Page Eighf i HE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 24;9~5 ~1 For Is I t 41 C It w Corduroy, di d white Hb painter overalls '- good feeling B'Gosh bib ovral.I denkim bansdand bwyhite (lad fffbrc&ad pain terrii.. overarlls.f COLORS 330 S. STATE ST. BIVOUAC 76 1-6207 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." -Okl s sup TODAY-4 rerne P JIM R FREE Pock Exhib Michigan Un LAST "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. 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