Sooners chant leaving fans divided

[The Straight Story]

Sooners chant leaving fans divided

NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Some fans of the University of Oklahoma's Sooners football team said the popular chant of "home of the Sooners" is disrespectful to the United States.

U.S. Army veteran Dick Murphy, who lives in Norman, Okla., said he questions why most fans say "home of the Sooners" instead of "home of the brave" while singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Sooners home games, The Oklahoman reported Friday.

"It's really out of character for this state," Murphy said. "I just feel it's disrespectful to the flag and to the nation."

"People just don't understand what the national anthem represents," University of Oklahoma fan Eddie Joslin said.

University of Oklahoma President David Boren offered his take on the chant controversy, saying he hopes Sooners fans would offer a "go Sooners" after singing " the nation anthem properly.

http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/11/13/Sooners-chant-leaving-fans-divided/UPI-78111258136792/

[MadBadger]

1. They wouldnt like North Dakota then

And the Home of the SIOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUX

[MineralMan]

4. Well, at least the Atlanta fans don't have to change it up

too much.

[MineralMan]

2. Some folks seem to have far too much time on their hands.

[d_r]

3. Am I wrong

when my first thought is "some people are really uptight?"

[bevoette]

5. sooners...pffffffffffft (nm)

[Ikonoklast]

6. U.S. Army veteran Dick Murphy, who lives in Norman, Okla.

Needs some Milk of Magnesia, and a bottle of Chill Pills.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. how dare we disrespect a piece of cloth!

What a group of morans.
Tis an ancient BRITISH tune, and we stole it fair and square. Certainly the sooners are welcome to it, should they so choose.

[WolverineDG]

8. Proof again that some people have waaaay too much time on their hands

seriously, getting his panties in a bunch over that? :eyes:

dg

[h9socialist]

9. This makes me wonder . . .

. . . don't they have anything more important to worry about out there????

[stopbush]

10. I guess that "Jose, can you see" and "Babe Ruth through the night"

are also disrespectful.

Who knew?

[KamaAina]

11. This from the university that stole, um, er, "adapted" Yale's "Boola Boola"

into "Bommer Sooner". :eyes:

[derby378]

12. "O say, does that STARS-spangled banner yet wave..."

Happens at every Dallas Stars home game. The crowd just yells "STARS!" at all the appropriate points during the National Anthem.

Whenever they host the Detroit Red Wings, you get a bonus "RED!" from the visitors on general principles.

[BoneDaddy]

13. I think both sides need to get over themselves

as if this is really important.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. Sooners SUCK! GO POKES!!!

[optimator]

15. what a sooner is

land thieves of the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889.