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That’s more like the OU football standard. You win the physicality battle on both lines of scrimmage, win the turnover battle, be solid in the kicking game… and run the damn football.

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

That is the script to winning games in the SEC.

I’m so proud of Brent Venables, Danny Stutsman, Billy Bowman and the other OU players who made their last appearance in Norman.

It’s a huge in that it keeps OU’s nation leading bowl appearance streak intact. But more importantly it changes the narrative moving forward for the program. It changes the take for high school recruits and transfer portal players who now know OU is just really several pieces away from being relevant again.

My three helmet stickers go to Jackson Arnold, Ethan Downs, and Trace Ford.

Trace Ford and Etahn Downs were awesone all night long. They hit and hurried Jalen Milroe for sixty minutes. Almost knocked him out of the game with a TKO in the fourth period. It was like watching the old OU football team treat Spencer Sanders like their bitch in the last Bedlam game played in Norman.

There’s still some things to clean up like Taylor Tatum’s early fumble on the Alabama twenty yardline. The missed chip shot field goal by Zach Schmidt, and the dropped pass on an otherwise beautiful trick play which should have scored another touchdown.

Jackson Arnold, dude…that’s the version of yourself you need to replicate to be the OU starting quarterback. I’m proud of you. You ignored the outside chatter and believed in yourself, your coach, and your teammates. And that’s life, buddy. That’s how you win life or at the least get through it with your dignity intact. I’m incredibly proud of you. You were like a mini-version of Jalen Hurts with your tough running game.

No time to savor the win though. Next week in Baton Rouge to close out the regular season.

Great job, guys.

I’m so proud of you.

Mike J

Golden State didn’t play last night. I was wrong. The Western Conference’s first place team plays tonight at New Orleans, then in the second ESPN game we get my other two favorite Western Conference teams in what should be a great matchup with Dallas at Denver.

I’ve moved the Thunder back down to four because their fanbase is genuinely somewhat nasty and snarky.

I’m stoked for tonight though…for certain.

What I did watch last night on TNT was a fantastic two-man scramble golf match between the Charles Barkley-Ken Griffey Jr team and the Bill Murray-Wayne Gretzky team.

What a great golf match which was decided when Gretzky nailed about a ten-footer in sudden death golf for his group to advance.

Charles has genuinely upped his game. He says he’s now a 12 and I believe it watching him putt in this match. Ken Jr. by far has the best swing. Gretzky had the roughest swing, but the guy is just a cold-blooded winner. And I thought Bill Murray’s overall game was excellent. The former loose-lipped looper a.k.a. Carl Spackler was sublime and hilarious keeping Charles within the boundaries of the rules.

The most fun I’ve had watching a golf match since Kenny Lee won the U.S. Open over Donnie Smithern at the U.S. Open in Dead Solid Perfect.

Charles Barkley is a national treasure and should in fact be POTUS 47.

Dead Solid Perfect…mine and John Daly’s all-time No. 1 golf movie. Dan Jenkins at his zenith. His diologue is unbelievable.

Kenny Lee says, “Don’t worry, Grover, if there was a sportswriter in here….Donnie would have already gone down on him.”

Dan Jenkins…you and my Dad–if you only knew how much I miss both of you in these horseshit phony days of the Trump Christians.

It’s good to laugh.

Have a wonderful week-end.

Mike J

Okay…a thought before I go watch the Golden State game tonight. I in no way want to be overly dramatic here on the blog, but I honestly do not know if I’ll still be around for the next presidential election in 2028. I do not know.

But I do know this…for me to not go completly batfuck crazy living in Oklahoma with guys like Ryan Walters and Markwayne Mullin…I am predicting I will need to play this song at the minimum once a week to keep my calm.

I love this song.

It centers me and reminds me what is important every day.

Mike J

I don’t want to gloat with ‘you people’, but I somewhat tried to tell you the Matt Gaetz nonsensical AG nomination was complete and total bullshit.

I would say this video pretty much sums up Matt Gaetz and the Donald Trump nomination of Matt Gaetz as the top lawyer in the U.S Justice Department.

Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Mike Tyson, Herschel Walker again, or maybe Mr. Pillow?

Here’s a unique idea for you people…why not select an adult who’s actually qualified for the position.

Just a thought.

MJ

Nice little Thunder debut by Isaiah Hartenstein as the Thunder stopped their recent slide with a win over the Portland Trailblazers on Wednesday night at Pay.Com.

Portland isn’t very good and their center play is rather weak, but I like what I saw for certain from Isaiah. He runs the floor well and I don’t see him in any way slowing down the fast Thunder pace which will be key to their team success moving forward.

Obviously…his physicality on the boards is a huge plus, I also like the way he looked for the extra pass on several occasions.

Now, for certain….Portland isn’t very good and their bigs are in my estimation near the bottom of the Western Conference, but I very much like what I saw.

Another very important thing…he should take some toll off of the shoulders of both Shai and JDub and in essense give the team muliple options instead of just playing small ball.

This is a small sample and we’ll know more after we see him play against AD, Jokic, the Minnesota bigs, the Dallas bigs and other centers in the West…buy, yeah…for certain a solid debut for Isaiah Hartenstein.

In closing…I see Clay Bennett as of yet hasn’t removed okcthunderground.com from the internet. Just saying.’

The truth of the matter is… I bet Clay Bennett loves the underground because all of the other Thunder blogs are a collective piece of passive submissive pedestrian sissy boy horseshit.

Have a blessed day and let’s all work together to make our country great and whole once again.

Mike J

Actually, I’m somewhat embarrassed I was stupid enough to even reply to the three angry Trump fake Christians who posted on my blog this past weekend regarding my Matt Gaetz comments.

That’s totally on me. I should have ignored them. I should have taken the high ground and just let it go. If I suggested to these people 2 + 2 = 4 … they’d insist I’m a radical left liberal with a Marxist agenda. That’s on me. Totally on me for being stupid enough to engage with these people. I should have known better. Lesson learned.

Trying to address stupid in Oklahoma at this jucture is pointless and I need to come to terms with that fact. I need to be better. I’m better than what I allowed myself to be with these three humans.

And, hey..btw Clay Bennett, please don’t fire me from my own domain. Good lord.

I was at Dr. Showalter’s office yesterday for a fairly critical consultation on my prospects for continuing to be a Stage 4 cancer survivor. As I sat in the waiting room looking around at other cancer patients… I kind of teared up a little bit just thinking about the journey. Where I was a little over two years ago…how tough the journey back has been, and how proud I am of how far I’ve come from what in essence was ground zero for me.

Lombardi once said, “Sometimes…winning isn’t everything. It the fact you’ve given the ultimate inside of yourself to reach the goal.” Coach Lombardi would be proud of me right now. I’ve already won regardless how this ends for me. I bet Brent Venables would trade places with me right now.

Yesterday was the perfect day for me to reset and nudge myself back where I need to be spiritually moving forward.

As I was standing in front of the elevator waiting to go home…someone from behind grabbed me and said, “Hey…how come you didn’t stop and talk to me?” It was Charity.

I said, ” I didn’t want to bother you. I figured I was starting to become a pain in the ass.”

She said, ” No way. I love talking to you. It’s never a bother.”

Then she said, ” So…how’d it go?”

I answered, ” Some of it was really good, some of it not quite as good.”

She then asked, ” What does that mean?”

“It means, uh….. if you were in Vegas betting my over/under you might be good taking 70, but maybe not as good taking 72.5”

She said, “Nah…you’re a fighter. Don’t sell yourself short.”

I hugged her and said, “Thanks. You’re a real friend.”

She said, “Likewise. See you next time, right?”

“Absolutely.”

So you know..it’s like God was sending me various messages yesterday via Charity. Like you know…always take the time to live every day to its fullest in the most positive manner possible. While at the same time realizing that I did the polar opposite on Sunday by wasting my time talking to people who had already made up their mind on me without really knowing me at all.

I feel like I’m back on the right path again.

Have a beautiful Tuesday.

Mike J

Originally…I was going to cover the Thunder vs. Dallas Mavs game last night, but in all honesty the Thunder without Chet and the Mavs without Luka was a game pretty easily decided by what in reality was a double digit win for Dallas. Add to the fact, I thought Klay was about as bad as I’ve ever seen him play in OKC. Usually, he’s the Thunder slayer, but on this night it was PJ Washington and Kyrie.

So the Thunder by my count without Chet are showing Vegas why they will not be a serious contender if he doesn’t rejoin the team this season. Whenever the Mavs needed to get to the rim… they pretty much got there without too much resistance. If the Hartenstein kid from the Knicks ever actually plays a meaningful number of games, then we’ll all reset our take on the Thunder. But remember…his career stats are based on playing in the East. Kind of like OU playing in the putrid Big 12 vs. the brutally tough SEC West.

These Thunder kids are a great group of guys though who always battle hard and do their best. I know….run back faster, play harder…sigh. I still think the Thunder will win 50+ games in the regular season, but in the NBA nobody beyond home court seeding gives a shit about regular season games.

AARON,..the above video is for you…the one I was referring to in our exchange yesterday. This is Pulitzer Prize winning author Daniel Yuerin. Let me give you and your Trump base a few hints in figuring out the American free enterprise system… generally, unless you inherit wealth…stupid, lazy people don’t do well. There is a Darwinian element to our economy that Bernie Sanders and AOC don’t really understand.

Please watch the video. It’s about an hour in length. Mr. Yuerin will be much more benficial to your knowledge base than wasting anymore of your valuable time defending Donald Trump. Then please read the book. If you need me to buy the book for you and have Amazon send it to you..please send me your address. Then please send the book to Scott and Nancy so as they don’t come across as completely clueless idiots on my blog. I have other books I think you should read as well which might strengthen your writing.

In closing…I feel as if all of us as Americans need to work together to make our country cohesive and better in every way imagineable. We need to work together. The election is over…let’s get it done.

Best wishes, Mike J

I think it was inflation more than anything which doomed the Dems in this election. That plus the fact normal ordinary working people in this country don’t give a flying f–k about lit and wok. If you’re a single mom who can’t pay the bills….do you really care about lit and wok?

I will be totally candid on this…Kamala Harris did not hold great sway for me. If her GOP opponent had been anybody other than the most lawless president in American presidential history she would not have gotten my vote.

But you know what… the election is over and its time to see if Trump can govern at the level he claims he can. American politics are very simple in this jaded age we live in. If he can’t deliver then the people on the economic edge will make a change in the House leadership two years from now.

It is what it is.

God Bless America and I hope each of you are able to pursue the American Dream.

Mike J

My goodness. Tough day on the blog answering some comments in regards to my spot on observations about Markwayne Mullin and the Trump fake Christians. Tough day….and so far I’ve only approved the more printable comments.

But I don’t ban or delete posts or comments. I welcome opinions which differ from mine. That’s what used to make our country great.

I’ll get to some of those other comments down the line.

But tonight….I’m going to pray for you people and play a song for you.

This song rminds me of you Trump fake Christians in a way.

At some point your hatred and your more fascist non-Christian attitudes will give way to the light and hopefully…like a storm, will dissipate and move far, far away….and there will be light.

Have a peaceful Sunday, Oklahoma. One day at a time let’s rid ourselves of the self-destructive hate.

Mike J

Is there any doubt whatsover if these three were still living they’d be Trump cabinet nominees?

I think not.

My excellent Vegas source gave me his odds on hypothetical confirmations if these three were all nominees at this dubious juncture in American presidential history.

He gave it to me like this….

1 If just one of the three were confirmed comes in at 90%.

2 If two of the three were confirmed comes in at 60%.

3 If all three were confirmed by the passive-submissive GOP Senate comes in at 40%.

I wonder how Trump Top Dog sychophant Markwayne Mullin would ease the concerns over Bin Laden? I guess the planes were just a misunderstanding, right? Not that big of a deal.

That’s it for me today. I’m watching SEC football and doing country music karaoke all day in Week 13 of the college football seaso

Mike J