Saturday's game is being hailed as an early barometer on the relative strength of the nation's two most powerful conferences. It's going to be cattle versus cotton, cowpokes versus rednecks, beer versus bourbon. In the conference wars, the Dawgs and the Pokes is this week's marquee game. (Bama and Virginia Tech is appealing, but I'm not sure anyone is seriously comparing the relative strengths of those two conferences.) After looking through Okie State's staff, though, their coaching staff sure does have a southern flavor. Mike Gundy is one of only fourteen FBS coaches to ascend to the head coaching job at their alma mater. Gundy also has two other Okie State alums on his staff, DC Bill Young and tight ends coach Doug Meacham. Of the remainder of the OSU staff, all either graduated from an SEC school (Robert Gillespie - UF '05, Jason Jones - Bama '01, Robert Matthews - UGA '98, and Joe Wickline - UF '83) or was a southern native and played in the South (Gunter Brewer - Wake Forest, Joe DeForest - ULL, and Glenn Spencer - Georgia Tech). Co-offensive coordinator Gunter Brewer is the son of former Ole Miss coach Billy Brewer. Those are some pretty deep southern ties for a Big 12 team.
Mike Bobo should know his opposing QB coach pretty well. OSU coach Robert Matthews was his backup teammate at UGA for a couple of years under coach Donnan. Matthews was also a former Georgia high school coach at Shiloh and North Gwinnett.
So when the Pokes start talking bad about us parochial southern hicks who marry our cousins and can't read, you might mention that we're from the same places their coaches are from.
Quinton
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Has anyone seen this
http://deadspin.com/5350483/oklahoma-state-fans-incensed-over-new-lame+ass-fight-song
Hilarious, be sure to click the link and listen to the new OSU fight song. I was a little nervous about this game, but after hearing their opening fight song I am sure we can beat Julio Iglesias in Football (americano)
Go DAWGS
Has anyone else noticed that the new depth chart, released this morning, has a Freshman as the long snapper?
That is a little scary.
It always amazes me that people from a true shithole like Oklahoma or Missouri can find it within themselves to cast aspersions on another part of the country. Do they not realize that the term '"flyover country" was coined for them?
just remember, when you get to Stillwater, to notice all of the natural beauty, character, and architectural interest amongst the orange and flat.
Just an FYI, Robert Matthews was a deep snapper here at UGA, never a QB. Unless Bobo was the 4th string deep snapper and Matthews was 5th string, I don't think Robert ever backed Mike up...
If Oklahoma people are tossing around the hick label ... well, there's just no helping that.
Anon 9:07-
I was giving him the benefit of the doubt because he was a QB coach. I couldn't find his name in the old media guides from the years he played. Thanks for the correction.
Long snapper to QB coach. Pretty cool.
Makes me wonder how many former UGA players are now coaches in D1.
I concur that no one from OK is in a position to make derogatory comments about Georgia or the south. However, NY and other Yankee states are in play.
I feel uniquely qualified to analyze the Oklahoma Hick vs. Georgia Redneck given that I am one of the few human beings that has ever had the pleasure of living in both states.
Basically, Oklahoma is Georgia without Atlanta, Savannah or Athens. You can take that as a compliment or an insult, depending on your view on things. It's like if Macon or Augusta was the biggest city in the state. Oklahoma City is basically the equivalent of those two cities put together. In short, I can not believe it actually has an NBA franchise. What a wasteland for a young black man.
Thus, the people of Oklahoma are largely exactly like the people of Georgia - those not in metro Atlanta, Savannah or Athens - except that there is a larger percentage of white folks and they noodle.
Some of the best friends I ever had were born and raised in Oklahoma and most of the rest were born and raised in Georgia. All of these folks are either hicks or rednecks - just cause that's who I tend to gravitate to.
Another difference between the states, which is also a similarity, is the tornados. Oklahoma's tornados are typically larger, but there is less for them to hit. If an F5 goes through a cow pasture, who but the cows and the farmer really cares? In Georgia, the tornados, smaller though they may be, are much more likely to actually destroy a mobile home or knock over a tree. And speaking of trees, Oklahoma is also interesting in that the eastern half of the state has some and the western half of the state has very few.
In short, for those of you going out there to watch the game, don't expect much in the way of fancy entertainment. However, you may well meet some great people that kind of make you think you're looking in the mirror.
GO DAWGS!
I live near Fayetteville, AR and it is 30 miles to the OK border.
I would describe OK as borish, unassuming, and jaded. With semi-rolling hills those living north of Macon, GA will find the drive tedious. While those below Macon it will probably feel like home. I would agree with Hunkering Hank about it being like GA without the metropolitan areas except OK does not have have anything comparable to the Appalachian Mtns. The drive through OK is like 75 from Macon to Valdosta.
The people there are much like Southerners because they have an inferiority complex towards TX. They are not as big. Weren't a Republic. Can't claim anything historical other than the Trail of Tears. Yes they have oil fields, huge farms and great hunting but no one know about that because of TX.
All in all they are good people but be warned.
Its pronounced thermometer.
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