Oklahoma University

[SkanSU]

This maybe an inappropriate thread for here...and if it is then pull it and I guess put it somewhere. Let me simply start by saying that I was teaching a class and I had a young man yell out at another student, ""!! I called the young man up and told him how offended that I was that he would use such a term...it was offensive!!
In the same vein I was both appalled and offended by the shameless behavior and actions and comments of the students at SAE at Oklahoma University. 2 "students" have been expelled from the University. And what is expected? That their parents will tie them to a whipping post? I think not. The behaviors and actions and comments do not just emanate from out of nowhere but are bred and nurtured by parental attitudes. I attended OU for three years in the 60's and 70's (when I was there and not in Mississippi and Alabama) and I can honestly say that little has changed, apparently and unfortunately relative to racist attitudes.
Kudoes to the young man who has subsequently withdrawn as one of their top recruits for football. Maybe if the University...and it is an institutional offense as well... were hit in the pocketbook by the withdrawal of their top athletic recruits than action would be taken to correct such horrific behavior and attitude. As for the young men? Let them work at McDonalds or...better yet... work for one year, at least, in a community program serving the poor and underpriveleged. Perhaps the students would learn something important about life. But I doubt it. Perhaps instead their parents should spend that time as atonement for what they have taught and made of their children.

Sorry about this diatribe but the recent news just makes me angry not because it happened but because its just the same old, same old that has been sorely evident on the OU campus for decades. And only now is the University discovering that they are a hotbed of racism??? Stop??

 

[SkanSU]

P.S. It wasa nice to see that the term that offended me so deeply is not allowed!! Thank you administrator!!

 

[Frozen]

Kudoes to the young man who has subsequently withdrawn as one of their top recruits for football.

He now has an offer from Alabama, which he appears to very excited about on Twitter. Which is good, because everyone knows there is no racism at the University of Alabama or the state of Alabama in general.

 

[Briancuse]

Its an absolute disgrace what those kids did, they should all be kicked out of school. I feel bad for Bob Stoops losing a recruit like that, because of some dumb racist kids.

 

[SkanSU]

Been in Alabama in the 60's and 70's. No news there!!

 

[Briancuse]

Been in Alabama in the 60's and 70's. No news there!!

Sadly its 2015 and that crap still exists.

 

[SkanSU]

Its an absolute disgrace what those kids did, they should all be kicked out of school. I feel bad for Bob Stoops losing a recruit like that, because of some dumb racist kids.

I applaud Stoops and the team for boycotting today. But I am sorry if they want to claim they never knew racism and the attitudes expressed by these kids are totally new to them. Its been decades!!

 

[Full_Rebar]

While I don't condone the actions of the SAE students, I find it hard to applaud Stoops for keeping two players associated with crimes against women? http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...l-against-racism-weak-against-violence-031015

 

[Briancuse]

I applaud Stoops and the team for boycotting today. But I am sorry if they want to claim they never knew racism and the attitudes expressed by these kids are totally new to them. Its been decades!!

I am sure he knew it exists, its jut unfair for him to lose a recruit that way. I would flip out if that happened to me.

 

[Briancuse]

Heck of we lost a recruit over something a frat guy at SU did, this entire forum would go after them lock stock and barrel.

 

[SkanSU]

While I don't condone the actions of the SAE students, I find it hard to applaud Stoops for keeping two players associated with crimes against women? http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...l-against-racism-weak-against-violence-031015

I totally agree!!! There should be no room at institutions of "higher learning" for any form of discriminatory behavior, actions, or comments.

 

[SkanSU]

Heck of we lost a recruit over something a frat guy at SU did, this entire forum would go after them lock stock and barrel.

Well maybe we should!! Diligence is the only answer and appropriate response to discrimination.

 

[SoBeCuse]

Why are they OU and not the opposite?

 

[Ghost]

Why are they OU and not the opposite?

Just a guess but that was the way the Big 12 did it originally - Texas doesn't fit, but a lot do.

Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa State (this one works though)

They all got confused and did it backwards is my best guess.

 

[shantydaze]

I attended OU for three years in the 60's and 70's

While I do not disagree with the substance of you post, if you attended the OU, shouldn't you know that it is the University of Oklahoma and not Oklahoma University?

Just a guess but that was the way the Big 12 did it originally - Texas doesn't fit, but a lot do.

Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa State (this one works though)

They all got confused and did it backwards is my best guess.

It seems like most of the Big 8 schools did it backward. Texas was not part of the Big 8, which may explain why it has the correct abbreviation of UT.

 

[HoustonCuse]

P.S. It wasa nice to see that the term that offended me so deeply is not allowed!! Thank you administrator!!

What did he call em? Huckleberry?

 

[SU2NASA]

I'm wondering if this will impact their impending move to the Big Ten.

 

[Delmar]

In 1966, Lefty Driesell had Charlie Scott all wrapped up as a recruit to Davidson. Lefty took Charlie out to a local restaurant, and the restaurant refused to serve them. Good-bye Charlie Scott. He ended up at North Carolina, who beat Davidson in the Eastern Regional Finals in 1969 by 4 points, and in 1970 by 87-85 when Scott hit a jumper from the top of the key as time expired.

 

[Shark58]

I dont trust white people
you can't see them in the daytime

 

[Dave85]

Sadly its 2015 and that crap still exists.

We are ultimately all sons and daughters of the same Adam and Eve. Or at least the same Mitochondrial Eve.

It's really sad people don't follow the golden rule.

 

[SkanSU]

While I do not disagree with the substance of you post, if you attended the OU, shouldn't you know that it is the University of Oklahoma and not Oklahoma University?



It seems like most of the Big 8 schools did it backward. Texas was not part of the Big 8, which may explain why it has the correct abbreviation of UT.

Thanks...But we called it both. OU (Oklahoma University) and the more formal University of Oklahoma. Most all students called it OU. Just like we called Kansas KU and Iowa State (ISU) ... Texas wasn't in the conference when I went.

 

[Trueblue25]

:bang:

 

[AlaskaSU]

It is not uncommon for Muslim students to shout death to the Jews. A recent incident at one of the big CA campuses is well documented and filmed. No one has considered expulsion.

 

[jekelish]

I dont trust white people
you can't see them in the daytime

The Lord loves a working man. Don't trust whitey.

 

[texascpa]

It is not uncommon for Muslim students to shout death to the Jews. A recent incident at one of the big CA campuses is well documented and filmed. No one has considered expulsion.

I believe the same university recently in which the student council voted to remove the American Flag from the campus because it was considered offensive and racist. Fortunately, their vote was overruled by some other school governing body. It truly is sad what is happening on campuses in this country.