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OKLAHOMAFANSLOVE BIG RED
Soon
By JOHN CHAVEZ
Beginning as far away as Tul-
a, almost 130 miles northeast
f the little town of Norman,'
he signs start to appear.
Oh, there's nothing obviousl
ike a billboard or roadsign. ButI
once off the Will Rogers Turn-
ike, subtle hints here and
here let the traveller know
what part of the country he's in.
A splash of Crimson and
Cream on a bumper sticker or,
window decal proclaiming'
er
ootball
"We're No. 1", a "Sooner" this ends, two-fifths of the town's I
or an "OU" that, along the population leaves. i
roadside, tells you one thing. An institution of higher learn-
This is Oklahoma, the land of ing since 1892, OU's academic
oil wells, Oral Roberts and Uni- merits are usually lost in the
versity of Oklahoma football- shadow of the enormously suc-
Located in Norman, 30 cessful Sooner football pro-
miles south of metropolitan gram. Indeed, on fall Saturdays
Oklahoma City, the Univer- Norman becomes to the state of
sity of Oklahoma, or "OU" Oklahoma, what Vatican City is
as it is generally referred to, to the Catholic Church, with
Sooner head coach Barry Switz-
has a student enrollment of er much like the Pope in that
around 20,300. When school he is infallible in gridiron mat-
ters.
On the day of the game it ap-
).m. & 8 p.m. pears that someone has cut the
throat of the town of Norman,
as it becomes a shade of blood
red. The main artery to the
OU campus, I-35, is clotted with
;et Billiard cars for miles -and the invading
infection - usually an Oregon
St i Ofn or Pittsburgh - is rendered
innocuous through large doses
ion Ballroom of Joe Washington and Selmon
serum.
CA LL Michigan's Don Canham is a
reign
hard-driving salesman who,
turns a nice profit -with the
successful Bo Schembechler
show. At OU they not only have
a successful product, but a
seller's market, to the extent
that in divorce cases the main
decision is who gets the season
"The state seems
school, the University
it's a team that's won
25 years than any o
football. They've got
about and they suppa
gram."
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"The state seems to rally slion Program). Seating capac-
around this school, the Univer- ity was increased to 70,000 and
sity of Oklahoma," agrees a new pressbox added, all at a
Switzer. "And it's a team that's cost of six million dollars.
won more games the last 25 In addition to bonds and do-
years than any other team in nations, STEP was founded
college football. They've got through two plans. Plan One
something to cheer about and called,_ for pledges of $100-250
.:from season ticketholders, de-
pending on their seat, between
to rally around this the 30 and 50-yard lines. Plan
Two allowed pledges of $1,000-
o f Oklahoma. And 2,500 from non-season ticket-
more games >he last holders which would secure
seats for them in a VIP sec-
ther team in college 3 tion.
something to cheer Should those under Plan One
decline to pledge, they were
rt our school's pro- relocated into the new upper
deck. After heated discussion
-ahoma coach Switzer and debate in the state legisla-
ture the plan was approved.
"We've built a new sta-
dium, with a successful six
they support our school's pro- million dollar -expansion pro-
gram." gram. We've sold it outand
The records bear Switzer have people in line waiting to
out. Going back to the 50's buy tickets still," grinned
under coach Bud Wilkinson, Switzer.
the Big Red stand at 224-58- "A lot of people said we can't
7. Switzer himself might be do it but we do it" says the
surprised to know that since m ' who has renamed Nor-
the first game in 1895 the man, "Switzerland,"
Sooners are 474-192-46, a .698 witzsly nd.."
winning percentage. Obviusly Soweitszereknows
Just how far Oklahoma fan(outh-oyoneta eami
support would go was tested but not a winner.
this past year. Receiving no
money from state or federal"*:?m -. A,~r.a. *:.m,-a,
taxes, OU's athletics depend
(like Michigan's) on the foot- T!e Too 20
ball team's fortunes.
The enlargement of antiquat- By The Associated Press
ed Owen Field stadium began 1. Oklahoma (56) 2-0-0 1,192
at the end of last season un- 2. Ohio State (3) 2-0-0 1,031
der SEP (tadim Ex 3. So. California (1) 2-0-0- 954
der STEP (Stadium Expant 4. Nebraska 2-0-0 700
5. Missouri 2-0-0 697
6. Texas 2-0-0 530
IN DOWNTOWN
AN ROR
PICK YOUR NIGHT
BILLBOARD
People interested in playing
lacrosse (undergrads, gradu-
ates, street people) are in-
vited to come down to the
Wines Field locker room on
the corner of Hill and Divi-
sion on Tuesday and Thurs-
days from 4:00 to 4:30. Any-
one is welcome to play. Ex-
perience is not required.
For more information call
Steve or Cy at 662-7890 or
Brian at 662-9407.
tickets, instead of the kids.
"This state only has a
little less than three million
people in it and there's not
much else to distract them
from a football program," of-
fers Switzer. "Besides the
University of Oklahoma,
there's only two major uni-
versities in the state, one a
private institution, Tulsa, and
Oklahoma State University."
The Oklahoma mentor, who
has yet to lose a. game - ex-
cept to the NCAA probation
team - is quite correct. OU's
n e a r e s t professional com-
petitor, the Dallas Cowboys, is
a four hour drive away. And
while Oklahoma City does have
minor league baseball, its sea-
son ends when football starts.
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OLD TIME MOVIES
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HOT COUNTRY MUSIC
with the GREVIOUS ANGELS
No Cover-No Minimum
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Notre Dame 2-0-0
Texas A&M 2-0
(tie) MICHIGAN 1-0-1
DAILY LIBELS 2-0-0
UCLA, 2-0-0
Alabama 1-1-0
Penn State 2-1-0
Arizona State 2-0-0
West Virginia 2-0-0
Arizona 1-0-0
Tennessee 1-1-0
Oklahoma State 2-0-0
(tie) Stanford 0-1-1.
Edit Staff Flunkies 0-0-0
Florida 1-1-0
Maryland 2-1-0
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