No, Gaylord Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is not a nominee for this category of the Worst of OKC, because this one is about the worst place to watch a sporting event on TV. We just included a picture of it to remind our readers of what a football cathedral looks like.
Anyway, our nominees for “worst place to watch a sporting event on TV” are available after the jump. Take a peek at them and vote.
Jim Traber’s House
If you watch a sporting event at Traber’s house, you may be subjected to stories about Cal Ripken Jr.’s underwear and have to hear him talk about his top 100 major league strikeouts. At least he may show you pictures of his colon explosion and give you some Johnsonville Brats covered with a cheesecloth.
Night Trips
I can only imagine that one might get very, very distracted watching sports at Night Trips.
The Habana Inn
I bet the only sports they show on the TV’s at the Habana are old high school wrestling videos. But that probably doesn’t matter, because the TV’s are adorned with so much glitter and leather that it makes seeing the screen impossible.
Anywhere in Stillwater
Yeah, it’s not technically in Oklahoma City, but this whole category is kind of a tough sell, so we figured it would be a good opportunity to make fun of our orange clad buddies to the north.
The Tea Room in Edmond
The tea room is probably not very sports friendly. I think the only thing they show are Clark Matthews’ checker tournament highlights and Golden Girls reruns.
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Stillwater? Is there a better place in Norman to watch a game than Joe’s in Stillwater? Sorry Sarah, you’re out of your element.
I don’t expect gourmet food when I am eating at a sport’s bar, but I do expect the food at Emerson Bigguns to be at least edible. I was sitting at the bar there trying to see the TV behind the giant hockey stick, when an out of towner (noting that I had ordered food) asked me what was good to eat here. I told him that I had yet to find anything, but he was hungry and ordered anyway.
His plate and mine were not the only two half uneaten plates that evening. However, the excitement that a bunch of people from many different states can generate over a local Oklahoma sporting event at Emerson Bigguns (them are some big ones..referring to their really big beer mugs) is truly underwhelming.
I don’t get it. Why did you use a picture of downtown Norman in the part about Stillwater??
They have TV’s in Stillwater?
That’s not downtown Norman, that’s sorority row on the OU campus.
Listen up big man (spit spit spit spit) when I was in the bigs (spit spit spit spit) don’t let your son throw curves too early (spit spit) Nolan Ryan? He’s a cheater and I took him deep (spit) When I was playing at OSU (sp) I used to babysit Matt Holiday (spit spit) my good friend Toby Keith (ssssspppppiiiiiitttttt) and that’s Jimmy’s Egg on your Face.
But seriously. Stillwater? Yes it truly is the butthole of the world, and no that wasn’t a picture of Norman that was an aggie tailgate party.
Joe’s huh? I happened to be in Joe’s last year during the OU OSU game. This aggie brought in his chihuahua to the bar and sat next to me. When OSU scored their first TD the dog did a backflip and licked his balls. I told the agg that was pretty impressive and asked what the dog did when they won. “I don’t know, he’s only 5 years old.”
HAHAHA good one JT. I voted stillwater. I dont think that they have HDTV’s up there yet.
Jeremy, it would be nice if Joe’s didn’t essentially shut down the kitchen on game nights. Other bars manage, why can’t they?
All that Aggie tailgate party needs are cut outs of all the Wine and Brie Baby Boomber Douche-Bags.Traber included.
I guess if you would rather drink and dine at Al Eschbach’s fine establishment… well, be my guest. I’ll take one of SI’s top college sports bars in the nation.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/sioncampus/02/09/big_shot0210/
Heh JT-whose balls?
JT, stop it! I’m laughing so damn hard and now I am having chest pain. EMSA is here, got to go!
If Gayhole stadium is a football cathedral then the Grand Canyon is a ditch!
Bill – You wouldn’t recognize a football cathedral much less a real football team. Greates Offense on Earth until you run into the Big Dogs.
So, by that logic wouldn’t that make Boone Picken’s stadium an outhouse hole by comparison? Granted a brand new outhouse hole…. but still.
Wow, I sense a bias on this webpage! Joe’s is a great place to watch a game, though the food is mediocre (except the cheese fries). And yes, Stillwater has a trailer park, but Norman has several as well. Most of the OU fan base watch games from their cable ready top of the line big screens that are worth more than their home.
BTW, good one JT. I don’t agree with the premise, but I can appreciate a clever bedlam joke, even at my cowboys’ expense.
What’s up with Jim Traber’s house being on the list? I think you meant to put his house in Best Place to Watch a Sporting Event on TV. It’s my dream to watch sports with my hero, The Ultimate, in his media room with those three big TVs and hooked up to Graves Satellite. Everyone’s jealous cause they all wish they had a room like The Ultimate does. BTW, OSU and Eskimo Joe’s are big time while Norman is nothin but trailer parks. Gotta get back outside and play catch. Later.
Nice Stillwater jab – completely classless. I guess that is what to expect from a typical Sooner fan.