09-02-2011, 05:11 PM
Gotta love a Stanford football board.
It's Christmas Eve (the night before the first game of the season) and we have a three-page discussion about our grammar pet peeves. The schoolmarm in me relishes this.
Having grown up in Oklahoma, I spend a fair amount of time on their boards. (Yes, I was conflicted by the Sun Bowl - and surprised to find myself rooting for Stanford more than I expected.) Occasionally, a skirmish will break out over their/they're/there, but that's about the extent of it.
Most of the real battles are concerning whether khakis + a polo shirt or jorts + a jersey is the most appropriate gameday attire. Either that or why Texas, Oklahoma State, or the color orange (in general) sucks. Yes, Oklahoma has class warfare.
It's a nice change of pace to come over here where people know how the sign in the Express lane at the supermarket should be worded. You might even be able to thank Peter McGowan ('64, I think) for ensuring that the signs were changed.
The OU season has a lot of potential and I'm sure I'll fritter away numerous hours on Owen Field, but if one more poster exclaims how they expect the team to be "dominate" this season, my head may implode. The subtleties of affect/effect and further/farther are lost on much of that group.
That said, let's go smash 'em in the mouth tomorrow.
It's Christmas Eve (the night before the first game of the season) and we have a three-page discussion about our grammar pet peeves. The schoolmarm in me relishes this.
Having grown up in Oklahoma, I spend a fair amount of time on their boards. (Yes, I was conflicted by the Sun Bowl - and surprised to find myself rooting for Stanford more than I expected.) Occasionally, a skirmish will break out over their/they're/there, but that's about the extent of it.
Most of the real battles are concerning whether khakis + a polo shirt or jorts + a jersey is the most appropriate gameday attire. Either that or why Texas, Oklahoma State, or the color orange (in general) sucks. Yes, Oklahoma has class warfare.
It's a nice change of pace to come over here where people know how the sign in the Express lane at the supermarket should be worded. You might even be able to thank Peter McGowan ('64, I think) for ensuring that the signs were changed.
The OU season has a lot of potential and I'm sure I'll fritter away numerous hours on Owen Field, but if one more poster exclaims how they expect the team to be "dominate" this season, my head may implode. The subtleties of affect/effect and further/farther are lost on much of that group.
That said, let's go smash 'em in the mouth tomorrow.