"Over-Inflated" Local Media - The Oklahoman & WWLS The Sports Animal

[borchard]

At the end of the day whether you choose politics, sports, or entertainment as a vocation you need to be thick skinned. Harry Truman summed it up quite well, " If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen". If Russ can't handle a reporter, maybe another field would suit him better. A reporters job is not dependent on whether or not the subject likes them. A professional athlete is not entitled to be always pitched softballs by the media.

I know we're picking on The Sports Animal here (and to a degree, deservedly so) but this is also why I don't listen to The Franchise before and after an OU football game. I don't want to hear "The Party Line". Toby Rowland does a great job of calling the game, but don't expect an honest, hard opinion coming out of him. He's PAID by OU. I really doubt he will bite the hand that feeds him.

At these times I DO want to hear Traber and Eshbech. I love OU, but If they stink and Bob Stoops just flat out go out-coached, I want to hear someone SAY it!

I love Russell, but if he is ball-hoggin and jacking up 3's in a game, i want to hear someone SAY he is!

[borchard]

So what is everyone's reaction to Tramel's article recently where he said that we need to face up to the fact that maybe The Thunder just aren't that good this year?

[bradh]

I don't know, but I just heard several guys on WWLS this afternoon discussing that they did not know the NCAA and NFL used different sized footballs.

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