Dude, that's not cool... that's the rule you don't break. Especially not that soon... The relationships worth losing a friendship over are rare, if they exist at all.

My grandfather too was a WWII vet, yet I never got to meet him. He died in 76, my dad found him on top of a ladder where he had had a heart attack. I would say let's toast all of them again, but I know somebody like OU arc guy or Wheatables will call me a dumbass from Lubfuck and then I'll get all emotional and give a damn how they feel. It just comforts me to know that I'll be getting pussy long after they stop.

i can top that...friend and his girlfriend break up after you started talking to her quite a bit. a 5 weeks later, it's 4:30am and you just got home from her house, only now she's your girlfriend. i haven't quite gotten around to telling my friend, though. talk about awkward moments...

Just thought I'd add that... My grandfather was also a WWII vet, he was a Pearl harbor survivor, and died in '95. :(

The most awkward thing in the world has got to be a person having pretty strong romantic feelings for you, and you having nothing but plantonic feelings in return. Throw in the monkey wrench of this being an ex, and you have a very touchy situation.

Thanks OU. I have been raising my glass of Chivas Regal to my Grandfather all night, and I shall add yours.

Sorry to hear that Bluto. I can relate. My grandfather died in May at 79 and was a WWII Royal Canadian Merchant Marines vet. So I shall pour double for 2 great men that served thier countries. I raise my glass to "Bluto's Grandfather" and "Gordon Andrew Stevenson".

just when you think it's safe to post to the message board again some dumbfuck from lubfuck pipes up and ruins it for the rest of us. What's the mighty Pace's prediction for the OU/LCC game in Norman??

2 years ago OU had trouble with A&M at home. So It will be interesting again in Aggieland. Just being in the visitors section means you can't hear shit, so I'm glad Heupal had developed his hand signals or it would have been a lost cause. And almost was if it weren't for a little Sooner magic. So that's why I'm only predicting a 7 point win.

Anyways should be interesting. I'm still not sure who to root for in the t+1 game this year.

Boomer Sooner!!

I found out that my grandfather died of a heart attack this afternoon. He was 81 and a World War II veteran, having served in the Army Air Corps in India. So with it being Veterans weekend, I think we should all pour out some liquor for him.

Ooo! Ooo! Who is Me? TELL US OH GREAT TYPING MONKEY!

Thank you, and I am pretty sure I know who Me is anyways.

me's got their head up their ass...

way to call it betik

Me, I hope you are being sarcastic or just have a really short memory. A team that didn't win its conference sure found its way to the national title game last year.

Actually, a UT/OU rematch for the national title is very possible. Texas is the highest ranked 1-loss team, at #4 in both polls and the BCS standings. OU is #1, Ohio State #2, Miami #3. If OU and Texas win out, all we need is for Miami and OSU to each lose a game. One loss would drop both of those teams below Texas in the BCS if Texas wins out. That sends the Horns and the Sooners to the Fiesta Bowl. I'm not saying it's highly likely, but it is definitely possible. OSU has a pretty easy schedule, but they still have to play Michigan, and that is a huge rivalry game for them. Miami has a killer remaining schedule. They get Tennessee tomorrow, plus they still have to play Virginia Tech and Pittsburgh.

The Nebraska factor last year had to do with the Big XII championship game. The Big XII gets an automatic bid in the BCS for it's champion, and sometimes a spot for the second-ranked team in the conference if one of the teams goes to the national championship game and if that second ranked team qualifies as a BCS-eligible team (top 12 in BCS standings and at least 9 wins). The glitch last year was that Texas was the highest ranked team in the conference at the time of the conference title game. Therefore, Texas either wins and goes to the Rose Bowl or loses and gets a non-BCS bowl with a Big XII tie-in (Holiday, Cotton, Alamo, etc.) The north team (Colorado) was not ranked high enough in the BCS standings at the time to get to the Rose Bowl, regardless of the fact that they won, and that relates to the fact that CU lost pretty badly to Texas earlier in the year. Because of the auto-bid rule, CU was guaranteed a BCS bowl (Fiesta), but not necessarily the national title game because that is determined by rankings and rankings alone, and Nebraska basically ended up there because they didn't play Texas during the regular season and because they didn't play in the Big XII title game; thus the reason that it is to our advantage not to play for the conference title this year.

Right, because Nebraska was flying high after going to and winning the Big 12 Championship last year...

Yes, the day that cost us the Fiesta Bowl and sent us to the Sugar Bowl......

I really don't want to bust any bubbles here, but an OU/Texas rematch will not be happening this season ESPECIALLY for a national championship. Plus, there is no way that a team that didn't even win it's conference will have a prayer in hell of going to the title game. Some poor alumnus will have to sell his soul to the devil for the stars to line up for UT to go to the Big One.

Plus, despite how good UT is playing and poorly A&M is playing, rivalry games (especially where one team has everything to gain and the other has nothing to lose) are always tricky. I still remember that terrible day in '98.

Fuck..."choose" does not equal "chose" and please disregard me..........need beeeeeeeeeeer

choose = chose and I am drunk!

I don't know how you people can determine "if x loses one game, then y will go to Tempe..." The BCS computer will scramble the rankings up so much that you might as well cross your fingers and hope that the computers choose your team for a BCS bowl or the National Championship game. This was proven last year as Nebraska made it to "the game" and was beaten.

It'd be pretty fucking sweet to have a rematch against OU in the Fiesta Bowl... be interesting to see which team would go in with more motivation off of this year's Red River Shootout--Texas, trying for redemption, or OU still riding off of having beaten Texas...

I'm not worried about winning the south. It's probably better if we don't because we won't have to play an extra game en route to a bowl. However, if OU loses only one game, Texas will probably not go to a BCS bowl, because one loss wouldn't be enough to put us ahead of OU in the BCS standings. OU either has to lose twice or not lose at all for Texas to go to the Fiesta Bowl or any other BCS bowl. As long as Miami and Ohio State lose too, I'm all for an undefeated OU team because that means we get to play them again for the national title. But I would settle for playing for the Big 12 Championship if we had to. The only thing is, losing the Big 12 title game means no BCS bowl, as we've already proven.

If OU loses, and wins the rest and Texas remains with one loss, OU still gets the South win.

Okay, did you not bother to finish reading my post? I gave a detailed explanation for why I am pondering which team to root for. When it doesn't affect your own team, root for the in-state team. When the winner could help determine whether or not your team could play for the national title, you root for the greater advantage. It's that simple.

Wait wait wait . . . everytime the Red River Shootout happens my tea-sip friends tell me to root for the Texas team over the "foreign" team from out-of-state. Why now do Longhorns ponder about who to cheer for? Is all that "cheer for the in-state team" just a bunch of bunk?