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Originally posted by Meni@Sep 1 2003, 04:53 PM DanTheMan
lets keep the thread going
OU vs AL
do you want our D to shut you out?
let the posts begin
I'm gonna step in here and agree that OU has a good chance of shutting out Bama. I mean its not hard to beat a team thats nothing but brothers, fathers, and cousins of the same family :P
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peaches son, you dont know who your backtalking ask your mom h34r:
Meni, I agree that it's going to be hard to score against OU defence, But last year they were talking the same line and "almost" didnt pull out the win Our "D" is ready also, OU will have to pass and we'll see what kind of QB the number 1 team has.
I dont think they will shutout bama, too much talent. I forsee a hell of a War
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TUSCALOOSA | Anticipation is building for a historic occasion. For the first time, a No. 1-ranked opposing football team will visit Bryant-Denny Stadium to play the Alabama Crimson Tide. Although Alabama’s showdown with the top-ranked Oklahoma Sooners doesn’t kick off until 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the mobile homes already have begun to arrive, and the hype surrounding the game is mounting, especially with UA fans.
“I’m pumped about this game," said UA student Murray Shaw. “This game seems to me like one of those that the fans get the chills going into the stadium, not just the players. I can’t imagine being the players out there on that field."
Beakie Powell, director of tourism at the Tuscaloosa Convention and Visitors Bureau, estimated that more than 100,000 people would be in town making a financial impact of between $8-10 million on the city.
“This is a major event in Tuscaloosa," Powell said. “We know that every hotel room is booked, and we’re receiving calls hourly from people from Oklahoma looking for hotel rooms."
Alabama Express on University Boulevard is stocking up for a busy week. A crimson “Beat Oklahoma" T-shirt hung outside the store on Tuesday.
“A lot of people are anticipating it and looking forward to it," said sales associate Mike Clemmons. “This will probably be our biggest weekend of the year."
Powell said the arrival of ESPN College GameDay, a popular college football preview show featuring Chris Fowler, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit, will add to the crowd size. The show will broadcast live from the UA Quad Saturday morning, beginning at 9:30 a.m., drawing thousands of fans and onlookers.
Comparing it to other UA home games, Powell said the impact from the Oklahoma game is expected to be “as big or bigger than Tennessee," but not quite as big as when Auburn comes to Tuscaloosa, which won’t happen again until 2004.
“In this case, I think we’re going to see a swell of people in here because the No. 1 team coming in," Powell said.
Nationally, the game is one of top matchups of the weekend, as evidenced by the GameDay crew’s visit. The game will be nationally televised by ESPN. CBS, which usually airs the marquee game at a Southeastern Conference school, is showing the U.S. Open tennis tournament, leaving the rights for the UA-Oklahoma game to ESPN.
UA sports information director Larry White said close to 700 media credentials have been requested for Saturday’s game.
“It’s going to end up being one of our biggest games ever," White said. “I don’t keep a record of how many credentials we’ve given out per game, but in a normal (conference) game, we would give out 300-400."
ESPN Radio’s GameDay show will also air from the UA campus, featuring hosts Mel Kiper Jr. and Dave Revsine from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. With the option of going to one of the weekend’s other big games, such as Florida at Miami and Brigham Young at Southern Cal, the ESPN radio crew chose the Tide vs. the Sooners.
“With No. 1 Oklahoma coming into Alabama and Alabama coming back and playing a good second half (against South Florida), there’s just a lot of buzz surrounding this, so we’re looking forward to it," said Keith Goralski, director of operations at ESPN Radio. “When you look at the schedule, I think this game does have the most juice to it."
Kiper agreed.
“You have national championship ramifications for Oklahoma, Alabama has Mike Shula in his first game on campus, and the history of both schools makes this a huge game for us to cover," Kiper said.
With the nation’s eye turned toward Tuscaloosa, Alabama fans are hoping their team takes advantage of the opportunity to make some positive news in the college football world after an offseason of turmoil.
“I think it could be a great win, just to let people know Alabama still has it in them," said Shaw, the UA student. “Something we haven’t done in a long time is have a big win over a big team."
The Tide hasn’t beaten a top 10 team in Tuscaloosa since 1999, when Alabama defeated No. 8 Mississippi State 19-7 en route to a SEC Championship. Fans believe Alabama is due to end the four-year drought with a landmark victory over the Sooners.
“After seeing last week’s game, I really have high hopes because a lot of the football players said they have some leftover business with Oklahoma," said Leigh Money, a UA sophomore and a Bama Belle.
The Tide lost a hard-fought contest 37-27 last year to then- No. 2 Oklahoma in a game played in Norman, Okla.
Bama fans looking for a good omen on Saturday need only to turn back the clock 10 years to the last time Alabama played a No. 1-ranked team. The result? A 34-13 victory over Miami in the Sugar Bowl to capture the 1992 national championship.
RTR
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There will be a lot of hillbillys hitting the moon shine early saturday night. Game will be over by halftime. Maybe even the bama coach can hit a titty bar early!
Originally posted by BradShaw@Sep 3 2003, 11:00 AM There will be a lot of hillbillys hitting the moon shine early saturday night. Game will be over by halftime. Maybe even the bama coach can hit a titty bar early!
Brad, stripclubs are off limits now to all bama coaches but your right sometime around 10 pm their will be some DRINKING goning on, either celerbrate or drown the sorrors for "some" fans
voodoo, I'm charging up the camera to show you some of southern belles we have around here
I hope the sooners think this is just a little trip to some podunk(mary dont say a worktown down south, they might be surprised
RTR
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Originally posted by dantheman@Sep 3 2003, 11:50 AM WHOA NELLY this is gona be fun
Brad, stripclubs are off limits now to all bama coaches but your right sometime around 10 pm their will be some DRINKING goning on, either celerbrate or drown the sorrors for "some" fans
voodoo, I'm charging up the camera to show you some of southern belles we have around here
I hope the sooners think this is just a little trip to some podunk(mary dont say a worktown down south, they might be surprised
Officials in the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department are encouraging the 7,000 Sooner faithful headed to Alabama this weekend to wear white.
Both the Sooners and the Crimson Tide claim crimson as a primary color. A switch to white will distinguish the visiting OU fans from the home Alabama fans.
"Actually, our true colors are crimson and cream so I guess we need to dig out the cream-colored shirts," said OU Athletics Director Joe Castiglione. "A contrasting lighter color will allow us to identify ourselves to each other and to our team. We want to make sure the players feel the support of the OU fans who will be there."
OU Associate Vice President Tripp Hall said, "This game features two great universities with storied football traditions. When OU takes the field on Saturday, we want the Sooners in Tuscaloosa to be distinguished among the sea of Crimson Tide fans. It will be a great representation of the unity of the Sooner Nation and the great fans we have here at OU."
OU and Alabama kickoff at 6:47 p.m., Saturday in Tuscaloosa, Ala. For those unable to make the trip, the game will be aired on both ESPN television and the Sooner Radio Network.
Words were unnecessary to deliver the message. A whistle did just fine for Oklahoma offensive line coach Kevin Wilson at practice Monday.
“He emphasized to stay on blocks. Block until the whistle,” said OU right tackle Jammal Brown. “Usually, he doesn’t have a whistle out. Today he did.”
The shrill message to OU’s big men up front was clear: The top-ranked Sooners could have been better running the football in a season-opening 37-3 win against North Texas. And they need to be better in a much tougher setting at 6:47 p.m. Saturday, when they line up against Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
“It’ll be a great test Saturday, and we need to be a lot better up front,” said Wilson, also OU’s run game coordinator.
Alabama’s rush defense ranking fourth in the country last year at 80.2 yards per game. The Tide helding South Florida to 51 yards rushing in a 40-17 win last week.
Those numbers don’t bode well for the Sooners if they don’t improve. OU averaged 3.3 yards on 32 carries against North Texas.
More importantly, OU didn’t move the ball on the ground in key situations. On a first-quarter drive, the Sooners had first-and-goal from the 2-yard line. But on first down, Kejuan Jones lost 2 yards and on second down and he got only a yard of it back. On third down, OU gave up on the run, and Jason White passed 3 yards to JeJuan Rankins for a score.
Such ground-game failures from a unit hailed as the best of the Bob Stoops era draw coaches’ ire.
“Our offensive line did not play to its billing,” Stoops said.
The Sooners also failed in another short-yardage situation that stopped a promising drive short of a touchdown on the first possession Saturday.
OU moved to the North Texas 18-yard line after several solid runs by Renaldo Works. But on second-and-2 from the North Texas 18-yard line, Works was held to no gain. On the next play, Jones lost 2 yards. The Sooners settled for a field goal.
“That isn’t good football,” Wilson said.
Early running failures could be blamed on the loss of Quentin Griffin, the super senior tailback from a year ago. But there’s a problem with that argument: Griffin wasn’t part of OU’s short-yardage “jumbo” unit last year. That was Jones’ domain, and he rushed for 14 touchdowns.
“I just kind of think we were a little out of sync,” said Jones, who rushed for 51 yards on 15 carries against North Texas. “At times, we didn’t come off the ball real well.”
Wilson said the goal for called running plays is 4.8 yards per carry, a number derived by studying other championship-caliber teams’ performances. The number doesn’t include quarterback carries. Against North Texas, Sooner running backs had 27 carries for 94 yards — an average of 3.5.
“I just didn’t think we knocked them down and played as physical,” Wilson said of the line. “That was the only thing, is just come off the ball a little bit harder.”
Wilson said North Texas committed to stopping the run, which is one of the reasons White had such a big game passing. OU’s offense took what was offered. But short-yardage failures remained distressing.
“We just felt we should have been more aggressive,” said center Chris Bush. “We should have run it better.”
So, out came the whistle at practice. Linemen stayed on blocks until the shrill.
“Sometimes they tune you out talking,” Wilson said. “So it’s not talking. There’s a way you practice to play well.
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08-30-2003
next week the sooners come to T-Town, should be fun. 
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