Thanks for the info. Yeah, I used to be a member on that board and posted some, but hadn't visited in a long time.
It doesn't recognize me anymore (just went to your link), so I guess I'm "out." Same with Rivals forum. Those formats have those huge avatars that make me crazy on my slow dial-up, so I don't participate much anymore.
I've been such a bad-luck jinx the past couple of years that I'm trying to be nonchalant about OUr games. The less attention I pay to them, the better they do - so I have had to scale way back on my fan fare. (Until my luck changes, of course!)
I'm always there in spirit, though! Just have to do things to trick the jinxster. Have the TV on, but no sound. Have the radio on, but be in another room. Play Boomer Sooner on one of many little player thingies. Wear my T-shirts and other gear, but not until half time. Not attending any games in person at all.
That would've been the hardest for me, but it turned out to be the easiest, as I can't go anywhere at all - bad health and no money. Had a pretty good track record of going to at least one home and one away game every season for 50 years - *before* this all happened.
Get Firefox, then get the extension "AdBlock Plus" ... Then "Block" most those avatars and slow loading pictures. I do it and can now participate on the Canteen threads here on FR, since I block most all slow loading pictures.
We have season tickets so I am in Section 23 every home game well almost everyone as I missed two this year while I was in FL when my oldest daughter had my first grandchild. My daughter called me at the start of the game tonight to tell me she had put on the Sooner gear I bought Sydney before she was born to bring us luck. Sydney was born on Saturday right after we lost to UT and since then we have won every game. My daughter puts her Sooner gear on for the games along with hers. Now Sydney will be getting a Big 12 Championship shirt for a keepsake when she gets older!
I put on my sooner shirt tonight that I had on when we beat Nebraska in 2000 which I always get out for good luck! I bought a Sooner Mom shirt for that game in 2000! What a game that was in 2000 and I enjoyed tonight just as much!
I hate watching from home -- was a nervous wreck once again. In the stands I don't get as nervous as I do watching at home and yelling at the announcers.
The had Arkansas as the team we lost to because of refs when it was Oregon and then gave Barry seven national championships.
I have been known to go in the other room, go out and weed if it is a day game, etc. if we are starting to lose. I was a nervous wreck last week. My son had our kicker, Hartley, was a student in his English Comp class when he was pulled out of redshirt and we found out before the media. My son called me right after class to tell me he was going to be kicking.
I very seldom participate in the message boards but love reading some of the comments. My son posts on them all the time.