We begin bombing Oklahoma in five minutes

[sigma7]

Eyewitness Sports confirmed early Sunday afternoon that Wichita State baseball coach Gene Stephenson has accepted the head coaching position at the University of Oklahoma.

Stephenson will be introduced at a press conference sometime Monday in Norman. His two assistants, pitching coach Brent Kemnitz and Jim Thomas, will accompany him to Norman.

To all my Shocker chums, I'm sorry. I, for one, support any effort designed to reduce the number of states by one and make the red dirt glow. Provided we evacuate missmiah and rewil beforehand.

(Also, check the byline. One name I used to watch on TV all the time and the other I worked with. World's getting smaller.)

Comments

[daethkow.livejournal.com]

I actually had to check the Eagle after reading this. Mother. Fucker.

When he dies ... in about six months from heart failure ... I will personally visit his grave and ... desecrate it any and every way I can. There is NO excuse for this shit.

He's just pissed that the basketball team's been further in the post-season the last two years than the baseball team.

You can NOT believe how pissed off I am about this. It's analagous to Bill Snyder leaving for .... OU.

Bassards. Allbassards.

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

You can NOT believe how pissed off I am about this. It's analagous to Bill Snyder leaving for .... OU.

Oh, dude, I can and it is. And Snyder wouldn't do it. He wouldn't make it to the Interstate. Don't think this hasn't crossed our minds before.

I figured Gene would be above this sort of thing, simply because he's always frickin' been there. Longer than Snyder has been here, for that matter. He's the last coach I ever imagined doing this -- on any level.

Y'know, maybe I can't understand. I know how hallowed he was. But to know this level of fury, well, not on this specific topic, I certainly don't understand. And I don't wanna. But we can all agree that Oklahoma sucks.

[missmiah.livejournal.com]

As one who doesn't really follow sports of any kind, my first response is "Huh?"

My second is, of course, heck yes, destroy the red dirted menace. After we move all my stuff to safety first.

I just paid a crap load of Jason's money to move it across town. I'm not leaving it here when the blitz beings.

Hold the phone!

[beagle1971.livejournal.com]

Stephenson backs out of OU job.

Come to think of it, he really didn't look all that happy when he was at the annoucement.

Re: Hold the phone!

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

Y'right -- the "scholarship issues" excuse doesn't really sound convincing. It's Oklahoma. Of course there are scholarship issues.

Can't fault WSU alumni for being a little cagey right now.