OK State & related news - 2024-25
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Nerf.. you’re kind of wearing out your welcome with these kinds of statements 🤣
I mean, I wouldn’t put it past AB to love his enemies in such a way, but… I thought it was outlandish enough to be funny.
Haha, can you tell if the Redshirt question asker was the same dude the interview finished with--the last guy asked "what are we looking at at 149?"
DT: "you mean the weight class?"
Guy: "yeah. Who are you looking at contending for that weight?"
DT: "yeah, we got some guys, some younger guys, who will compete." Silence. Interview ends. lol.
Fwiw, that DT answer was colder and less forthcoming than his answer to a different asker, about 133, to which DT named, in order: "Witcraft (SR), Cael (Hughes) (RSFR), Blankenship (Zach)(SO), JJ (McComas)(TRFR).
It was the same guy. The guy he answered well was Seth Duckworth. lol the other guy is on the sh!t list.
Duckworth is nothing if not a bootlicker. He’s Oklahoma State’s version of Iowa’s Chad Leistikow (captive media).
I wonder if the crew would opine on Penn State’s equivalent as Cael definitely shuts a lot of people down
I grew up near Philadelphia where the concept of a friendly press when it came to sports teams was an alien concept.
The flurry of changes/upgrades by team DT kinda underscores how stagnant things had become under John Smith. Makes me wonder what he thinks of it all.
I’ve gotta believe he’s happy and optimistic for OSU, but also feeling a bit melancholy.
But even legends must realize they have a shelf life. I was surprised to learn Smith is only 59. l thought he looked 10 yrs older than that by the end of last season. Hopefully he’s able to find Dake’s fountain of youth in his retirement.
Nah, I disagree here, CT. I don't think Duckworth is a bootlicker, and I think he does a good job. Stays steady
But to your question, in college wrestling, I think most people who find themselves in the place/time to ask questions of wrestling coaches, are "captive media." I can't think of anybody who hits a presser with an 80s Philly press vibe. Aren't those days gone, at least in wrestling?
Hire him to be the main broadcaster for the NCAA championships.
It's funny because years ago people here used to dump all over one fan for asking friendly questions on Cael's radio show. They wouldn't have if only they knew his board handle (and he never defended himself).
Regarding Philly, a "friendly press" was one that crapped on the Cowboys or Mets half as much as on the home team. They're still awful, but it's not as bad now that the worst offender (Burger King himself) has become the Ugliest Sideline Reporter in NFL History.
Nah…Seth is a pro. He loves OSU but he does a great job with OK high school and still covers OU fairly. I mean he’s an Oklahoma guy so don’t expect him to spend much time or energy on Penn State (that’s what you have Basch for).
He doesn’t get into the dramatic or try to hit the coaches with “gotcha” questions but that doesn’t make him a bootlicker. He also came up at a time when there wasn’t anyone of much use trying to cover wrestling in OK. He created his own following by just being a wrestling guy in a world that wanted to suck off the football programs and the Thunder at every turn.
Allen/Allan from Boalsburg - it’s gotta be him. And most didn’t dump on him - just razzing for being a cheerleader. But, whatever, Cael rules
And I think I know his board handle and he did kind of defend himself (if my assumptions are correct)
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Boom!
He is the board’s voice of reason. Dropping in every now and then to scold our ill-tempered rabble
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Would have been fun/funny if Alan from Roarsburg would’ve added “first time questioner”each time he asked Cael a question during those shows.
OK ST opens their dual season tonight at Utah Valley. The dual will be streamed on YouTube @ 9 PM Eastern.
There’s been something I can’t put my finger on down at OSU. Just a level of cringe and lack of authenticity. I think this picture just about sums it up.
I’ll take the 2x national champ Cael added to his staff!
The Cowboy metaphors are really being run into the ground (stampeded over a cliff).
@smalls103 had a hilarious observation on his Rokfin show. He was seeding Tulsa Nationals and complained that half the boys were named after livestock (Bronc, Hoss, Colt, etc) and most of the girls names were tragically misspelled.
Misread it. I thought those were the girl's names.
Yeah, misspelling names is the new norm. Every one of the 350 million or so people in the US now need exotic names that no one else uses. When in doubt they grab the Scrabble game, blindly pick out random letters, throw out all of the vowels, capitalize a letter in the middle of the name, add an apostrophe at a place where it doesn't belong and change an s to a dollar sign.
Viola, welcome to the world, Q$yz'LL, pronounced as "Q sizzle".
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And he tries to hard to cram the word "fun" into every sentence. I knew we should have copyrighted that word.
I know a middle school teacher that had a student named La-a, pronounced La Dash Ah
I think you nailed it. The cowboy hat, the image and complete lack of authenticity. It’s really cheesy and equally transparent.
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I get it, but their home opener was against Wyoming, so it was cowboy-on-cowboy crime.
I get it, but their home opener was against Wyoming, so it was cowboy-on-cowboy crime.
lmfao
