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I really wish they'd quit calling the Hornets "the team with no home." That's such bullshit. Everyone knows they belong in OKC, everyone knows they like it in OKC better, and everyone knows OKC treats them better than New Orleans did. But b/c of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy they have to go on about how sad it is and how the poor down-trodden people of New Orleans need their team back and the big evil fans in OKC need to quit trying to steal the team. It's such bullshit. ESPN needs to just admit that OKC is where they belong and that New Orleans won't even be able to support the team for a long time. Apparently though the people of New Orleans are pissed that we have the team and are going on the radio and bashing OKC and talking about how the Hornets are "tainted" and they don't even want them back. Oh and everyone here in OK is still up in arms over the comments Charles Barkley made about Oklahoma. Obviously he was joking and just trying to get a reaction. Barkley has been here before and he knows that what he said about Oklahoma isn't true, he was just drawing a rise. I did think his "The Sooners and Hornets are my only brothers" comment was funny especially considering that I've seen and met more black people than cowboys and rednecks in my life in Oklahoma.

And you know actually having a home crowd that wants them and supports them.

Imagine if the Hornets make it to the playoffs......that'd be amazing.

And the Hornets win with a last second shot. Third time this season. They must stay! Jesus they're going to the playoffs if this continues!

Man after a disastrous beginning to the season OU manages to hang in there and go 7-1 in their last 8(should be 8-0 but they sucked at the end of KU) and they stay in the top 20. Kelvin did a nice job.

Hey KKK I've kind of learned you can't judge yourself on how heavily your stories are edited b/c every editor is different. Is that true? Because I'll write something for my editor and he will pretty much run it as is but another editor will take it to the cleaners. Like I wrote a story about recruiting for the campus desk and my editor loved it but the assistant managing editor took it apart. The scariest part was when he said "I barely edited your story compared to some of the people on campus desk."

Wow thanks. I didn't expect you guys to be so receptive to my writing.

oudaily.com Just search around on the sports page or put in my name(JR O'Dell) and look for my articles. If you put in my name though it's not very up to date.

Well the link I provided is all my stories. My name is JR O'Dell.

He definitely likes it. He keeps telling me I'm one of his best writers.

Bah. That's what the copy editor is for. Not sure if that was meant for me, but it was always funny hearing students next to me talk about how much they love to write and want to be journalists, then when called on by the prof to give their opinion on a current event they would say, "oh, I don't follow the news." The profs feared calling on me. Well everyone else I know reads my stuff and tells me I'm a decent/good writer but I don't like it at all. I guess you're your own worst critic.

Well I get the LA Times online and I get my local papers. My editor and I discussed creating a columnist position at our paper. Because we're just a small student paper we usually only do the game stories and previews. But I may be the columnist next year that goes to all the games and writes columns off of it. Which should be a lot of fun. http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v?TAR...=search_results That's a link to my stuff KKK. And yes I know I need a lot of work. I'm still learning. And for some reason it doesn't have my most recent stories on there.

Yeah it's a pretty interesting book. One of the ways I was told to get better in Journalism is just to read as much as possible. And as other journalists put it "Don't steal from other people but see how they write and see the different styles and borrow from everyone to create your own." I graduate in May of 2007(it'll be my 5th year of college) and I will have had 5 semesters of work at the school paper with clippings from OU golf, baseball, softball, basketball, and football to go in my portfolio. I hope I can stay in the area b/c I know the media around here so well but if I am offered a job somewhere else and it's all I can get then I'll take it.

Because it leaves me open for more if I'm more versatile. I've had just about every writer tell me that what I'm doing at the student paper(getting experience and compiling clips) is more important than what I'm doing in school anyway.

Man it's been a crazy week. I went to the legendary Phog Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday and then on Wednesday night I end up at historic Gallagher-Iba arena. Now I have to cover OU/Baylor in Norman on Saturday.....seems underwhelming.

Broadcast and Electronic Media....but I'd much rather write. This degree just leaves the door open for other stuff.

Apparently Sampson being 0-7 in Lawrence isn't that shocking b/c I just found out that since the inception of the Big XII, 10 years ago, the Big XII South is 0-29 in Lawrence.

Fat guys are the only ones I ever see doing it.

What do you guys think is the worst style that people wear these days? Like what do you see people wearing and go "what the fuck? that's horrible" or a hairstyle that makes you cringe. For me on the clothes and hair would be the kids that try to look as 70's as possible. In the end they don't look like they belong in the 70's. They look like they belong at some retro club. The clothes just scream "overpriced retro knockoffs" and the hair is usually pretty bad too. I also hate the dumb dickhead look which I've gone over before. And flip flops with baggy jeans. Does anyone here do that frequently? Ok well I'll let you guys expound on it b/c I know there's gotta be some clothing style or hairstyle that people are sporting these days that you hate. *PS* We've all gone over pink before so maybe that's better left unsaid.*

Not sure what it's really about but it looks good.

How is Kansas now sole possessor of #2 in the Big XII and not in the Top 25 meanwhile OU and Colorado are behind them and both ranked?

I'm just still scratching my head over this "the NFL fixes games and fixed Super Bowl III" garbage.

I'm telling you guys. If you've never experienced a game at Phog Allen in then you're missing out. I really want to go to Cameron now. Where are some other arenas you have to experience?

You're kidding.......right?

KU beats OU by 1 today. OU led by 16 at one point but went on an OU trademarked drought and lost. I love Phog Allen though. The fans were awesome.