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 [...]
Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans
December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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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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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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Mountaineers Lead Sooners 34-15 After Three
January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
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 drive, quarterback Sam Bradford [...]
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Talk Show Appearances Could Hurt Huck and Hill
January 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is flying to Los Angeles later today to make a guest appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Similarly, Democrat Hillary Clinton will make an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. For several reasons, I believe these candidates’ decisions to appear on the late night talks shows [...]
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