My 10-1 Oklahoma State Cowboys moved up a spot to #9 in college football’s Bowl Championship Series after a convincing 48-14 win over the Kansas Jayhawks Saturday in Lawrence. Next up: Bedlam at home against the 9-2 Oklahoma Sooners who whipped the Baylor Bears, 53-24, Saturday night in Waco. Go Pokes!
BCS: Oklahoma State Moves Into 9th Spot
November 21st, 2010 · No Comments
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Oklahoma State Cowboys National Champions?
November 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Politics aside for a moment, I must point out the fact that my Oklahoma State Cowboys are on the verge of a 10-win season, a Big 12 South title and a possible BCS bowl bid. Who knows, a 12-win season is possible with wins over Kansas, Oklahoma and a bowl opponent. And a national title [...]
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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games. Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]
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‘Irritable Bowl Syndrome’ Under Control in 2009
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments
“Irritable Bowl Syndrome,” the affliction first identified among fans of the Texas Longhorns football team in December 2008, seems to be under control in 2009. They are, after all, set to take on the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the BCS National Championship Game Jan. 7 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. You might recall [...]
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Did Obama Compromise Secret Service Agent?
January 9th, 2009 · 13 Comments
If Barack Obama can’t be trusted to safeguard information about his own Secret Service agents, can he be trusted with vital national security secrets? I ask the question above after observing the president-elect engaging in post-news conference “happy talk” (i.e., non-political banter) with members of the Washington press corps this morning. After bringing up the [...]
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Liveblogging the BCS National Championship Game
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments
Oklahoma won the toss and will receive the opening kickoff from Florida in the BCS National Championship Game set to kickoff in a few minutes in Miami. FIRST QUARTER OU wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias returned the ball to the Sooners 24. OU running back Chris Brown carried for no gain on 1st and 10. On [...]
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With Big Game Only Hours Away, Former Oklahoma QB Reflects on College Football Bowl Season
January 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Only hours away from the kickoff of the FedEx BCS National Championship Game in Miami, I find myself reflecting upon how the college football bowl season has kept this former Oklahoma quarterback-turned blogger busy during the last two weeks. The bowl season began for me Dec. 28 when I published my second annual college football [...]
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