WWE References MH17 In Pay-Per-View For Cheap Heat

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This was NOT a smart scripting move by the WWE last night at their "Battleground" pay-per-view...

The HQ, in our younger days, marked out for the whole Hogan-Sheik-Slaughter-Volkov rivalry thing.
We got it...

But last night, the script writers got this move approved by Lana as she set up the Rusev-Jack Swagger match
(Until it gets pulled)


All it was in the old days was anthem singing, saluting, and embracing ideologies.
But, now that the levels have been elevated and the audience numbers are more important (translation: heat- get it now and keep it as long as you can...)

You pull stunts like that...
Ultimately, for Lana, it's what's on the script to read. It's the writers that are on the block for this one...

Remember The 10

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For those of you who don't remember...
This happened 12 years ago today...


Each year, the Oklahoma State family remembers and celebrates the lives of Kendall Durfey, Bjorn Fahlstrom, Nate Fleming, Will Hancock, Daniel Lawson, Brian Luinstra, Denver Mills, Pat Noyes, Bill Teegens and Jared Weiberg...

And the OSU community remembers them every year...
This was the 10th anniversary remembrance...


So, if you would... join the HQ in remembering the 10 today...

Ex OU QB Steve Davis Dies In South Bend Plane Crash

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It had been reported that Oklahoma QB Steve Davis was on the plane that crashed in a residential neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana over the weekend...

Tinker Owens, one of former quarterback Steve Davis' receivers on two national championship Sooner teams, confirmed Davis' death to The Oklahoman in a text message.

"We lost a great Sooner," Owens said. "Sad news."
Here's highlights of the 1975 Orange Bowl against Michigan...
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Davis led the Oklahoma Sooners to the 1974 and 1975 national championships as its quarterback. He started at Oklahoma from 1973-75- Barry Switzer's first three seasons as head coach. Davis and the Sooners were 32-1-1 during his career.

After his playing career ended, he spent 18 years as a college football broadcaster.
Evidence below...
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Oklahoma St. Women's B-Ball coaches killed in crash

Kurt Budke

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**UPDATE** at bottom of this story.

A horrible story to report this morning. Oklahoma State women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant Miranda Serna along with another passenger and a pilot were killed when their plane crashed in Perry County, Arkansas late Thursday night.

Newson6.com in Tulsa said they were flying in a Piper PA-28 Cherokee airplane.

According to Newsok.com, the coaches were on a recruiting trip.

Budke had been the head coach since 2005 and won 112 games while coaching in Stillwater. His teams made the NCAA tournament 3-times and also made 2 other post season appearance.

Read the entire story from Newsok.com RIGHT HERE

Budke leaves behind a wife and three kids, Serna, was a long-time assistant, she also coached in Stillwater the past seven years before coming over from Lousiana Tech with Budke.

Okie State President Burns Hargis released a statement saying: "The Oklahoma State family is devastated by this tragedy. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of Kurt Budke, Miranda Serna and the other victims."


As do ours.

**UPDATE**--

The plane belonged to former Oklahoma State Senator Olin Branstetter and his wife Paula. It was not the 1st air tragedy for the Oklahoma State Athletic department. In 2001, one of the 3 planes the men's basketball team was flying in to a game in Colorado crashed.