Sooner Born and Sooner Bred

Well, it has been a while since I have updated. I tried to a couple of weeks ago, but I failed. Anyways, I need to give my update and outlook on this upcoming College Football season. I have already failed Ben and keeping him updated on OU football. I don't forget that he lives in Vegas, but I forget that he doesn't have the access and info I get everyday. Anyways, I will post that and other random notes.

First off, I have made a College Football College Pick'em on ESPN.com. Just follow the Pick'em link above and sign up. It is a private group. The name is "Sooner Land" and the password is "stoops". Sorry, Brad and other OSU fans. I wasn't thinking about everyone else at the time I made up a name. But everyone is welcome. So, basically anyone who reads this or has access to it can sign up. The more the merrier. Man or women. Dog or cat. Young and old. Beautiful and ugly.

Well onto this College Football season. Well, as everyone expected, USC tops the polls this preseason. (Personally I think that there shouldn't be a poll until 4-5 weeks into the season.) As well they should, they return quite a bit of starters, mainly two Heisman candidates, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. But a key loss to this team is the loss of Offensive Genius Norm Chow. Some people think that they will continue to run over people and I don't doubt that, but with that big of a loss, it may cost them a loss. I mean look at OU, they lost Mike Stoops and still had a lot of talent, but their defense struggled. I look for them to dominate the season, but I do see at least one loss.

Onto Texas. I really don't give a rat's a$$ about Texass, but since the beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl last year, everyone has automatically put them on the top of all of their lists and polls. Sure, they do have a ton of talent. And I knew Vince Young was going to be good ever since I first saw him play, but to put him on the Heisman list is a bit much just yet. He has only had one good game and everyone is ga-ga over him. But people forget that he plays in the Big 12 for the most of the season and everyone knows how to contain him for the most part. As for Texas being rated #2 and picked to beat OU and win the Big 12 is a load of crap. Until I see Texas prove something to me, first by beating Ohio St. (not gonna happen) and beat OU, I would gladly rate them #2.

Finally, onto OU. They have been through a lot over the summer. AD has not had too many reps, mainly because they want to make sure that he is fully healed and also the coaches know what he can do. The quarterback contreversy has finally ended with Paul Thompson taking the starting position. Rhett Bomar will get some playing time though. I figured that Thompson would get the nod, but I would have taken either QB. They are both good QB's. On some bad news, Larry Birdine is out for the season. He tore his bicep muscles, which is what Dvorecek had surgery on last year. His senior leadership will be missed, but OU has a load of young talented players to fill the position. They will lack game experience though, but that is why they scheduled TCU and Tulsa. Hopefully these players will gain experience quickly to help on the defensive side of the ball. The good thing is that this season could be somewhat reminiscent of the 2000 season. All the new players are extremely talented. Stoops says that this is his most talented class yet. The outlook is that I wouldn't be surprised if OU goes undefeated or lose 2 games. Personally, my prediction is that OU will go undefeated this year.

OU opens play this saturday against the TCU Horned Frogs. This is not the same team they had a few years ago, so OU takes it pretty easy.
OU - 49
TCU - 7

BOOMER SOONER

I'm Gonna Take a Leak, This Guy SUCKS!!!

Well, here I am again. I hope everyone has been doing well. I have been trying to keep up with everyone. Scott is coming down next week to Oklahoma, so hopefully I can make it to the city and hang out with him and Anna and Josh. So, Ben is the one on the outside looking in now. Usually poor Scott has been left out. But, Ben is in Vegas so that makes up for it.

Well, I started my full time job at the Tecumseh branch after my 5 weeks notice ended. I really like it over there. I actually enjoy going to and being at work. Hopefully, I will be smart with the extra money like paying off some of my loans.

I took Ben's and Josh's advice and read "Blue Like Jazz" and they didn't lie. This is a great book. I also picked up another one of Donald Millers' book, "Searching For God Knows What". I am only about 1/3 of the way through it, but it is amazing. I would recommend it to anyone. I am glad that I can start reading for fun now since I don't have to worry about school, at least for now.

I am going to make my WWE debut and making history by attending Unforgiven, Oklahoma's 1st PayPerView ever. Also, I just happened to get tickets only 4 rows behind Josh. So, I can't wait. I have to start paying attention to what's going on. Even though I won't see some of my favorite stars (The Rock, Stone Cold, Mankind), I still think it will be awesome.

Well, OU football begins in less than 30 days. They kick off the season by playing TCU on Sept. 3rd. The things I keep hearing from reports say that OU is not going to let up. I am not saying they are going to go undefeated and win the National Championship, but it's not out of the question and neither is losing two games. Either way, I can't complain. I just want to watch some College Football. It's the greatest time of the year for sports. Speaking of college football, the NCAA has officially banned mascots referring to American Indians. Now, if this isn't the most retarded thing I have ever heard of. They are just mascots, not slangs. Schools don't use gooks, chinks, wetbacks, border hoppers, or African spear chunkers as their mascots. Schools are respectful. Florida State is really hacked off. They, as most schools, use their mascot as a reflection of the surrounding community. Even the Florida Seminole Tribe supports FSU using Seminoles as their mascot. Just as OU uses Sooners, people who cheated to get land, and OSU uses Cowboys who were popular around the state. This article from ESPN pretty much says what I am trying to say.

Finally, I went and seen the "Dukes of Hazzard" on Friday night. I won't reveal anything from the movie. I knew from the previews that it may not be like the original TV series. And it definitely is not like the series. There were some good parts, good jokes, car chases and such. But here are a couple of articles that you might want to check out. WARNING: These articles do reveal info about the movie, so if you want to watch the movie first; don't read these just yet. Article #1(my favorite) and Article #2 (LA Times).

That's it for now, will blog sooner.