I’m proud of OU in that when it mattered…they did make the plays needed to win this extremely ugly basketball game. I mean…this was a very ugly game otherwise. This O State team is so bad offensively what they do is like when a bad boxer just grabs and clutches all night long to in essence give themselves a ‘puncher’s chance’.
As someone who truly loved watching Eddie Sutton coached teams, watching this shit breaks my basketball heart.
And that’s exactly what Mike Boynton did in this basketball game. O State shot 18% from the field in the first half, but ‘interestingly…O State found itself on the free throw line almost all game long ON THE ROAD.
OU received three technicals in the second half. Mild mannered center Sam Godwin received two techs early in the second and basically fouled out with around fourteen minutes left in the game.
As I wrote here on this blog before…when I hang around on the floor after games wearing my fake ESPN pullover… I usually talk to some of the parents of the players. Sam Godwin and his family are about as cool of a group of family as I’ve seen at OU since the other Sam…Bradford, won a Heisman. They are total class. His mom is wonderful. Sam got his second technical while on the bench with four fouls waving a white flag after a teammate made a shot.
Fellow teammate Otega Oweh, received a tech after one of his teammates made a shot and I believe for the first time in either the history of college basketball or the NBA…Tega high-five a teammate and exclaimed, ” Fuck, yeah.” Whoo…never seen that before on basketball court.
Anyway…OU is now 18-6 overall and 6-5 in the brutal Big 12 Conference. The Sooners with the two wins last week climbed back into the 21st spot in the Coaches Poll while the absolutely red-hot Lady Sooners won their 9th straight with their win at Ames and are now in first place in the Big 12. This marks the first time since 2014 that both the men and women have been ranked at the same time in the Coaches Poll Top 25.
If the OU men had only made their free throws down the stretch in the second half versus Texas Tech…they’d now be in a tie for second place in the Big 12. I hate to belabor the free throws, but OU was once again 15-24 from the line in this horrid Bedlam game which should not have been this close.
Again…this is me just thinking out loud talking to the OU team…”MAKE YOUR FUCKING FREE THROWS’ and make this easier on yourselves.
The Toby Keith Memorial before a sell-out standing room only crowd was beautiful. Myself and others cried again. The Baby Crawl at halftime was a big time hit. I will admit this was the first time I’ve ever gambled with strangers at a Baby Crawl and it was an adrenal rush. The crowd loved the Baby Crawl almost as much as the game.
Oh, look, I just got a notice that for using two ‘Fucks’ in this post this post I’ve been kicked off my own blog for the next twenty-four hours for th first time since I started okcthunderground.com. But….I had to write this game up this way because if Porter had said these things at his presser he would have been in trouble with the Big 12 higher ups for telling the truth about the officiating.
And me being the Ultimate Sooner as I am…. don’t want Porter to do a Billy Tubbs and say something like…”No matter how bad the officiating is…Please don’t throw things on the floor.”
It’s Billy Tubb’s Legacy Day on Saturday when the Kansas Jaywhawks come to Norman. There was never a dull moment with Billy. as in…never.
Billy…El Prez still loves you, brother. Looking forward to hooking with you in Hoops Heaven at some point. Be good.
Peace, MJ