Boy, I need to catch up on my Top 10 for 1980, and I will. Promise. There is a Top 4. I mean, it's not like I created a Top 10 list and only filled out the first six places.

Alas, I find myself listening to some prep football on the Web tonight, and no, it's not Muskogee or Henryetta. Unfortunately, with as many sports radio stations as we have in the Oklahoma City area, we don't have nearly enough small-town radio coverage available online.

Texas has its own Web site.

Most of you know that I lived in south Texas for two years, covering the El Campo Ricebirds, who are officially in my circle of favorite prep teams, joining Muskogee and Henryetta. What's odd is that I've seen as many El Campo games live as I saw Henryetta games during my high school days.

Anyway, I don't intend on insulting Oklahoma prep fans because I am among you. However, outside of Union and Jenks, Oklahoma prep football is minor league compared to even average Texas prep football. Going to an El Campo game was like going to small college game, not only in terms of attendance but in terms of tailgating.

The difference isn't THAT big, but it's pronounced. It's definitely what the Major Leagues are to Triple-A. It's not like Oklahoma is Class A ball by comparison; however, El Campo always did it up right, and now they broadcast every game on their Web site.

Every high school in Oklahoma needs to do this, or I should say that every small radio station should be broadcasting prep football and making it available online. It's crazy not to. I mean, the NHL is making their audio broadcasts available online for free. For the first time ever, you can listen to every NBA game online, real time, for free.

It's great for the team, the station, the brand, the whole enchilada.

Of course, not every radio station is equipped with an excellent broadcasting crew. KULP does a terrific job with these games, and even though it's been 12 years since I've even been there, it's amazing that their football broadcasts are essentially the same.

Now, Oklahoma is vastly superior to Texas in terms of broadcasting games on TV. Both Cox and KSBI do a wonderful job covering Oklahoma games, but unfortunately, I don't have time to sit in front of the TV and watch, and they only broadcast one or two games a week.

In Texas, even in my decade in Dallas, I couldn't find anything.

But El Campo was south of the Hill Country, in the Ricebelt, and it's a football savvy, gridiron hungry bunch with warm nights all the way until playoffs begin. Even though it was a ton of work, I have fond memories of driving back from Rosenberg each Saturday morning at about 3 a.m., tired as hell.

And now, I get to relive them thanks to KULP 1390 being a bit more innovative than other small-town stations.