Vito Corleone wrote:SunCoastSooner wrote:It's also rather sad that they have to bring OU to Austin to help pay for stadium renovations as well. I mean to hear vito tell it Oklahoma is vastly inferior to Texass yet we just finished a more expensive expansion and renovation than Texass is comitted to. OU did all that with only donor money, turned down state matching funds, and had money left over to boot.
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The Texas athletic dept has a budget of 80 million and not one penny comes from the tax payer.
Yeah I know Oklahoma has a budget of 74.6 million and not only does it not accept any money from the tax payer (that by law it is entitled to in Oklahoma) but it also funds the Oklahoma University Library System. But then again you would be aware of this if you paid any attention to the threads of ass whoopings you receive that spill over to other forums.
I'm taking a wait and see to this before I slit my wrist. There are strong proponents in both schools that are lined up on both sides of this issue.
Could you please point these people out on the OU side because outside of the Campus Corner contingency of about a dozen businesses, most resteraunts, there aren't any on our side. OU's big money is pushing the ship to Dallas which is why Joe C. comitted to Dallas back in January. Hell we are pushing for a different oppenant in Dallas if Texass is too pansy to bring their asses to the showdown. Oklahoma has the balls to play real compition year in and year out. I bet your going to love seeing "The Oklahoma Invitational" every year in your own state as we make history with various other big name oppenents that aren't affraid to step to the field like men.
The Dallas Alumni want to keep it in Dallas, the Houston, Alumni are split, the Austin Alumni and many of the Austin area businesses that support the program are putting considerable pressure on the school to move the game to Austin.
All those wealthy donors and none of them can afford to ante up for stadium expansion. Oklahoma has to be brought in with its cape and play "Captain save a ho" to Oklahoma Alumnus Memorial Stadium. It's almost fitting that Oklahoma is about to be brought in to ensure the structure named after our Alumni to be fixxed for tejass.
Dodds is trying to dance around both sides, no matter what he does he is going to piss a lot of people off.
I think the thread title sums the response to this statement. If only you had an AD with a pair.
Don't think the OU AD isn't feeling the same pressure.
I don't think... I know he isn't. The game being moved from Dallas has been very unpopular in OKlahoma and to Sooners. We enjoy whooping your ass in your own state on a regular basis.
My guess is the two ADs have gotten together to play "good cop/bad cop" with the City to make sure they get the best deal possible.
My guess is that if you detatched the pipe from your lips for a couple of minutes a day your perspective on the world might atleast resemble something realistic.