New OU video board looks great
OU-Chattanooga is only a few minutes from kickoff. OU’s new video board looks spectacular. Great picture. Large print. Cool graphics.
However, the new intro video has gone away from the “There’s Only One Oklahoma” of recent years. The new video is solid, and Barry Switzer says, “There’s only one Oklahoma” at the end. But the previous theme of old Sooners introducing current Sooners, and current Sooners introducing old Sooners — “There’s only one Keith Jackson,” Jermaine Gresham might say; “There’s only one Jermaine Gresham,” Jackson might say — has been scrapped. Which is a shame.
The new theme: “It’s Time” is OK but not nearly as cool as “There’s Only One Oklahoma.”:
Other observations: the new video spelled Gresham’s first name “Germaine.” Chattanooga is wearing gold jerseys, making this one of the few games in OU history in which neither team is wearing white. The fans booed the Mocs when they came onto the field, which is disappointing. Chattanooga did OU a big favor by agreeing to play.
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I agree. It’s sad to see fans boo a visiting team. I was at a Bedlam game a few years ago in Norman and the crowd booed OSU’s band. That’s not sportmanship.
Reggie:
I hope that you will someday grow up and realize that sports is not “all about” booing the other team. Nebraska has a longstanding tradition of giving the opposing team an ovation. That is much closer to my idea of sportsmanship than booing players who have done nothing to you, who have had a long, long bus ride to get to Norman, and whose school bailed OU out after MTSU cancelled its scheduled game at Owen Field.
Booing the other team just because they are the other team is bush-league–it is not what sports are all about.
I agree that the scoreboard itself is great, but the sound is awful. You could barely hear it on the NE end of the stadium, and the crowd wasn’t nearly as rowdy as it will be with a quality opponent.
Berry, we are supposed to boo the opposing team. That is what sports is all about. Also, you have that backwards. It was actually OU who did Chattanooga a big favor by inviting them to play.