Crimson & Cream

Series to be continued, but first I need a moment to address this season of college football...


My beloved Sooners-

I hear this weekend begins another season of football and I’m sorry that I can’t be there to watch this year. You’ll have to somehow manage the season without my terrific sideline coaching from the comfort of my couch. I’m counting on my grandmother to keep up the work, after all, I learned from the best. Just so you know, she knows everything about you...your stats, your personal issues off the field. She’s not even online and still knows everything. You can thank the sports pages for keeping her informed. My advice? Keep it together this year because if you don’t, she will write me and let me know via snail mail of your actions. Let’s save her some postage and time.

Even though he hasn’t said it (I feel it coming though), my husband will miss all of my antics...the  jumping up and down, yelling, hands flying...or clasped tightly over my eyes...depending on the quarter and score. I take your game very seriously and am not afraid to look like a fool in my living room in front of my family. My children are deeply saddened that they won’t hear “Be quiet! I can’t hear!” four hundred times during a quarter. As if listening to the sports commentators can beat the commentary coming from my living room...please.

And for the love of the game...please get some wins in. Don’t make me beg. I have a hunch I will still be hearing from my “friends”...those that wear burnt orange or maroon...if you come up with a loss. I can’t use the excuse of a “rebuilding year” every weekend, so it’s just easier if you put a W on the board.

Oh and can you please try to talk to the dear television programming folks and get the band more air time? It’s always been a pet peeve of mine. The band puts in as many hours as the guys in pads and they should get more love. (Obviously I was a band nerd in my formative years...)

Good luck this fall my crimson and cream. Know that I will be wishing for a front row seat in front of the T.V. with a Dr. Pepper this season.
~BOOMER SOONER~

The girl whose favorite OU shirt got bleach on it during village living...