Oklahoma football: More Cotton Bowl plumbing problems

Before noon Saturday, a Cotton Bowl plumbing report had landed in my inbox. And it was not a good report.

“Before the end of the first quarter … the main restroom next to the main entrance (was) flooded and shut down,” Craig Blankenship wrote. “I got video. When they figured out what I was doing, they ordered me to stop like they were the Gestapo. I have video and pics. I Also have pics of sewer water bubbling up out of drains on the main concourse . In the exact same place as last year!”

Trey Metoyer catches the first touchdown pass of his OU career in the second quarter of Saturday's 69-13 win over Florida A&M. PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN

I gave the Cotton Bowl a “F” in my OU report card, and another OU fan emailed me. Dee Ross wrote “Your F grade for the Cotton Bowl restrooms is generous.  The women’s restroom under Section 133 flooded pregame from a toilet overflowing.  Water poured out spreading from stall to stall.  Apparently, nobody knew how to shut the water off and, adding insult to injury, there was no hand washing soap at the sinks. Seriously, can’t Cotton Bowl officials do a pregame flush test and keep plumbers on site?”

I’m telling you, folks. This is serious business. The right person or persons has to walk through sewage, and OU-Texas is headed home and home quicker than you can say E.Z. Million.

“We saw water literally coming from the floor drain and running everywhere,” Blankenship said. “They were mopping and cleaning with bleach quickly as they could. One fan actually told me he would rather wade through sewer water versus play in Jerry world. I just said , ‘wow, you have high standards for you and your family.’ What really got me was watching it come up and flow right out of the floor drains! Gross.”