Oklahoman article about our new hire.

[Junior]

Not that the DMN doesn't have a few morons, but they're smart enough to know to pump UT.

True. But he did have a point. Can you imagine the NCAA sacntions that would follow a booster-related incident at OU? I'm sure they would come down [deleted] OU if, say, they paid players for no-show jobs at a car dealership or something like that.....

[crazy horse]

I'm still trying to get my arms around the idea that they have a newspaper in Oklahoma. Go figure...

[Junior]

I'm still trying to get my arms around the idea that they have a newspaper in Oklahoma. Go figure...

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[Paladin]

So I sent an e-mail to Berry Tramel and he actually responded. Here was the quick exchange:

My e-mail to him:

So SMU has the "most sordid past in college football"? Last time I
checked, a lot has happened in the last 20 years since SMU received
the death penalty.

- OU quarterback Rhett Bomar got busted for "working" for a school
booster at a car dealership
- The Colorado program had numerous NCAA violations while Rick
Neuheisel was coach, and had a rape scandal while Gary Barnett was
coach
- Auburn served a 2-year probation under Terry Bowden for violations
- Florida State just suspended 25+ players for cheating in the same class
- Mississippi State is nearing the end of its 4 year probation for
recruiting violations

This is just the tip of the iceberg, and you know it. So why don't
you save what little creativity you have, and go write about real
sports news - like OU losing yet another BCS bowl game!

Eric Dickerson once made the comment that he would have made more had
he gone to Texas! But no one wanted to see Texas taken down or any of
the other big schools for that matter, all of whom were guilty of the
exact same practices.

His response:

Thanks for writing. To answer your original question, yes, SMU has
the most sordid past in college football. And it's not even close.

Thought about e-mailing him back again, but decided he wasn't worth it. What a tool.

There's only two things that come out of Oklahoma; anyone know if Barry Tramel grows any horns....

[Longtime]

Notice at the top it says "Toolbar sponsored by David Stanley Ford."

Ouch.

[tristatecoog]

A few programs would have gotten the DP since 1986 if SMU's experience hadn't been so bad. Alabama is probably at the top of the list. Hasn't A&M had more infractions than any other school?

[deepellumfrog]

What a huge [deleted] that guy is. SMU isn't even near the top of sordid programs, his beloved OU on the other hand.....

[ponyboy]

Notice at the top it says "Toolbar sponsored by David Stanley Ford."

Ouch.

Ouch is right. That dealership isn't owned by THE David Stanley is it?

[EastStang]

This is the same OU that got beat by little Boise State and injury depleted West Virginia? Ooops. The Sooners are on probation in football and then committed basketball violations while on football probation. Did that get them the death penalty as the rules permit? No. Did it get them the Baylor type of living death penalty? Um, No. Only their coach was told to stay off the phone. Nice wrist slap there by the NCAA. If America needed an enema, Oklahoma is where they'd go looking.

[Junior]

This is the same OU that got beat by little Boise State and injury depleted West Virginia? Ooops. The Sooners are on probation in football and then committed basketball violations while on football probation. Did that get them the death penalty as the rules permit? No. Did it get them the Baylor type of living death penalty? Um, No. Only their coach was told to stay off the phone. Nice wrist slap there by the NCAA. If America needed an enema, Oklahoma is where they'd go looking.

Kelvin Sampson is entirely to blame for the bball violations. He continued that tradition at IU.