Without a doubt, Oklahoma football boasts some of the most ardent fan bases in college football.
However, some Sooners supporters went above and beyond in their support of the team after learning that offensive lineman Cayden Green was moving to Missouri. They showered the offensive lineman’s father’s insurance agency with one-star ratings on Google.
Reginald Green replied to several reviews, which seem to have been deleted, as seen by the Message Board Geniuses’ X account.
“Quit it now!” he wrote. “Don’t do this because my son decided to utilize the football transfer portal. You have never done business with my office and you reside in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma fan base is not looking good at all. Improve yourself.
As evidenced by the mere existence of the Message Board Geniuses account, every fanbase has its own lunatic fringe and that’s especially the case at big time programs like Oklahoma. Not every Sooners fan is crazy enough to target the business of a player who transferred, just like not every Michigan fan is unhinged enough to threaten Pete Thamel. But if you go looking for this type of behavior among college football fans on the internet, it’s fairly easy to find.
Since Lincoln Riley left for USC at the end of the 2021 season, the Oklahoma fan base in particular has appeared to be particularly sensitive. Maybe the thought of a highly regarded offensive lineman leaving for a team that was thought to be inferior revived old wounds. Perhaps supporters of the Sooners are simply preparing for their arrival in the SEC in the fall.
Whatever the motivation, the conclusion of this story is actually rather touching. The Google reviews of Reginald Green’s company have been inundated with 5-star ratings, many of which seem to have been written by Missouri fans, in addition to the Sooners fans’ entries being removed.
Thus, despite the fact that both parties appear to be abusing the spirit of Google reviews, this ultimately worked out well for the Green family.
Experienced in the sports media, Ben Axelrod most recently worked for WKYC, NBC’s Cleveland station. He covered Ohio State football and the Big Ten for Cox Media Group, Bleacher Report, Scout, and Rivals before moving to Cleveland.
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