Catch Sooner Girl Sports Pod on the way to Dallas at the Red River Bash! Also hear this week’s Sooner Headlines of the week, the updated injury report with Dr. Jason Leinen, and more!

And don’t miss my interview with the amazing Mariah Gahl!

Mariah says: “ I am a senior majoring in Human Relations with a minor in Naval Science. I was born in OKC but have lived in many states. After graduation, I will be commissioning into the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer and currently am the Battalion Commander for the Naval ROTC unit here at OU. A large part of my extended family lives and OKC, and We’ve always rooted for the Sooners because it’s the best school in the state. My favorite memory is going to the OU/Texas game with my peers in ROTC in 2023 when we beat Texas. The game was intense and the atmosphere was electric.”

You can find Mariah on IG @mariahgahl

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Another fantastic episode this week with OU Feature Twirler Sammi Rizzo and Drum Major Halle McFarlane!

Also don’t miss this week’s Sooner Headlines of the week, upcoming SGSP events during OU/tx week, and this week’s injury report with Dr. Jason Leinen! (we talk about John Mateer’s hand injury!)

Sammi says:

Hi, My name is Samantha Rose Rizzo. I am the Feature Twirler for the Pride of Oklahoma. I have been twirling for 13 years, competing from the state level to the international level. This past summer I had the honor to represent both OU/Oklahoma and the USA on the world stage at the IBTF’s Nations Cup where I earned the gold medal. It truly is an honor to represent an amazing school.

Earning the position as the Feature Twirler and coming to school here has truly given me and everlasting love for the sooners. My favorite sooner memories are being able to perform at all of the different sporting and community events

You can find out more about Sammi on her website: https://www.samantharoserizzo.com/

She is also on Fb-OU feature twirler 24

https://www.facebook.com/share/19XKzjKPKm/?mibextid=wwXIfr

IG- @ou_featuretwirler24 and @samantharose.15; and TikTok @samantharose.15

Halle says:

Halle, from Edmond, Oklahoma, is a fifth-year Honors College student at the University of Oklahoma, majoring in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Music. She began her journey in The Pride as a front ensemble member, later becoming a cymbal player and eventually cymbal captain on the OU Drumline, before being selected as the 70th Drum Major of The Pride of Oklahoma. Now in her second year leading the band, she is proud to serve as the program’s first SEC drum major, the fourth female drum major in Pride history, and continues to uphold its legacy of excellence and tradition. Beyond The Pride, Halle was selected as a member of OU’s prestigious Top Ten Senior Honor Society, PE-ET, is an active brother of Kappa Kappa Psi, and has worked as both a campus tour guide and a staff member in the university’s Fabrication Lab.

I grew up going to OU games — I’m actually a third-generation Sooner! My grandpa played football here and both of my parents graduated from OU’s Physical Therapy program, so I was raised in a true Sooner born and Sooner bred family. I’ve been coming to games with my family for as long as I remember, so OU has always felt like home.

Halle’s favorite sooner memory is her first pregame as a drum major- she can recount every detail!

You can find Halle on LinkedIn, and on Instagram @halle_kaye

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This week’s double Bedlam episode is a special one for me, as my poke husband Eric joins us for the show! And you will love hearing former sooner softballer Julie Dobbs-Burbank, and former osu dual athlete (and NY Yankee!) Dennis Burbank talk about their bedlam love story, time playing sports, and more!

You also don't want to miss this week's injury report with Dr. Jason Leinen (we talk knee injuries and lacerations!), the Sooner headlines of the week, and a special segment with my bff Karen talking about our weekend on the sidelines at the Auburn game with The Pride!

Some info about our guests: Dennis Burbank is a 2-sport athlete…2-kid dad… that has 1-hot Sooner wife! As a dual sport athlete (baseball and basketball) at OSU in the early 90’s, who also later played for the Yankees, he’s got lots of stories to tell!

He is currently a Certified Financial Planner during the week…wanna be middle-aged professional wake surfer on the weekends. Born and raised in Southern California, but got to Oklahoma as fast as he could. He Loves traveling with Jules and friends…and loves flying his Beechcraft Baron - for both business & pleasure.

He said that Julie tricked him into this 🤣 but I’m fairly certain he had fun himself! He loves talking about how he likes watching what Patty builds every year and have tons of respect for her, as well as Porter Moser & Skip Johnson…plus his favorite person in the world is a Sooner.

His fave sooner memory is Walking out of Fairgrounds Stadium with OU catcher, Kevin Schula…who stopped to introduce him to a georgeous blond softball player who just finished watching her Sooner boys get beat by the cowboys-again. But the rest is history….

Julie Dobbs-Burbank Graduated from Del City High School and University of Oklahoma, where she played softball! She grew up with her parents having season tickets, so she is sooner born and bred! Her Freshman & Sophomore stats are under Julie Dobbs, and junior & Senior stats under Julie Burbank. She was also a Member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.

Julie was the Starting Shortstop (1990-1994) and she had some note worthy Teammates, including:Lonni Alameda: Florida State Head Coach, 1st baseman; Kelly Ford: Retired Fullerton Head Coach, centerfield

She Met Dennis at Big 8 baseball game as he was walking up through the stands with an OU baseball players in May 1991, he left for Pro-ball minor leagues 2 days later. Fall of 1991, an OU base ballplayer transferred to OSU and in October 1991 Dennis asked Brian Cavalli if he knew her and could get her phone #. They were engaged on Valentines Day 1992 and channel 4 sports anchors happened to be in Norman on that day and let the WHOLE world know that they got engaged on the 5pm ,6pm & 10pm news cast. Dennis showed up in a full suit of armor. She left that same night for the OU softball opening weekend in North Texas. They got married November 1992 during her junior year at OU. They will Celebrate 33 years of marriage in November 2025.

Julie currently works with her husband for Northwestern Mutual in Oklahoma City. Also In 2020, she appointed by Governor Stitt to serve on the Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission for a 6-year term, leveraging her Human Resources expertise.

Her favorite sooner memory is making the WCWS poster in 1992.

Their bedlam Family includes their 2 kids:

Jordan Burbank-Haby (25 yrs old):

- Graduated from Texas A&M University

- Played on the Aggie Soccer Team for 4 years

- Transferred to Oklahoma State University (OSU) for her COVID year to play soccer where she earned her MBA

Drew Burbank (21 years old):

- Eagle Scout

-OSU Varsity E-Sports Team

- Currently a junior at Oklahoma State University (OSU)

- Pursuing a degree in Entrepreneurial Business

You can find Julie on X and IG @teamburbank

You can find Dennis on X and IG @dburbank44

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You will love this week’s episode with my special guest, Brianna Howard! Brianna is sooner born and bred! She is the daughter of her proud parents Matt and Kisha Howard, and sister to Braden. An alumni of Tuttle High School, she is now a junior at University of Oklahoma studying Elementary Education. She became a member of the Ruf/Nek Lil’ Sis in 2023. On Saturday 8/30, she lived out her favorite sooner memory and became the First Female Native American Schooner Driver and 7th Female Driver.

You can find Brianna on Instagram @briannakhoward

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So excited for you all to hear this week’s interview with my guest, former OU football standout Trey Millard! Trey played at OU form 2010-2014, and has many accolades from his time there: he was a 2 x captain, 4 x All Big 12 Don Key award winner, 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2011, 2013) and a 2× Second-team All-Big 12 (2010, 2012). Trey was also drafted in the NFL Draft in 2014 to the San Francisco 49ers, then later briefly traded to the Chiefs before retiring due to his recurring knee injury.

You will love hearing the story of how Trey Became a Sooner fan by Playing with them on the NCAA video game! You also won’t want to miss him talking about his favorite Sooner memories-including beating Nebraska in the Big 12 championship, and the infamous Sugar Bowl win against Bama.

You can find Trey on Twitter/X @fat_daddy33

***NOTE: if you’re watching the video on either YouTube or Substack, and on the clips posted throughout the week on social media, you may notice that the audio/video doesn’t match up. There were some download issues with our recording, so I muted myself on several occasions when I was talking over Trey but didn’t realize it because of the delay. So, rest assured you’re not missing anything! Just please disregard the mismatched motions and sound).***

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Twitter -@fat_daddy33

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This week’s amazing guest is Chauvin D. Aaron! Chauvin is the Director of Development for University Bands at The University of Oklahoma Foundation. Chauvin has eighteen years of experience as a band director and fundraiser in Oklahoma and Texas. He has served communities in Holdenville, Ardmore, Garland, and Norman. Throughout his career he has helped raise over $10 million for fine arts events, equipment, and instruments. He also led the 2018 Ardmore City Schools Bond Project for the $27 million Jerome Westheimer Center for Performing Arts.

He is a graduate of The University of Oklahoma (2008 and 2013) and Lamar University (2016). He is currently pursuing his Ed. D. at The University of Oklahoma. He received the POE (Professional Oklahoma Educators) 2019 High School Educator Merit Award, 2022 Ardmore High School Teacher of the Year, graduated from Leadership Ardmore Class 29 in May 2022, and was selected for Leadership Oklahoma Class 35.

He served as 57th Drum Major for The Pride of Oklahoma in 2007 and enjoys playing clarinet, saxophone, and flute with the Southern Oklahoma Community Band, Circle the State with Song, and in the musicals for Ardmore Little Theatre. He is heavily involved in the community of Ardmore serving as the HFV Wilson Community Center and Jerome Westheimer Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Aaron founded SOCA (Southern Oklahoma Community Arts, Inc.) in 2019, a non-profit focused on providing fine arts enrichment experiences for the community of southern Oklahoma.

He attends McLish Church of Christ where he helps lead worship services and teaches bible classes. He enjoys going to the gym and traveling with his wife Jelana. His trip to South Africa with a People to People Music Delegation made him a better person and educator. During the summer, he leads and teaches music and leadership camps throughout Oklahoma and Texas.

Here is a link to support any of our projects for OU Bands that we discussed on the show-Feed The Pride Project, LEAD ON funding opportunities and more- https://give.oufoundation.org/OUBand120

If you missed the CBS morning news special on the Pride partnership with OU Nursing; you can check it out here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-university-of-oklahoma-marching-band-students-face-extreme-heat/

You can find Chauvin on TwitterX- @chauvin85, and on IG- @chauvinaaron. You can also email him: [email protected]

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Sooner fans will love this episode of Crimson Chronicles:Sooner Born, and hearing all of these stories of being Sooner Born and Bred with Robin Needham and her son Nick, who is a current member of the Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band! From throwback memories of Robin’s childhood and raising her kids as Sooner fans, to current day tales of Nick’s time with the Pride and his adventures during last years football and basketball seasons, you won’t want to miss this episode!

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On today’s episode we’re joined by Lydia Martyn — a South Carolina native from Anderson who played volleyball at Liberty University, where she earned her bachelor’s in social work. She later transferred to the University of Oklahoma for her master’s and got married to her now-husband, Zach Martyn, during that time. Lydia just wrapped up her rookie professional season with Indy Ignite of the Pro Volleyball Federation.

Lydia admits that she honestly had no idea what a “sooner” was until she transferred. Attending OU allowed her to gain a better understanding of what it means to be a sooner for life.

Her favorite sooner memory is meeting the fans after games-It is the best way to connect with young athletes and she still talk to some of those girls today.

You can find Lydia on Instagram @lydia.martyn

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You all will love this week’s episode with Taylor Reimer! Taylor is a former cheerleader from the University of Oklahoma that moved to North Carolina after graduation to pursue her passion for racing. She grew up dirt racing with her dad, and her passion for it was reignited during her college days. Her family on her Moms side went to OU so she’s been a fan ever since she was a little girl! She has so many memories to choose from but she would have to say her favorite is getting to cheer on the sidelines at OU football games!

You can find Taylor on social media at:

Instagram: @Taylorreimerr Twitter: @taylorreimerr Facebook: Taylor Reimer Racing

You can also find out more information on her website:

https://www.taylorreimerracing.com/

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This week’s episode with former Boomer/Sooner mascot Mattie Cassaday is not one you will want to miss! Mattie has been an OU fan her whole life! A third generation Sooner, Mattie graduated from OU in 2019 cum laude with her degree in Public Health and Nonprofit Administration and a minor in Biology. During her time at OU, Mattie was very active in the student community, participating extensively in OU Dance Marathon, Greek life, and athletics. For 2 of her years at OU, Mattie was “friends with” Boomer and Sooner and had lots of fun “horsing” around at football games, basketball games, and pretty much any other sporting event or activity you can think of. Now, she has her MPH in Global Health and Epidemiology and works as an environmental health and safety specialist in Denver, CO. She lives with her fiance, Kyle, her cat, Venus, and her dog, Moose. In her free time, she throws pottery, does photography, and loves to watch OU football!

Both her mom and grandma went to OU, so she grew up watching and cheering for OU and fell in love with it by the time I was looking at colleges.

She was SO excited to share her my most notable Boomer/Sooner injury (a concussion from Baker Mayfield)-a story you won’t want to miss!

You can find Mattie on social media- @mocassaday_ on TikTok,and @mocassaday on Instagram.

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