HH: The Brave New World of college football
Aldous Huxley published his world-renown novel Brave New World way back in 1931.
In his dystopian piece of fiction (one of my favorite genres), Huxley described...
Hangover Highlights: Brent Venables masters the maskirovka, struggles with the scoring
One of my all-time favorite books is Tom Clancy’s Red Storm Rising.
A major plot point in the first third of the book (first published...
HH: If only the officials knew targeting when they saw it
In 1964, the phrase, "I know it when I see it," became carved into the national lexicon.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart coined it...
Hangover Highlights: An end to the bender in Stillwater
Harvey Dent was right.
“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” Dent said in the 2008 film...
HH: OU annihilates Jackson Arnold, OSU fans feel pain in Payne County
Of all the things I could have picked to watch on television Thursday, I certainly chose an option.
That particular evening three nights ago, I...
HH: OU goes 3-0, bad kicks lick Notre Dame, Tennessee
On Saturday night, I watched a sport that has suffered more self-inflicted punishment than any other.
Between administrators with anything other than best interests in...
HH: John Mateer stars under center, lights in OU win
My grandfather, a long-time high school football coach at Haileyville, in southeast Oklahoma, tried to break down the sport's basics ahead of my first...
HH: A broken foot, a grumpy cat and the enshittification of college football
In 2023 and 2024, the American Dialect Society and the Macquarie Dictionary selected "enshittification" as their respective "word of the year."
The more-than-vaguely-vulgar-sounding word —...
Thunder arena reveal becomes icing on the cake
It marked the moment we've been waiting for.
Fresh off an NBA championship, fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder and citizens of OKC have been...
Searching for Scissortail Park: Hot times and high security at the Thunder parade
Many people called in sick at work to make it to the Oklahoma City Thunder's championship parade Tuesday. Not a problem for me. I...
