Month: September 2023

I’ve slept on it and decided to not write about Mike Gundy’s self-inflicted quarterback situation even though it is clearly a debaucle as Spencer Sanders sits the bench in Oxford, Mississippi. Maybe in a couple of weeks… after the dust has settled a bit, I’ll touch on the quarterback situation at O State. I mean…Mike Gundy was the coach who gave us the iconic rant almost twenty years ago when he benched Bobby Reid for Zac Robinson. So unlike Jim Traber….I’m going to give Mike Gundy a little space on my blog for the time being.

OU beat Arkansas St. by a score of 73-0. This was basically a scrimmage in which Coach Venables will use to evaluate the depth chart rankings on his squad. So given those facts…I think it’s pointless to write much else about this season opener.

SMU comes to Norman this week-end. I expect OU’s offense to keep rolling and for the defense to be somewhat challenged by a decent SMU offense. I would think something like OU by a score of 52-19 would seem appropriate.

I joined up on the SEC Super Conference blog-messageboard this past week-end given that OU and Texas bloggers and fans were invited to do so a season before both begin play in the rugged SEC. I love it so far. You better be prepared to have your Big Boy britches intact before posting your passionate college football thoughts in place on this blog. My relationship with the LSU fans will be tenuous to say the least though.

I told Thunder Girl I was sorry about my locker room comment for which I was banished for life from the very soft, uber feckless Daily Thunder blog. I’m glad I did it because I value her friendship and it would be stupid to lose a good friend over something as weak as the current Daily Thunder. I’m to assume the next step in posting on the Daily Thunder board will be to send a vaginal swab to the three people who took over from Royce Young. Just saying.

But enough of that…as I told Thunder Girl…for MJ it’s about moving forward at this point and putting the past in the rear view mirror.

Peace and please enjoy this break in the oppressive Oklahoma heat today.

I might just head to Norman tomorrow to Othello’s for the Barry Switzer 50 Year Celebration Party. I haven’t decided as of yet.

MJ

It was a great Labor Day week-end for me minus the sad Jimmy Buffet news. I loved Jimmy Buffet. The guy in a sense was brilliant in that he created his own genre of beach music.This guy was no dummie. Unlike, Donald Trump…he was a self made billionaire and adored by people throughout the world. I can’t even tell you how many times my wife saw him live in concert. I think I saw him twice live.

But helived a great life and lived to the ripe olf age of 76 at home..at peace within himself. I’d say that’s all pretty good.

I’m now back in mental and physical sync after the week in Denver with the grandchildren.

I absolutely killed it on my workout today. Just friggin’ killed it. Two younger guys high fived me as I left the weight room. Swear to God.

Nice little shower out here in Deer Creek this evening. Just a gorgeous sunset. Never…ever take sunsets for granted. Live your life as if every sunset could be your last.

I think tomorrow I’m going to come back on here and talk about Mike Gundy and his self-inflicted quarterback drama.

Have a lovely late summer evening. Hopefully the heat will be behind us a week from now.

MJ

The music was just absolutely great today at OKC Healthy Living Center It’s not like you might think. It’s lit for people like me in my stage in life…that being said, people who have worked hard their whole lives and don’t want to work out to some rap bullshit or some sellout country pop shit like Jason Aldean.

I was actually singing through my workout today.

Deion Sanders, dude…..I love you. If things don’t work out with Coach V…I’m sending this video to Joe C to keep in his secret drawer just in case.

You know, as a Sooner fan…it was a great day as OU smoked Arkansas St. 73-0 as they well should have. I don’t give a shit if it was Arkansas St. or O- State or Notre Dame. I liked the efficency and the competitive hubris.

But let’s put OU’s Week 1 win aside for right now and get to the matter of the fact…the fact being Deion Sanders’ Golden Buffs were just basically lit yesterday as they shocked last year’s national runnerup TCU in Fort Worth by a score of 45-42.

This was by far the best game of the day… not even close.

Deion Sanders was the lone saving grace for next year’s Big 12 football conference minus perhaps Chris Klieman’s Kansas State Wildcats.

TCU lost, Baylor lost, Texas Tech lost, West Virginia lost….and O State had to surge late with Gunnar Gundy at the helm to finally subdue Central Arkansas by a score of 27-13 in Stillwater. And keep in mind…Central Arakansas had two first half road touchdowns negated by the local friendly zebras.

This was not a great day for the new Big 12 commish with the exception of Deion and what his son’s team did in Ft. Worth yesterday.

With Deion, Utah, and BYU all being in the Big 12 West next season….Brett Yormark has himself a viable division in place for next season after the Sooners and Longhorns head to the SEC where they should have headed back in 2010 when Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and Texas A&M left the football wise third tier Big 12.

As college football fans we get LSU vs. Florida State tonight and then Duke vs. Clemson on Monday night. Unless one of those games evolves into some sort of instant classic…Deion and his Golden Buffs playing Nebraska next week will become a national storyline of some sort.

OU plays host to SMU which should be another beatdown. But I’ll be poised like many or most college football fans to watch Colorado vs. Matt Ruhle’s Nebraska Cornhusker’s.

I would think Brett Yormark has a smile on his face as I conclude my College Football Week I report.

It was a great Week I for Deion and Brett Yormark.

This was so cool even though I was busy in Denver running with Russell Westbrook Jr. while Viktor basically romped his way to an easy championship in the Fed-Ex Cup.

I was checking on Viktor on my phone at the public course in Denver on Saturday while Little Robert was flaunting his Cherry Hills U.S. Open collared shirt on the practice range. I’m so happy for Viktor…maybe you could even call it joyous.

This kid has worked so hard on his overall game to get to the top of the heap in the world of professional golf ….. and here I sit typing Viktor Hovland…the humble Norwegian is now the No. 1 player in the world.

I love this kid and boy…. does golf need Viktor Hovland given the dubious nature of the Saudis’s leveraged takeover of the PGA.

Viktor Hovland is now that bright shining light the game of golf so sorely needs as Tiger and Phil have faded into memories.

If my favorite sports scribe of all-time Dan Jenkins were still living… he’d have a tear in his eye right now. That’s how wonderful it is Viktor Hovland along with Rory, Scottie, Brooks ‘Florida PantherBoy’ Koepka, and perhaps Jon Rahm give the game its next set of stars to keep us golfing fans interested in the game moving forward.

I usually don’t do all that much on golf on my blog, but here I am with two Viktor Hovland pieces on my cover page simultaneously. That’s how special Viktor Hovalnd has been the last several weeks.

The song is for you Vik.

Stay focused and win the Master’s next spring.

MJ