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[WuDrWu]

Agreed. I've had a whole different perspective on things since I found out @WuDrWu: was a bandie OU football fan.

I'm probably ignoring the sarcasm, but I don't think I could be called a bandie OU football fan. Don't get me wrong, there are literally dozens of derogatory names that can accurately be attributed to me, I just don't think bandie is one of them.

[rrshock]

I'm probably ignoring the sarcasm, but I don't think I could be called a bandie OU football fan. Don't get me wrong, there are literally dozens of derogatory names that can accurately be attributed to me, I just don't think bandie is one of them.

I read that and thought the same. From your posts in the past, it seems you have been an OU fan for quite some time.

[shockmonster]

I read that and thought the same. From your posts in the past, it seems you have been an OU fan for quite some time.

So Doc. I think I know the answer to this. However, just in case, does this only apply to football or do you have a decision to make?

[Shox21]

By the way, 21, are you actually Yoda? That was quite a sentence arrangement you came up with.

Love Star Wars. I like to mix it up a little from time to time. Besides, it got some attention. If you look back on most of my posts, the English language and I do quite well together -- not perfect, but well enough.

[wusphlash]

Agreed. I've had a whole different perspective on things since I found out @WuDrWu was a bandie OU football fan.

It's quite possible. Many of us grew up in an era when there was no Big 8 football played in the state of Kansas. Therefore, you chose between Oklahoma and Nebraska. Of course, many of us outgrew those allegiances.

[WuDrWu]

So Doc. I think I know the answer to this. However, just in case, does this only apply to football or do you have a decision to make?

LOL there is no decision to be made. My family attended OU and a couple of them were athletes (not football) so I grew up going to Norman 5-7 times a year for games.

As a young adult my father kept tickets so I was able to go to games here and there and attend a lot of OU UT games which are simply a lot of fun. It's a great event.

As an older adult, it's become less and less enjoyable to trek down there and get stuck in a mass of 90k people to watch something that, to me at least, is much more "watchable" on big screen HGTVs.

Am I a fan of OU football? Yes. But I enjoy some of the periphery as much or more than the games....for instance, I love the radio pregame 6 hours before game time. I used to have to be 20 miles south of Stillwater to pick up the station....now I listen on a smartphone Ap.

Sure I miss the free hot dogs in the Varsity O Club, the televisions and comfy chairs in the Touchdown Club, the band marching through campus, that amazing pizza by the slice joint just north of the stadium and the general pageantry of college football. I think it's been 4 years since I've been to a OU UT game in Dallas.

But what I've learned is FAR more important and enjoyable are the person experiences I'm lucky enough to enjoy with the various WSU programs and I wouldn't trade even ONE for 50 yard line season tickets and suite access to every home OU game. It's a terrible dirty business college football, and while I enjoy the sport, I loathe the total experience.

I know a lot about OU basketball and it's history. I've met Billy Tubbs, Dave Bliss, Alvin Adams, Gar Heard, Wayman Tisdale, Stacey King and yes even Buddy Hield. I attended the first basketball event at Lloyd Noble Arena.

But make no mistake, my heart, my pocketbook and my loyalties reside squarely at 21st and Hillside. I will wear black and bleed yellow. You won't find a fiber of crimson or cream anywhere near me that day.

[SHOCKvalue]

It's quite possible. Many of us grew up in an era when there was no Big 8 football played in the state of Kansas. Therefore, you chose between Oklahoma and Nebraska. Of course, many of us outgrew those allegiances.

Do what now? Not to sound like a KU or K-State apologist, but aren't they both founding members of what became the B8 and then B12?

[wusphlash]

Do what now? Not to sound like a KU or K-State apologist, but aren't they both founding members of what became the B8 and then B12?

Yes the were founding members, but all they played on the football field back then was "dead".

[SHOCKvalue]

Yes the were founding members, but all they played on the football field back then was "dead".

Yeah, but do you choose allegiances with a school because of sports success, or support the entire school because your connection runs deep? You are advocating the former, which is essentially the subject of this thread tangent - bandwagon-ism.

[Cdizzle]

Those times when you make a joke in passing and things go in a whole different direction than you anticipated.

:hororr:

[pogo]

LOL there is no decision to be made. My family attended OU and a couple of them were athletes (not football) so I grew up going to Norman 5-7 times a year for games.

As a young adult my father kept tickets so I was able to go to games here and there and attend a lot of OU UT games which are simply a lot of fun. It's a great event.

As an older adult, it's become less and less enjoyable to trek down there and get stuck in a mass of 90k people to watch something that, to me at least, is much more "watchable" on big screen HGTVs.

Am I a fan of OU football? Yes. But I enjoy some of the periphery as much or more than the games....for instance, I love the radio pregame 6 hours before game time. I used to have to be 20 miles south of Stillwater to pick up the station....now I listen on a smartphone Ap.

Sure I miss the free hot dogs in the Varsity O Club, the televisions and comfy chairs in the Touchdown Club, the band marching through campus, that amazing pizza by the slice joint just north of the stadium and the general pageantry of college football. I think it's been 4 years since I've been to a OU UT game in Dallas.

But what I've learned is FAR more important and enjoyable are the person experiences I'm lucky enough to enjoy with the various WSU programs and I wouldn't trade even ONE for 50 yard line season tickets and suite access to every home OU game. It's a terrible dirty business college football, and while I enjoy the sport, I loathe the total experience.

I know a lot about OU basketball and it's history. I've met Billy Tubbs, Dave Bliss, Alvin Adams, Gar Heard, Wayman Tisdale, Stacey King and yes even Buddy Hield. I attended the first basketball event at Lloyd Noble Arena.

But make no mistake, my heart, my pocketbook and my loyalties reside squarely at 21st and Hillside. I will wear black and bleed yellow. You won't find a fiber of crimson or cream anywhere near me that day.

OK,so what are you trying to say? :)

[jdmee]

Yeah, but do you choose allegiances with a school because of sports success, or support the entire school because your connection runs deep? You are advocating the former, which is essentially the subject of this thread tangent - bandwagon-ism.

But other than living in the State of Kansas, what connection do many of us have with the other two Kansas schools?

[SHOCKvalue]

But other than living in the State of Kansas, what connection do many of us have with the other two Kansas schools?

That's not relevant, at least as far as my participation in this thread goes.

[SHOCKvalue]

The tangent here, essentially, is that if someone is both aligned with WSU - athletics, academics, family, etc - and happens to also be a college football fan, then you have to go to certain lengths to get your fix. Things can get kinda messy.

[ShockerFever]

And that was of such paramount importance to point out why?

I was pointing out the irrelevance of the post in hopes of maybe helping the poster out in the future.

Unless he was just trying to keep to his namesake and pointing out something ridiculously obvious, there was no other reason to post. Or announce to the world that he was an OU football bandie which no one here would care about. (Btw, Doc is NOT one of those)

Great question though.