Crimson and Orange Don't Mix

That's what it says on the cup at Sonic anyway. Crimson and Orange don't mix. So I ordered a Cowboy Cooler with my lunch yesterday, it was pretty good I guess, basically just orange soda. It came in a cup that said Crimson and Orange don't mix........In a Crimson and Orange cup. I took my cup to church last night to point out this contradiction to a man that attends there. He's a bigwig in the Sonic corporation and I thought I would give him a bit of a hard time about it. I was too late though, I said I wanted to register a complaint with him about his company and he said ok sure, then he saw the cup I was holding and said it for me. You're disappointed that the cup has two colors on it aren't you? You're the 3rd person that's brought that up to me, he said. Oh well, I guess he stole my thunder, but I did tell him if they do it again next year they should ship two different cups; one Orange and the other one ugly. heeheehee

Crimson and Orange did mix last night, at least for a little while, on the basketball court. Bedlam part 2. I must say the only thing louder than the crowd last night was the Cowboys screaming orange jerseys. Didn't help their play any though. It was a pretty good game, though I wish the officials had let them play a little more, there were an awful lot of little touch fouls called. Considering the Cowboys offensive efforts of late, I thought they did very well to keep this game close. They are really struggling these days while OU seems to be going the opposite direction with their gameplay. You gotta make the free ones though. OU did, Cowboys didn't, simple as that. Good game and OU wins bedlam this year 128-126. Here's hoping for bedlam part 3 in the Big 12 tournament. One thing I really didn't care for though, the OU crowd. The cup thing, you know, it's just for funnies, rivalry stuff, got a lot of laughs from friends on both sides of the court, I don't think that it was unsportsmanlike in its delivery or its intent. I only got to watch the second half last night, after we got home from church, and twice in that second half the crowd began to chant OSU sucks!, which I consider both unsportsmanlike and demeaning. I don't recall hearing a chant like that at the game in Stillwater 2 weeks ago but maybe I just overlooked it. I wouldn't support it there either. Pride in your team is one thing, but using that pride to demean someone else or their team is just sad. So, yay! for a good contest on the floor and congratulations to the Sooner men, but boo! to the crowd.

Ride 'em Cowboys,

Craig