Posted on 10/01/2005 7:05:29 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
Edited on 10/01/2005 7:21:56 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The explosion happened at the courtyard near the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botany-Microbiology Building on OU's campus, which is west of the stadium, according to Sgt. Gary Robinson of the University police department. The explosion happened during the second quarter of Oklahoma's game against Kansas State. After the explosion, police set up a perimeter of several blocks and made fans exit the stadium to the east.
NORMAN -- An explosion near the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Memorial Stadium killed one person Saturday, OU officials said.
Other then the bomb, it was a beautiful night for a football game -- breeze the whole game and not to hot like our last two day games. They honored Joe Washington at halftime and showed highlights of his runs in 1974-75. It was great to see him honored for his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
You will love what they have done to the stadium area -- made a huge difference with the brick facade.
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I have been shocked at the lack of local news on the radio/tv about this -- small snippets. Even the news article from the Transcript has missing pieces from what was on the radio and then not repeated.
love you much-new threat now.
"Its just a question of how much of a common occurance will this become."
On that very question hinges potential decisions about internment, deportation, etc.
Speculation: They were to set off the second bomb after the responders were on scene, probably remotely. Since the first bomb went off well before they intended it to, and there was no need to stick around to do that since the only casualty was the first guy. Of course, if it was a terrorist, it's possible that even the first bomb was not supposed to be a suicide, but maybe something set off by a cell phone. (Dumb thing to do in that environment as football stadiums, and campuses in general, are so full of cell phone signals it's amazing it doesn't cook the birds as they fly by.)
some anti-football fanatic??
Because a lot of people leave the stadium to go get a beer and are given passes to get back in. My son's fraternity brother left a few minutes before the blast to go back to his house to change and was going to come back. If this bomber had gone in the crowd during halftime, about half or more the stadium is down below getting food, going out for drinks, and smoking. The area under the parking garage across from Cross is very large and packed with concession stands.
If he got in there, it would have caused a lot of panic and injuries IMHO.
I have to tell you, through the years, I had all kinds of things done to my car at football games, mostly the OU-Texas game, because of all my OU stickers and trinkets. Even had the antennae broken off several times and slashed tires. Had some bad bongos with a Nebraska fan once, too--
But the only time I ever had a potential "rumble" happen, in which I was in bodily danger, was in the ladies' room (and I *am* one) in Manhattan during an OU-KSU game. I was decked out, as always, head to toe in my Sooners red cowboy hat and red cowboy boots, shirt, jeans, temp tattoos, the whole nine yards. I also had a small boombox with a tape of Boomer Sooner in it.
I handed off the stereo to my friend when I went inside a stall - she turned it on to play the song - and then all hell broke loose. There were some very mean, very "butch" biker-type (not that there's anything wrong with that) "ladies" in their purple and gold who tried to fight us!
The only thing that saved us was that my friend is a lawyer and pulled out her card and told them to sue us and to contact her--then we actually RAN back to our seats and our hubbies! I was truly scared.
And the Left will howl about internment camps... even as they plan on making essentially the same things to get "their people" back to NOLA.
Otherwise, it dawns on me that the bomb may have been detonated by someone calling a "wrong" number...
Great contribution to the thread. Thank you.
Actually either last year or the year before they had several games where they did not issue passes -- if you went out you could not get back in. They did it because people were passing tickets through the fence so more students could get in and they didn't pay.
This year we have an electronic system that once you use the ticket, it is no good so it cannot be passed back out. Before they used the ticket stub as your pass.
This is the first time I remember the stadium being locked down so you could not go in or out.
Ah, would've been great to see Little Joe honored! Oh, you're making me sooo Sooner homesick.
My daughter is in the Journalism College at OU and my son is a Graduate Assistant at OU so I hope they will have more info. I don't trust the media for the most part.
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Just worked my way through to your post. I agree.
I know those kids -- they were on the Soonervision in the stadium. They all went to my daughter's high school at Norman North. Only difference is that they wear Red and white now while at North they painted themselves in green/silver/black -- the Timebrwolves colors. They are just regular kids. I never knew what the BUCs stood for -- guess I do now. They are a great bunch of guys -- my daughter's sorority has done several events with them.
It is their way of show Sooner spirit.
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