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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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College Football Bowl Game Predictions Offered

December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Due to the fact that there are seven — count ‘em, seven — Big 12 Conference teams involved in college football bowl games between Dec. 29 and Jan. 8, I decided to include all of their games as well as all of the BCS bowl games in my predictions this year which appear below: Monday, [...]

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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 [...]

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Utah Ranked Above Oklahoma State in BCS?

November 2nd, 2008 · 14 Comments

I’ve been so busy writing about politics during the past few weeks that I haven’t had time to cover college football much.  Tonight, however, I had to share my disgust with the latest BCS rankings.  Somehow, those rankings place the Utah Utes above my Oklahoma State Cowboys.  My question is, “How?” A comparison of the [...]

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OSU’s Hunter Earns Player of the Week Nomination

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Four nominees for the AT&T All-America Player of the Week award have been announced after the seventh week of college football action, and Oklahoma State Cowboys running back Kendall Hunter is one of them. During #17 Oklahoma State’s 28-23 defeat of Missouri in Columbia Saturday night, Hunter rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown.  A [...]

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Oklahoma State Pops Missouri, 28-23, in Columbia!

October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Though my Oklahoma Sooners lost to Texas, 45-35, as explained in this post, 17th-ranked Oklahoma State — my alma mater — shocked the #3 Missouri Tigers, 28-23, during Saturday night action in Columbia, Mo. Despite entering the game a decided favorite, Missouri struggled to find the right formula to defeat the boys from Stillwater — [...]

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ESPN GameDay Final Highlights Sooners, Cowboys

October 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Stepping away from politics for a moment, I had to point out one of the best graphics I’ve seen online in quite a while — the teaser that appeared on the front page of ESPN’s college football section and points to the College GameDay Final report about the battles between four Big XII Conference “unbeatens” [...]

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