Mixing metaphors and weather terms with Byron Eaton

Remember a couple weeks ago when Byron Eaton accidentally voiced concern over the “humidity” in Boulder rather than the altitude? Apparently Oklahoma’s Willie Warren saw that and let Eaton know about it.

“I hadn’t talked to Willie Warren in a while, since we played them,” Eaton said. “And when I said the humidity thing he text me and we was going back and forth. Before our Colorado game we was texting back and forth, making jokes about it.”

Eaton, who clearly likes Warren a lot, was a good sport about the teasing. On a more serious note, he said Thursday afternoon that he thinks his Cowboys are in a good position to upset OU, following the Sooners loss at Missouri. When asked about the “humidity” in Norman, Eaton said “it’s not that good right now.”

“The temperature’s dropping,” Eaton said. “Things are definitely heating up up there. But those guys are good. I definitely think they’re practicing today and practicing tomorrow and they’ll be regrouped by the time we come in there Saturday. But I’m going to continue to tell my guys, as long as we continue to do what we’ve been doing the last month, I think we can beat those guys at their house.”

Right now it doesn’t look like OSU is in dire need of a win in Norman — with 20 wins overall and nine in league play, they appear to be in good shape for an NCAA Tournament berth, and since a TON of bubble teams lost in the last couple days one would think they’re just fine so long as they don’t suffer an embarrassing loss in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. But winning in Norman would be a nice security blanket, Eaton said.