Cowboys and Dawgs

by texoky on Aug 22, 2007 9:21 PM EDT

AS a diehard OSU Cowboy fan (all sports)I would like to say that Cowboy fans for the most part are fun loving, friendly, and gracious regardless of the outcome (University of Oklahoma Sooners excepted). Please don't judge all Cowboy fans by one who wants to get our hosts upset before the game. The Cowboys should be pretty good this year (if we can find a defense) and I for one am looking forward to an exciting game. I will root for the Dawgs in every game except the opening one. This is especially true when the Dawgs play LSU.

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Thanks, texoky

As I tried to make clear when replying to a less classy fan than you, I have every confidence that "the worst elements of the Cowboy fan base"---and every fan base has its share of yahoos---are a "vocal minority represent[ing] a fraction of the O.S.U. family that is as small as it is small-minded."

In short, I know some Oklahoma State fans and some Oklahoma State fans are friends of mine---in fact, it is likely that I will be attending the September 1 season opener with an Oklahoma State alumnus who will be rooting for his alma mater---and I do not judge the whole bunch by a few bad apples, just as I hope Bulldog Nation is not judged by its lowest common denominator.

I, for one, am greatly looking forward to Labor Day weekend's contest. It has been a long time since Georgia opened the season with a non-conference opponent of the Cowboys' caliber and, since both offenses are liable to be a bit ahead of both defenses at first, I wouldn't be surprised to see a thrilling shootout. There is a genuine excitement in Bulldog Nation at the prospect of taking on an unfamiliar foe of Oklahoma State's quality.

I thank you for taking the time to post your thoughts and I assure you that I will be rooting for the Pokes in every game after their first one. As we say around these parts (and, perhaps, in your neck of the woods, as well), you're good people, texoky.

by T Kyle King on Aug 22, 2007 11:05 PM EDT 0 recs

Are You Kidding Me?

First of all, I am not a Bad Apple! I would consider myself real! I see 80% of respondents to the "who will win" poll are voting for Georgia. This is a completely narrow minded poll. It is what is expected from any fan base from any school And for you guys to get all mushy about "my friend is from OSU"...please. Any loyal fan would not give up a ticket to the opponent unless they had to for some odd reason. So please keep your niceties to yourself and let's get on with some smash mouth football!!! From ORANGE!!!!

ORANGE

by ORANGE on Aug 23, 2007 2:08 PM EDT up 0 recs

It's not a scientific poll . . .

. . . and there is a difference between voting in an internet poll and classlessly running your mouth while gutlessly hiding behind a cloak of anonymity.

Texoky and I are as "real" as you are and I suspect we're both anxious to "get on with some smash mouth football," but we managed not to be rude jerks in the process.

Despite my high regard for your facile assessment of whether I am a "loyal fan" (by the way, ORANGE, that was sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell), I am not "giv[ing] up a ticket to the opponent." For the record, here is the relevant sequence of events:

I am a Georgia football season ticket holder and have been since receiving the most recent of my two degrees from the University of Georgia. I purchase two season tickets each year and, since the birth of our son, my wife has attended fewer games than she once did, preferring to remain at home rather than leave the boy with a sitter. Consequently, my second season ticket often is used by a friend or a family member.

For the season opener, the second ticket will be used by Travis Rice, an old friend whom I have known since he was nine years old. Trav and I both attended the University of Georgia, we co-hosted "The Dawg Show" on local cable television for six years, and his wife is my wife's older sister. (They met at my wife's and my wedding rehearsal.) He is a loyal 'Dawg fan.

However, Travis's family originally hails from Oklahoma, where many of his family members still live. His father, Brad, grew up in Oklahoma and attended Oklahoma State University, but a job opportunity brought him to Georgia in 1976. He has made his home here ever since, although he has returned to Oklahoma for extended periods in the interim.

When Brad heard that Travis was going with me to the Georgia-Oklahoma State game, he expressed interest in going with us to Athens, seeing if he could find a ticket, and going to the game. When asked if that was all right, I said I thought it was perfectly appropriate for Brad, who has been a friend of my father's for roughly 25 years and whose son is a close friend of mine, to ride over and go to the game with us.

If that makes me a bad fan in your eyes, ORANGE, well, I'll just have to live with the stigma of being a good person who's loyal to friends and family, and who tries to respect other fans' reasonable rooting interests while supporting my own team with a modicum of class. Upon this point, as upon many others, we simply shall have to agree to disagree.

by T Kyle King on Aug 23, 2007 5:01 PM EDT up 0 recs