Sean Sutton nearly succumbed to back spasms during regulation, but was nonetheless ready for a fourth overtime should the dopest regular-season game of the past decade have come to it. Credit: Courtesy OKState.com

From: Shawn Badgley
To: John Razook
Time: 11:00pm, Jan. 16

You left them for dead in a ditch on the side of a dusty trail and embraced the Kansas Jayhawks.

You revoked your Mario Boggan as Big XII Player of the Year prediction and instead increased the intensity with which you rubbed Kevin Durant‘s delicate shoulders.

What did the Pokes do in return? They outlasted Texas 105-103 in a triple-overtime instant classic at Gallagher-Iba, going to 2-1 in the best conference in America.

Vomit on, John. Vomit on. It’s the least you can do to purge your ingratitude and faithlessness.

This article appears in January 12 • 2007.

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