It truly has been a wild ride. All those years ago it was received as a wonderful idea to merge all of a league which has been a stable fixture in the regional collegiate athletic landscape since its original founding in 1907 with the upper tier of one that had been existing on borrowed time…
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A move southeast
Many major life-changing decisions present with little if any warning and are often made with a minimum of deliberation and sometimes in outright haste. Some of the most lifestyle-altering selections are made by parties far removed and above and beyond control of most of those affected by them. Some choices may seem impromtu on their…
Continue ReadingEndings, beginnings, aspirations and expectations
This week as I transitioned into living in 2018, I experienced a deep and visceral sensation that I am sitting stationary on a huge existential conveyor belt being slowly but forever pulled forward on a great master timeline. So many times in my life the month of January has been one of endings and beginnings,…
Continue ReadingThe end of an era
Have you ever tried to take a drink of water off a wide open fire hydrant? That is what it has been like given this has been such a heavy and fast moving news week. As if nothing could shake the most conservative and football crazy stretch of Old Route 66 harder than an injection…
Continue ReadingThe American dichotomy, up close and personal
My dear brothers, sisters, readers of Reason Rest Stop and only friends, this has been another of those weeks where I have stopped myself more than once from writing my commentary in an effort to allow a story to fully evolve. The fact of the matter is that this is a very trying time to…
Continue ReadingShaken to our core: Making the case for regime change
On this Labor Day Holiday when we should be celebrating our working class roots and remembering those who fought, bled and died for the rights of all working people, we here along the most conservative stretch of Old Route 66 are reeling and regrouping from a very sobering weekend. Forget the fact that our beloved…
Continue ReadingSooners advance to Final Four!
The University of Oklahoma’s basketball team made all Sooners proud on Saturday by handily defeating the Oregon Ducks in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen by a score of 80 to 68 in a game in which they never trailed. Being an alumni and fan of all Sooner sports, I felt a measure of redemption in…
Continue ReadingReflections on the game on Super Bowl Sunday
This afternoon the AFC champion Denver Broncos and NFC champion Carolina Panthers are going to tee it up for Super Bowl 50. When I sit and think about it this annual spectacle, probably the most watched sporting event in North America if not on the entire planet, has been a fixture in our life and…
Continue ReadingSooners fall a Tiger short in the Orange Bowl
Sooner Magic seemed nowhere to be found in the second half as the Oklahoma Sooners finished their season in south Florida against the #1 ranked Clemson Tigers falling to them in the second consecutive bowl game, this time by a score of 37 to 17. After a competitive first half after which the Sooners led…
Continue ReadingSooners in College Football Playoff semifinal!!!
It was made official on Sunday, OU is in the 2015 College Football Playoff semifinal! The Sooners slipped to #4 in the rankings on Friday but will play the #1 Clemson Tigers in the semifinal game in the Orange Bowl in Miami on New Years Eve. That very same evening #2 Alabama will play #3 Michigan State in…
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