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 [...]
Texas Fans Suffer From ‘Irritable Bowl Syndrome’
December 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: · arrowhead stadium, bcs, bcs championship, bcs rankings, big 12, big 12 championship, bob stoops, bowl, College Football, consolation price, digestive disorder, fiesta bowl, florida gators, frequent trips to the bathroom, gators, illness, irritable bowl syndrome, kansas city, lone star state, longhorn fan base, longhorns, mack brown, miami, missouri tigers, norman, ohio state, Oklahoma Sooners, oklahoma state, sooners, sports medicine, texas, texas beat ou, texas fans, texas longhorns, times-record news, water shortages, wichita falls
BCS Title Game Set, #1 Oklahoma vs. #2 Florida (Updated)
December 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: · bcs, bcs championship, bcs rankings, bob stoops, bradford, College Football, florida, florida gators, gators, heisman, heisman trophy, national championship, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, sam bradford, sooners, tebow, tim tebow
Oklahoma Sooners Rout Missouri Tigers, 62-21
December 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Proving they deserved the top spot in the Big 12 Conference South Division, the #2 Oklahoma Sooners routed the #19 Missouri Tigers, 62-21, in the conference championship game Saturday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. In posting the 41-point margin of victory over Gary Pinkel’s squad, Bob Stoops’ Sooners became the first team in [...]
Tags: · anti-oklahoma sentiment, arrowhead stadium, bcs, bcs championship, big 12, bob stoops, bradford, College Football, ESPN, espn.com, florida, florida gators, gary pinkel, gators, heisman, kansas city, longhorns, Missouri, missouri tigers, ncaa history, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, pinkel, sam bradford, sooners, stoops, texas, texas longhorns, tigers
Big 12 Title Game: ‘Like deja vu all over again’
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Borrowing from Yogi Berra, I must say something about the Big 12 Conference Championship set to take place Saturday between the #2 Oklahoma Sooners and #20 Missouri Tigers: “This is like deja vu all over again.” There are, of course, some obvious differences such as the fact that the 2008 title game is taking place [...]
Tags: · alamodome, arrowhead stadium, baylor, bcs, bcs championship, bcs title game, big 12, big 12 championship, big 12 conference, bob stoops, chase daniels, deja vu, deja vu all over again, gary pinkel, heisman trophy, kansas city, kansas jayhawks, kansas state, miami, Missouri, missouri tigers, nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, oklahoma state, pinkel, sam bradford, San Antonio, stoops, texas, texas longhorns, yogi berra
Oklahoma Sooners Ascend to #2 in BCS Standings!
November 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Things worked out for the Oklahoma Sooners after all as they leapfrogged over the Texas Longhorns (now #3) and Florida Gators (now #4) into the #2 spot in college football’s BCS standings released this afternoon. Four consecutive 60-plus-point performances, capped by a 61-41 defeat of the #12 Oklahoma State Cowboys last night, convinced human and [...]
Tags: · alabama, alabama crimson tide, arrowhead stadium, bcs championship, big 12, big 12 championship, big 12 north, big 12 south, bob stoops, College Football, Crimson Tide, florida, florida gators, gators, kansas city, longhorns, miami, Missouri, missouri tigers, norman, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, oklahoma state, oklahoma state cowboys, sooners, southeast conference, stoops, texas, texas longhorns, tigers
Oklahoma Sooners Deliver Message to the Nation
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Bob Stoops’ fifth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners delivered the #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders football program its worst defeat ever — that’s right, EVER! — a 65-21 drubbing Saturday night at The Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium in Norman.* More importantly, however, the boys in Crimson ‘n’ Cream sent a strongly-worded message to the rest of the college [...]
Tags: · alabama, arrowhead stadium, bcs championship, big 12, big 12 championship, big 12 south, bob stoops, boone pickens stadium, cowboys, crimson and cream, Crimson Tide, fedex bcs national championship, florida, gators, longhorns, miami, Missouri, national title, norman, Oklahoma, oklahoma state, orange bowl, sooners, southeast conference, stillwater, texas, tigers
Oklahoma vs. Texas — Liveblogging the 2nd Half
October 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The Oklahoma Sooners went into the locker room at halftime, leading the Texas Longhorns 21-20. Soon after the second half began, Bob Stoops’ club continued to battle the same 11 players and game officials as they did in the first half. Replays clearly show two personal foul calls against Oklahoma linebacker Travis Lewis should not [...]
Tags: · bob stoops, bradford, Chris Ogbonnaya, colt mccoy, instant replay controversy, mccoy, micah knall, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Sooners, sam bradford, stoops, texas, texas longhorns, travis lewis, travis robinson
