Bob McCarty Writes

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 bowl [...]

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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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It appears I blew it when it came to predicting the outcomes of the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl played last night in San Diego.
In my second annual college football bowl game predictions post, I had picked #13 Oklahoma State to defeat #17 Oregon, 29-20.  Unfortunately, the Ducks had other plans for the Cowboys of my [...]

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Bob Stoops’ boys couldn’t keep pace with the wheels beneath the high-flying West Virginia Mountaineers offense. So much for my prediction of a 21-point Oklahoma Sooners win.
For more about the first half, see Sooners Trail Mountaineers 20-6 at Halftime.
For a third-quarter recap, see Mountaineers Lead Sooners 34-15 After Three.
More than anything else, penalties [...]

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Trailing 20-6, the Oklahoma Sooners came out of the locker room as if they had something to prove, putting up nine quick points against the West Virginia Mountaineers. Seemingly unfazed, the Mountaineers answered with back-to-back touchdown drives and things started to look bleak for the boys from Norman. On the ensuing [...]

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