You can take the fan out of the Oklahoma, but you can’t take Oklahoma out of the fan.
That fact became quite clear Saturday when a young, female Sooner fan screamed out “Kevin Wilson sucks” at a bar in Crystal City, Va. OU managed a 27-24 win over Air Force that afternoon.
Almost every Saturday in the fall, the OU alumni group in Washington D.C. meets at Mackeys Pub in Virginia to watch the Sooners grind it out.
You might think that because it is a Washington D.C. or urban group that typical Okie-lore might be lost on these folks.
Quick answer: Hell no.
The beer was flowing, no wine spritzers at this shindig, and people were letting loose like they just took their seats in 90 degrees of blazing glory at Owen Field.
Flat screen televisions line the bar and the rest of the restaurant. Every screen had the Sooners game on, except for one.
Lurking at the end of the bar was the lone Florida fan who came with his friend and quietly asked the girl behind the bar to turn the smallest television to the Florida-Tennessee game.
Initial reactions by the Sooner mass were not pleasant, and the move was not well received. Yet an old man in the corner shouted out something about southern hospitality, and the point was moot.
A defense contractor from the area, a regular at the bar, made the mistake of coming in that afternoon to a room of groaning Sooner fans. He made the mistake of asking if there were any Air Force fans in the house.
The woman next to him, who had probably had one-too-many margaritas, just laughed at him.
It was not a great day for Sooner football. After the first drive, the team looked ice-cold and could not put a series together.
Just like the fans back in Norman, the East Coast crowd "wasn’t gonna have none of that."
Defensive coordinator Brent Venables was raked over the coals in the second half, and apparently, Landry Jones couldn’t throw his way out of a paper bag.
Plus, what is a good Sooner game without a drunken spat.
A man seated away from the bar let out a small yell when Florida State took a sizable lead over BYU. OU played Florida State the week before and sent the Seminoles home with their tails tucked between their legs.
The young woman at the bar, mentioned previously for her temporary disdain for coach Wilson, slurred a loud response.
“I don’t give a fuck about Florida State,” she said.
This ensued a bickering match, while the condescending sports fanatic tried to massage his ego by informing the drunken woman that the Sooners needed Florida State to play well so that it made the Sooners win look that more impressive.
Moral of this story: you cannot reason with Sooner fans at a football game, especially when alcohol is involved. It doesn’t matter what venue you choose.
The game dragged on, and just like OU’s student section, the crowd started to file out after halftime.
People placed their final orders at the bar, and the next shift of bartenders and waiters showed up. Upon arrival, one woman looked to rescue her fellow employee with a much need caffeine boost.
Spending an afternoon with a bunch of mildly disgruntled Sooner fans, the coffee buzz is understandable.
The game clocked wound down, the Sooner mass filed, or rather stumbled, out, and the OU fans went out into the world.
They will do great things.
But maybe tomorrow.
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