FlyRod Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 THIS JUST IN!!! The University of Oklahoma has announced that it will field a championship Bassing Team this season. The team will be coached by none other than Barry "Da' King!" Switzer and will feature potential Clunn Trophy (equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) candidate Adrian Peterson as a the starting front seater, with Larry "Bite or I'll tackle yo' hiney!" Birdine as the starting co-angler. A new BassCat model , the "BoomerSoonerPuma", is being specially constructed at press time and will feature a Crimson and Cream color scheme and a 345 hp motor specially made by Pratt&Whitney. The boat will have heated Magic Fingers seats in the basic color scheme, but made of Bevo-hide ;D. The deck material will be made from Wildcat Turf, contributed by Kansas A&M@Manhattan with the original color "Brokeback Mountain Purple" : bleached out and redyed in the appropriate Crimson hue. Instrumentation will be provided by NASA and the sonar/graphs will be capable of determining the location of the largest bass in any given body of water as well as their date of birth, sexual preference, preference in lures, and credit rating. A further feature of the boat is a fully stocked bar, with icemaker, that automatically turns into a small altar if a Baylor U. boat (Green 14' aluminum, 15hp Kenmore.) approaches 8-). This year's recruiting crop was rated #1 by the Hooters Girls and includes Georgia phenomenom Ryan "SoonerSenko" 77, Rhode Island All-Stater Russ "Line Backer" Hooker, who initially verballed to Penn State but realized it was hard to work a buzzbait in 6 inches of ice, and some guy named Glenn, who is considered a work-in-progress (backlashes his Zebco "Snoopy" a lot) but has potential. Ladies and Gentlemen! I give you the 2006 Sooner Bassin' Team of THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLA(BY GOD!)HOMAAAAAAAA! Note:The boat's horn will play "Boomer Sooner"http://members.cox.net/soonerlynx/sounds/index.htm upon an angler boating a bass and "OK Oklahoma" if the fish weighs more than five pounds. (Contributed by Bob Stoops, some football guy.) Flash!!! Texas A and/or M has announced that they will no longer be fielding a bassing team until they figure out how to keep the traditional pre-tournament bonfire from burning through the deck :-?. F.Rod Roving reporter and unashamed Sooner Fan! " Neath the western sky, OU's Chant will never die. Live on, University." Quote
cgs2004 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Hey flyrod... All I got to say is 35-7 ;D ;D ;D Actually your boys at OU need to field a team. I have heard rumors that they are in the works but nothing so far. Quote
chunter_ksu Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Yeah haha. Where is Brian "THE WASH OUT" Bosworth at on your post? Surely he could play tag along with the fishing team like he did with the Football team a couple years ago. But what the he!! is Kansas A&M. I will let it go though, being a sooner fan has a tendency to enlarge one's head and thus displace any common sense they once had. Just kidding, no harm meant just got a little fired up being as I am a current "Kansas A&M" student. LOL I am president of the K-State fishing team and we would love to see OU get a team set up. Would add a little bit to the rivalry since our football team has been lacking lately LOL. Quote
bixbybasspro Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 flyrod, are you being serious b/c if so, it could be nasty next year with me joining the mix!!!! > > > > > WHEW!!!!!! THE SOONER TRADITION!!! CHECK OUT THE SCHOONER!!!! Quote
FlyRod Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 flyrod, are you being serious b/c if so, it could be nasty next year with me joining the mix!!!! > > > > > WHEW!!!!!! THE SOONER TRADITION!!! CHECK OUT THE SCHOONER!!!! Of course I'm serious ! Haven't you been to the Special Projects section of the BassCat site? Or the Top Secret Section at the Pratt&Whitney site? After all, when we Sooners do something, we do it right! Re: The Schooner...that's one of our greatest traditions, but the two weirdos in the pony suits they introduced this year are a monumental embarassment. They're almost as bad as the YooTee WrongWhorn Band's uniforms. To be fair, it takes real cojones to wear an orange Brokeback Mountain cowboy suit with 9' fringe ;D. Believe me, when the Sooners DO start a team, it'll be the best. Did I mention that the BoomerSoonerPuma that B'Cat is building has crushed diamonds in the gelcoat instead of metal flake? BOOMERRRRR! F. Rod Sooner Fan at large Quote
FlyRod Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Hey flyrod... All I got to say is 35-7 ;D ;D ;D Uhhhhhh, that was 2003. Let us remember 2004: OU 31-Mildcats 21 2005: OU 43-Purple Kitties 21 Yeah, I hope the Sooners, a lot of other schools as well, can start bassing teams. One of the biggest obstacles, of course, is money. It'll be pretty rare for a university to actually fund such a team 'cause of the limited numbers that might reasonably participate...and can truly qualify. How the heck would we choose the "players", some sort of fish-off? Would women demand to be included or have their own team and equal funding? (either is OK by me.) If we can keep the #*&%^ NCAA out of it, great! Ideally, some wealthy alums, and OU has a wad of them, might fund the team and gear, boats, tow vehicles, travel costs, food, lodging, "uniforms", entry fees, etc. However, look at the potential for accidents if you have, say, three boats being towed to some remote lake. The liabilities could be dreadful. I imagine that the existing teams are on a "Club" basis, receiving no official sponsorship or funds from their schools save for permission to use the name and logo. Perhaps that will prove to be the best way, especially if they receive support from alumni as mentioned above. Also, how much class time will be lost? It's one thing for the football team, which produces enormous $$$ for the school, to miss a day or two for an away game, but a fishing team needs travel time, prefishing days (I assume), etc. I certainly don't want any team, from any school, trying to make a several hour drive back to campus immediately after the weigh-in. I hope the rules require a team to remain overnight, post-tournament, unless their campus is less than two hours drive away from the tournament site. If a team must travel more than, as an example, 300 miles to a tournament, they must stop overnight before proceeding further, with other stops required at 300 mile intervals. So far as organization goes, I'd like each "team" to consist of at least two boats and pairs of anglers, with perhaps four boats and teams being the maximum. Boats must meet the same standards as for the big-time tourneys, of course. I wish you, your team, and school all the best! F. Rod PS: A few stats, all true Sooner records: Most 1st Downs, one game, 37 v. KSU '88 Most Rushing, one game, 786 v. KSU '88 Total yds, one game, 875 v. Colorado '80 829 v. KSU '88 Most points ever, 175 v. Kingfisher College, waaaay back, LOL! Most points v. KSU, 70 in '88 75 in '71 76 in '42 Individual Rushing, one game: Greg Pruitt, 294, v. KSU '71 All Purpose Yards, one game: Same guy, 374, same game. Most Yards per carry, 26.8 (6 for 161), Eric Mitchell v. KSU '88 Most Yds Rushing by a QB, Thomas Lott, 195 v. KSU '76 Overall record, OU v. KSU: 68-17-4, including a 34 yr streak broken 1969 when KSU defeated OU, at Manhattan, 59-21. KSU, founded 1863 as Bluemont College. Changed to Kansas State Agricultural College, same year. 1931-59 renamed Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences (Sheep Massaging 101) 1959, becomes Kansas State U. At various times in the past were called "Aggies" and "Farmers", finally named Wildcats. John Philip Sousa ("The Stars and Stripes Forever") wrote a neat march called "Kansas Wildcats"...nice march. I've played it! I most fondly remember KSU and the nice people of Manhattan and Junction City. I was stationed at Ft. Riley 68-69 and truly enjoyed my stay. KSU also had a "Playmate of The Year", '69, I think. Miss Crystal Smith. Of course, OU had the 25th Anniversary Playmate, Miss Candy Loving. Friendly rivalries are what makes the college game so great! Quote
cgs2004 Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Oh yes, rivalries make it all worthwhile. Because fishing competitivly in college isn't very widespread, the numbers aren't very high. Here at Kansas St. we are trying to keep the numbers on the team no higher than 10 and this might be the first year people gets turned down. As of now its just a first come first serve basis. In the future I would assume there actually will haveto be a tournament to see who makes the team and who doesn't. The biggest problem a lot of teams will have is boats. Luckily here at Kansas St. about 5 of us on the team have our own bass boats which works out nicely with 10 guys on the team. As for tournaments throughout the season, American Bass Anglers has been great. We can all fish as co-anglers so a boat isn't needed, plus we don't pay entry fee's which really help keep the $$ down. Granted we don't win money but we do have a chance at the end of the season to win scholarships. A couple new college tournament trails are in the works and sound very promising. It will be interesting to see what happens. Quote
FlyRod Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 CGS, Yeah! The ABA seems to be an great answer to some of the problems. I guess this thing will remain a semi-structured matter, at best, until it really takes off. I certainly hope it pans out. Wait'll The Pride Of Oklahoma (band) finds out it's gonna have to march on water for a halftime/weigh-in show :-?. Hmmmm...they can play: "We All Live In A Yellow Submarine". Theme from "Das Boot". Theme from "Titanic". "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid. "What Can You Do With A Drunken Sailor?" This is gonna be big! F.Rod And a very Boomer Sooner to all. Quote
bixbybasspro Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 CGS, Yeah! The ABA seems to be an great answer to some of the problems. I guess this thing will remain a semi-structured matter, at best, until it really takes off. I certainly hope it pans out. Wait'll The Pride Of Oklahoma (band) finds out it's gonna have to march on water for a halftime/weigh-in show :-?. Hmmmm...they can play: "We All Live In A Yellow Submarine". Theme from "Das Boot". Theme from "Titanic". "Under The Sea" from The Little Mermaid. "What Can You Do With A Drunken Sailor?" This is gonna be big! F.Rod And a very Boomer Sooner to all. Love the spirit Flyrod..... BOOMMER SOONER!!! Quote
alhuff Posted February 23, 2006 Posted February 23, 2006 now thats funny right there..... Alfred Quote
Rebbasser Posted February 27, 2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Flash!!! Texas A and/or M has announced that they will no longer be fielding a bassing team until they figure out how to keep the traditional pre-tournament bonfire from burning through the deck Hey flyrod: Gig 'Em! ;D Quote
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