Bob McCarty Writes

Sure, it’s a preseason college football coaches poll, but — HEY! — it has the Oklahoma Sooners in the #1 spot and the Oklahoma State Cowboys at #8, so I simply had to share it in this space. BOOMER SOONER or GO POKES? Because I grew up a Sooners fan before graduating from Oklahoma State [...]

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I’ve written several posts about Mike Leach since Dec. 30, 2009, the day he was fired from his position as head football coach at Texas Tech University.  I reported on rumors, including one that claimed he was “swift-boated” in a fashion similar to the one that cost John Kerry the presidency in 2004.  And I [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE:  Brace yourself.  Some of the personal information I share below might fall under the category of TMI (i.e., “too much information”). Blame it on cold weather, a comfortable couch, to-die-for foods like pumpkin pie and plenty of college football on the tube, but I found myself weighing 207 pounds the other day and [...]

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The Oklahoma Sooners came back from an early 17-0 deficit to tie the game late in the second quarter and went on to defeat the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 23-20, in the the Big 12 Championship game played Saturday night at “Jerry World” in Arlington, Texas. In case you missed the game last night, the video above [...]

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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!

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Arguably one of the most innovative coaches in the country, Mike Leach not only has transformed Texas Tech Football, but also the face of college football with an all-out aerial assault. This is evidenced by the number of programs incorporating more passing into their schemes than before. Leach’s offense has become a hot commodity as [...]

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“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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