Women's Final Four

Yea!!!! My Sooner Women made it!!!

BOOMER SOONER!!!!

<------ is mad at your Sooner men

WOmens final four.... HAHA!!! what an april fools joke

The Sooner men got out coached by UNC.

Did the IA ST ladies make it in?

I'm mad at my Sooner men too!!!

The guards couldn't make a bucket if you put them on a ladder standing over the top of it!!! They played nothing like they did Friday night!!

Women's basketball is not a joke! Just ask any women's basketball player!!

No, Iowa State didn't make it.

::makes a note of this::

UConn took the Aggies out without much effort....

c'mon...even an Aggie shouldn't have been surprised with that outcome

:makes a note:

quietly notes that the PSU men are in the championship game of the NIT

LOL @^^^^^^

kudos for the PSU men!


(but just this one time)

I'm probably going to get hit for my comment, but I'll make it anyways since I've had the chance to play basketball against a few college women basketball players. The women's college game is around a high school boys level.

::settles in and prepares for what mayhem is to follow::

::looking for dq's pitchfork to shoot some fireballs @ Excess::

Well, I ain't gonna challenge Courney Paris anytime soon. 6'4" and maybe 250 lbs??? Wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley!

Ms. Paris sounds like my kind of basketball player!!

Wait. Women are allowed to play basketball?

In a dark alley, who wouldn't be afraid.

If we were talking on the basketball court, I wouldn't worry.

Sorry Nittany Ms......but the Bears of Baylor U are ready to eat some lions.....
so...it'll be Baylor over PSU.... growl, growl, sic'em bears!

If there is one thing more boring than men's basketball, it's womens basketball. Seriously, what is the deal with basketball? What a one-sided game... there is no defense. No game (and basketball is a game, not a sport) should have scores that reach into the 100s consistently; although I suppose that isn't the case in women's basketball :toungue in cheek:

I have the pleasure of watching every UConn women's game on TV. Typically, their skill level far exceeds that of their opponents. They smashed the top rated teams by nearly 30 points all season. There is UConn and then the rest of the schools.

Women's basketball is played below the rim and is a much more intellliegent game. With the men, anyone 5'8" simply dunks the ball.

Seems to me, the last time the UConn men and women went to the final four they both won the NCAA Champioship.

Go Huskies!

OMG! fraudman and i have something in common!!! it's a great day!

29 hours from now, we'll know the outcome.

oh we already know the outcome

what is a women's final four?

a match between a washer, a dryer, a dishwasher and a stove?

watch it, funny man

I think it involves a lot of walking in the evening.....

You guys are terrible!!!!

Are facials and manicures part of the tournament?





(I'm kidding, I respect their athletic ability, I'm an athletic supporter!)

^^^^ is really whipped at home (this is just his "outlet")

I happen to be the Master of my domain!!!

that's right, we believe you.......

your'e cruising, just sayin'.....

I'm putting my money on the OU women and UNC men in the NCAA and the Baylor Bears in the NIT.

I think the men's povs stand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC675R5AhoY

can't access at work


and it's probably a good thing in this instance

It's a video of the ASU coach saying, 'you just played like poop.'

but did he actually use the word "poop"?

cuz that's not as effective as some other 4 letter words

yes, I quoted it exactly!

I just happened to flip through ESPN2 when they were showing that clip. I thought it was pretty funny.

you like poop, don't cha nunz?

Go Cavs....

^^^ aren't they great?!! HOOHAW!

With calves like that you gotta be a cowgirl
They don't make calves like that in town
She had a big ol' hat and big blue eyes and blond curls
With calves like that you gotta be a cowgirl

Tracie Byrd

horse ridin' does contribute to great lookin' calves....

UCONN girls will be hard to beat, but I hope the Sooners can do it!!! They have a great group of girls that truly enjoy being around each other and enjoy playing basketball. And Coach Coale isn't bad either. This is her 13th year as head coach and when she took it over they were ready to drop the program. Look where they are now!!

Aside from Sooner and UConn fans are you rooting for perfection or the monumental upset? Because, let's face it, the way that UConn is crushing people it would be a shock if they lost. (And is Ms. Paris REALLY going to pay back her scholarship if they lose??)

She is the type of person that would. Although I doubt the school would accept it. But she could still give a donation to something. She never thought it would get the media going like it did. She just feels that she hasn't accomplished what she came to do and appreciates the opportunity she was given.

Every college has a legend, passed on from year to year,
To which they pledge allegiance, and always cherish dear.
But of all the honored idols, there’s but one that stands the test,
It’s the stately Nittany Lion, the symbol of our best.

HAIL! to the Lion, loyal and true.
HAIL! Alma Mater, with your white and blue.
PENN! STATE! forever, molder of men (and women),
FIGHT! for her honor — FIGHT! — and victory again


WE ARE............ NIT CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS

Congrats, Pooh!!! Now you have to cheer on my Lady Sooners!!!

Boomers

Thanks QM! I am now all behind those QU Women!

SOONER!

(uh - Pale - I believe it's Boomer - no 's' on the end.......just saying.......)

"The term Sooners was used to describe settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands, located in the current state of Oklahoma, before President Grover Cleveland officially proclaimed them open to settlement with the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 on March 2, 1889. "

My Sooners are boomers!!!!

don't be hatin' on me old women!!!

Now you watch that mouth of your's there Old Man! I was instructed in the art of Sooner/Boomer-ing by one very much in the know. (One QM who knows her Sooner stuff!)

So you just take note of it and BEHAVE!

yes ma'am

go boomers

You better watch out - QM is a lot, lot closer to you than I am. If she shoots a fireball at you, you're gonna be a hurtin' dude!

did I at least get the color right?

Crimson and Cream are the offical colors...not Black.

From the Soonersports.com website....

Crimson & Cream
The school colors of crimson and cream became official over a century ago and you can still see those colors worn proudly by Sooner athletes and fans alike on gamedays or when they want to show their love for the university.

In the fall of 1895, Miss May Overstreet was asked to chair a committee to select the colors of the university. The committee decided the colors should be crimson and cream and an elaborate display of the colors was draped above a platform before the student body.

The student body approved with great enthusiasm and immediately pennants, banners, badges and decorations of every description appeared on the streets, in the windows, at chapel, in classrooms, and all public places; however, local merchants could not supply the demand.

Even though the school colors have evolved to crimson and white over the years, you can ask any self-respecting Sooner what the colors are and they will proudly announce "Crimson and Cream."

On gamedays, a sea of crimson rolls through OU's home arenas and all Sooners are urged to wear the official colors to show the rest of the country what school spirit and Sooner Pride are all about.

And yes we are the University of Oklahoma Sooners, but the chant is "Boomer! Sooner!"

What is a Sooner?

College sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as linked to a state's history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known as Sooners.

The origins of Oklahoma's nickname stretch back to the Civil War era. The Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, provided that a legal settler could claim 160 acres of public land, and those who lived on and improved the claim for five years could receive title.

"Boomers" were settlers who favored the opening of unassigned lands in the Oklahoma Territory and lobbied the U.S. government to this end. Promoting the "Boomer's Paradise," early advocates of settlement in the Unassigned Lands began what is referred to as the "Boomer Movement.

The Boomer Movement gained new momentum in 1886 and 1887 when the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway constructed a line that ran right through the Unassigned Lands. Rail stations at Guthrie, Edmond, Oklahoma (City), Verbeck (Moore), and Norman, created when the line was built, offered high potential for townsites.

At this time political pressure was exerted to open up the Unassigned Lands to settlement. In 1889 an amendment to the Indian Appropriations Bill allowed President Benjamin Harrison to proclaim the Unassigned Lands open for settlement.

At high noon on April 22, 1889, legal aspirants would be able to enter the Oklahoma Territory and choose 160 acres of land. The event soon became known as the "Oklahoma Land Run" or "Land Run of 1889". Settlers from across the globe, seeking free land, made their way to Oklahoma Territory to stake their claim to a new life.

The great dramatic moment came when, at the stroke of noon, starting signals were given at the many points of entry. In some instances it was given by a blue-clad military officer firing his pistol or by his trumpeter, at times by a citizen firing his rifle in the air, or, as at Fort Reno, by the boom of a cannon. All produced the same results -- a tumultuous avalanche of wagons and horsemen surging forward all in one breathtaking instant.

April 22, 1889, was a day of chaos, excitement, and utter confusion. But it was nonetheless a significant day in national history, one that gave birth to new hope for thousands of Americans and became an iconic image in the history of the west.

One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same time. Those who went too soon were called "Sooners". Sooners were often deputy marshals, land surveyors, railroad employees, and others who were able to legally enter the territory early to mark out choice pieces of land for themselves or others.

As time went on, "Sooner" came to be a synonym of Progressivism. The Sooner was an "energetic individual who travels ahead of the human procession." He was prosperous, ambitious, competent, a "can-do" individual. And Oklahoma was the Sooner State, the land of opportunity, enterprise and economic expansion, very much in the Progressive spirit that engulfed the old South in the 1920s.

OU athletics teams were called Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived the name from a pep club called 'The Sooner Rooters.'

Today, the thunderous chants of "Boomer! Sooner!" roll across the Oklahoma landscape. The success of University of Oklahoma athletics teams over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.

And when you hear that famous school song you can sing along...
Boomer Sooner

In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University's 'Boola Boola' but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was made to it from North Carolina's 'I'm a Tarheel Born' and the two combined to form the university's fight song today. One of the most recognizable college fight songs in the country, 'Boomer Sooner' immediately evokes enthusiasm from OU fans and sends chills down the spines of those who dare to oppose them.

Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner, OK U!
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma
Oklahoma, OK U!
I'm a Sooner born and Sooner bred
and when I die, I'll be Sooner dead
Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma
Rah Oklahoma, OK U!

And the two horse mascots - Boomer and Sooner - (representing the horses that pulled the conastoga wagons during the land run - now represented by the Sooner Schooner) - if you see the one named Sooner, that is a high school classmate of my daughter and their high school mascot was actually the "Boomers" represented by a wagon.

Anything else you would like to know about Mr. Pale????

no thanks, I am exhausted reading all this........

And it just gets my Crimson blood going!!! Guess you can tell I bleed Crimson & Cream!!!!

now Mum; you do know the colors of the Aggies and what a maroon out is......

A Maroon Out? ewwwwwww

Now when you're any kind of 'out' it's the PSU whiteout that set the standard!

We have "white-outs" also!!!

And I even know about the "12th Man"!!!!! You see I am a sports nut!

Huskies rule! UConn has Maya and the other teams do not!

I should have added to my earlier post that OK assistant coach Stacey "Bam Bam" Hansmeyer was and still is in the hearts of people from Connecticut. She may not have been the most talented young lady to go through the UConn program but certainly is among the most popular with Connecticut fans!

drat them Louisville sluggers!

The girls did it to themselves. They didn't come out second half and play with as much heart and intensity. It will come back to bite you in the end and it did. They still had a great year and nothing to feel bad about. It's tough to make it that far.

Go CARDS!!!!!