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Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
Well I know Thayer Evans doesn't have the cleanest sheet in terms of being a journalist. Most people perceive him as a Sooner shill and he supposedly lied on his resume to get his first job at the Houston Chronicle. His one sided articles made NYT cut him as a freelancer. I don't know much about the other guy though.
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As a University of Oklahoma die hard I think this stuff is crap. Thayer is a Sooner Homer ( which is fine) but he has done things that make his view on other schools , especially OSU and Texas, not credible. He has called OSU "Chokie State". He went after Texas in the NYT , which resulted in the NYT having to write an apology to the university. Never once in this article was there ever a mention that a majority of players he talked to where ones who were kicked out of the football program at OSU or didn't live up to their billing. That to me is a red flag. I just think the thing reeks as a vendetta on Thayer's part.
I have 2 personal friends that I went to high school with and have the utmost respect for who played ( and started) at Oklahoma State. One of them is a Superbowl Champion with the Ravens. After Hearing those two guys vehemently deny that they ever saw any of these things happen, it is enough for me to think this is a sham.
Am I saying that none of this stuff happened? NO. I think some did happen and think it happens at OU , OSU, Texas, Alabama , and everywhere else. I do believe that a lot of this is fabricated or blown out of proportion by a guy who gets off on running down rivals schools of the school he roots for.