[doublespiral]

Count me out of the OU-fan bashers.

Thanks for sticking up for us, Garvin. I grew up in OKC and was dyed-in-the-wool Crimson & Cream. Most OU fans, like most Poke fans, are good folks. There are just a lot more Sooner fans - in my junior high we had one fan of the Cowboys (gutsy kid, I suppose, but a bit off) - so one's odds of running into an asinine one are higher.

I never disliked OSU growing up, and even pulled for them in general for the greater good of the state. The rivalry tended to be more vehement from the OSU side because the series has been rather lopsided throughout its history - and OU had storied rivalries with Nebraska (no longer) and Texas - but the Pokes have been getting better and better of late.

We moved when I was 14 and I never considered OU for school, but those boys sure can play football. Though I was disappointed that the Sooners got shellacked so badly by the Pokes this year, I had been dreading a  Stanford-OU rematch in the Fiesta. It would have meant that I only really cared about one bowl game and one of my teams would be destined to lose. The Sun Bowl two years ago was agony.

Now I have the Fiesta and the Insight Bowl - and the possibility of winning both. There's always a silver lining....

[doublespiral]

Count me out of the OU-fan bashers.

Thanks for sticking up for us, Garvin. I grew up in OKC and was dyed-in-the-wool Crimson & Cream. Most OU fans, like most Poke fans, are good folks. There are just a lot more Sooner fans - in my junior high we had one fan of the Cowboys (gutsy kid, I suppose, but a bit off) - so one's odds of running into an asinine one are higher.

I never disliked OSU growing up, and even pulled for them in general for the greater good of the state. The rivalry tended to be more vehement from the OSU side because the series has been rather lopsided throughout its history - and OU had storied rivalries with Nebraska (no longer) and Texas - but the Pokes have been getting better and better of late.

We moved when I was 14 and I never considered OU for school, but those boys sure can play football. Though I was disappointed that the Sooners got shellacked so badly by the Pokes this year, I had been dreading a  Stanford-OU rematch in the Fiesta. It would have meant that I only really cared about one bowl game and one of my teams would be destined to lose. The Sun Bowl two years ago was agony.

Now I have the Fiesta and the Insight Bowl - and the possibility of winning both. There's always a silver lining....