http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel Oklahoma Sports Blog | NewsOK.com Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:19:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every Thursday on Page 2 of The Oklahoman sports section, I do a list. Best wishbone quarterbacks in history. Best Oklahoman performances in the World Series. Best streaks in major tournament golf. That kind of thing. My list this Thursday is the 10 best Olympians in history. And it's the most ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/20/olympic-list-difficult-to-produce/ In our Stoops @10 series, we're running a story Friday on the stability of Bob Stoops' staff. No assistant on Stoops' staff has been fired. Few coaches can say that. University of Washington coach Tyrone Willingham certainly can't. Willingham fired Bob Simmons last December. Simmons will not be on the Husky ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/20/no-simmons-at-uw/ Watching the Olympics the other night, something interesting struck me. This is a small, small world. I was watching the women's 100 meters or 200 meters or some track event, and the runners were being introduced, and like all Olympic races, they came from all over. And it hit me. In 1976, ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/19/olympics-prove-its-small-small-world/ The emails are in, and this week, the talk is about Josh Jarboe, the Olympics, NBA ticket prices and the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Craig wrote, "I don't think the $250 tickets will sell very well. I was shocked when I saw those prices. I am a business owner with ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/17/emails-on-the-nba-jarboe-beijing/ We kicked off our Bob Stoops-at-10 series today, and I wrote about Stoops' place in OU history. For the visual element, artist Steve Boaldin drew a Mount Rushmore edition of Sooner coaches. The only discussion we had: Should Bennie Owen join Stoops, Bud Wilkinson and Barry Switzer on the list? The ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/17/owen-belongs-on-ou-mountain/ Saturday morning is my favorite time of the week. April through August (and later if football cooperates), I try to hit the Farmer's Market at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. The rewards are many. The market is not a flea market, like you hit some places. This is a real farmer's market. ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/16/saturday-morning-at-the-farmers-market/ With season-ticket prices ranging as low as $10 per game, it's easy to say that Oklahoma City's NBA franchise is making this season affordable for most every fan. With the really good seats going as high as $150 and $250, it's also easy to say that the NBA remains a rich-fan's league. The truth ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/15/nba-prices-seem-affordable/ When Josh Jarboe was dismissed from the OU football team, I speculated that he might end up at a place like Houston or Troy. And indeed, Jarboe is headed to Troy. I figured a school like Georgia or Tennessee wouldn't welcome Jarboe, either. But why? That's a question that will make you ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/13/jarboe-off-to-troy/ It's becoming clear that we -- media, fans, players/coaches -- don't have our arms around this Internet business. This is the summer of Internet scandal for OU football. Some yahoo in Austin posts a fictitious story about Sam Bradford and Landry Jones. Someone posts Josh Jarboe's rap video that mocks his gun ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/12/the-summer-of-ou-internet/ This week's emails are heavy on Ole Miss. Seems I bounced the University of Texas a couple of weeks back for not scheduling any powerhouses. I pointed out that in 2012 and 2013, UT's best non-conference foe is Mississippi, which hasn't been a power in 40 years and, I pointed ... http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/08/10/this-week-mississippi-emails/