If We Had to Choose Just One Day

You can’t tell people how to feel. But you can tell them OU 28-Texas 20 and God is on his throne. You can tell them order has returned to the universe. You can tell them good conquers evil. You can tell them the Athens of the plains has vanquished Sparta. You can tell them Boomer Sooner and sing the OU Chant!

O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A
Our chant rolls on and on.
Thousands strong join heart and song
In Alma Mater’s praise
Of campus beautiful by day and night
Of colors proudly gleaming red and white
‘Neath a western sky, OU’s chant will never die
Live on University.

OK (pun intended), enough of the crimson and cream, but if we had to choose just one day to last our whole life through, it would surely be that Saturday, the day that we met the enemy and the enemy was ours. Or is the enemy us, as Walt Kelly’s Pogo opined in the funny pages, lo those many years ago?

We recently turned 25 years old and thought that turning 60 in one year was a “Cruel Twist of Fate,” as we used to put in the eyebrow of a headline. However, we also used to put in “Man Cheats Fate.” We’ll take the latter over “Headless Man Found in ... Bar.” We’ll leave it to your imagination.

This sporting life is for entertainment purposes only, but, since youth springs eternal, look for Texas (Rangers, not emasculated steers) to best Cincinnati in the World Series. Get in now while the gettin’s good (for entertainment purposes only).

Sell the Yankees tonight. We have a sibling who is a Twins fan and reminds us that the Twinkies have flourished without Justin Morneau. Pinstriper C.C. Sabbathia doesn’t wear his cap correctly and his derriere is wider than the pitching rubber. No brainer.

OU’s chant will never die. Take ‘em every week, for entertainment purposes only.