Some great moments from OU Football

Here are some awesome things that happened while Oklahoma's football team has taken the field:

1) Ok, this one is bitter sweet. OU-Texas. Oklahoma turns the ball over and UT linebacker Roger Killabrew (who is a total bastard, BTW) is returning the repossessed ball. Our one saving grace is the fact that Adrien Peterson is not only the best RB in the world, he's probably simply the best physical entity in the world. With his cheetah like speed he tracks down Killabrew, comes to a near complete stop, plants both feet deep in the earth and then explodes directly into the Roger's face, blowing his helmet into orbit and delivering the most staggering hit of the linebacker's life, which he ironically received rather than gave.

2) Who can forget this? It's been dubbed "The Superman". OU-UT. OU leads by a narrow margin. We've got the longhorns backed up deep in their own territory. Chris Simms is seeping with toolishness and assholery. The ball is snapped and the real Roy Williams defies gravity, leaping over the genetically enhanced, Harrison Bergeron-like O-line from Texas. He gets a hand on the ball which sends it Merry Christmas style into the hands of Teddy Lehman who easily strides in for 6. Count 'em baby, that's another W.

3) This one has a special relevance to me because it is one of the only OU moments of greatness that I have personally been involved in. Big 12 Title Game, 2007. OU vs. Missouri. The Tigers are like a young boy who has just shaved his peach fuzz mustache for the first time and now believes he is a man just like his daddy. But he's not, is he? And much like the young boy who attempts to prove his suddenly discovered supremacy and challenge his father, Missouri received the beat down of a lifetime. Not only physically, and not only on the scoreboard, but in the depths of their soul and to the core of their being. Every last ounce of dignity was knocked out of them and left to soak in the field of their disgrace.

4) Another great moment also comes from a Big 12 title game, the first of the OU's threepeat. This circumstances were not dire and the outcome of the game fairly predictable. Really what made this moment more than anything was the camera angle. It is Nebraska vs. Oklahoma. This Nebraska is a mere vestige of the programs touted legacy but a title game nonetheless. Nebraska is not winning but managing to stay competitive and keeping the Sooners out of "send-in-the-cheerleaders-this-could-end-up-like-A&M-ala-2003" comfort zone. Nebraska fights towards the endzone. The ball is snapped and in view is a WR wide open with the ball headed right for his numbers with not a defender in sight. That's a guaranteed touchdown right? Wrong. Nic Harris is suddenly seen flying in, completely parallel to the ground, from the left of the camera frame, grabbing the ball from the fingertips of the Nebraska WR. He can hardly believe it, and is seen simply staring at this hands. Sooner's ball, touchback, a 3-peat begins.

5) This last moment was a wonderful, wonderful moment that was ruined by something super stupid. As I recall it now, I will actually retell the story with no small amount of fiction added to the end so I can enjoy it more. The Sooner's have nixed their starting QB. The fill-in guy is an old back-up who has been playing reciever and hasn't thrown a ball in nearly a year. Early season expectations of failure are overcome and things are looking up. Another hit. One of the grossest acts of negligence in officiating history occurs and OU is robbed of a victory, make the light pointing towards a BCS shot very dim. The Sooners maintain their stride though and keep huffing towards the goal. Fast forward 3 months. OU vs. Boise State. A big game for the Sooners and the BIGGEST GAME EVER for the Idahoans. It's a slugging match. The Sooners don't look sharp and the potato farmers look better than ever. There's less than a minute left. The game is on the line. Zabransky has been a terror all night. He kicks out, throws left, BAM! Marcus Walker reels it in and sees nothing but daylight. It's just him and open turf. But wait, why is he stopping? With only seconds left and the game on the line, he takes a knee on the 1 inch line. He's thinking to himself, better leave all the endzone stuff up to the man they invented the endzone for - Adrien Peterson. In an act of sheer brilliance, Marcus Walker not only brings the ball within certain victory distance of paydirt, he also manages to eliminate any chance of a remarkable, 30 second drive, involving crazy ass trick plays they only call in Pop Warner girls intramural games, that could put the win in jeopardy. AD pounds the ball in, managing to dislocate the jaws, shoulders, and knee caps of 8 of the 11 defenders on the field and the Sooners go home victorious.

installment 2

"just do the steps that you've been shown
by everyone you've ever known
until the dance becomes your very own
and no matter how close to yours another's steps have grown
in the end there is one dance you'll do alone..."

Some of my favorite song lyrics

These will be posted maybe one or two at a time. Bonus points if you know the song and band they come from... no cheating!

"She had four white stallions coming up around the bend
Four strong angels at her command to send
Four more seasons, for all thats broken to mend

I got four good reasons why I cant go back there again

She had skin like a statue, milky white and pure
Carved by an artist whos hand is demure
Got a mind like a sabre
Razor sharp and sure"