Put The Jersey Names Back, Coach Stoops!
Berry Tramel in The Oklahoman this morning gets me going; Berry asks, "Why not put names back?" on the jerseys of OU football players. I join him in asking the question.
Coach Bob Stoops made the decision to remove the names this season. He says he doesn't understand the "brouhaha" about the names. "They can't tell by the number?" Stoops asked. "Wilkinson's teams, none of them ever had 'em, did they?"
Well, gee, Coach, you got us...no, the jerseys on Wilkinson's teams back in the dark ages didn't have the names. That was back when there was little television coverage and the radio announcers always told us what player did what. Today, we see each play with multiple closeups of the players and NO, COACH, I CAN'T TELL THE PLAYERS BY THEIR NUMBERS. I'll agree I may be numerically challenged, or whatever, but trying to remember the numbers of players is just not my thing.
Coach said the reasons for dropping the names included a desire to become "a little more selfless, and more team-oriented...."
On behalf of my fellow Sooners fans, Coach, how about being a little more selfless and fan-oriented by putting the names back on the backs?
Coach Bob Stoops made the decision to remove the names this season. He says he doesn't understand the "brouhaha" about the names. "They can't tell by the number?" Stoops asked. "Wilkinson's teams, none of them ever had 'em, did they?"
Well, gee, Coach, you got us...no, the jerseys on Wilkinson's teams back in the dark ages didn't have the names. That was back when there was little television coverage and the radio announcers always told us what player did what. Today, we see each play with multiple closeups of the players and NO, COACH, I CAN'T TELL THE PLAYERS BY THEIR NUMBERS. I'll agree I may be numerically challenged, or whatever, but trying to remember the numbers of players is just not my thing.
Coach said the reasons for dropping the names included a desire to become "a little more selfless, and more team-oriented...."
On behalf of my fellow Sooners fans, Coach, how about being a little more selfless and fan-oriented by putting the names back on the backs?
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