Since I was kid, OU football has been a major part of my life. I went to my first game when I was 6, pretended I was Jamelle Holieway in my backyard when I was 10, and bought "Sooner Saver" season tickets when I was 18. For some reason, "Sooner Saver" tickets no longer exist.
At one point in my adolescent years, I even wanted to be a sportswriter and cover OU football and basketball for a living. One time, I wrote a long letter to the editor in defense of Gary Gibbs and blaming offensive woes on Larry Coker. My secret hope was that the editors would be impressed by such an articulate and insightful 13-year-old writer and maybe hire me as a beat reporter. That never happened.