Picker, you're incredible. Stoops not winning in the desert has little to do with his coaching ability and everything to do with Arizona not being able to attract the stud athletes on a consistent basis. Are there exceptions to that? Sure...there are exceptions to everything - even YOU hit a pick on the head from time to time and when you DO, God help us all because you're parroting that singular success until it grows moss. But I have to hand it to you....you're smart enough to NOT post your overall win/loss rate during the football season. Clever. So please, please, do us all a favor and lay off M Stoops. Sure he's abrasive and no, he hasn't won at Arizona (and he might not ever win anywhere as a head coach) but let's at least wait until he's in a milieu where he has a decent chance of winning, and THEN fails before we toss the brickbats, shall we? Oh, and by the way, your abover comment, and I quote "OU's pass defense is off; otherwise why wouldn't K-State have hired Venables?; otherwise why can't M. Stoops win at Ariz?" is about as close to being a logical non-sequiter as I could imagine.

Picker, when will you learn? There are more important things than being right and accurate. You have violated the Crimson Rule, which says to speak only positive things regarding anything remotely related to the Crimson and Cream. For the sake of humanity, particularly that which resides in Oklahoma, please follow the rules.

13 right, 13 to the 10th power wrong.

Congrats. I could add something about a blind squirrel here but it isn't necessary.

i dont watch much nba so i don't know about dirk "noshotski" this year, but he carried his team last year. maybe he's not so good this year, but give the guy a little respect for last year.

Mr. Jones...do you wear a Picker belt, Picker socks and Picker t-shirt? Where would one go if one wished to join you in the Picker fan club (if, indeed, one were predisposed to want to join such a thing)? It never ceases to amaze me how you hillbillies can manage to accuse a group of people of being homers for simply defending (and quite logically, I might add...) a point of view? Frankly, you're embarrassing yourself.

rick (with a small r)...go back to sleep...you're way out of your league.

so now "noshotski" hits back to back 3 pointers against golden state to win a game, plus 30 points for the whole game, 12 of which were late in the fourth quarter.

Jonesy...help me out here. The four minutes a day I spend on Mr. P's blogs evidently isn't enough time to read everything...I seem to have missed the part where the Picker, as you put it, "logically pointed out the flaws in someone's core values." When did this happen? Was it when the Picker failed to respond to logical arguments about Mike Stoops? Oh, wait, I know...it must have been subtly implicit by the Picker's insistent repetition of statements which become "facts" through virtue of that repetition. Am I going too fast for you, Jonesy? Using too many multi-syllable words? Anyway, here's a tip...just because the Picker is in print doesn't make everything he writes "truth". Try thinking about things from time to time.

Mr. Picker, Coach Self has created that "magic" called the perception of greatness and that will sustain him for years to come. There can only be five truly great coaches at any given time and there isn't room for him in that club, yet.

Speaking of which, ORU continues to "under achieve" because Sutton is a miserable excuse for a coach. Change his name to "Ole Olsen" and he can't get a high school job.

NASCAR caution flags are the most unique condition in all of sports. Under the circumstances, it is an absolute necessity. On the other hand, wouldn't it be funny if a referee held up a yellow flag when a basketball player's shoe came off during a fast break.

A few lines back you mentioned Scat Daddy and Nobiz. You still like them? What about Any Given Saturday and the Oaklawn horse?

it's alright jones, can't you see smith is a typical uo homer....he's way smarter than the rest of us!! but i still doubt he could find norman on a map!!!

Anybody seen R. Linihan's editor?

The Picker owns a Pekingese? Doubting it...

Sam P in a shocker by three.

Uh-ohh! The battle has been joined!

Guess who was just named the NBA's MVP??

I may have to lie down until this laughing fit ends!