The Delightful Calvin Newell

[T_Neal's Twitter]

This thread is dedicated to one of our newest Sooners who has made quite an impact on the court through his first two games. One Calvin Newell from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The reason I make this thread is that I have personally communicated over the last few weeks and I have been very impressed with him. He absolutely loves being a Sooner and playing for our program. That is certainly something that some of our players that I will leave unmentioned did not feel last year.

He plays the game with passion and emotion on the court and I love his demeanor out there. I really think his heart and effort will rub off on some other guys and really help us once we hit our tough conference season.

But I have to say, the reason I like him the most is that he appreciates what The Capelables do for the basketball program. Myself and a few other posters on this board are Capelables and we work hard at what we do-trying to fill the LNC and making it loud once we are in there. Lord knows that is no easy task. Calvin is very fan friendly and is always willing to talk to us or any Sooner fan for that matter.

So when Calvin enters the game, and you hear the "40 Cal" chant coming from the student section, you will know where the admiration comes from.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

nice! But why 40 cal? Why not 45 cal?

 

[GParker]

Great post, TNT.

Glad to hear that about Calvin. I had a feeling that he would be a fan favorite once he made it into Norman.

 

[p230]

nice! But why 40 cal? Why not 45 cal?

Because it is way more likely to be found in Philly than .45.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Calvin rocks...I'm a big fan

 

[Sam]

Never seen a player love/appreciate fans so much, crazy.

 

[CMSOONER]

I didn't hear "40 Cal" tonight. Did I miss it??

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

I didn't hear "40 Cal" tonight. Did I miss it??

IMO, it was not as loud as Friday Night but we did chant it for sure. Overall I'd say we were louder than Friday Night...the insane finish to regulation certainly helped with that. Awesome game.

 

[brothers brother]

Because "Cal" drops 40 a night whenever he gets hot. Plus it sounds cool because it makes a gun reference.

 

[Bk2X]

IMO, it was not as loud as Friday Night but we did chant it for sure. Overall I'd say we were louder than Friday Night...the insane finish to regulation certainly helped with that. Awesome game.

Probably cause there were half as many people there as friday. Sure felt like it at least. The smallest crowd can do wonders when every single person is making noise.

 

[Sooner_In_MI]

Probably cause there were half as many people there as friday. Sure felt like it at least. The smallest crowd can do wonders when every single person is making noise.

There were definitely less people.

 

[Bk2X]

I'd really like to see Cal start. I haven't warmed up to the current starting lineup with Pledger handling the point. I understand that group of talent needs to be on the court but Cal is so much quicker on D guarding the opposing team's point guard.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

i don't think i like pledger at point either. But he still needs some time. I didn't like Rus Westbrook at the point to begin with either.

Pledger does seem a lot quicker than last year and he is and even more out of control version of terrell everette it seems

 

[40 Cal]

Calvin "40 CAL" Newell is awesome.

 

[BigTime]

Just to back up what others are saying: Cal really is a great guy and will certainly be a fan favorite.