And you think IL is any different? Having lived in a town where SNL skits were written about the sports fans here, I have to say that Oklahoma isn't. I've seen brawls at bars between White Sox fans and Cubby fans (my team is so much better I'll beat the shit out of you to prove it). Also, growing up in Indiana, where you have to love the movie Hoosiers because it's a fuckin birthright, puts some perspective on things. God forbid you cheer for Purdue, because IU is the land of the Holy Bobby Knight (or used to be anyway) and nothing he does is wrong because dammit, he's a Hoosier! I can't read the story you posted because you have to register to get it, but I've got to say that this shit goes on everywhere. Not just in Oklahoma
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Maybe I am just accustomed to the St. Louis "rivalries" being nothing more than "friendly competition" since the time I was born. I mean, I've never seen a Cardinals fan beat up a Royals fan OR a Cubs fan, but maybe (like with prostitution and drugs) I'm just not exposed to it often enough that I know where to look for it.
Same with Blues/Blackhawks/Red Wings in hockey. And, as far as I know, we haven't really had a football rivalry.
I think you're right, though. I think I just need to move to an area of the country that's predominantly upper-class, even if that makes me the bottom of the barrel. That way, I can find ubiquitous postings for "book clubs" and "chess meetings" instead of "Sooners this" and "Cowboys that" and "We hate Texas."
Heh heh, I can't help but mention that I had a bf from Carbondale IL and one of his favorite past times was to get into fist fights with Cubby fans. (yeah, now you know one of the many reasons why I'm not still dating him).
Oh and you have probably forgotten the debacle up here with the Cubs fan who grabbed the ball out of the air over the foul line "causing the loss of the world series and continuing the hex upon the cubs forever." That guy had helicoptors over his house the next morning by 5 am. He had death threats. He had to quit his job and move. Getting professional teams doesn't make sports fanatics any less... ahem... inspired.
And you'll never escape the middle-class. Even the upper echelons of society can't escape. And that's because there are way more of us than there are of them. That and they need us to mow their lawns, drive their cars, and clean up their messes.
Stop the cause, not the effect. By then, it's too late.
I think I remember the debacle. All I can say is that people need to stop taking things so seriously. Laughing at yourself is what separates you from the person who takes everything so seriously, s/he is willing to die to prove a cause.
Why do Oklahomans make such a big deal about their stupid college sports?
Oh, that's not just an Oklahoma thing. Northeast Pennsylvania basically came to a standstill when Penn State played Notre Dame a couple of weeks ago. Or it felt that way, since our newspaper hyped it up like it was the last game in the world of sports.
If that's the case, I say that colleges need to recruit religious fanatics instead of good players. That way, they'll fight just as fiercely against their opponents, and unless one side is the "Fanatical Users of Sterroids," the outcome will not be obvious at all from the start.
Perhaps, afterward, individual countries can enter their biggest patriots into the contests, allowing wars to be fought in 15 minute quarters. Of course, treaties will have to be established that allow for the winners of the war to be determined in this way ... perhaps a "Geneva Accord II: Son of the Geneva Accord"?
Oh, they do it in Ohio, too. I live less than a mile from the OSU horseshoe stadium, and on home game days, we can't leave the house. Both the traffic and the rabid fans (the majority of the city) are prohibitive.
For Buckeye fans, there is no other team in the world.
(I'm a friend of Dread Chloe up there, which is how I saw this). I'm a Kansan born and bred and here we're really not selective about our sports...as long as it is a sport, it's treated like the Second Coming of Christ. I could tell so many stories about the special privileges and treatment the athletes at my college receive, but it'd likely bore you to tears.
It's nuts. The northeast part of Kansas is every bit as bad as Oklahoma during football season...one quarter of the state shuts down when Kansas State plays a home game. It's similar during basketball season where Univ. of Kansas is concerned, same here in Wichita with Wichita State (my school). I might be a basketball fan myself, but after twnty-seven years, I'm rather tired of the madness.
Oklahomans do pronounce things strangely, too. Heh.
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Same with Blues/Blackhawks/Red Wings in hockey. And, as far as I know, we haven't really had a football rivalry.
I think you're right, though. I think I just need to move to an area of the country that's predominantly upper-class, even if that makes me the bottom of the barrel. That way, I can find ubiquitous postings for "book clubs" and "chess meetings" instead of "Sooners this" and "Cowboys that" and "We hate Texas."
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Oh and you have probably forgotten the debacle up here with the Cubs fan who grabbed the ball out of the air over the foul line "causing the loss of the world series and continuing the hex upon the cubs forever." That guy had helicoptors over his house the next morning by 5 am. He had death threats. He had to quit his job and move. Getting professional teams doesn't make sports fanatics any less... ahem... inspired.
And you'll never escape the middle-class. Even the upper echelons of society can't escape. And that's because there are way more of us than there are of them. That and they need us to mow their lawns, drive their cars, and clean up their messes.
Stop the cause, not the effect. By then, it's too late.
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I think I remember the debacle. All I can say is that people need to stop taking things so seriously. Laughing at yourself is what separates you from the person who takes everything so seriously, s/he is willing to die to prove a cause.
Don't die for your cause; laugh at yourself!
P.S.: Go Rams.
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Oh, that's not just an Oklahoma thing. Northeast Pennsylvania basically came to a standstill when Penn State played Notre Dame a couple of weeks ago. Or it felt that way, since our newspaper hyped it up like it was the last game in the world of sports.
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Perhaps, afterward, individual countries can enter their biggest patriots into the contests, allowing wars to be fought in 15 minute quarters. Of course, treaties will have to be established that allow for the winners of the war to be determined in this way ... perhaps a "Geneva Accord II: Son of the Geneva Accord"?
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For Buckeye fans, there is no other team in the world.
It is frightening.
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HA! OWNED, OHIO!
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(I'm a friend of Dread Chloe up there, which is how I saw this). I'm a Kansan born and bred and here we're really not selective about our sports...as long as it is a sport, it's treated like the Second Coming of Christ. I could tell so many stories about the special privileges and treatment the athletes at my college receive, but it'd likely bore you to tears.
It's nuts. The northeast part of Kansas is every bit as bad as Oklahoma during football season...one quarter of the state shuts down when Kansas State plays a home game. It's similar during basketball season where Univ. of Kansas is concerned, same here in Wichita with Wichita State (my school). I might be a basketball fan myself, but after twnty-seven years, I'm rather tired of the madness.
Oklahomans do pronounce things strangely, too. Heh.
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GET PROFESSIONAL TEAMS, DIPSHITS. MAYBE PEOPLE WILL TAKE YOUR "PRECIOUS SPORTS" MORE SERIOUSLY!
*gasp*pant*wheeze*
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