**I apologize ahead of time for anyone who isn’t a football fan. Feel free to skip this post. Since I like to present the whole me on the blog, from time to time you’ll come across something that you and I don’t share in common. No problem. I, however, do not apologize for the views actually held in this post. The Sooners are my team, and you cannot convince me otherwise.**
Okay, so today isn’t actually a holiday. Or at least not one I’m aware of. But it IS the first day of the Oklahoma Sooner football season.
You may have thought from past posts that I am a KU Jayhawk fan through and through. Not true. Oh, it’s true enough come basketball season, but my football season love (no split loyalties here!) is the Oklahoma Sooners. OU is where I grew to like football; OU is where I grew to love football. One of my biggest regrets was never going to an OU-Texas game when I had a chance.
Being a Sooner fan on the east coast most certainly can be challenging. I don’t get to see as many games as I would like to (though I try to arrange to babysit for people with cable TV or satellite on key game nights) nor do I get to talk Sooner football with anyone. It’s kinda like celebrating an American holiday overseas.
My OU football self has never really clashed with my KU basketball self (which is the way I was raised) until this past football season. I distinctly remember a night over Christmas break duking it out with my parents and my brother about whether OU or KU were better in football that year. It was before the bowl games (where we were defeated by a team of the conference that I all too quickly discredited and KU won heartily) otherwise I might not have argued as strongly that OU was better.
I don’t expect there to be any question this year of which team was better. When we meet on the field, October 18, Oklahoma will prove that they are better.
So, enjoy this first day of real football and get on that couch!
You can talk football, girlfriend. My team is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish because I’m up in their neck of the woods.
I learned all about football 8 years ago when they got a new coach and my husband worked 2nd shift. I sat on the couch and watched, trying to figure out what all these downs were about, and I hooted and hollered all by myself, while my 4 cats stared at me.
Not sure if Notre Dame is going to improve this year. I’m kinda holding my breath to see how they’re gonna look at their first game next Saturday. Go Irish!
I really am not a sports fan except for my LSU Tigers, so I appreciate your excitement about your Sooners! I hope they do well!
I hear ya ’bout missing games, but not Sooner games! I posted something similar today :)
I love football, especially college football! Unfortunately last year I wasn’t able to keep up with it. I’m hoping this year I put my foot down and demand my time with it. ;) We’ll just have to see if the girls and their activities decide to agree with me or not. lol
Yeah, this one went right over my head but I’m glad you’re so excited about it! Happiness by proxy!
Have a great season — whatever that means. :)