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We want to join the KREF Fantasy Football League

Published by
Patrick
 on August 24, 2007

So, it looks like Toby Rowland is putting together a 2007 KREF Fantasy Football League.  All this week, people have called Toby’s show explaining why they should be part of the league.  Calls have ranged from people reenacting “real men of genius” commercials to Mayor Cornett’s son performing the white boy rap.

Anyway, since nobody really listens to KREF, we at The Lost Ogle thought it would be kind of fun to join the league.  That way, we could enjoy action-packed fantasy football excitement without feeling like we’re selling out.  Also, by being in Toby’s league, we can get one-degree closer to Amy McRee (even though Toby warned us that she has kid).

The only real issue is that we really can’t call Toby’s show and suck-up to him.  That just seems wrong.  But what we can do is offer some sort of extorted, written offer to join the league.  Here it is:

If Toby lets us join his KREF Fantasy Football League, we promise to be nice to him during the football season.  That means no snarky comments about his relationship with Sherri Coale or the Small College Hoops radio show.  We’ll also give him a trench coat and a fake mustache so he can sneak into OU practices with James Hale. 

That should make Toby happy.  Or better yet, it will.

Category: Amy McRee, Oklahoma City Media, Oklahoma City Radio and Sports. 11 Comments

Is this the OU scrotum grabber?

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on August 23, 2007

Alleged Oklahoma Scrotum Grabber

It’s time we turn all Smoking Gun on everyone.

According to the Sterling College website, which hosts the picture above, the man on the right is Mike Beckett. Mike Beckett is the alias for Allen Michael Beckett, the same guy who allegedly ripped the scrotum of a poor Texas football fan. How do we know this? Because of websites like Google, Melissa Data and the Oklahoma County Assessor’s office…that’s how.

Now that we know what the scrotum-grabber looks like, here are some thoughts:

• When I first pictured Allen Michael Beckett, I pictured him as some crazy, meth addict looking dude with long hair and a white-trash goat-tee. I didn’t think he’d look and dress like the good old Dad from some 1990s sitcom. Now, after seeing his picture, and discovering that he has a wife, three kids and solid job, I hope he gets through this mess okay, and that the urge to rip the scrotum off some guy was just a one time, drunken thing.

• According to some message board rumors and public documents, Mike went to and possibly graduated from Oklahoma State University. That would be a shame, because the jump-to-conclusions square, called “the media,” has labeled Mike an OU fan. If that’s not the case, and Oklahoma State fans are tearing the scrotums of Texas fans, then everybody in this entire State needs to watch their back, or more accurately, their fronts.

• We may have to make an emergency addition to our Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how this case unfolds. Expect wall-to-wall coverage on this one.

Category: OU Football, Sports and Unusual. 27 Comments

OUch!

Published by
Patrick
 on August 23, 2007

I’m not sure why, but I really wish that Jenni Carlson would have wrote written this story:

An Oklahoma City man has been charged with aggravated assault and battery, accused of causing extensive damage to another man’s scrotum just because he wore a University of Texas shirt into a local bar.  Allen Michael Beckett, 53, has not been arrested on the felony charge, which was filed Monday in Oklahoma County District Court. It carries up to five years in prison if he is convicted. Beckett is accused of having launched a verbal attack on Brian Thomas when the other man walked into Henry Hudson’s Pub at 3509 NW 58 on June 17, according to court documents.

What happened

Thomas said Beckett, whom he had never met, called him “everything under the sun” for wearing a Longhorns T-shirt into the bar.  He said he and his friend sat at a table in the corner and tried to ignore the other man, but the other man — who apparently is a University of Oklahoma fan — kept screaming at him. Thomas said he decided he’d had enough after about 20 minutes of Beckett’s abuse so he went to the bar to pay his tab. When he turned around, he said Beckett grabbed his crotch and refused to let go. Thomas hit the other man several times before several bar patrons intervened, but Thomas said Beckett didn’t let go until Thomas heard his scrotum tear and blood ran down his leg. Thomas, who grew up a Texas fan, said it took more than 60 stitches to close his wound.

Torn Scrotum…60-stitches…Blood!  The only thing that could be creepier than this would have been if Beckett had performed the bad guy trick from “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and ripped Thomas’ still beating heart from his chest while he was still alive. 

Anyway, as an OU fan that thinks the over-the-top hatred of Texas is kind of silly, I apologize to you, Brian Thomas.   May you and your scrotum heal properly.

UPDATE: It looks like DeadSpin picked up on this story.  Let the stereotypes begin!

Category: Jenni Carlson, OU Football, Sports and The Daily Oklahoman. 13 Comments

Question of the Day

Published by
Clark Matthews
 on August 23, 2007

VS.

Adrian Peterson, or as illiterates like his father call him, “A.D.”, may have lots to worry about as he shifts from Sooner legend to NFL runningback. While the health of his ankles or shoulders, and the presence of homicidal linebackers like Ray Lewis will likely weigh heavily on his mind, one thing he can rest easily on is concern for attack from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Continue reading ‘Question of the Day’

Category: Jim Inhofe, OU Football, Oklahoma Politics and Sports. 5 Comments

Is Lacrosse A Major League Sport?

Published by
Tony
 on August 22, 2007

According to this article in something called “Lacrosse Magazine,” either the National Lacrosse League or Major League Lacrosse is looking to expand to Oklahoma City.

I don’t know what is more surprising to me: that there are not one, but two national lacrosse leagues in this country, or that at least one of them is successful enough that they are seriously looking at expansion.

In any event, I don’t know about you guys, but I really don’t want this to happen. I don’t know much about lacrosse, but I do know that once you welcome it into your fair city you get overrun by rich, white, sweater vest-wearing prep school kids named “Jamison,” “Tripp,” and “Reid.” That, my friends, we cannot allow.

Category: Sports. 14 Comments

Amy McRee puts things in her mouth…

Published by
Patrick
 on August 21, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU-HXOSD0y8

Honestly, I have no clue what to say about this YouTube clip of Amy McRee. I guess I’d just like to know what the mysterious ‘triggers’ are that tempt her to put things in her mouth. If we could figure that out, Oklahoma City (including the south side) would be a much better place to live. Just ask Kelly Ogle.

Category: Amy McRee. 10 Comments

Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments: 50-41

Published by
Tony
 on August 20, 2007

50. Oklahoma Horseshoeing School: South Campus

Look. I understand that these things need to be taught somewhere, and if it’s Purcell, Oklahoma, more power to them. But every time I’m driving north to OKC with someone who isn’t from here and we pass the sign that says “Oklahoma Horseshoeing School,” it’s a guaranteed chuckle. By the time we get to the point where you can see the “South Campus” part, the chuckles have generally turned into howls of laughter. And where is the north campus anyway?

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Category: Basketball in OKC, OKC Music, OU Football, Oklahoma City Media and Top 100 Oklahoma Embarrassments. 16 Comments

Mr. Monday Is Incomprehensible

Published by
Tony
 on August 20, 2007

For all of you looking for today’s installment of the Top 100 Embarrassments list, it will be up later this evening. Sorry for the delay; real life just got in the way for a bit.

In the meantime, could everyone please go read this column by Mr. Monday in today’s Oklahoman and tell me just what the hell that’s supposed be saying. I have read it twice and have no idea what that article about. It’s so confusing that at this point I’m fairly convinced that Mr. Monday is Dean Blevins. Seriously, tell me that column doesn’t sound like Deano.

Also, I managed to catch a few minutes of the Sports Animal late this morning which consisted entirely of Craig Humphreys and Bob Barry Jr. whining incessantly about Johan Santana taking himself out of the game yesterday after 8 innings and 17 strikeouts. As best I could tell, the point was that somehow by not trying to tie the record Santana is proving that he is not fit to wear the jockstrap of Roger Clemens. The idiocy of their argument aside, I found it amusing that the two biggest proponents of selflessness and being a “team player” were criticizing a player for NOT doing something for personal gain only.

That’s all I’ve got for now. Sorry again for the delay on the list…

Category: The Daily Oklahoman and The Sports Animal. 9 Comments
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