Open Letter to D-Nunn

October 9, 2005

D-Nunn,
We haven’t talked in a while, but it’s all good. I know you’re on the mailing list, so I just wanted to ask you if you saw the game today. You know, Texas/Oklahoma. I had to ask because we didn’t make our friendly bet like we always do. You usually call me about it, but you didn’t this year. Your loyalty to the Sooners has always been admirable, but you didn’t seem to be too solid on them this year.
That’s cool, though. That’s why my ‘Horns beat that ass today.

That’s right, it was a straight ahead mollywoppin. 45-12. Karma’s vicious, ain’t it? Did you see that freshman quarterback running for his life? Did you see Peterson on the sideline hobbled? Did you see those touchdown passes? Do you realize that Vince Young is one of those cats that Switzer would have come and recruited back in the day?
How does it feel?
Oh, I know. I’ve dealt with it for the last five years that OU has beat the brakes off my boys. You know those times. You’d call me to bet a fifth of whiskey before those games. You ain’t call me bout jack this year, though. I figure you were just busy, so I will act as though we made the bet because I know that a gentleman like you wouldn’t back down just because your team isn’t very good this year.
(Okay, you’re team is booty. Had to be said.)
So, the way I see it, we’re even. I owe you a bottle of Jack from last year, and the bottle you meant to bet this year will compensate for that. Don’t you agree?
But really, are you okay? What happened to your Sooner Magic? What happened to Stoops? What happened to Oklahoma having the stronger will?
I’m confused, Nunn. I just don’t get it. What happened?
That’s right, Oklahoma got that ass beat. How could I forget?
Well, just wanted to let you know I accepted your bet. I hope you and the whole state of Oklahoma is over what happened to ’em.
If not, just know that karma’s no joke.
Hook ‘Em,
Bo

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DP

September 20, 2024, 2:20 pm
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Fletcher

September 20, 2024, 2:21 pm

as everyone who lives in NC knows, as you should too Bomani, Mack Brown chokes like no one else around when it comes time to win the big one. He did at UNC and he will at Texas. I really like Vince Young and hope he does well but Mack will choke away a title opportunity if he can. its inevitable. like death and taxes, it is a guarantee in life. he will finally win a big 12 title, b/c the conference is hooooooooorible this season, but he cant/wont beat usc, vt or uga. Love those arguments based on barely anything. Mack's gotten a bad rap, even though I see where people are coming from. See ya in Pasadena.
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aliajsmith

September 20, 2024, 2:22 pm

I have two things. One: Vince Young is the truth. Point blank, one of the most exciting college quarterbacks to hit the field in years. Even I can admit it. Two: I will hate the Longhorns until Michigan recovers from last year's Rose Bowl. My little brother plays for the Wolverines, so I have to go with family loyalty here. So, on that note, F*** a Longhorn. Go Blue.
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:23 pm

nah everyone knows the BIG 12 south always shits the bed in national title games-and the PAC-10 is stronger than the BIG 12 thus giving USC better preperation [and im from missouri so i hate to dog the big 12] TEHAS will go but i got SC. but i cant completely stand on that because i wont be surprised if texas takes it-im just doubtfull We can't all be successful like the Big 12 North, which doesn't have a single team better than JV this year. Division hasn't been worth much since 2001.
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:24 pm

taking personal shot at mizzou and the big 12 north are we now? colorado is decent though and most likely as what most likely happens the big bad confederate south team rolls up to kansas city ranked #1 or #2 in the land and gets there asses handed to them by a 7-4 team on national t.v. and thus in the words of lee corso "questions start to arise"....like i said for the big 12's sake i hope the two fingers of texas [that lil longhorn thing yall do]pull it off-but im just doubtful----but no need to take cheap shots lol i have a cousin and 4 former teamates playing in the big 12 north-so im partial to them....but when it comes down to it if they dont play QUINCY HAWK FOOTBALL-then they just aint ready lol Mike, it sounds like you're really just talking about one season. OU got handled in Kansas City by K-State (which wasn't nobody's 7-4)that year, but they handled K-State in the same stadium in 2000. Texas lost to Colorado at Texas Stadium in 2001, OU beat whatever scrub the North trotted out in '02, and OU handled whatever scrubs were put in front of them last year. '96, Texas broke Nebraska in San Antonio. In '97 and '99, Nebraska pulled one off. K-State caught that L in '98 that got them stuck in the Alamodome. I say that to say this--do you even know what you're talking about?
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Kip Wendell

September 20, 2024, 2:25 pm

Enjoy that win while it lasts... OU will be back next year with a healthy Peterson and an experienced Bomar, (the boy can run, and he can pass once he gets his rhythm... admitted, he needs to work on it!) Next year, the 'Horns go back to being the Sooners whippin' boys! Heheh, you sound like I did in 2001. Not sure if you noticed this, but Vince will be back next year. So will all the running backs and receivers. So will big Okam, Crowder, Robison, both outside linebackers, Tarell Brown, and Michael Griffin. Cedric Griffin, too. Might not be no better next year.
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Kip Wendell

September 20, 2024, 2:26 pm

Enjoy that win while it lasts... OU will be back next year with a healthy Peterson and an experienced Bomar, (the boy can run, and he can pass once he gets his rhythm... admitted, he needs to work on it!) Next year, the 'Horns go back to being the Sooners whippin' boys! Heheh, you sound like I did in 2001. Not sure if you noticed this, but Vince will be back next year. So will all the running backs and receivers. So will big Okam, Crowder, Robison, both outside linebackers, Tarell Brown, and Michael Griffin. Cedric Griffin, too. Might not be no better next year.
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Kip Wendell

September 20, 2024, 2:27 pm

Oh, by the way, a real man would honor your standing bet. He owes you... I took my lumps this year, so other Sooner fans can do it too. A real man would also leave a legit e-mail address. Tried to send something to ol' Kip, but it bounced back.
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Kip Wendell

September 20, 2024, 2:28 pm

Oh, by the way, a real man would honor your standing bet. He owes you... I took my lumps this year, so other Sooner fans can do it too. A real man would also leave a legit e-mail address. Tried to send something to ol' Kip, but it bounced back.

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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:29 pm

The Quincy Hawks? Isn't that the team Will Ferrell coached in that soccer movie? Sorry Mike, couldn't help it.
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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:30 pm

The Quincy Hawks? Isn't that the team Will Ferrell coached in that soccer movie? Sorry Mike, couldn't help it.
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Sooner Kip

September 20, 2024, 2:31 pm

Aaargh! Damn Hotmail. I hate how it deletes accounts that aren't used much! It won't even let me reactivate the old one. Well, thanks for the heads up. Here's a new one above!
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Sooner Kip

September 20, 2024, 2:32 pm

Aaargh! Damn Hotmail. I hate how it deletes accounts that aren't used much! It won't even let me reactivate the old one. Well, thanks for the heads up. Here's a new one above!
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Sooner Kip

September 20, 2024, 2:33 pm

You think Vince will be back? Hmmm, you don't think the NFL will lure him? The words "second round pick" will send him back. His mechanical issues are correctible, and he'll stay to get that taken care of.
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Sooner Kip

September 20, 2024, 2:34 pm

You think Vince will be back? Hmmm, you don't think the NFL will lure him? The words "second round pick" will send him back. His mechanical issues are correctible, and he'll stay to get that taken care of.
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Dnunn

September 20, 2024, 2:35 pm

Bomani Babatunde Jones(yeah I broke out the middle name :), I hope this finds you in good health and I know that you are in good spirits given saturday's events. In regards to our standing bet....its all good. I noticed you didn't give me a call either this year...might it have something to do with that fifth you still owed a brother? You win some you lose some. I am a REAL fan, so I stick with them. OU has been consistently dominant for the last 6 or so years since Bob Stoops has been there, so I won't trip on a bad year. We got a ring when I graduated, so I was still basking in all that glory when we first crossed paths. Not to mention the joy of getting to see the agony of defeat on your face for 2 strait years when yall lost and when you had to fork over that fifth....but atleast I drank it all in one sitting with a brother!(I still don't know how I got home that night!!) Now keep it real--I knew we were going to stink when we lost to SC last year. They exposed our Off. Coordinator, secondary coach and squad, and most of all the heart--they have a tendancy to give up in the face of adversity. Bob Stoops got out coached and the team got outplayed. It also showed how them boys had never gotten into a real scrap before. You can be hard, but until you run up on a cat that is as hard as you and you have to scrap......you really never get to see how low them nutts hang. Its like Roy Jones' last fights.... We also got hit hard in the recruiting bank when almost half of our 2003 recruiting class bounced. In addition to that we stuck with the good'ol boy Offensive Coordinator instead of getting a Pro style guy to contend with USC. We should have fired his ass last year. This is 2005 and that is what has to happen in order to compete with the top programs in the country. We also have to start broadening our recruiting territory and go back to the Barry Switzer days of getting the boyz-n-the hood from LA, Tx and FL. This will give us the talent pool of year round athletes that we need to compete with USC. OU got lazy and thought the name was enough. Texas has had 1 good year and the Young boys are the truth......who cares. We know that they aren't going to win the show and it don't mean nothing unless you got some bling bling at the end of the year.Texas is good this year, no doubt. But 1 year does not begin to wipe out the last 5 years of ass whipping. Not to mention that my boys always tend to win when we are in close proximity so I always get to rub it in---face to face!!!! Holla at a playa when you see me in the streets, Mr. Nunley aka D-Nunn
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Dnunn

September 20, 2024, 2:36 pm

Bomani Babatunde Jones(yeah I broke out the middle name :), I hope this finds you in good health and I know that you are in good spirits given saturday's events. In regards to our standing bet....its all good. I noticed you didn't give me a call either this year...might it have something to do with that fifth you still owed a brother? You win some you lose some. I am a REAL fan, so I stick with them. OU has been consistently dominant for the last 6 or so years since Bob Stoops has been there, so I won't trip on a bad year. We got a ring when I graduated, so I was still basking in all that glory when we first crossed paths. Not to mention the joy of getting to see the agony of defeat on your face for 2 strait years when yall lost and when you had to fork over that fifth....but atleast I drank it all in one sitting with a brother!(I still don't know how I got home that night!!) Now keep it real--I knew we were going to stink when we lost to SC last year. They exposed our Off. Coordinator, secondary coach and squad, and most of all the heart--they have a tendancy to give up in the face of adversity. Bob Stoops got out coached and the team got outplayed. It also showed how them boys had never gotten into a real scrap before. You can be hard, but until you run up on a cat that is as hard as you and you have to scrap......you really never get to see how low them nutts hang. Its like Roy Jones' last fights.... We also got hit hard in the recruiting bank when almost half of our 2003 recruiting class bounced. In addition to that we stuck with the good'ol boy Offensive Coordinator instead of getting a Pro style guy to contend with USC. We should have fired his ass last year. This is 2005 and that is what has to happen in order to compete with the top programs in the country. We also have to start broadening our recruiting territory and go back to the Barry Switzer days of getting the boyz-n-the hood from LA, Tx and FL. This will give us the talent pool of year round athletes that we need to compete with USC. OU got lazy and thought the name was enough. Texas has had 1 good year and the Young boys are the truth......who cares. We know that they aren't going to win the show and it don't mean nothing unless you got some bling bling at the end of the year.Texas is good this year, no doubt. But 1 year does not begin to wipe out the last 5 years of ass whipping. Not to mention that my boys always tend to win when we are in close proximity so I always get to rub it in---face to face!!!! Holla at a playa when you see me in the streets, Mr. Nunley aka D-Nunn
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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:37 pm

Damn, Nunley...that was better than 99% of what ESPN (present blogger excluded) had to say on the damn game. That's some "we lost the battle but we're gonna win the war" type shit right there.
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:38 pm

"The Quincy Hawks? Isn't that the team Will Ferrell coached in that soccer movie?"--thats foul Kirk-real foul lololol--this is avergae NAIA football baby-who culd ask for more?????? were a lot stronger than th 2-4 record suggests lol--Bomani--ok so you went and checked the stats thats great-it really is-you should feel good about yourself but yall still ahve to beat SC which is doubtful [which you have yet to dispute-for whatever your reasons are], so the horns won the Red River and will probably win the big 12-although like i said colorado is looking nice---but be prepared to further add to the more recent legacy that the big 12 is the conference that sends the runner up to the national title game. Didn't have to check the stats. Had you checked them, you wouldn't have commented and, consequently, saved me a lot of typing. Will they beat SC? We'll see. The way to beat SC is with ball control. The defense just isn't strong, so you have to either batter them or just get into a shootout. Texas can batter, so that's the chance they have to win. SC seems to be the best team in America, though. Let's not forget they have to beat UCLA before it's over, and nothing's promised in that one. However, don't bring that up to obscure that you're a little salty about being called out for being so blatantly wrong. Step your game up, pimp. Oh, and Colorado gets theirs this week. Tragically, they got theirs in the regular season 2001 and beat us in the conference championship. We shall see.
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:39 pm

"The Quincy Hawks? Isn't that the team Will Ferrell coached in that soccer movie?"--thats foul Kirk-real foul lololol--this is avergae NAIA football baby-who culd ask for more?????? were a lot stronger than th 2-4 record suggests lol--Bomani--ok so you went and checked the stats thats great-it really is-you should feel good about yourself but yall still ahve to beat SC which is doubtful [which you have yet to dispute-for whatever your reasons are], so the horns won the Red River and will probably win the big 12-although like i said colorado is looking nice---but be prepared to further add to the more recent legacy that the big 12 is the conference that sends the runner up to the national title game. Didn't have to check the stats. Had you checked them, you wouldn't have commented and, consequently, saved me a lot of typing. Will they beat SC? We'll see. The way to beat SC is with ball control. The defense just isn't strong, so you have to either batter them or just get into a shootout. Texas can batter, so that's the chance they have to win. SC seems to be the best team in America, though. Let's not forget they have to beat UCLA before it's over, and nothing's promised in that one. However, don't bring that up to obscure that you're a little salty about being called out for being so blatantly wrong. Step your game up, pimp. Oh, and Colorado gets theirs this week. Tragically, they got theirs in the regular season 2001 and beat us in the conference championship. We shall see.
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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:40 pm

No matter what happens this year, next year mught be Mack and Vince's for the taking. Unless, of course, Leinart finds a way to stay eligible as a 18th year senior. And truthfully, might be better for him if he did. My Niners aren't going to take a QB at #1 2 years running, but if he waits a year... And make no mistake, we'll have the #1 well into the 2010's. For that matter, what do you think Bo? Dying to see Vince in the red and gold? Think about it, everyone wins. Vince gets to throw to an improved Brandon Lloyd, and we get a QB who actually wears a number we haven't retired yet. It's destiny! That can't happen. Vincent appears to be a good kid. God wouldn't do that to him. He already had to go to Madison High School in Houston. Arceneaux, if you're reading, tell 'em about Madison.
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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:41 pm

Damn, who pissed in your Wheaties this morning? We can't all have a hyper-talented QB running and gunning us to conference titles with little or no surrounding talent, damn it. And having Mike Vick as a backup doesn't hurt either. I'll act like I heard none of that.
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Kirk

September 20, 2024, 2:42 pm

Damn, who pissed in your Wheaties this morning? We can't all have a hyper-talented QB running and gunning us to conference titles with little or no surrounding talent, damn it. And having Mike Vick as a backup doesn't hurt either. I'll act like I heard none of that.
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:43 pm

However, don't bring that up to obscure that you're a little salty about being called out for being so blatantly wrongi think not, i dont get salty lol, but....ok fu** it i am salty go buffalos and go trojans, you have officially made me care about somebody else's season besides my own----of course you know that this means war
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:44 pm

However, don't bring that up to obscure that you're a little salty about being called out for being so blatantly wrongi think not, i dont get salty lol, but....ok fu** it i am salty go buffalos and go trojans, you have officially made me care about somebody else's season besides my own----of course you know that this means war
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mikejones-thekid

September 20, 2024, 2:45 pm

However, don't bring that up to obscure that you're a little salty about being called out for being so blatantly wrongi think not, i dont get salty lol, but....ok fu** it i am salty go buffalos and go trojans, you have officially made me care about somebody else's season besides my own----of course you know that this means war