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    Billy Tubbs was a key part of my time as a student at OU. I had a big group of friends and we all bought tickets together and would never miss a home game. We've been traded Facebook messages about him the last couple of days.

    He took the Sooners from being an also-ran to being feared by all and there was never a team more fun to watch.

    Berry Tramel has a great article about him today. Above all, he was a fierce competitor. Really sad that he is gone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    Billy Tubbs was a key part of my time as a student at OU. I had a big group of friends and we all bought tickets together and would never miss a home game. We've been traded Facebook messages about him the last couple of days.

    He took the Sooners from being an also-ran to being feared by all and there was never a team more fun to watch.

    Berry Tramel has a great article about him today. Above all, he was a fierce competitor. Really sad that he is gone.
    The University needs to correct the wrong of not appropriately honoring Billy for all he did for the program.
    A statue outside and naming the court in his name should be a minimum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jersey Boss View Post
    The University needs to correct the wrong of not appropriately honoring Billy for all he did for the program.
    A statue outside and naming the court in his name should be a minimum.
    I don't recall the details of his departure but l don't recall it being amicable between Billy and the administration. The fans really had no issues that l recall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mugofbeer View Post
    I don't recall the details of his departure but l don't recall it being amicable between Billy and the administration. The fans really had no issues that l recall.
    I remember there being some drama around him leaving also. And that always seems to define the legacy whether deserved or not. I would love to see a statue acknowledging the greatness he brought to OU basketball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mugofbeer View Post
    I don't recall the details of his departure but l don't recall it being amicable between Billy and the administration. The fans really had no issues that l recall.
    Switzer's departure less so with the administration. He has a complex named after him.
    Stacy King has publicly called out the administration and said he won't return to campus until this wrong is corrected.

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    Good point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jersey Boss View Post
    Switzer's departure less so with the administration. He has a complex named after him.
    Stacy King has publicly called out the administration and said he won't return to campus until this wrong is corrected.
    I didn't i that. Good for Stacy!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Robertson View Post
    I didn't i that. Good for Stacy!!!
    This info was spoken by Eshbach when a caller asked why King did not come back to OU when Lon was having those Alumni basketball games before the start of the season. Esh said King was quite adamant.

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    The whole game the commentators kept on and on about how Kansas has hired the right staff and are recruiting the right kids to rebuild and get back to where they want to be. So, how often has Kansas ever been very good? There's been a year here and a year there when they were pretty good but these guys talked all game like Kansas needed to get back to the top of the Big XII.

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    For the first time ever, l actually muted the TV because the color commentator was so annoying. The game was so out of hand l guess this guy was short on extraneous chat to fill in the time.

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    It has been an entire decade since Kansas has won more than three games in a season. 11 years since they've won more than one conference game. Looks like this year is pretty much a lock to continue those streaks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SEMIweather View Post
    It has been an entire decade since Kansas has won more than three games in a season. 11 years since they've won more than one conference game. Looks like this year is pretty much a lock to continue those streaks.
    Basketball school.

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    I do not know why Leslie Miles agreed to coach the Jayhawks

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoonersFan12 View Post
    I do not know why Leslie Miles agreed to coach the Jayhawks
    He's been out of work for 3 years and carries a bit of baggage.


    Controversies
    In September 2013, Sports Illustrated published a series of articles[20] as part of an investigation of his tenure at Oklahoma State from 2001 to 2005. The series alleged Oklahoma State used a bonus system for players, orchestrated by then-assistant coach Joe DeForest, along with direct payments and no-show or sham jobs involving boosters. Miles was accused of dismissing academic standards to the point of players playing who were otherwise academically ineligible, including having their school work done by so-called tutors and other school personnel. Rumors also alleged that the staff tolerated widespread drug abuse among the players by using a sham drug counseling program and selective drug enforcement. No evidence linked Miles to any wrongdoing during his time as head coach at OSU and he denied the allegations. Sports Illustrated was later criticized for its lack of substantive evidence outside of interviews with disgruntled former players.[21]

    (From Wikipedia)

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    ^
    This is a way for Miles to get back into coaching. Albeit with a perennially bottom 10 team in the country.

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    I've been unable to find anything about it but up until the Stoops era, OU used the nickname of The Big Red. When Nebraska was in the league, they would talk about the Big Red of the north vs. The Big Red of the south. After 2004, l can't find any more reference to the term for OU.

    Did the nickname just fade away or did something happen l missed or forgot about? I can't remember the Go Big Red cheer for years.

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    Cowboys fans are calling for Gundy's head right now

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    And who are they gonna get? OSU fans need to come to the realization that's it's a super hard job recruiting to Stillwater. I'm sorry but it is.

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    Oklahoma-West Virginia has been postponed to December 12 due to Sooners players tested positive due to covid, that sucks

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoonersFan12 View Post
    Oklahoma-West Virginia has been postponed to December 12 due to Sooners players tested positive due to covid, that sucks
    The article I just read said they almost postponed Bedlam. Geez!!!

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    First two basketball games also postponed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SEMIweather View Post
    First two basketball games also postponed.
    NCAA basketball season is going to be a NIGHTMARE!!!!! There's going to be a ton of games postponed/cancelled.

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