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Big 12: Six Feet Under?

Monday, June 7th, 2010

 

Is the Big 12 six feet under?

It seems that the other power conferences believe this might be the case. Rumors continue to fly that the SEC, Big 10, and now the Pac-10 are sniffing around the league’s schools like the Big 12 were a dog in heat. Among the rumors are:

  • The SEC wants OU and Texas
  • The Big 10 has made overtures to Nebraska and Missouri
  • The Pac-10 has invited OU, OSU, Colorado, Texas, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech to join their conference.

    • Among the major conferences, the Big 12 is definitely the baby. Basically a merger of the old Big 8 and the Southwest Conference, the league is just 15 years old. Meanwhile the other big guys are chomping at the bit to eliminate some of the competition for BCS/March Madness riches and strenghten themselves as the NCAA goliath. Could the Big 12, which is certainly a consideration for, if not, the elite conference in collegiate sports, really unravel so quickly?

    I don’t know and I don’t care. My interest is just in what drama all of these NCAA politics are going to spawn. Just think of these scenarios:

    OU and Texas defect to the SEC

    This seems like a longshot to happen. Right now, those two schools dominate the Big 12, a powerful football conference as it stands, and are therefore an automatic contender for the BCS Mythical National Championship game every year (depending on which team wins the Red River Shootout).

    On the other hand, imagine the football competition this would provide during the regular season. Gone would be the yearly cupcake Baylor games, and no one would ever be able to accuse the Sooners of having a weak schedule again since they would start playing teams like Alabama/Florida/Arkansas/Tennessee in conference and would likely have yearly non-conference dates against Oklahoma State and Nebraska.

    Of course, that leaves the ten teams remaining in the Big 12. Losing their two biggest draws in the biggest sport certainly knocks them down a peg to ACC or Big East level. At this point, we’re talking about Nebraska, A&M, and OSU as the best football programs and there is parity between the North and South divisions. To remain relevant, the league probably invites two of the best mid-major programs (my guesses: Boise State and TCU) to fill it out and make the name stay relevant. Unless…

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    Posted in OSU Basketball, OSU Football, OU Basketball, OU Football, Sports | 19 Comments »

    Introducing, the Lollipop Guild

    Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

    In the weeks leading up to the NCAA tournament, seeds are the primary focus of attention.  Would Oklahoma State’s bubble be strong enough to get them in the dance?  Could the Cowboys win over Kansas propel them into the upper half of seeds?  Did OU fans realize that basketball season was going on?  Once the tournament brackets were announced on Sunday, discussion of how teams matched up against one another was the obvious next topic.

    Of course, matching up is not a topic that many Cowboy fans want to talk about.  While the CBS analysts were wondering what OSU would do if they survived round one in order to face Ohio State and their 6′7″ point guard, people who follow the Cowboys were already wondering how Oklahoma State would match up against Georgia Tech’s normal sized floor general.

    I don’t have the statistics at my fingertips, but I’m going to wager that Travis Ford’s Cowboys have the shortest team in the NCAA tournament.  Basically, with the exception of whomever the under-appreciated James Anderson is guarding (Anderson is a typical height for his position), the guy from the opposition is likely going to have a serious height advantage.  The lollipop guild didn’t give up as many inches to Dorothy and the Tin Man as the Cowboys do to whatever team laces up against them.

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    Posted in OSU Basketball | 6 Comments »

    Ogle Madness: South Region – Lower Bracket

    Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

    Today we tip-off the games from the lower half of the South Region.  Here are the match-ups.

    (6) Rascal Racers vs. (11) Jenni Carlson
    (3) Brad Henry vs. (14) Keiton Page
    (7) Matt Kemp vs. (10) Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow
    (2) Wayne Coyne vs. (15) Doritos Prostitute

    As always, vote after the jump.  Voting ends at midnight.

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    Posted in Brad Henry, Jenni Carlson, OSU Basketball, Oklahoma Crime, Sports, Wayne Coyne | 18 Comments »

    Sean Sutton was arrested with used condoms, panties and a vibrator in his pockets…

    Monday, February 15th, 2010

    Actually, that headline is a lie.  Sean Sutton was arrested, but probably with normal things in his pockets.  I was just trying to find a clever way to tie together two of the weirder new stories that came out of Oklahoma last week.  I probably failed.  Here are the details of those stories:

    Sean Sutton Arrested on Drug Complaints

    Former Oklahoma State basketball head coach Sean Sutton obtained prescription drugs from two women he met in a drug rehabilitation center, according to a law enforcement affidavit.

    Payne County District Attorney Robert Hudson said that he anticipates filing charges against Sutton Tuesday of obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud, possession of Oxycontin, attempted possession of Adderral and Clonazepam, and use of a communication device — a cell phone — to commit a felony.

    Sutton was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. He was released on $10,000 bond about 3:30 p.m. Friday on the condition that he go to a treatment center, Hudson said.

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    Oklahoma City man with ‘666′ tattoo on his head arrested with disturbing contents in his pockets.

    Police found marijuana last week in the pants pocket of a man with the number “666″ tattooed on his forehead. But it was what else they found in the pockets of 47-year-old Scott Brian Bradley that concerned them.

    According to the police report, Bradley’s jacket pockets contained:

    • Numerous pictures of young girls.
    • Four pair of women’s panties
    • Three used condoms and one unused condom.
    • A 3-inch vibrator
    • Women’s jewelry
    • A 1988 Topps Jim Traber Baseball Card*
    • A camera memory card
    • A shaving razor
    • A small plastic wire loop
    • A small children’s rubber toy lizard

    These stories are pretty sad and weird.  But know what would be sadder and weirder?  If we were able to have Sean Sutton and the creepy transient drifter dude fight each other in one of those MTV claymation-style Celebrity Death Matches.

    Actually, that wouldn’t be sad or weird.  That would be cool!

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    Posted in OSU Basketball, Sean Sutton, Sports, Unusual | 4 Comments »

    I Got it Wrong

    Thursday, February 12th, 2009

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    Yesterday, when I wrote 800 words on why Travis Ford’s verbal abuse of Obi Muonelo had lost him the respect of his team, I had it wrong.  Now, I think he saw this kid in the stand and was calling him a “f***ing idiot.”

    Here’s a pointer.  If you are so full of school spirit that you must paint your face…and your school colors are orange and black…and you’re a white kid:  Paint your face orange.

    For more on the photo above, read Deadspin.

    Posted in OSU Basketball | 4 Comments »

    A Tale of Two Coaches

    Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

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    (I apologize in advance for duplicating the subject matter that Patrick posted on earlier today, but since I had most of it written yesterday, I didn’t want to let it go to waste.)

    As some of you may have heard, Oklahoma State’s new basketball coach has a bit of a potty mouth.  Berry Trammel, in his blog, sums up the problem this way:

    The profanity used by OSU basketball coach Travis Ford, calling Obi Muonelo a “f****** idiot,” is alarming on two levels. First, a human decency scale. How did sports ever develop to the point where anyone, even if it’s just the coach himself, thinks that’s acceptable? But also, how could this happen ONLY THREE DAYS AFTER an Oklahoman story detailed how Ford’s vocabulary already had landed him in hot water with some, including his wife?

    Really?  Those are the problems he culled from this recent incident?  Berry Trammel is a f****** idiot.

    First of all, reading The Oklahoman leads to nothing but problems for OSU coaches, so it is pretty safe to assume no one (including Coach Ford) read that article.  Second, I cannot understand why the puritanical aversion to salty language should eclipse the real issue that should be haunting Travis Ford.

    To be fair, I understand that cursing like a sailor is a bad example, and as my mother taught me as a youth, using foul language is an indicator that you are not smart enough to find better words.  We even attempt to curb our use of profanity here on TheLostOgle, and no one is accusing us of being a moderator of public decency.

    On the other hand, I have spent some time in a fraternity house and grew up on a baseball field, so I have heard and dropped my fair share of f-bombs.  So, I don’t understand why Ford’s profanity is supposed to be the greatest sin he could have committed, particularly when the word he uttered was sandwiched between the student body chanting “Bullsh**!” at the referees and the band leading a song that includes the lyrics, “We’re going to beat the hell out of you!”

    The real crime, and the issue that should get more attention, is where the profanity was directed.

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    Posted in OSU Basketball, OSU Football, The Daily Oklahoman | 6 Comments »

    Oklahoma State played like a bunch of F*cking Idiots!

    Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

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    Honestly, I don’t know if they played like f*cking idiots, because I didn’t watch the game.  But whenever you get beat by a mediocre Texas team by a score of 99-74, I think it’s safe to assume that some f*cking idiotic play was at work.

    The reason I bring all this up is because Travis Ford called one of his player’s a “f*cking idiot” during a game last week.  And as a result, he got Boomer Tramel all wound up.  From Boomer’s Blog at NewsOK:

    The profanity used by OSU basketball coach Travis Ford, calling Obi Muonelo a “f****** idiot,” is alarming on two levels. First, a human decency scale. How did sports ever develop to the point where anyone, even if it’s just the coach himself, thinks that’s acceptable? But also, how could this happen ONLY THREE DAYS AFTER an Oklahoman story detailed how Ford’s vocabulary already had landed him in hot water with some, including his wife?

    There is no way OSU administrators can be happy with their coach. Athletic director Mike Holder seemed strong in his statement that Ford must change his behavior – “He’s got no choice” — and while that’s not necessarily a line in the sand, it’s on the record.

    I don’t know about you, but isn’t it kind of funny picturing Boomer Tramel write the word f****** on his computer.   It makes me wonder how he would handle a complex curse word like c*ck s*cker or sh*t he*d.

    Anyway, I don’t really think it’s a big deal that Ford called one of his players a “f*cking idiot.”  In fact, I think it’s a refeshing change.  When Sean Sutton was the coach, he would call players his favorite cheese or peanut butter when he yelled at them.  And unless those insults were directed at Byron Eaton, they never really made much sense.

    Posted in OSU Basketball, Oklahoma City Media | 9 Comments »

    No Respect

    Thursday, February 5th, 2009

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    If scoring 29 points and hitting the game winning shot on a left handed layup is not enough to make your name known to The Oklahoman, what would Byron Eaton have to do?

    Posted in OSU Basketball, The Daily Oklahoman | 8 Comments »

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