Enough Already…
I made the mistake recently of picking up the Saturday and Sunday versions of the Oklahoman. I know, dumb move on my part…
The Friday headline screamed out “Stillwater Rising” and the early bird Sunday edition front page exclaimed “She’s No Quitter”. Unfortunately, the articles were not about recent rains in Stillwater or a special needs student overcoming great odds to accomplish wonderful things…
Instead, the first story was about the phenomenal athletic program at OSU that had left OU in its dust and the second was a replay of OU’s Joe Mixon episode from two years ago. Berry Tramel who must think he is still writing for his high school newspaper was the author of both articles.
Let me get this straight…OU just finished a year when its football and basketball teams played in the final four, a feat unheard of in today’s competitive world. OU also had teams win National Championships in softball and men’s and women’s gymnastics. OSU on the other hand won no National Championships in 2016. Now I am really confused…
The second article was a rehash of the Joe Mixon story that we have been told numerous times by Tramel since it happened two years ago. Apparently, Berry thinks we all have dementia and can’t remember the original slam job he sent out back in 2014. OMG, enough already…Can we not move on…
Basically, both articles are part of Berry Tramel’s attempt at saving his paper from extinction and at the same time trying to help little sister keep up with the Sooners. There are a lot of things I like about Oklahoma, but this is not one of them. As they say, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig…
Taking liberties with the truth and/or impugning OU’s character will never change the fact that OU will always be the state’s premier comprehensive university. OSU on the other hand serves a purpose as the state’s only land grant college that does a nice job of serving a specific student clientele. Comparing one school to the other academically or athletically serves no purpose except to malign the truth.
As for the Oklahoman, we must remember that this paper has fallen on hard times and is now dependent upon National Inquirer tactics for survival.
In the meantime, OU fans will have to take the advice of the late Paul Harvey’s and look elsewhere for the “rest of the story.”
Boomer Sooner…