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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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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 bowl [...]

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Utah Stuns Crimson Tide, Rolls to 31-17 Win

January 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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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Bowl No Holiday as Cowboys Fall to Ducks, 42-31

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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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Sooners Fall to Mountaineers, 48-28, in Fiesta Bowl

January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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