re: The Oklahoman comment on LSU

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Its been 5 years but the USC obsession is alive and well among LSU fans. Oh the irony.

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There's at least a *little* justification, given that LSU had a legitimate complaint -- that they won the national championship and still had to "split" the title.

Meanwhile, there was absolutely nothing terrible to my memory in the title game that would merit a five-year grudge.

Of course, I'm not sure that the title "split" is grounds for a five-year grudge -- but at least something happened to merit it there.

Do you know what it refers to now?

If not, here:
When the U.S. opened up land for Oklahoma, they allowed for people to go and stake a claim to unassigned lands. Those who went in before hand (broke the law, cheated) are called Sooners. The term boomer refers to efforts in the latter part of the 1800's to establish settlements and became known as the boomer movement.

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Why couldn't they just tell us? Strange...

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Well, Oklahoma is a strange state so from a strange state expect strangers.

So Boomer Sooner is a yell referencing the raping of the native American lands and displacing thousands of people from their home land. Classy! Better hope we don't play them next year, the Chief will take his revenge.

They have a lot of room to talk about being obnoxious.

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OU fans are the most obnoxiously sore losers!

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Just like their coach.

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When the U.S. opened up land for Oklahoma, they allowed for people to go and stake a claim to unassigned lands. Those who went in before hand (broke the law, cheated) are called Sooners. The term boomer refers to efforts in the latter part of the 1800's to establish settlements and became known as the boomer movement.

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The first part of this is correct. The "Boomer" part is actually referring to those who waited for the legal start to the land runs-the firing of a cannon-thus the "boom", to signal the start of the mad dash for lands.
I've lived here for 30 years and Zero U fans are undoubtedly the most obnoxious people anywhere! I still get ugly comments and looks and gestures from the '03 game but all I do is grin and raise my forefinger.
I was half-assed pulling for OU because of my golfing buddies that are among the few good ones. It's too bad that, like the good LSU fans, they have to suffer because of the fricking morons otherwise. But unlike the good LSU fans which I believe are in the majority, they happen to be in the minority here.

Back in the day of the Big 8, it was known as the Big 2 and Little 6-Zero U and Nebraska ruled with everybody else having a decent year now and then. Now that it's the Big 12, it's not much different only now it's Zero U and Texass being the powers each year with everybody else having decent years now and then.
These people here are so used to Zero U walking over everybody in what has been and still is a consistently weak conference overall that it is hard for them to accept getting their asses handed to them in games against as good or better opponents.
I told one of my buddies that was lamenting over the game that these teams up here, while they may have talent just as good as LSU or Fla., the SEC teams play with a physicality each and every game unmatched in college fb and that is the difference in these games and that teams like Boise St. or WV play with an emotional chip-on-the-shoulder edge that they don't match. They don't have to play that way each weekend because of the talent disparity where as in the SEC you better have all your armor on because you're gonna get your dick knocked in the dirt EVERY weekend.
And until Zero U learns to play this way in these games, they can expect a repeat every time. And we can expect to hear the same whiny cry-baby bitching out of them every year as well!

Being a native Louisianan and LSU fan that has now lived 2+ yrs. in the midwest, I would make a few observations. I would agree that the Big 12 is usually pretty lopsided in talent, with OU and Texas the perennial powers. Predating that, OU was one of the two perennial Big 8 powers. This has engendered a certain level of perceived entitlement by OU fans, whether deserved or not. Secondly, midwesterners are, in general, not likely to be as openly verbal, and hostile as southerners. They look at that as being rude or uncouth. There are, of course, many exceptions to this rule, but that being said most OU fans, I believe, think that way. I believe it comes down to feelings of entitlement and "cultural" differences. That and,oh yeah, the physicality in the SEC week in and out is WAY over the Big 12.KC.