Posted on 09/18/2006 2:43:59 PM PDT by Dead Dog
NORMAN, Okla. -- University of Oklahoma president David Boren sent a letter to Big 12 Commissioner Kevin Weiberg on Monday, asking him to push for the Sooners' game against Oregon to be eliminated from the record books and have the Pac-10 officials involved in the game suspended for the remainder of the season
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2593369
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Couple thoughts:
1. Does OU want to erase any game that may have been turned by a "bad call"
2. I originally thought it was a bad call, after watching the vid a couple of times, it looks like a sooner had a piece of it. Inconclusive at best, call on the field stands
Hey OU, don't give up 500+ yards.
You can "want" in one hand and crap in the other. See which one fills up first.
This is just playing to the home crowd.
Go OU!
We were ROBBED!!!!
Boren for President!!
Boren is a Rat, is he still calling for a recount of the 2000 election?
Consider the financial impact between playing in a BCS bowl and a non-BCS bowl. (assuming OU wins out.... which is still questionable). This is about a huge financial impact on what was clearly a "setup". A cheat. An intentional cheat.
Dead Dog.....You are just plain wrong here.....not even close. The Oklahoma team was jobbed the whole game and especially on the onside kick.
Hard one for any good sport to swallow and especially when the evidence is that conclusive
Will OU vacate their national titles won under the Barry Switzer era.
David Boren...get over it. Yes, bad calls and you probably shouldn't have lost. I don't disagree with some punishment for the officials either as a part of their normal weekly reviews.
But void the game...don't think so.
Wow, someone can't handle losing! You would think that this was the first bad call in the history of the sport.
Losing hurts......especially to a team named the Ducks....and whose mascot is Donald Duck.
There's no way they throw out the game. But go watch the clip again.
You report. We decide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIn1mNmgDjc&mode=related&search=
With editorial comment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQNw24AiZEI
I think Stoops should , in this one instance, follow the advice of George Soros and MoveOn.
Yeah, the calls were questionable, but you can't set a precedent that games can be voided because of the officials.
A team name Sooner bitching about fairness. L Oh Frigging L
You mean Pac-10 officials decided the game for Oregon? I'm shocked and stunned!
I think Boren is right on this. He won't win, but you can't let a cheating officiating squad go unpunished.
They should just use refs as spotters and call the penalities from the booth.
LSU got robbed against Auburn this past weekend too.
Sooner or later some school will sue some conference over a bad call that costs them a lot of money.
John
David Boren is and was a US DEM Senator for OK!
What about the two National Championships in the 70's you "won" by cheating and recruiting illegal players? Not to mention giving the players cars, bonuses, etc.
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