I don't live in Texas anymore, and couldn't care less about college football. But if I did, I would probably be titillated by the OU quarterback cocaine dealing quarterback hoax that, you guessed, sprang fully-formed from a message board like Zeus's head. Luckily, there's this very angry dude, Berry Trammel of The Oklahoman, here to hip us to the absolute evils of internet. This is like Buzz Bissinger, if Buzz were really as stupid as he looked on
Costas.
Allusions to porn, claims that message boards are a weapon, and the show-stopping phrase "bullfeathers" ... this is solid gold for anyone with the slightest bit of investment in online sports communities. If only the brave men and women of the Utah media had someone this righteous and clear-eyed on their side.
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Has OSU and OU (according to this guy) really blaming the internet for their problems in their sports programs????
Maybe not being able to get top line athletes should be considered instead.
by stew21 on Jul 24, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
Shoals, thanks for continuing to scrutinize the sports media in general and the Oklahoman’s NBA coverage in particular. It amazes me no one seems to remember that Clay Bennett’s wife owns that paper. Here’s another OKC sports "journalist" railing against the "gutless punks" on the message boards. Of course both instances have everything to do with people’s anger over the Sonics and the Oklahoman taking cheap shots in response.
by marker20 on Aug 20, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
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