Crashing the Boards: Is the softball team OU's greatest sports dynasty?
Crashing the Boards: Is the softball team OU's greatest sports dynasty?
WITH THE LATEST FIRST ALERT FORECAST. THE ONE TWO PITCH BOUNCE TO THIRD BACKHANDED BY BRITO, THROWS HISTORY HISTORY IN OKLAHOMA CITY. THE SOONERS GO WHERE NO PROGRAM HAS EVER GONE BEFORE. REWRITE THE RECORD BOOKS. THAT’S FOUR IN A ROW. THEY ARE UP UNQUESTIONED AND UNMATCHED. AND ON THE SPORT’S BIGGEST STAGE, THE SOONERS ARE UNSTOPPABLE. WHAT A CALL BY CHRIS PLANK FROM THE OU RADIO NETWORK CHAMP WINS AGAIN ARE THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS. AS WE WELCOME YOU IN TO THE SHOW TONIGHT. WE SAY HELLO. I AM BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE HANNAH HOOVER. HELLO. IT IS TIME. TIME FOR CRASHING THE BOARDS ON A ON A CHAMPIONSHIP. SO MONDAY NIGHT HANNAH, UM, YOU’VE YOU’VE BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT THIS IS YOUR FIRST REAL TIME WITH THE BOARDS. THIS IS THE FIRST REAL TIME. LAST WEEK, I WAS SOLO WITH IT. YEAH. AND I’M GLAD YOU’RE HERE TO HELP ME OUT. WE HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I WANT TO START, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE CHAMPION OKLAHOMA SOONERS. ROLL THE VIDEO BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PLAY TEXAS. AND THIS IS GAME TWO AT AND OKLAHOMA IN A STICKY SPOT CALLED CLOSE GAME SIXTH INNING. AND IT WAS A FRESHMAN WITH THE BIGGEST HIT OF THE NIGHT ELLA PARKER. THAT WOULD LEAD THE SOONERS TO A EIGHT FOUR CHAMPS WIN. AND YOU CAN COUNT THEM UP BACK TO BACK TO BACK TO BACK CHAMPS. EVERYONE ON TWITTER AND ON TIKTOK. JUST HOPING THAT ANYONE ELSE BUT US WILL WIN. AND. YIKES, THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. SO FOR BLESSED, JADA WAS RIGHT. LIKE LISTENING TO EVERYBODY AND HEARING ALL THE STUFF. BUT WE DID A GREAT JOB OF STAYING WITHIN EACH OTHER. WE DIDN’T LET IT BOTHER US AT ALL. UM, AND WE JUST CAME OUT HERE AND WE STUCK TOGETHER AND THIS THIS IS IT’S FAMILY. IT’S FAMILY. I LIKE HOW SHE SAYS THAT IT’S FAMILY AND IT’S FAMILY NOW. FOUR IN A ROW. AND SO I’LL LEAVE IT TO YOU. YOU SAW EVERY PITCH OF THIS TOURNAMENT. YOU WERE RIGHT THERE. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF OKLAHOMA? AND NOW A FOUR TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. SOONERS CLUB. YEAH. WELL JADA COLEMAN SAID IT RIGHT. SHE MENTIONED THAT EVERYONE WAS KIND OF COUNTING THEM OUT, WAITING FOR THEM TO NOT WIN ANYONE BUT THEM. SO I WANT TO JUST SAY I’M GOING TO DRAW NOW. DON’T MAKE FUN OF ME. SO HEY, LOOK, WE’VE HAD A TON OF BAD PENMANSHIP THIS BAD, THIS WAS REALLY BAD, OKAY? THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A DOG. UNDERDOGS. HERE WE GO. THIS IS REALLY BAD. THIS IS NOT. THIS IS NOT A DOG. BUT. OKAY, WE’LL TRY BETTER. THAT’S OKAY. NEXT TIME WE GET A FEW MORE SEGMENTS, OKAY? WE’LL GET A FEW MORE GOING. BUT UNDERDOG JUST BECAUSE I MEAN, COULD THEY DO IT FOUR TIMES IN A ROW. AND SURELY THEY DID IT EIGHT UNDER PATTY GASSO I MIGHT ADD THAT THEY’RE TIED WITH ARIZONA NOW AND UH, THEY’RE ON THE HEELS OF UCLA WITH THEIR 12. SO THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH FRESHMEN LIKE CASSIDY PICKERING. SHE WAS BIG TIME, BIG TIME. YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS I THINK ABOUT THE OU PROGRAM AND THE HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA SPORTS. AND MOST PEOPLE THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, FROM BUD WILKINSON TO BARRY SWITZER AND BOB STOOPS. UM, I THINK THIS IS OKLAHOMA’S GREATEST DYNASTY. AND WHAT THEY DID UNDER BUD WILKINSON WITH 47 STRAIGHT WINS AND ALL THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WHAT THEY’VE DONE, AND THIS IS OKLAHOMA’S GREATEST DYNASTY, AND THAT JUST SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT PATTY GASSO HAS, HAS BEEN ABLE TO BUILD. AND IT’S INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WE’VE SEEN IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’VE JUST BEEN TOTALLY DOMINANT. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF THOSE YEARS LAST YEAR THEY WENT 61 AND ONE. I THINK. BUT IT’S JUST EVERY BIG MOMENT WHEN YOU COUNT THEM OUT, WHEN YOU THINK AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE AS VULNERABLE THIS YEAR AS THEY’VE BEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME. BUT WHEN YOU COUNT THEM OUT, THEY JUST FIND A WAY. IT IS REMARKABLE WHAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND BUILD AND BELIEVE. AND I LOVE THAT SOMEHOW A FOUR STRAIGHT NATIONAL CHAMPION, YOU SAW THE INTERVIEWS. IT’S LIKE THEY’RE THE YOU DREW AN UNDERDOG. THEY’RE THE UNDERDOG. THEY’RE THE FOUR TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. BUT I LOVE IT. AND THAT’S HOW THEY THAT’S HOW THEY PLAY IT IS HOW THEY THEY FELT AND IT IS HOW THEY PLAY. AND IT IS REMARKABLE WHAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. AND SO I SAID WE’D HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. LET’S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. AND SO I THINK THIS OU TEAM IS DEFINED SO MUCH BY THEIR SENIORS BECAUSE THOSE SENIORS HAVE WON FOUR NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. CHIPS. SO ROLL THE VIDEO ON THE SENIORS. AND JUST WHAT A RIDICULOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT THIS ONE IS TO ME. I DEFINITELY FELT A LITTLE BIT MORE SENTIMENTAL. YOU KNOW, WE GREW UP TOGETHER. EVERYBODY HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT US ALL THE TIME. AND PEOPLE COUNTED US OUT AND THEY HAD IT WAS JUST A GRIND ALL IN MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY. AND WE FOUGHT THE WHOLE YEAR AND IT WAS ALL SO WORTH IT. IN THIS MOMENT. SO THAT’S KINSEY HANSEN, WHO’S ONE OF THE REAL STUDS OF THAT TEAM. THERE’S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE SENIORS? BECAUSE THEY’RE ACHIEVEMENT IS I MEAN, I SAID RIDICULOUS. IT IS RIDICULOUS, DEFINITELY. KINSEY HANSEN, TIARA JENNINGS THEY’RE THE LEADERS, RIGHT? YOU THINK ABOUT THEY’RE ACTUALLY THE CAPTAINS. THEY HAVE THE C ON THEIR JERSEY AND THEY ARE SO WELL SPOKEN. BUT I ALSO THINK ABOUT JADA COLEMAN BECAUSE JADA COLEMAN IS FROM PATTY GAZZO’S MOUTH, THE CHAOS COORDINATOR. AND SO SHE’S THERE TO HYPE THEM UP. AND YOU SAW THAT LIKE SHE BRINGS THE ENERGY TO THIS GROUP. AND SO WITH THAT, SHE’S ALSO THE PROGRAM CHANGER, UH, ALL TIME PROGRAM LEADER WHEN IT COMES TO RUN SCORE. THAT’S A REALLY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT. THERE. AND SHE MADE THINGS HAPPEN BACK TO BACK STAR ON DEFENSE. TALK ABOUT THOSE CRAZY DIVING SAVES THAT SHE MADE BEFORE THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SERIES. AND IN THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. SO TO ME, SHE’S REALLY A STANDOUT IN THIS GROUP OF SENIORS. SHE’S AS GOOD A PLAYER AS I’VE EVER SEEN IN THERE. YOU KNOW, I GOES BACK TO LAUREN CHAMBERLAIN AND JOCELYN ALO. I THINK SHE’S AS GOOD AS ANY OF THOSE PLAYERS BECAUSE THE WAY THAT SHE DEFENDS IN CENTER FIELD, I MEAN, WHEN YOU NEEDED A BIG PLAY, IT’S LIKE SHE FOUND IT EVERY SINGLE TIME. UM, THIS TEAM IS SECOND TO NONE. AND I SAY THAT IN TERMS OF DYNASTIES AND SENIOR CLASSES IN ANY SPORT, IN ANY COLLEGE PROGRAM, I’M NOT AN EXPERT ON LACROSSE AND ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SOME OF THE GREAT DYNASTIES ACROSS THE HISTORY OF ALL COLLEGE SPORTS, THEY ARE SECOND TO NONE. THEY MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST, BUT NOBODY IS BETTER THAN THEM. AND SO IT’S JUST IT’S CRAZY. I THIS DYNASTY IS JUST THEY ARE AS DOMINANT AS ANY PROGRAM IN COLLEGE SPORTS RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE AS DOMINANT AS ANY TEAM IN ANY SPORT. IT’S CRAZY WHAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO I JUST TIP MY HAT TO THEM. THAT SENIOR CLASS IS REMARKABLE AND UM, AGAIN, WHEN YOU COUNT THEM OUT, THEY JUST FIGURE IT OUT AND FIND A WAY. UM, ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO GET TO IN THIS SERIES, BECAUSE, OH, YOU PLAYED TEXAS. AND THAT OBVIOUSLY MEANS SOMETHING IN ANYTHING, IN ANY TIME YOU DO IT. WE HAVEN’T HEARD FROM PATTY GASSO YET, SO HERE’S PATTY ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALSO JUST THE SERIES AND THE WAY IT’S TRANSPIRED AGAINST THE LONGHORNS AS TEXAS ALWAYS MAKES US BETTER. AND I THINK THAT WE COULD BOTH AGREE THAT WE DO THAT FOR EACH OTHER. AND AND THAT’S HOW WE GET HERE. THAT’S WHY WE’RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER ON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS STAGE. THEY’VE CEMENTED THIS PROGRAM IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE CEMENTED THEMSELVES IN HISTORY AND, UM, HISTORY. WE, YOU KNOW, CAN CHANGE. BUT THESE GUYS WILL NEVER, EVER BE FORGOTTEN. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. THEY’LL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN. IN PART BECAUSE SOME OF THEM AND BY SOME OF THEM, I MEAN, THE HEAD COACH WILL HAVE A STATUE SOMEWHERE. UM, AND SO THAT’S THAT’S WHAT YOU HEAR. YOU HEAR ANYWHERE IS LIKE, WHERE’S THE PATTY STATUE? SO WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS OU TEXAS. NOW, THEY PLAYED TWO OF THE LAST THREE YEARS FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND OU’S BEATEN THE LONGHORNS TWICE. YEAH, THAT’S A BIG DEAL. COULDN’T HAVE PICKED A BETTER MATCHUP. I MEAN, YOU JUST CAN’T CREATE A STORYLINE BETTER THAN THIS ONE. TEXAS OU, WE LOVE THAT RED RIVER RIVALRY. THAT’S HARD FOR ME TO SAY, BY THE WAY. I’M STILL WORKING ON THAT. IT’S FINE. RED RIVER RIVALRY. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THIS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE WAS BROUGHT UP QUITE A FEW TIMES. I’M WORKING ON ON MY DRAWINGS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HOUSE. THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE DOG. UM, BUT THE HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE OF OKLAHOMA CITY WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MIKE WHITE. THE HEAD COACH OF TEXAS. AND YOU KNOW, THEY KEEP RACKING UP THESE, YOU KNOW, TITLES HERE. OU DOES. AND THEY’RE AT HOME. BUT TEXAS OU SPLIT FOUR GAMES THIS SEASON. BUT LEADING UP TO WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES. SO THEY’RE NECK AND NECK. THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, DOES THIS HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE REALLY HELP OR ARE THEY JUST ACTUALLY THAT GOOD IN THIS RIVALRY MATCHUP? NO. THEY’RE THAT GOOD. IT OBVIOUSLY HELPS. IT’S AN ADVANTAGE. THERE’S NO QUESTION. UM, THEY’D RATHER BE PLAYING IN OKLAHOMA CITY THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. BUT IT’S NOT LIKE OH U.S. HAS BEEN DOMINATING SOFTBALL SINCE THE HISTORY OF TIME. AND THIS TOURNAMENT’S BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME, PATTY. AND THIS PROGRAM, 1990. YEAH, THEY GOT SO GOOD THAT THEY JUST WIN EVERY TIME. I MEAN, IT’S NOT IT HELPS. YEAH, BUT THAT’S NOT WHY. BUT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD BRING IT UP BECAUSE THEY KEPT BRINGING THAT UP. AND I WAS LIKE I AGREE, LET’S BE REAL. NO I AGREE. SO HERE’S THE DEAL. UM, IT’S NOT ONLY THE STATUE THAT THEY NEED. I MEAN, JUST RENAME THE SCHOOL OF PATTY GASSO UNIVERSAL CITY. I MEAN, COME ON, WHAT SHE HAS DONE IS CRAZY AND REMARKABLE. I JOKE HERE, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THE OU TEXAS THING. I THINK IT’S FUN. I THINK IT’S COOL. UM, IT IS THE BEHIND FOOTBALL. THE BEST OU TEXAS SNOT BASKETBALL. IT’S NOT BASEBALL ANYMORE. IT’S SOFTBALL THAT PEOPLE COME FOR. YOU KNOW, BEHIND FOOTBALL FROM TEXAS AND AND IT’S A BIG DEAL AND IT’S THIS TEAM IS IS CRAZY. THE PROGRAM
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Crashing the Boards: Is the softball team OU's greatest sports dynasty?
On the latest edition of Crashing the Boards, Sports Director Bryan Keating and Hannah Hoover discuss the OU softball team winning its historic fourth straight WCWS national title.
On the latest edition of Crashing the Boards, Sports Director Bryan Keating and Hannah Hoover discuss the OU softball team winning its historic fourth straight WCWS national title.
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