what this new sport will bring to college athletics. Can you just see the recruiting of 5-star high school anglers?
Offers of full ride scholarships because you can 'catch fish, where their ain't no fish'. Fans waiting until Monday morning to see where their teams are ranked in the latest 'Pole Poll'. Can't everyone just feel the excitement? I know I did.

TAB: You're starting to sound like one of those sports talk radio regulars -- one of the three.

Others: Accentuate the negative? Is reporting facts stressing the negative?

Does OU lose all the big bowls?

Could the Picker outrun the OU women hoopsters?

Some of you people might have a hard time dealing with reality.

Listen, no kidding: West Virginia really did obliterate OU.

And OU has a great, great fishing team.

Jay:

Yes, your paper is negative to neutral in OU coverage.

Conversly, it is comical the way the World (Hoover, Morgan, Trammel) accentuates the positive and eliminates the negative in the OSU coverage.

That said, you are the most objective and the only one of the bunch who dares poke fun at OSU.

Some of you people are simply the best.

It's true: Of all the juke joints in the world, of all the sports bars, considering TV, radio, newspapers and the internet, the Picker is the only objective media member in business.

Speaking of which: in the fall Picks we will introduce a Homer of the Year competition featuring in-state media groupies who can't see beyond their next free press box meal or coach's golf tourney.

Al, Dean-o, Hump, Lump, Stump, Dandy Don, Smiling John, You Know Who Else, it could be a ten-way photo finish for top cheerleading honors.

This update: A month ago, it was suggested here that college baseball be arrested and discontinued until the sport ditched the wind-chime bats and used wood and acted like men, not softball players. This position was savagely attacked by pinhead readers far and wide -- it was said the aluminum bats have been tempered, pitching was once again a factor, games went quickly.

Last night in a final round game in Omaha, Fresno defeated Georgia 19-10 in a game wherein balls hit on the fist pinged off walls. The game itself lasted approximately all night and half the next morning. This isn't a sport. It's a con.

On the whole, OSU is treated like a renter.

It's hard to believe OSU fans have put up with being dismissed as an afterthought except by media people on the payroll.

It is irony most wonderful that it has become a boomtown when it comes to sports villages.

TAB, when it comes to barbecue, I can't get away from Billy Ray's hot sauce.

It's perfect.

The best bargain in town has to be Pei Wei, four of us went in there the other night and ate until we couldn't walk for fifty bucks.

Local is usually local for a very good reason.

Disregarding a high-quality chain is uppity, plus it could punish your stomach.