Chick's Corner: Introduction

Name: Stacie
Gender: Female
Addicted to: College Football, College Basketball, Major League Baseball, and the NFL.
Favorite Teams: OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY COWBOYS, Houston (dis)Astros, the Texans (was an original Oilers fan) (I know, I have a lot of sadness in my life L)

Yes, I am a woman who just so happens to be obsessed with sports—and no, I am not a ‘spy’. I read one time one of those forwards that claims if you don’t send it to ten people in 10 minutes that your eyeballs will fall out and you will be forced to wear duct tape underwear (shout out to Eric!) —and it was a list of “Man Laws” and one of them described how if a woman claims to like sports that she can not be trusted because she is most likely a spy sent to infiltrate the man-world of sports, flatulence, beer, and fried food. I, however, could not be further from being ‘spy’. I have one younger sister, so my poor dad didn’t have a son, so we were taught at a very early age the following:

1. You will not be a cheerleader or a dancer—no matter what anyone tells you, these are not sports. (And I know your mom was a cheerleader but she wouldn’t have been able to handle athletics—don’t tell her I said that).

2. You will play sports and you will not cry while you are playing sports.

3. If you ever have to come out of a game, or if you are ever crying because you are hurt, you better either (a) have a broken neck or (b) be gushing blood at or near a major artery.

This is a slight exaggeration, but not too far from the truth. This is the main reason that growing up I played ever sort of sport one could imagine. (And the reason that when I tore my ACL and I was crying—I know, what a wimp!—that I was afraid my dad would be mad at me—) My sister and I were the only two girls on the street, so when they boys wanted to play tackle football, we joined right in and never cried, complained, or worried about “what we looked like”. (Wouldn’t the world be so much better if this occurred in the female species maybe even 0.5% of the time?!) Most of my elementary school and middle school days consisted of my mom begging me to wear a dress or a skirt, and I would still don a pair Umbro shorts and team-du-jour (::ahem:: Oklahoma State/Oilers/Astros) sports t-shirt. Dresses were much too impractical, and besides, how are you supposed to practice bounce passes and lay-ups in a dress? I digress.

Speed to 2007—I’m working as an engineer and I’m still obsessed with sports, and I meet a group of guys and gal (Laura) that predict the scores of the upcoming football games for the Big 12—well actually, it was those in participation’s alma maters which means predictions only for Texas A&M, Texas, and Texas Tech--And on one glorious September afternoon, I got the call: I was invited into the elite group that spends most of their Thursday writing their statistic-laden, witty, and completely biased predictions. So based on my contributions to those, Laura recommended me to the singlemaltsports blog and I’m really excited to be writing in my own little ‘corner’.

Enough about me…Onto bigger and better things…such as…

Astros Baseball:

›Why can’t the Astros ever let a pitcher just rest and not put them in immediately after major shoulder surgery so they just tear their arm/shoulder rendering them useless?

›Why do I consume at least seven (7) $8.00 beers every time I go? Am I made out of money or am I just a borderline alcoholic? Please don’t answer that.

Big 12 Football:

›Why are there 9 never-ending months between the national championship and opening weekend? I go through really painful withdrawals...

›Why is Mike Gundy still the coach at Oklahoma State? I hate him—for the record, just so you know—he is a complete idiot. His play calling sucks, he can’t motivate, and he thinks it’s o.k. to discontinue what was putting points on the board (aka Dantrell running the ball up the middle on everyone) and back off so the other team can gain confidence, and pull out the win. However, we have never lost a tailgate. And he’s a man and he’s 40. awesome. (But I love Zac Robinson even though he does have a slightly odd shaped head ;)

›Will Mike Sherman really bring the Aggies back to ‘greatness’? Not if he continues to play McGee—Jerrod Johnson is where it’s at—I’m going to miss Fran… ;)

›Why does A&M lose games if they always have 12 men out there? easy, easy!! Just a joke, boys and girls :)

›Mack.Brown.Please.Stop.Clapping.All.The.Damn.Time.So.Close.To.Your.Body. And besides, you have how many high school All-Americans and you still get your asses handed to you by OU?!

›OU Sucks.

›I do not want to put my crabs up, ok?!?! Please stop telling me to do so :)

›OU Sucks Bigtime.

Congrats to Bill Self, fellow OSU Alum on winning the National Championship!!
:) (I had to end on a girlie note because apparently this is the Chick’s Corner)

Holla back!