Bob McCarty Writes

Though many in the Southeast Conference expected it to go the other way, it was the Utah Utes who rolled to a 31-17 victory over Alabama Friday night in the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Jumping out to an early 21-0 lead and never looking back, the Mountain West champions ended their season undefeated, 13-0, and raising my [...]

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Sam Bradford, sophomore quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners, was announced as the 2008 winner of the Heisman Trophy during ceremonies tonight at the Nokia Theater in New York City.
Colt McCoy of the Texas Longhorns and 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators finished second and third, respectively, in the balloting for the [...]

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College football fans in Texas appear to be suffering from severe cases of what might best be described as “Irritable Bowl Syndrome,” an affliction caused by a third-place finish in the latest BCS rankings.

Upset over the fact that their beloved Longhorns finished out of the running for a chance to play in the BCS Championship [...]

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The #2 Florida Gators leapfrogged the #3 Texas Longhorns in the latest college football BCS rankings, setting up a national championship showdown with the #1 Oklahoma Sooners that should feature two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks.
The BCS title game will be played Jan. 8, 24 days after the nation’s most outstanding college football player (a.k.a., “the Heisman [...]

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Thankfully, Al Franken will have nothing to do with counting Heisman Trophy ballots.  If, however, record-setting Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford isn’t named the winner of college football’s Heisman Trophy Dec. 13 in New York City, the joke is likely to be on voters.
In Saturday night’s Big 12 Championship at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, [...]

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