It was an emotional day for those of us who attended the game yesterday in Norman. It was the OU Cancer Day Walk as a pink T-shirt was on every seat as we took our seats. I gave my pink T-Shirt to a young woman who said she had two grandmothers who wanted a shirt. Last season when OU beat Baylor on the CDW… I gave my T-shirt to my daughter-in-law, Elaine..as a means of me saying, “Thank you for all the love and thoughtfulness you’ve shown me through of all of this. Words cannot express my love and gratitude.”
Toby Keith’s wife and what I’m to assume were his grandchildren were sitting on the floor my side. She was wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with Toby Keith and a heart in crimson on the front of the shirt. She did not walk and there was no big deal made about her being there.
I didn’t walk for the second straight year because for the most part this cancer journey of mine… this has been a very personal thing between God, me, my family, and my inner core friends.
It was a very emotional day. The crowd stood and applauded for about ten straight minutes as it took awhile for the overflowed tunnel to empty to allow every person who took the walk.
Every OU player before the game held up a card as to who they were playing for..be it a parent, a grandparent, a sibling, or an aunt or uncle. It was truly moving.
My favorite player, Lexy Keys’, a defensive guard specialist said, “She was playing for her Grandma.”
OU lost the game to a good Kentucky team. No big deal.
Sometimes winning and losing doesn’t define a game.
This was one of those games.
Mike J