Recent content by skyvue

I agree with the gel-ing aspect, but I think that can happen just as easily against #150-200. It might even happen more readily against those teams. I mean, we could (warning: ridiculous example follows) play high school teams and absolutely be assured of winning, but what would they gain from...

But from your POV, what would be the problem with playing teams 150 spots higher instead? We'd still win those games and it would boost our schedule strength a bit, which never hurts. What possible upside is there to playing teams in the 300s?

Basketball is an established sport across the board and at OU, men's basketball had a nearly 70-year head start on softball. It's like comparing professional tennis to professional pickleball (if such a thing exists). I don't know where you got your figure of 3,400 per game but according to...

If I had a buck for every time I've seen a prediction along these lines, I could buy myself a decent burger and a beer. Are there fairweather softball fans? Sure, just as there are in every other sport at every school and in pro sports too. But you're basically suggesting that roughly 90% of...

I'm a John Marshall grad, too--class of '76.

"As the Lakers prepare for their lone scheduled decision of the NBA Draft — the No. 55 pick — fans should have realistic expectations for the kind of impact a player taken in the final gasps of the second round can have on a roster." Ironic to read that sentence in a story about Reaves.

I well remember a phone conversation I had with my dad the day of the game. He said, "Chances like this are rare. It could be many years before we're in another basketball title game." I knew he was speaking the truth, and here we are 37 years later without having made it to the championship...

I've been waiting for a Sooner to become a Knick or a Net. The Mets are the only NYC team I have a rooting interest in. I'd like to see Fears playing here.

Phew! That was close! For a second there, I was afraid we might actually play a quality non-con team at LNC.

We lose some of those away games and the metrics boost disappears. We win those games and we'd be in fine shape, even if every one of them was played in Norman (which, again, I'm not stumping for). I'm fine with games in OKC and Tulsa; those are played in front of OU fans. "Neutral" games in...

The portal success this time around has gotten plenty of coverage. And why is it better to play good teams on the road (or at not-so-neutral sites) than in front of 4,000 at home? I'm not talking about playing no away games, but to have all the stronger games away from Norman makes no sense. If...

As I said, we have more talent coming in than we've had in years. If not this season, when? Do we give up on our home fans in perpetuity or do we have specific length in mind for this punishment?

How many Sooner shirts can one fan wear?

Moser's gotten plenty of pub and credit for the portal performance this season, including from just about everyone on this board (me among them). If ever there was a good time to schedule a couple of decent home games, it's now--when the program's getting a little attention and there's a bit of...