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Draining The Swamp

Most folks on this board are convinced when Trump gets elected for the second time he’ll *really* drain the swamp this time around, something he promised he’d do the first time and failed miserably. How much of the swamp do you personally think he’ll drain? What percentage of the Deep State do you think will no longer exist when he leaves office? If he fails to meet your expectations will you consider him a failure? Will you conclude he lied to you to get your vote? Will you decide he just isn’t the tough guy you were expecting? What percentage of the swamp must he drain for him to maintain his god-like status in your mind?

On a secondary note, which part of the swamp do you expect him to attack with the most vigor? The military/industrial/war making element which played him like a drum his first time? The “pharmaceutical” element which single handedly destroyed his original gains? The “immigration” crisis (will he build the wall he promised the first time but didn’t)? Or something else? If you expect one element to be top priority but he ignores it on behalf of another will that be okay with you?

Just A $700MM Stadium Renovation


NIL lawsuit is no concern. Lost football revenue because of NIL, no worries. Finding funds to support Penn State NIL and athletic endeavors, hey that is no step for a stepper.

PSU has a stadium now that seats twice as many as BPS. They are about to pour another $700MM into a renovation and bet people will show up. That is the belief of the PSU Board Of Trustees. Who says we will fund this through donation, concessions, sponsorships, and ticket sales. Our BoR sits on their thumbs and says we will not do dick until we have 100% of funding to hang new toilet paper holders in the Student Union. Much less fund other athletic venues sorely needed. We sit on this board, and implode when a conversation starts about facilities over lining some kids pocket. PSU looks at OSU in it's entirety and says hold my beer being the premier land grand college.

OSU cannot hunt in same world with schools that have this kind of support.
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How do you DOX a lunatic OU alum?

Took the wife’s family to Zach Bryan tonight, he had Pistol Pete come out on stage and yelled Go Pokes (Pretty Awesome). Typical OU fans were not happy. In the parking lot trying to leave a crimson 2022 Dodge Ram license plate 38C 755, VIN#1C6SRFRT3NN117412 had the driver jump out and punch as hard as he could 3-4 times into my brother in law’s wife’s car window because we didn’t let him into the flow of traffic. To be fair he couldn’t make the turn and needed to wait it out for parking in a bad spot for a truck. Also we were trying to let the soccer mom across from him into the flow we were already in. Definitely seemed like a drunk lunatic and we are lucky he didn’t have a gun over pulling out of a parking spot. We were calm, didn’t yell or taunt or do anything after and called his vehicle in. I’d really like to find out this guys name so I can remember it in case our paths ever cross again. He’s lucky he didn’t break the car window because I would have drug him into the passenger side so he could FAFO.

Russia Finally Getting Serious About Ukraine


Another foreign policy disaster Biden created is only getting worse. Russia is getting stronger, developed a partnership with China all while Ukraine is being beatdown into submission.

Oklahoma State softball braces for Arizona, a future Big 12 foe it can't take lightly

Oklahoma State softball braces for Arizona, a future Big 12 foe it can't take lightly​

Scott Wright
The Oklahoman

STILLWATER — Arizona is not a team you want to cross paths with in the college softball postseason.

But that’s the fate of fifth-seeded Oklahoma State, which will host the unseeded Wildcats in the best-of-three Stillwater Super Regional at Cowgirl Stadium, with the winner advancing to the Women’s College World Series.

The opening game of the series is set for 7 p.m. Friday, with the second game at 6 p.m. Saturday. If needed, the finale will be Sunday at a time to be determined.

Arizona has won 10 of its last 13 games and is coming off a 3-0 run through the Fayetteville Regional, which included an upset win over host Arkansas — the No. 12 seed in the NCAA Tournament field.

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Arizona Head Coach Caitlin Lowe

Arizona remains one of the most prestigious programs in college softball, with eight national championships in 25 WCWS appearances. And though the Wildcats have not won it all since 2007, their name still carries significant weight in the sport.

While going on the road for regionals is a rare occurrence for the Wildcats, winning those regionals is not. Of Arizona’s 10 regionals played on the road, it has won eight of them.


In all, Arizona has 33 regional championships in 36 appearances and nine super-regional championships in 16 appearances since the best-of-three round was added in 2005.

Though this will be the first super regional matchup between OSU and Arizona, it’s their eighth postseason meeting, with the Wildcats owning a 4-3 record. But the Cowgirls won the last one, a 4-2 victory in the opening round of the 2022 WCWS.


Overall, Arizona has a 21-13 record against the Cowgirls, and 10 of those OSU wins came between 1979-93. Since then, OSU is 3-16 in the series.

Here are a few things to know about Arizona:

Get to know the Wildcats​

Record: 37-16-1 (13-11 Pac-12)

NCAA Tournament history: 187-67, 36th appearance

Leading hitter: There’s no obvious answer in the Wildcats’ potent lineup, but Dakota Kennedy is their most versatile hitter, posting a .404 batting average with 13 home runs and 34 RBIs. She leads the team with a .529 on-base percentage and has six stolen bases in eight attempts.

Leading pitcher: Aissa Silva and Miranda Stoddard have each pitched more than 125 innings, but Silva has the edge in numbers. She’s 22-5 with a 3.03 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 152 ⅔ innings.

OSU’s all-time record vs. Wildcats: 13-21

Last meeting: OSU won 4-2 in the opening round of the 2022 WCWS when Karli Petty hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning. Kelly Maxwell allowed two runs on five hits with 14 strikeouts for the Cowgirls, who came one win away from the championship series that year.

Short hops: Pitching has been a staff effort this season, with Silva throwing the team’s only complete game. She’s thrown more than five innings just five times in her 47 appearances, though she went 10 ⅓ in a 14-inning win over Indiana. … The Wildcats have four hitters with at least 13 home runs and 34 RBIs. Allie Skaggs has a team-best 14 homers and Carlie Scupin has 58 RBIs. … Caitlin Lowe was a four-time All-American outfielder for the Wildcats from 2005-08, and won an Olympic silver medal as a player. Now in her third season as head coach, following in the footsteps of legendary Mike Candrea, Lowe has a record of 105-63-1, and is making her second super-regional appearance.

Keys to beating Arizona​

The Wildcats are an offense-first team, ranking 13th nationally in batting average (.331) and runs per game (6.31), but coming in 150th with a 3.70 team ERA.

Though they’ve won a few low-scoring games, the Wildcats have scored at least six runs in 29 of their 37 victories, with only three losses when they score at least six.

On the other side, they’re 4-9 when the opponent scores at least six runs.

Offensively, OSU is averaging 6.0 runs per game for the season and has scored at least six in 11 of its last 15 games. In that span, the Cowgirls are 13-2, allowing more than three runs just four times.

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WCWS OSU vs Arizona 6/2/2022

Wildcats change with the calendar​

Arizona’s momentum this season seems to swing with the turn of the calendar.

The team opened the season with 16 wins in 17 games through February, the loss coming to the same Arkansas squad the Wildcats upset in running to the regional title over the weekend.

But March opened with a pair of losses to host Alabama at the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, and that started a 6-10-1 month that included a 3-6 mark in Pac-12 play.


The Wildcats’ record swung back in a positive direction in April. Despite opening the month with a loss to Utah, Arizona went 11-6 for the month, including two wins over Oregon, a sweep of rival Arizona State and a win at then-No. 9 UCLA.

The mood of May will be heavily dictated by how this weekend goes. Arizona is 5-1 this month, going 1-1 in the Pac-12 Tournament with a loss to UCLA before the perfect run through the Fayetteville Regional. Overall, Arizona comes to Stillwater on a bit of a hot streak, having won 10 of its last 13 games.


A future conference rivalry​

Though the Wildcats and Cowgirls have played 34 times in their history, this will be Arizona’s first visit to Stillwater.

But it certainly won’t be the last.

Arizona officially joins the Big 12 in July, and instantly will become one of OSU’s top rivals for conference supremacy.


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Arizona 2007 National Champions

In the final coaches’ rankings of the regular season, OSU (No. 5) and Arizona (No. 17) were the only teams from the future Big 12 ranked in the top 25. In the final RPI poll, OSU, Baylor and Arizona were the only such teams in the top 35.

Both because of its history and its current status, Arizona is clearly the biggest addition to the conference for softball, and the regular-season series with OSU will carry a lot of weight.

In Another Episode Of You Get What You Voted For


LMAO, Hilarious, when the policies you support hit your back yard how the attitude changes. You voted for it now wallow in the consequences.

I'm no Tom Cole fan, but his challenger seems like an opportunistic political shyster.

State Election Board records show he registered to vote in the state on April 3, a day before filing to run for Oklahoma’s congressional seat. “We know he moved to Texas recently,” Cole said. “We found out obviously that he voted in Texas. Then all of a sudden, he registers in Oklahoma.” Bondar has never voted in any Oklahoma election, according to the agency.

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