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The NCAA has ruled that the Oklahoma Sooners must “vacate” all of their wins during the 2005 season, including their bowl win against Oregon in the Holiday Bowl. Not that it really matters all that much, they only won 8 games anyway.

The funny part about this is the fact that the NCAA thinks they actually hurt the Sooners, when all they did was extend their probation, cut their scholarships by two, and forfeit a season the Sooners didn’t even care about. Way to be tough NCAA.

Oklahoma football admits to using banned supplements. Bunch of cheaters.

The Oklahoma Sooners lost to Boise State in historic fashion in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, and it looks like EA isn’t going to let them forget it. One of the biggest features they’re touting in NCAA Football 08 (due out in July) is all the new trick plays they’ve added to the expanded play books. To highlight the feature, they’re using a clip of Boise State using the Statue of Liberty play to beat OU as the latest trailer. See the video below:

I’m not sure how well the new trick plays will work in the game, even the simple reverses that have been in previous games didn’t work very well. Even if the plays are useless, at least it’ll make Oklahoma fans relive the game a few more times.

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New agreement lets home team choose, but Texas fans to stay in same seats for Red River Rivalry.

Great stuff coming from the Wizard of Odds as usual. He’s running “The Great Billboard Competition” and there’s been several great reader submissions so far. Of course the best one yet takes a shot at [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] and their propensity for cheating. The billboard has a timeline pointing out the interesting coincidence between OU national titles and NCAA penalties.

Hmmm… Isn’t it strange that they were penalized right around all their titles? As much as I think Bob Stoops is a jerk, at least he runs a clean program. Oh wait…

I’m sure a retaliation billboard will be coming from a Sooner fan soon, and knowing those farkers it’ll be a good one.

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Pete Schenkel was the key in keeping Texas-OU at Cotton Bowl. I was shocked at hearing the news.

Oklahoma has declared the watermelon their official state vegetable. In case you weren’t sure, the watermelon isn’t a vegetable. It’s a fruit and it has always been a fruit. Oklahoma lawmakers disagree with science:

Sen. Don Barrington, R-Lawton, sponsored the bill in the Senate. “The controversy on whether watermelon is a fruit or vegetable has been officially decided by the Oklahoma Legislature,” Barrington said. He said watermelon comes from the cucumber and gourd families, which are classified as vegetables.

I hate to break it to Senator Barrington but the cucumber is a fruit too.

Webster’s dictionary vaguely describes a vegetable as “anything made or obtained from plants.” Of course using that definition sugar, rubber, and marijuana could all be considered vegetables. Maybe they could have named a cotton t-shirt the state vegetable. People from [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] are stupid.

Next week: Oklahoma declares the dolphin the official state fish.

Four months later, Aggies post 10 win season by counting spring scrimmage as a 2006 victory. (It’s been fixed now.)

Oklahoma says NCAA infractions hearing was “fair”. Hopefully fair means the death penalty, but I doubt it.

Rick Barnes took one last shot at Texas A&M at the basketball banquet. “Pooooor Aggie!”