Oklahoma's President Boren goes OFF!

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 6:03 pm

Dinsdale wrote:Actually, that same columnist, John Canzano, discussed this on the radio yesterday.

The Tulsa World ran his column today, along with a column by the T-W's sports editor, Mike Strain, on the front of the sports section.

Link

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:29 pm

Anybody calling that man's house is doing the wrong thing... it's cowardly, it's bullshit, it's wrong...

IT'S A FUCKING GAME.

Having said that, I HOPE he feels like shit. I hope the right call(s) plagues his dreams for the rest of his life. F that guy.

And you're damn right Sooner fan is dwelling on this. We got screwed... TWICE... FOUR times total... We're pissed. The reason DuckFan isn't dwelling on it is because THEY WERE GIVEN THE F'ING GAME !!! They want it to go away because they KNOW that their win is tainted... which SUCKS because they played their asses off, and, frankly, deserved to win just as much as we did...

...except that they DIDN'T deserve to win; they WON. There's a difference...

Anyway, you can't keep bringing the "incident" up and then chastise Sooner fans for talking about it. Don't sit here and talk about what happened and expect nobody to respond... especially when what you're saying isn't accurate. You keep talking about "all the calls" that didn't go Oregon's way. Frozen addressed those... Now what?

the_ouskull

Oh my God, Morten Andersen is still alive and kicking...? Literally... It is ALIVE !!! He's what now, 46? 146?

quacker backer · Post by **quacker backer** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:03 pm

I just heard on Oklahoma Sports talk radio...which sucks by the way...that when out of conference teams come to Big 12 venues they have Big 12 officials

is that true or is it just these clowns?

quacker backer · Post by **quacker backer** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:25 pm

Believe the Heupel wrote:It is not true.

not true that Oklahoma Sports talk radio sucks??

Killian · Post by **Killian** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:41 pm

Believe the Heupel wrote:I think that the tOSU-Texas game used Big Ten officials this year.

I'm sorry.

Sin,
ND's 10 holding calls to the opponets 0 (all three games were Big10 refs)

WolverineSteve · Post by **WolverineSteve** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:06 pm

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it in any of the dozens of OU got jobbed threads but....

I saw on ESPN where OU was the benifactor of a shite call in the UAB game. OU clearly fumbled a punt late in the game, deep in their territory. Would have given UAB the ball down 7 at the time.

Believe it or not OUfan...it does go both ways. So we can erase the Oregon loss and hang an L on you courtesy of UAB. I don't remember hearing a peep out of Birmingham following the loss. Interesting.

War Stoops · Post by **War Stoops** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:54 pm

I understand what you're saying, Steve. These things tend to balance out over time. The UAB call is a little different (still lots of time left, not a reviewable play, etc.) but your point is well taken. I can't make excuses for some of our more m2-ish and TREX-ian fans but I think you're seeing high levels of frustration from the better fans for three reasons:

1. This is the second straight road game in which two critical calls in the last minutes were blown both on the field and in the replay booth.
2. Misguided or not, we had high expectations this year, especially for Peterson. This may or may not hurt his Heisman campaign.
3. This could have been a landmark win for our young club.

That said, once all the guilty parties apologized, I immediately forgave and moved on. I wish Boren, Stoops, etc. would as well but they're slightly more affected by the mess than me.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:09 pm

War Stoops wrote:I understand what you're saying, Steve. These things tend to balance out over time. The UAB call is a little different (still lots of time left, not a reviewable play, etc.) but your point is well taken. I can't make excuses for some of our more m2-ish and TREX-ian fans but I think you're seeing high levels of frustration from the better fans for three reasons:

1. This is the second straight road game in which two critical calls in the last minutes were blown both on the field and in the replay booth.
2. Misguided or not, we had high expectations this year, especially for Peterson. This may or may not hurt his Heisman campaign.
3. This could have been a landmark win for our young club.

That said, once all the guilty parties apologized, I immediately forgave and moved on. I wish Boren, Stoops, etc. would as well but they're slightly more affected by the mess than me.

Fixed that for me.

the_ouskull

Ang · Post by **Ang** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:30 am

I have to admit that I didn't see the game, but listened to some commentary and several included an obvious bad call that had OU with the ball on a posession after a fumble by Oregon that should have been called down and dead ball with Oregon keeping the ball. Did OU do anything with that gift? I'm thinking we won't hear much more about that one.

One thing that is a constant since moving to this part of the state is that every time I tune into OU football there is some whining going on about officiating. Even on a win!

It's the culture of Sooner football. Somehow whine and win seem to be spelled the same.

the_ouskull · Post by **the_ouskull** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:19 pm

As opposed to "lose" and "OSU" being spelled the same, I suppose?

When freakin' TULSA isn't your rival school, then you can talk. When your 20 minute halftime show isn't Dexter trying to read The Cat In The Hat over the P.A. system, then you can talk. When your "fans" don't look like they're getting ready to go to a Halloween harvest in August, you can talk...

No wonder Barry retired early. God forbid he plays another Monday Night game and had to suffer through the pain of telling the entire country what school he attended again... I'm pretty sure I'd rather jack off with sandpaper and then fuck a salty lemon than have anybody think that I went to Aggie Vo-Tech.

the_ouskull

OUMO · Post by **OUMO** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:02 pm

Ang wrote:I have to admit that I didn't see the game

Should have reviewed this part, then decided to stop typing and certainly not click on submit.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:17 pm

Ang wrote:I ...listened to some commentary and several included an obvious bad call that had OU with the ball on a posession after a fumble by Oregon that should have been called down and dead ball with Oregon keeping the ball. Did OU do anything with that gift?

I'm on the U of O side of things, and I firmly believe that call was correct. The ball was ever-so-slightly coming loose before his knee hit. Just barely, by the hair of its chinny-chin-chin, but it appeared to be "jiggling" in his arms before he was down.

Don't get me wrong -- that was clearly one of the worst officiated football games I've ever seen(can't hold a candle to an average NBA game, but as far as football goes, it stunk). Both sides got some pretty raw deals all game, but I'm not bitching about that fumble call, since it was actually a fumble, IMO.

the_ouskull wrote: Having said that, I HOPE he feels like shit. I hope the right call(s) plagues his dreams for the rest of his life. F that guy.

Apparently, you haven't read anything about him or his situation. Let's review --

He feels like shit because HE DIDN'T SEE THE REPLAYS.

Does this clear things up?

He even says he believed the call to be wrong, but did the job he was paid to do -- use replay to determine whether the on fild call should be overturned or not. Since he didn't have much replay evidence to work with, ethics dictated that he couldn't overrule the on-field decision.

The "bad call" accusations should be placed squarely where they belong -- on the on-field officiating crew. There was nothing the replay official couyld do about it, and he's been made a scapegoat. Blame his involvement on non-working video equipment, not incompetence or conspiracy on the replay officials' end.

And now the man has stood up and says he doesn't want to be involved in the flawed replay process anymore, suspension or not. He also says he feels the call was wrong. What more can the guy do to make it right?

Of course, I haven't ruled out the idea that a Ducksfan "tripped" over some replay cables, but we'll save that for a time when the wounds have healed.

Dinsdale · Post by **Dinsdale** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:23 pm

AAAAAANNNNNDDDD another thing -- after ABC spent so much time showing cheerleaders from both squads, how can this country, in good conscience, have the slightest bit of sympathy for OU?

Does this sympathy come from the fact that some mysterious virus overwhelmed the entire OU cheerleading squad, and they had to send their skeezed-out, trailer-dwelling mothers in their stead?

In all the fallout from the officiating, I'd kind of forgotten to mention this.

OU got outclassed both on the field, and on the sidelines.

Jeebuz, Oklahoma -- where did you find those things...on a dairy farm?

If OU continues rolling out such beast and insists on displaying them in short skirts, I believe they should get similar treatment from the officials in every game throughout the season. Turnabout is fair play, and if OU insists on punishing television viewers week in and week out, they should forfiet every game from here on out.

Eegads, OU. That was BAD.

SoCalTrjn · Post by **SoCalTrjn** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:46 am

OK Oklahoma, sorry your school, state, conference, home is in the heart of Fly Over Country