Thunder Take 11.5

The Oklahoma City Thunder lost their second straight game last night. After starting off the season with three straight wins coming against the Spurs, the Magic, the Nuggets they then lost on the road at Houston and at home last night to Toronto. The loss upset a lot of Thunder fans for the main fact that they were leading late and could not close the game out again for the second straight game. It's was only November 4th, but Thunder fans remember they missed the playoffs by only one game a season ago and that all 82 games do matter. Especially when you compete the NBA Western Conference.  

Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrook were the high scorers for the Thunder with 27 and 22. Westbrook had 16 assists on the night and 10 in the first half. Enes Kanter came off the bench and had 15 points and 6 boards in 17 minutes. While Steven Adams the man who starts over Kanter had 10 points, 7 boards, and four blocks in 27 minutes. Here's a look at Westbrook highlights against the Raptors via the NBAHighlightsDaily youtube account.

Thunder couldn't stop Toronto guard DeMare DaRozan who lit up the Thunder for 28 points half of those coming from the free throw line. Following DaRozan in scoring was Kyle Lowry and Jonas Valanciunas with 17 points a piece. But it was DaRozan who came up clutch down the stretch willing his team to the victory and moving to 5-0 on the season as the Thunder fall 3-2. OKC returns to action tonight when they take on the Chicago Bulls in the Windy City as they wrap up this four games in five nights span.

What about Special Teams?

You hear all the time Offense wins games, but Defense wins championships. You know what you never hear about? SPECIAL TEAMS. No one ever says how important special team are. Why though? They're a huge part of the game, they can make or break you. Especially when you try do some trickery and fake that kick. Here are the top three Special Teams plays from this weekends football that effected the outcome of the football game.

Number Three

Patriots at Colts on Sunday Night Football

Colts try to run the swinging gate on a punt on fourth and three from their own thirty-seven yard line.

That was an epic fail and will more than likely make Fail Friday.

Number Two

#8 Florida @ #6 LSU for a night showdown in Death Valley.

In a tie ball game in the fourth quarter, Les Miles aka the Mad Hatter fakes a field goal and gets six. That play was the final scoring of the game and won LSU the football game.

  

Miles and the boys look like they might be on the path the College Football Playoff if they can keep it up.

Number One

#7 Michigan State @ #12 Michigan all for the Paul Bunyan Trophy

Michigan has this game won and it's over...all they have to do is punt the football away...

Words can not even begin to describe what America was thinking as they watched this play out. At least words that we're actually allowed to use on-air can't describe this outcome. For crying out loud just fall on the ball.

So Offense may win you games and your Defense may win you a championship, but without your Special Teams capitalizing you just got stunned and unhappy fans.

The Chute 10.6

On today's show an arguement broke out between Jake and I on if Kevin Durant spoke out too quickly against Steven A. Smith. Jake finds himself siding with Steven A. Smith while I side with KD on this. I personally feel that Smith's comments of "you don't want to make an enemy out of me" comes off as a threat even though that Smith says he was just stating a fact. Jake is under the impression that Durant was too eager to respond and that he mistook what Steven originally said, because he never said that he talked with Kevin. Just saying that's what he heard. This is the full reaction from Steven A. Smith on Durant calling him a liar on ESPN's First Take on October 5th take a look.

This clip was via the youtube account of ESPN's First Take. This was Jake and I's first big disagreement and we want to know who you side with. So let us know who you're siding with in our weekly poll question. Do you agree with Jake and Steven A. Smith or Jay and Kevin Durant? VOTE NOW! Also be sure to tune into the show Thursday at 11am as we discuss the outcomes of both wildcard games, a look at Thursday Night Football, and much more. All on The Chute Edmond's Premier Sports Show on 99.3 UCentral Radio.

The Chute 10.1

Happy Thursday to all you sports fans out there. On The Chute today we talked about it being the first day of October and what that means. It means it's time for some postseason baseball, football weather is in full swing, and NBA preseason games are starting up. Jake and I also talked some UCO sports this morning. The UCO football team looks to get it's first win of the season vs Nebraska-Kearney at Wantland on Saturday, the Soccer team travels up to Kansas for two matches this weekend, and Marla Souvannasing wins the MIAA Preview with a birdie on a playoff hole. Talk about clutch. 

Plus we played this clip over the air. It was the first time we were able to play a clip over the air for the listeners to hear. So I'm really proud of that. This is called Stoops on Stoops it's from the show Garbage Time with Katie Nolan on Fox Sports One. It shows a different side of Stoops that people don't usually get to see. Take a look 

Once again that video is from Garbage Time with Katie Nolan. You can catch Garbage Time on Wednesdays at 11pm CT on Fox Sports One. Also on Fox Sports One you can see OU as take on West Virginia in Norman on Saturday at 11am(feel free to moan).

Be sure to tune into our show tomorrow at 1pm for at look at all the football this weekend. We'll also be joined by the Sports Editor of the Vista Mr. Bradley Jayroe who'll tell you who to play and sit this weekend in fantasy football. We hope to see ya tomorrow on The Chute Edmond's Premier Sports Show on 99.3 KZUC.

Loving Your Job

Anytime you wake up and love going into work you know you're in the right profession. Now I don't like getting up to begin with because I'm the type of person that loves to sleep the day away. Just ask Jake I showed up ten minutes before our show started today. I hadn't written the whole show for the most part...besides our leading segment oops. None the less that was written and got in before the show started. 

The thing that gets me is how much fun Jake and I are having with our Sports Show the Chute. We really enjoy it because it's always new and we love talking sports. We forget all together that there are people listening and just are talking to each other about sports. Our opening segment was over twenty minutes today because we just started talking sports losing track of time and it's crazy how that works out. We've only been doing this show for going on three weeks and it feels like we've been doing it forever. We have sort of a routine that we do. I produce the show for the most part. I pick the stories that we cover and try to come up with a new segment or game that we can play. 

Like today we did something new called "PROPS". All we did was each gave props to five different teams or people for an accomplishment or something they did that we thought was awesome. I thought it was a really good idea when I thought of it yesterday. I actually stole it from a thing that our fraternity does as a group. It turned out pretty well and I think we might make it a weekly thing. Every Tuesday we give PROPS to the weekenders.

It really has been great last Friday we are joined by the Sports Editor of the Vista Mr. Bradley Jayroe and it was a really fun show because it was a group of guys that were just talking sports with one another. The only thing that was missing was big screen to watch a game and some brews, but since the show is at one we'll settle for our computer screens and water. I got so caught up in the sports talk today that I forgot to press record and record our sound check. The boss probably is not going to be happy about that one. It's alright though because I'll be sure to press the button Thursday, but more importantly I can't wait to wake up Thursday morning knowing that I get to go talk some sports today.

EXPLORING ROCKY TOP (PART FOUR SUNDAY)

Sunday is that day of week you love because it's a day of rest or it should be that's what the good Lord attended it to be. You need that rest after a crazy Saturday too. I didn't get that rest though on Sunday. Instead I had a long day when I should of spent it at the airport thinking about what I'm going to have from Zio's when I land in OKC. That wasn't the case though because nothing about this trip was easy. The hike was difficult, the night on the town was fun, but having to take care of older people presents its challenges, the game was suspenseful but the right team came out on top. So why should Sunday be any different? It wasn't because I made a mistake. I didn't know that I had made a mistake but I did. Little did I know while I was sitting in Neyland Stadium that my return flight was heading home.

I've never claimed to be a genius but, I'd like to think that I have enough common sense to make sure I picked the right return date for our flight. So instead of leaving Knoxville at 4pm Sunday the plane left at 4pm Saturday.  So instead of my Dad and I leaving at 4pm via American Airlines, we left at 10 am via a Rav4. Due to high airlines prices we were not able to find a plane home for under a thousand bucks a seat which is unreal. After my dad spent hours on the phone with the airlines people we saw that our options were limited. By limited there was only one choice and that was to drive the over 12 hour drive back to OKC. So my peaceful day of relaxation now involves me in a car having to drive every two hours. I don't care what you say, but driving is exhausting and takes it out of you. Especially when you're doing it all day long. The worst part about that drive is just get out of the state of Tennessee. That takes forever. Just to Memphis alone it's almost six hours by car.

The whole time on the car ride back I kept thinking how much this car ride would have sucked if we had lost yesterday. Lucky for me I got to relish in the fact that we pulled out a double overtime thriller...for over 12 whole hours. we finally made it back to OKC before midnight and dropped the rental car off at the airport. I was home in my own bed by 1am.

In the end I loved the trip and it gave me lots of lasting memories. I'm so happy that I got to experience them with my dad and share them with you. That continues my trip of Exploring Rocky Top.

EXPLORING ROCKY TOP (PART THREE SATURDAY)

So it's Game-Day and I can't even wait. I wake up ready to go and the games not even till six. I go have breakfast with my Dad seeing a bunch of red everywhere I look continues to give me hope. I just have a feeling that today is going to be a special day. After breakfast I go back to be for a little bit and watch gamely in the room. Earlier that morning I'd seen OU Athletic Director Joe Castiglione heading out the door. I thought to myself I wonder if Joe is feeling as optimistic as me today? I mean he has to tell people that he believes that we'll do well and pull out a victory, but does he really believe it? I mean for all I know his stomach could be turning circles right now like all Sooner fans. 

We get to time to leave for the game and we call Uber to come pick us up and David our driver was a good guy he took care of us. Even when my dad and his friends wanted him to make extra stops so they could get beer, ice, and cups. We finally make it down to Knoxville and David drops us off at Callahan's on the River. The place is packed and people are tailgating and having a good time. Vol fans take tailgating to the next level though with their "sailgating". Imagine all these boats tied together and people just walking from boat to boat in community singing Rocky Top. It was an truly an awesome sight to see. One of the boats was not a boat though it was a ship! It was huge and someone told me that it has two captains and a chef on it. Can you say impressive? None the less the beer has been drank and now it's time to head to the stadium.

As I walked up the ramped to my seats I'm pumped I can't wait for the game to begin. I'm standing in my seat as the Tennessee band forms that iconic T and the players come running out.

The game doesn't go well for the Sooners for three quarters, but something happens in fourth and it starts clicking. The Sooners offense gets a rolling and from there. They score two touchdowns in the fourth and go on to win the game in double overtime. 31-24

As Zack Sanchez picks off the pass to win the game imagine a hundred and five thousand screaming fans go to straight silence besides for the few thousand people in red. I can't believe what I've just witnessed and I pick my dad up and am jumping around we did it. We came all the way to Tennessee and conquered a checkered Neyland Stadium with one hundred and five thousand fans. It was an amazing sight.

After the game we go back to Callahan's on the River which is totally packed. We jump the fence sneak in have some beer and food. It's a great night to be Sooner as I stare out on the the beautiful Tennessee River.

The one thing I didn't know though at that time would lead to a long night and an even longer trip home Sunday. To be continued...