Sooners better than sanctions later.

I have noticed that the athletic department at OU has become, dare I say, responsible. Well thats what they want you to believe. Dont get lost in the obvious setback to their program. They did what they did for the best interest of someone other than those two players. Bet on that.

Over the past year, OU has gotten rid of its basketball coach and today, some troubled prize football recruits. More on that later. First, I applaud the departure of Coach Kelvin Sampson. What luck for the OU athletic program to rid themselves of that whiner. He was a blight on the Big 12 Conference and at one point in his tenure had a zero graduation rate, worst in the nation.

From a 2003 report from AP;

Butler posted the best numbers and Oklahoma had the worst. They play each other Friday in the East Regional semifinals.

Butler, a small private school in Indianapolis, graduated 86 percent of its basketball players and all of its black players over a six-year period starting with the 1995-96 season. Oklahoma had a zero graduation rate, although the school challenged the criteria as misleading.

The real reason its called OOOO U.

From this Techsans perspective; Kelvin Sampson represented the tradition of sleeze in Oklahoma athletics that was simply passed from Barry Switzer to him. Indiana will regret that hire for sure, another time another discussion. The jury was still out on Coach Bob Stoops, that was until today.

I have a sneaky feeling that Bob is covering his ass. Obviously, I cant prove anything, but I can sure sniff a dead skunk from a long way away. I smell something aweful in Norman, and it aint shetland ponies.

I wont be surprised when the rest of the story breaks, if it does, that there is a rampant problem of booster fraud. They aren't called Sooners for nothing. Here is Wikipedia's take. OU has enjoyed a hammer lock on their local reporting, that appears to be over.

The sad truth is that most of fans that actually graduated from Oklahoma get a bad rap from the OU fans that didn't. We wont get into that description because there is no need. It is rare when the football fans from the Greatest State are all rejoicing the misfortune of a rival. Today is that day and we haven't played a down yet.

The last thought is simply, OU sucks.