Comments on: Interesting day on land & in air http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: David http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/comment-page-1/#comment-5989 David Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:24:18 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/#comment-5989 Hey, Berry, the Kilgore Rangerettes are as much a part of the Cotton Bowl as the football game, I think! The reason one wonders if they're still around is STUPID CAMERA WORK. We live in an age where camera men are obsessed with intense close ups, and while the Rangerettes were doing their thing at halftime, the shots we get during the performance are close ups of a high school flag girl in the endzone, and then a baritone player on the 25 yard line. Then we get a four-second shot of the actual Rangerettes, where the camera only briefly discovers that with a synchronized routine, the effect is completely missed if you spend it in close-up. Dudes, the whole point is to see the entire line! I hate when viewers get left out of the great spectacles that make college football so grand because the people running the cameras have no clue. Hey, Berry, the Kilgore Rangerettes are as much a part of the Cotton Bowl as the football game, I think! The reason one wonders if they’re still around is STUPID CAMERA WORK. We live in an age where camera men are obsessed with intense close ups, and while the Rangerettes were doing their thing at halftime, the shots we get during the performance are close ups of a high school flag girl in the endzone, and then a baritone player on the 25 yard line. Then we get a four-second shot of the actual Rangerettes, where the camera only briefly discovers that with a synchronized routine, the effect is completely missed if you spend it in close-up. Dudes, the whole point is to see the entire line! I hate when viewers get left out of the great spectacles that make college football so grand because the people running the cameras have no clue.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/comment-page-1/#comment-5952 Dave Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:12:16 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/#comment-5952 Hey Berry, I think your fingers failed you today. You wrote: "Snead did this season what McCoy failed to do: beat Texas." I think you meant Texas TECH. Otherwise, great posting, as usual. Hey Berry, I think your fingers failed you today. You wrote:
“Snead did this season what McCoy failed to do: beat Texas.”

I think you meant Texas TECH.

Otherwise, great posting, as usual.

]]> By: 63Tackles http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/comment-page-1/#comment-5950 63Tackles Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:18:49 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2009/01/02/interesting-day-on-land-in-air/#comment-5950 Utah beating Alabama is a much bigger deal on the national stage than Boise State beating OU. The 2006 OU team was not rated #1 for several weeks of the regular season and was in a BCS bowl by virtue of a Texas meltdown versus Texas A&M. Is Utah much better than advertised or is Alabama overrated? Utah beating Alabama is a much bigger deal on the national stage than Boise State beating OU. The 2006 OU team was not rated #1 for several weeks of the regular season and was in a BCS bowl by virtue of a Texas meltdown versus Texas A&M. Is Utah much better than advertised or is Alabama overrated?

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