July 4th, 1776 marks the birth and indepence of a great nation. A day we now commemorate and celebrate by having BBQ, fireworks, parades, etc. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July from everyone here at CCM!

So most of you probably aren't aware, but when you're in a position of great power like our Crimson and Cream Machine writers you have access to many different stats with respect to our site traffic.  And on the SB Nation company playground, you are judged by the other kids and how many "friends" you have.  And if you can read past my very poor analogy, what I'm trying to reference is our total members here on CCM.  Well, early this afternoon we passed a significant milestone and I wanted to recognize that fact here with all our readers. 

Crimson and Cream Machine passed the 1,500+ member mark and myself, Matt, Jon, dimes, Jubanator, Kellen, OnlyOne, and anyone else who has and/or will contribute now or in the futre would like to say thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We wouldn't be here if it weren't for all of you and I can promise you things are only going to get bigger and better!  We want to be your #1 source for any and all things OU and we're working every day to accomplish that.  So again, to all 1,500 of you, thank you very, very much!  Hopefully there will be another 1,500 joining you sometime in the near future, and then another 1,500, and on and on. 

On a separate note, I'd just like to personally thank Matt for allowing me to be a part of the site.  I thoroughly enjoy it, could not love doing the podcast more, and words can't describe how much I enjoy talking about OU with all our loyal readers here on CCM! 

So one last time thank you to you all and all of us here at CCM can't wait for all the great things 2011 will hopefully bring our Sooners and getting to share them will all of you!

I wanted to say thanks to all of you who listened to the show Thursday night and who are going to listen to the rebroadcast thorough out the week. Even though I am a rookie at this live show stuff I had a great time chatting with you guys and reading your e-mails.

I case you missed it you can still listen to the rebroadcast at any time by simply clicking on the play button below. Here's what we discussed during the show:

* Kevin Sumlin to Houston
* Heisman Trophy Post-Presentation Thoughts - Why wasn't Kevin Smith invited?
* BCS Bowl Breakdown
* Scouting the West Virginia Mountaineers Offense
* OU Basketball Update
* Listener/Reader Emails

It was the first of what will hopefully be many shows and as always we are open to suggestion. Leave your comments below about the show. What did you agree or disagree with? We really do want to know!

Look for a post to go up on Monday with details about next week's show. Congratulations to Chris, Jesse and Clint who were our three winners of the OU Logo Wall Poster. We'll have more to give away next week.