Okie Watching?!?!

SilverEagle · October 5, 2007

According to KRLD, today is when Denton residents traditionally go over to the I-35 bridges and sit in lawn chairs with their snacks and drinks and watch the OU fans drive by. Also according to KRLD, this is sometimes such a problem to traffic that the Denton police have to ask them to move.

We can't get the residence of Denton to regularly attend North Texas games and support their local college team, but they'll go out and watch the Okies drive by?!?!............ :angry:

Edited October 5, 2007 by SilverEagle

UNT_92_Fan · October 5, 2007

I remember my freshman and sophomore year at UNT driving top Saltgrass in grapevine for work on Friday and Saturday of TX/OU weekend and the high way being a ridiculous moving party... I got beer cans thrown at my truck just for having the word Texas on my window sticker... it was a NORTH texas sticker... My AC didn't work so I would ride with the window down and I would hear their little frattys yelling obscenities about UT thinking I gave a rats ass...

My junior year when it came around I asked for the trouble when my truck was shoepolished saying... "OU Go back to your Shanties"

GoMeanGreen1999 · October 5, 2007

According to KRLD, today is when Denton residents traditionally go over to the I-35 bridges and sit in lawn chairs with their snacks and drinks and watch the OU fans drive by. Also according to KRLD, this is sometimes such a problem to traffic that the Denton police have to ask them to move.
We can't get the residence of Denton to regularly attend North Texas games and support their local college team, but they'll go out and watch the Okies drive by?!?!............

Pretty sad.

LoveMG · October 5, 2007

According to KRLD, today is when Denton residents traditionally go over to the I-35 bridges and sit in lawn chairs with their snacks and drinks and watch the OU fans drive by. Also according to KRLD, this is sometimes such a problem to traffic that the Denton police have to ask them to move.
We can't get the residence of Denton to regularly attend North Texas games and support their local college team, but they'll go out and watch the Okies drive by?!?!............

I call BS on that story. Doesn't happen. Local media wants to build this stupid game larger than life. Many of the game's fans already live in this area.

Edited October 5, 2007 by LoveMG

NT Drummer · October 5, 2007

I call BS on the story as well. But I remember one year (1982?) when homecoming was the same day as TX-OU, and a bunch of us from the band went to McDonalds at 35E & Ave. D (when it had the "chandeliers" made from flying worm football helmets) for breakfast. The place was filled with Okies wearing red - depressing . So at least back then, a lot of them did stop in Denton before heading to the Cotton Bowl. I bet a lot still do. Some may even stay in Denton overnight. So I think it's good not to schedule a home game on TX-OU weekend.

Baby Arm! · October 6, 2007

I call BS on the story as well. But I remember one year (1982?) when homecoming was the same day as TX-OU, and a bunch of us from the band went to McDonalds at 35E & Ave. D (when it had the "chandeliers" made from flying worm football helmets) for breakfast. The place was filled with Okies wearing red - depressing . So at least back then, a lot of them did stop in Denton before heading to the Cotton Bowl. I bet a lot still do. Some may even stay in Denton overnight. So I think it's good not to schedule a home game on TX-OU weekend.

Texas/OU weekend does a lot for the Denton economy. A lot of Okies stop in Denton because it's the first place you can buy beer in Texas after crossing the Red River. (6.0 too, not that 3.2 near beer crap they sell in Okla) .... or least it used to be, might have been some wet/dry elections since then.

UNTflyer · October 6, 2007

I saw the OU caravan heading south on 35. Four buses escorted by about 8 Okie State Trooper cruisers.

woody82986 · October 6, 2007

I love this weekend. The only thing better than making fun of Aggies is making fun of Sooners! I hate me some Sooners.

pollock · October 6, 2007

According to KRLD, today is when Denton residents traditionally go over to the I-35 bridges and sit in lawn chairs with their snacks and drinks and watch the OU fans drive by. Also according to KRLD, this is sometimes such a problem to traffic that the Denton police have to ask them to move.
We can't get the residence of Denton to regularly attend North Texas games and support their local college team, but they'll go out and watch the Okies drive by?!?!............

Tell you what... I'll sell you that bridge for $1000, and you can kick those idiots off of it.

...Seriously though, I've lived in Denton my whole life and never seen that. I don't know what the context of the story was, but it sounds like someone trying to be funny.

SilverEagle · October 6, 2007

Tell you what... I'll sell you that bridge for $1000, and you can kick those idiots off of it.
...Seriously though, I've lived in Denton my whole life and never seen that. I don't know what the context of the story was, but it sounds like someone trying to be funny.

The context was pretty clear. A bunch of Denton residences go out to I-35 to watch the Okies drive by. Maybe it's the team bus with it's Oklahoma State trooper escort that everyone goes out to watch. But KRLD reports that there are enough people out there that it presents a traffic problem, and the Denton people are asked by the police to disperse.

All of you can call BS on the story if you like, but considering what a bunch of slackers the citizens of Denton (and a big portion of the NT student body) are regarding supporting this University and it's athletic programs, the story sounds pretty credible to me.

UNTflyer · October 6, 2007

All of you can call BS on the story if you like, but considering what a bunch of slackers the citizens of Denton (and a big portion of the NT student body) are regarding supporting this University and it's athletic programs, the story sounds pretty credible to me.

Well, it's not. As I said, I witnessed the Okie Caravan and the only traffic problem I saw was that the OU fans didn't want to pass the slow moving buses, so southbound traffic was backed up from Corinth Pkwy (where I passed the southbound buses while heading northbound) all the way past the I-35 split.

Edited October 6, 2007 by UNTflyer

CMJ · October 6, 2007

I remember a few years we'd be building Bonfire as Oklahomans would drive by. They'd blare their horns with "Boomer Sooner" as they went past us. I never recall seeing a herd of people watch'em though.

Edited October 6, 2007 by CMJ

fan19740 · October 6, 2007

Don't you think they would get bored after about 30 minutes? -_-

Bryan316 · October 6, 2007

I thought the only people watching the Okies drive down were the State Troopers. Man, what a racket, because the Okies won't drive back down to fight whatever it was in court.

shaneb · October 6, 2007

I've watched before. During my college years living along the 35 corridor.

I also used to go to Dallas a day early if I had to work on Saturday.

And although, I suppose a good put of the Denton Co. population could actually pull their residence down there if they wanted to, it's residents

LoveMG · October 6, 2007

I've watched before. During my college years living along the 35 corridor.
I also used to go to Dallas a day early if I had to work on Saturday.
And although, I suppose a good put of the Denton Co. population could actually pull their residence down there if they wanted to, it's residents

part, not put.