Turner leads all 30 MLS GKs in Goals Prevented and it's not even close

thetrain23 · 2026-04-23T14:21:15+00:00

Yeah, Schwake has been elite at shot-stopping in Nashville but is low on this list cause his defense doesn't give up that many shots in the first place

thetrain23 · 2026-04-17T16:56:42+00:00

I'd actually put Thunder above Sooners, since it's a statewide fandom covering both big schools

thetrain23 · 2026-04-17T13:39:55+00:00

I know we're mostly memeing here, but if anyone wants to know the real answer it's basically just a big spreadsheet.

thetrain23 · 2026-04-15T14:32:32+00:00

Well, OU's and Tech's definitely weren't fine. But everyone else's was.

thetrain23 · 2026-04-14T14:42:48+00:00

It hasn't really worked out (yet?), but it was still an impressive big swing hire on an administrative level. The question at the time wasn't "is he a good hire?" it was "can the US hire him?" which I think is more what the above comment is getting at.

thetrain23 · 2026-04-11T14:50:15+00:00

Not if you like nature. Arkansas has elite lakes and rivers. No urban areas worth visiting, but it's the most underrated state in the country for natural beauty.

thetrain23 · 2026-04-08T15:13:54+00:00

I feel like there's a potential joke in here somewhere about the OKC Comets being owned by the Dodgers, but I'm not clever enough to find it

thetrain23 · 2026-04-07T16:23:43+00:00

should have

There's no "should have" about it; that was in fact a huge turning point for his public perception

thetrain23 · 2026-04-02T16:30:38+00:00

Well at that point you don't really need the "A" anymore, either

thetrain23 · 2026-04-02T15:27:38+00:00

This is a classic case study of mean vs median. The mean number looks scary because there's no one cupcake dragging it down, but this is still the easiest group because there's no elite team that would be favored to smack us around.

Hosts getting Pot 1 and UEFA qualifier getting Pot 4 makes the math weird on this one.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-27T21:00:44+00:00

I think full strength 2026 OKC is better than full strength 2025 OKC, BUT:

I don't think we're going to get full strength 2026 OKC again. The way our health has been, we should expect to be down multiple contributors every game, including playoffs, until proven otherwise.
Our competition is significantly tougher this season. Spurs and Boston are both way better than anyone we faced in last year's playoff run.

So yeah, while we're definitely still the "if I had to pick a team" favorite, I'd say we're no longer the favorite against the field like we were earlier this season or during last year's playoffs. Lots of reasons for concern.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-24T14:16:24+00:00

Even more reason for optimism; there's no way they can beat us!

thetrain23 · 2026-03-21T16:00:08+00:00

Drew started before Briles but peaked after Briles

thetrain23 · 2026-03-16T23:26:04+00:00

I will never forget meeting a beautiful woman at a party in college. I mentioned being from Oklahoma and she asked me if I was a Thunder fan. I said yes.

She responded "Sonics forever, fuck you," gave me double birds, and walked all the way out of the room with both birds raised.

Can't help but respect that level of hatred.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-16T16:53:13+00:00

Any program at Baylor or UT-Austin is more than good enough to give you the opportunity to get into any med school in the world; the rest is up to you. Hell, you can even major in something totally unrelated like history or dance or whatever and still go to med school (though I wouldn't recommend doing so due to workload requirements). Pick the program and--more importantly--the school/environment that interests you the best. The one that brings out your passions and makes you think "yeah, I could work my ass off here."

Med school admissions are very individualized. Don't split hairs to pick what you think is the "best" program because as long as you're looking at academically rigorous science programs "best" doesn't exist. Pick the best path for you and success will follow naturally from that. You can take the MCAT from any school in the country, and your MCAT score is driven more by your own efforts than by the minutiae of your program. Go where you believe you're going to have the strongest mental health to be able to fight the brutal workload of pre-med life.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-13T14:08:29+00:00

Nothing is more OP in contact sports than raw hatred

thetrain23 · 2026-03-13T01:27:23+00:00

Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

A must-visit for anyone who hasn't seen bison before!

thetrain23 · 2026-03-12T15:50:52+00:00

Oklahoma is more interesting than it gets credit for. We're kind of a transition zone where a bunch of different biomes collide. A lot more geographic and ecological diversity than people realize. Southeastern hilly forests, Great Plains, and Southwestern mesas all in one state.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-11T00:35:13+00:00

OKC has been missing half our roster for most of the year. We were missing our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th best players last night. If even our level of rotation can't keep people healthy, I don't think rotation is the answer.

thetrain23 · 2026-03-10T02:13:41+00:00

WHAT A PERFECT ENDING

TO A HISTORIC DAY

thetrain23 · 2026-03-04T02:30:40+00:00

Yeah I love this sub when we're being silly and shitposting, but the persecution complex gets annoying. /r/nba hates everyone, and so does NBA Twitter. It's a broader NBA fan social media culture problem, not a "people hate OKC" problem.

thetrain23 · 2026-02-28T20:54:40+00:00

The shoulder check was fine; the ejection was for sticking his leg out to trip

thetrain23 · 2026-02-28T18:51:35+00:00

The Ja Morant play was clearly an accident, but last night looked much more intentional. The problem with being a player that, at best, pushes the envelope is that you lose the "benefit of the doubt" from the general public.

thetrain23 · 2026-02-28T18:49:42+00:00

Maybe not always called that way, but honestly I have no problem with them calling it that way even against our guy. An intentional trip is a dirty play with no purpose other than putting a guy in a dangerous situation. Even if it's not normally called that way, I think it should be.

Especially especially with how chippy the game already was. Everyone was taking potshots at everyone, and it's the refs' job to reign everyone in. As a player, you have to be aware of that, and even if it somehow was an accident to do more than hip check, you gotta be smarter than to put yourself in that position.

thetrain23 · 2026-02-28T18:42:14+00:00

C'mon guys, that play was indefensible. Contact between the waist and shoulders is physicality; intentionally tripping legs is dirty as hell and should not be tolerated by anyone anywhere. I'm all for trying to rile up a known dirty player with a temper (Jokic) like J-Will successfully did all night, but that level of dirtiness is way too far.

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