  By Berry Tramel Modified: April 21, 2011 at 12:00 pm •
Published: April 21, 2011   On the state's allegiance to college
football and whether an NBA title from the Thunder would surpass
an OU football national title in prestige:  There are more OU
fans than Thunder fans in the state right now. So obviously a
college football national title is huge. But if the Thunder
beats Denver, San Antone and, let's say, the Lakers. If the
Thunder reaches the NBA Finals? The bandwagon would fill
quickly, because what you said is right. Everyone in the state
would jump on board. Here's the other thing. The NBA Finals are
in June. The Thunder would be a runaway national story. The
whole danged state would be going crazy.  On whether the Thunder
will sweep the Nuggets and win the next two games in Denver:
No. I don't think it'll be a sweep. I think it's going to be OKC
in five. Now, if the Thunder wins Game 3 Saturday night, I think
the Thunder wins Game 4. Hard for a team to keep its chin up
when it's down 3-0.  On Oklahom