How do you spell "aggie"? C-L-A-S-S-Y

[skyvue]

The aggies were up 60+ points against mighty Miss. Valley State University, a team that plays in the SWAC and went 5-23 last season, and Travis Ford finally gave some of his lower-level scrubs and walk-ons some playing time.

With three minutes left in the game.

About midway through the second half, with their aggies up by 40+, some poor sap of a Delta Devil threw up a shot that missed everything and the oswho crowd gleefully chanted, "Air ball! Air ball!"

Allow me to reiterate: They were up by 40+ points against Mississippi Valley State, and they were ragging on an opposing player like it was a rivalry game.

And just before the buzzer, with oswho up by 55 points, one of those aggie scrubs threw up a shot from half-court (or close to it).

Stay classy, aggies.

And let me address in advance some of the nonsense the aggie fans who, thrilled by their big win tonight will come rushing over here soon, will spew in defending their coaches, players and fans: Yes, OU will play some weak sisters of our own during the coming weeks, but you can rest assured none of the following will occur when we do play those games:

1. We won't have our starters in the game with a 60+-point lead.
   
2. Our fans won't be ragging on players from those teams if our team is up by 40 pointS.
   
3. And no matter who's in the game, we won't be launching half-court shots at the final buzzer if we're up by more than fifty points. We won't be launching those shots if we're up by five points.

And the notion that it was oswho's first game and Ford needed to get his starters and upper-level reserves all the minutes he could doesn't fly, either. oswho was up by 50 and 60 points. And their next two games are against Utah Valley and Arkansas-Pine Bluff. I think it's safe to say they don't really have to sweat those two outings. Any reasonable coach calls off the dogs midway through the second half, at the very latest. The aggies were padding their lead and the players' stats, plain and simple.

Thank heaven we have Lon Kruger.

 

[BigTime]

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Thank heaven we have Lon Kruger.

The best part of the post!

Luckily, OUH cleaned up some of the orange trash that was littering itself on here. I am sure there will be more to clean up before this year is done.

Not even Travis Ford can screw up with this much talent...

 

[SuperHoops]

Smart played only 19 minutes. Clark,Forte and Hammonds all came off the bench and played more than Smart. Walk-ons played in the first half. I'm not real sure what your beef is other than that Euro spare chucking up a half court shot at the buzzer.

 

[BigTime]

Smart played only 19 minutes. Clark,Forte and Hammonds all came off the bench and played more than Smart. Walk-ons played in the first half. I'm not real sure what your beef is other than that Euro spare chucking up a half court shot at the buzzer.

Smart got in foul trouble early...

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I see nothing wrong with what they did


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[UHsurfer12]

Doesn't bother me either

 

[ksSooner13]

there were times when we were up big, never 40, but big and BT, TNT, and all of us wouldn't chant things, but would laugh and make comments to the bench.... it's just how the college student works now-a-days, aggy did nothing wrong

 

[fhosu]

Only 2 starters played over 20 minutes. A walk-on and Soucek, probably the 12th-13th man on the team, both got minutes in the 1st half. Two freshmen backups played more minutes than anyone but Nash. 15 players logged minutes, would have been 16 but potential starter-6th man Kamari Murphy was held out.

At least Smart didn't get enough minutes to flop around all over the place.

 

[WaymanFan]

As an FYI...Billy Tubbs would have been playing Wayman Tisdale or Mookie Blaylock while up 60 points...we can't point fingers about running up the score. Matter of fact, I remember a specific quote from Coach Tubbs when an opposing coach went into stall mode (before the shot clock rules) while down 40+ with only a few minutes left in the game as both Wayman and Tim McCalister were still on the court: "That was the best stall I've ever seen down 40 points." The opposing coach was obviously livid that Wayman was playing at that point in the game.

 

[coolm]

yeah, I am not a big an of it but like the poster said above Billy Tubbs was just the same way. I you said something to him he'd say "get better".

 

[ByronHoustonsSweatyPalms]

yeah, I am not a big an of it but like the poster said above Billy Tubbs was just the same way. I you said something to him he'd say "get better".

I visit this board because of throwback posters like coolm. Two thumbs up!


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[PasoPoke]

I have a feeling Coach Ford could cure cancer and he'd still be the worst person on Earth to some.

He played the entire bench last night including walk-ons. I wonder what the critics would say about his coaching if he ever blew a 25 point second half lead?

 

[BigTime]

If he cured cancer then I would tell him 'thank you'.

It wouldn't change the fact that he is a whiney, childish mediocre basketball coach. Any sensible ag would trade him for Kruger in a heartbeat if they cared about continuing the classy standards set by Mr Iba. (Not that we would trade you!)

 

[fhosu]

If he cured cancer then I would tell him 'thank you'.

It wouldn't change the fact that he is a whiney, childish mediocre basketball coach. Any sensible ag would trade him for Kruger in a heartbeat if they cared about continuing the classy standards set by Mr Iba. (Not that we would trade you!)

Eh, maybe if Kruger could recruit like Ford.

 

[BigTime]

Eh, maybe if Kruger could recruit like Ford.

Hadn't done much for him so far during his illustrious coaching career....

Not too worried about it after Smart leaves this year.

 

[skyvue]

I have a feeling Coach Ford could cure cancer and he'd still be the worst person on Earth to some.

He played the entire bench last night including walk-ons. I wonder what the critics would say about his coaching if he ever blew a 25 point second half lead?

He didn't have a 25-point lead; he had a 40-50-60 point lead and starters were still in the game. I'm glad he played the whole bench, but that was a blowout of epic proportions and walk-ons and scrubs could have played the whole second half.

And one of those scrubs took a long shot at the buzzer of a game his team led by 55 points at the time.

You guys can have him. He's a perfect fit for a program whose fans can be bothered to rag on an opposing player for throwing up an air ball with their team leading by 40 or 50 points halfway through the second half. Every fanbase enjoys winning by a wide margin, but at some point, it becomes clear to most fans that they're witnessing a horrible mismatch and therefore there's no joy in rubbing it in. There is, occasionally, room for pity in such a game (or should be, in any case). Again, they weren't playing OU or some other rival (correction: oswho has no other rivals); they were playing a team that was severely outmatched, so where's the fun in rubbing it in?

Those who bring up Tubbs raise a valid point, but looking back, I think he was wrong, too (not that we had all that many 60-point leads in those days). And it's been 20+ years since he was running it up on anyone, so I don't know how long we have to wear that particular hairshirt.

 

[MNsooner]

Hadn't done much for him so far during his illustrious coaching career....

Not too worried about it after Smart leaves this year.

Right. If I'm not mistaken, Travis Ford has won 1 NCAA game in his more than decade long coaching career. It's kind of amazing he has a job at a high major.

 

[oSuJeff97]

Hilarious thread is hilarious.

How I spell "aggie" is T-H-I-S T-H-R-E-A-D.

 

[garyeb2]

Hilarious thread is hilarious.

How I spell "aggie" is T-H-I-S T-H-R-E-A-D.

You seem like a nice enough guy and a good OSU fan. So, I'll give you a heads up. I won't reveal my source or give you the details. But, the OSU basketball program is on a flight path to a crash landing.

The program is being investigated in relation to the Smart recruitment and it will end poorly for OSU. Like the Reggie Bush deal, it probably won't come until after Smart clears the program. But, it is coming.

This would be a good time for a prudent aggie to temper their taunts.

 

[oSuJeff97]

You seem like a nice enough guy and a good OSU fan. So, I'll give you a heads up. I won't reveal my source or give you the details. But, the OSU basketball program is on a flight path to a crash landing.

The program is being investigated in relation to the Smart recruitment and it will end poorly for OSU. Like the Reggie Bush deal, it probably won't come until after Smart clears the program. But, it is coming.

This would be a good time for a prudent aggie to temper their taunts.

Even if something does happen (which I highly doubt), it doesn't make this thread any less stupid.