The Times and Travels of Nolan
Documenting trips I've taken and places I've seen.
It’s almost football season, which means it’s time for the next installment in this basically-annual series. One day I might finish it? Today we’ve got four OU games that finished with a combined 15-point margin of victory, generally against feisty-but-overmatched opponents. All of these games are getting firmly into the “great memory” tier though. 17: …
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Saturday, November 18, 2023 dawned early for me. In fairness, it dawned early for everyone in Provo, because that’s what a 10:00 am local time kickoff does to a person. It took a little time to rouse Elizabeth from bed because she was still so worn out from my birthday the day before. Our AirBNB …
This is my favorite time of year. Each August, as college football season approaches, I get a big burst of anticipation. It’s like some people looking forward to Christmas, or others looking forward to Spring Break. Me, I count down until college football is back. And when I’m doing that countdown, it’s a perfect time …
Continue reading “Counting Down My Undergrad OU Games: 20-18 – Blow Outs and a Bowl”
There’s something about a close college football game that just is unmatched by any other sport. The tension of a one-score game with 6 minutes left to go in the middle of a regular season game with a middle-of-the-pack opponent? I live for that. At least, I do so when my team emerges victorious. From …
Continue reading “Counting Down My Undergrad OU Games: 24-21 – Close Calls”
Home games are fun. Some home blowouts: 29. Oklahoma 56, West Virginia 14 – 2019 This was one of the dreaded 2019 Big Noon Kickoff games that people swear are part of the reason Oklahoma bailed for the SEC. And you know what, on that sleepy October afternoon, part of me may have been inclined …
Continue reading “Counting Down My Undergrad OU Games: 29-25 – Home Cooking”
This is becoming something of an annual feature for me as we get close to college football season. Nostalgia peaks in mid-August as I look back to some of the memorable times I had from 2016-2019 as an OU student, hoping that maybe I’ll catch some of that lightning in a bottle again. This year, …
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I was blessed in my time at OU to have seen many very fun football games. I was also blessed in my time at OU to have attended many 11:00 kicks in the middle of September with a heat index climbing to near 100 as I had to explain to Elizabeth what a UTEP was. …
Continue reading “Counting down my undergrad OU football games: 39-34 – The Blowout Wins”
A football season can last a long time. 12 regular-season games, a conference title, a bowl game, and just one or two bye weeks… unless you’re willing to trade every Saturday of your fall, you’re going to miss a few games. I certainly did, for various reasons. Today’s countdown of my favorite OU games as …
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Toward late summer, I always end up missing college football. Without sports in 2020, that feeling has gone a little extra this year. With that in mind, I’ve decided to count down all 55 OU football games from my undergraduate years, ranked in order of how much I enjoyed them. I think this will be …
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