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Trey Phipps to Northeastern State in Tahlequah, his father Conley's alma mater:

Trey Phipps announces on Twitter he's headed to Northeastern State in Tahlequah, where his father Conley finished his career as well.

As long as he doesn't leave for Wichita State, Tulsa....or a Summit League foe.

Every day that passes, the odds that Issac will stay in an ORU uniform for next season increase by a small %… I would love to see him stay, but won’t be disappointed in him if he leaves for (what he believes to be) greener pastures. I’m just ready for the unknown to become known.

This has been an issue ALL season long, with SO many wasted at-bats. Pop-ups, swinging at pitches outside of the zone on a three-ball count, failure to get a successful bunt down, not able to advance a runner from second to third with a productive out, and an inability to bring in a runner from third with a sac fly, to name a few. Obviously, no team is going to be perfect, but the one that performs better on these fundamental “little things” will win games that they normally wouldn’t. And a team that performs as poorly as ORU has in these situations will lose a lot of very winnable games, as proven so far this season.

Only thing is, it is federal law, not the NCAA, that is allowing portal transfers. The NCAA tried to reinstate a little sanity with a rule allowing players a single transfer, then requiring them to sit a year before being eligible to play. They were sued by a player and the courts sided with the player, overturning that rule. So I think the at-will transfer will be norm in the future, regardless of the governing structure.

Well, here’s another marginal one. My birthday is New Year’s Eve, and a number of years ago B.B. King did a New Year’s Eve concert Mabee Center, in the Johnson Theater configuration, and we went for my birthday. That’s probably smaller than Brady. Anyway, it was a very fun evening. The thing I remember most was near the end he started tossing a few guitar pics in the crowd down in front. After a little bit he pulls out an entire plastic bag, full of hundreds of guitar pics, and start slinging them everywhere! Pretty funny way to end a fun concert.

Whoever was wondering about our recent discussion of our lack of fielding just pull up and watch the bottom of the 9th inning and you should be able to understand what some of us were talking about. Granted there are many other issues with this team as well, but just watch that one-half of the 9th inning to get an idea about our ability to field hit balls. BTW, have a trash can handy because you may throw up after watching it.

I don't think that ORU can protect our teams against woke institutions, but I would like to think that we would put our team's safety over any decision for a win/loss if an opponent's team member were too physical on the playing field or court.

Mylon Lefevre surely was one of the great Christian rockers of all time and a fabulous speaker.....incredible story of redemption....originally one of the Singing Lefevre's gospel group back in the 60s he wrote the famous hymn WITHOUT HIM which was loved by Elvis Presley who recorded it on a gospel album making teenage Mylon a very rich man before he even hit 20. I remember Mylon saying in his testimony that he started receiving royalty checks of over $90K per month when he was just 18 which led him down a dark path of booze and drugs....Mylon got kicked out of the family singing group and went down the secular route playing with some of the all time greats of the 70s...his record with the great Alvin Lee of Ten Years After was a classic....On the Road to Freedom....but Mylon sunk deeper into the drug culture of the time and recalled snorting coke thru $100 bills with the Allman Bros in their hotel room....but the Lord never lets us go too far and Mylon was invited to a Second Chapter of Acts concert where he gave his life back to the Lord and began a changing of his ways around 1980....wound up humbled as a janitor at his old church in Atlanta where he began playing with some guys that became Broken Heart....the rest is history......unfortunately after his heart attack and retirement from Broken Heart he almost died but got involved with the WOF movement in Texas with Kenneth Copeland and that decision was part of what cost him his first marriage....he claimed his heart was fully healed after praying with Copeland and his wife....and yeah his daughter is married to Newboys founder Peter Furler....TheEagleman a huge fan of Mylon back in the day and his music and testimony helped bring me back to the Lord after some doubting and roaming in the early 80s.....I will always be thankful to Mylon and his ministry.....his 2nd wife Christie still carries on the ministry since his death last September......the Lord works in mysterious ways......RIP MYLON!!!

Been there. Done that.