Comments on: Selling tickets won’t be easy at OSU

By: NN

NN — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:20:04 +0000

In case you haven’t looked at future schedules, OSU and Tulsa have a series scheduled starting in 2010. It is a 2 for 1, but basketball was part of the deal too.

By: AG

AG — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:49:25 +0000

Barry, we are all willing to wait for a little more meat until we can consistently, convincingly win our non-confrence schedule (and our fair share of top tier big 12 south games) then we will be hungry for beefier non-confrence competition.

By the way nice sucking up to medium game bob and the rest of the ou gooners recently.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:51:04 +0000

I am really dumbfounded by this article. What is it you are suggesting Berry? I mean we have consistently played 1 BCS conference opponent in the Nonconference schedule with some being better than others (i.e. Georgia, UCLA, Washington State). Everyone schedules the “creampuff” games (even the boys down in Norman) for multiple reasons. Don’t step up and challenge the althletic department to schedule a tougher schedule after our previous seasons schedule was ranked by multiple outlets as the single toughest in all of college football. We all know (or maybe I am breaking news to you Berry) that it comes down to winning football games. In order to have 60k orange butts in the seets at the Boone we must WIN, and frankly it doesn’t matter who we beat. You probably already knew this, but just wanted to stir a little dust.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:16:47 +0000

LMAO! I’d never seen a picture of Tremel before.

By: scott

scott — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:30:39 +0000

OSU fans (and I’m an OSU fan) are too defensive about this piece. Berry is simply saying that to fill the stadium, we need to have a better schedule. He’s off base on a couple of things, though.

First, Tulsa hasn’t been a particularly big draw in Stillwater. Their fans just do not travel. If they brought 15k extra fans each time, he’d have a point, but they do not. OSU is correct not to schedule them 1-1.

Second, including the conference schedule is dubious. OSU does not control that schedule. It’s not a great home slate this year, but it is sizzling next season.

OU could play Texas Nerd College five times a year and sell out all five games. They don’t need to do what we need to do. The two schools have different missions for their non-con schedules, and Trammel doesn’t touch on that. It’s a pretty underthought piece.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:27:46 +0000

Berry, where were you last year when our schedule was the toughest in the country? im sure you won’t spill a drop of ink next season when we open with Georgia, and then play Texas, Texas Tech, Missouri, Colorado all at home.

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:33:38 +0000

Another lame attempt by that obvious OU suckup, Tramel.

You are such a suck hack, Tramel.

You’d better like it in Oklahoma because you couldn’t get a job in a high school paper if you weren’t shilling for your Swooners.

Pathetic piece of garbage.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:53:47 +0000

It certainly doesn’t help that teams are scheduling out years in advance now…I believe I saw a story on ESPN a few months ago saying that OU and Ohio State had come through on a home-and-home series for something like 2014 and 2016! That’s great and all, but who knows what the state of OU and Ohio State will be by then! I know not all games on these teams’ schedules are planned out that far in advance, but it certainly makes it harder to schedule a more difficult non-conference schedule for the next few upcoming seasons when the schedules are…..already planned out.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:22:36 +0000

Iowa St gave uO all it wanted last year in Ames. They should be better this year. Troy and Houston are revenge games. oSu gfans will be out in force. Jarboe will make it all that more interesting, much like the other uO reject QB last year that got his rear end whipped. I bought season tickets because i am fired up about Cowboys football.

By: scott

scott — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:02:18 +0000

It doesn’t suprise me in the least that Tramel gets his facts wrong as usual. From the look of his picture he is overwhelmed with being drunk or high, or both. Nice article….I smell writter of the year here.