Bob McCarty Writes

Though the Florida House of Representatives voted in favor of it yesterday, a move to open state waters to offshore oil drilling appears to have run out of time in the legislative session, according to a Miami Herald report via Upstream Online.com.
American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard today issued the following statement today about the [...]

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Oklahoma won the toss and will receive the opening kickoff from Florida in the BCS National Championship Game set to kickoff in a few minutes in Miami.
FIRST QUARTER
OU wide receiver Juaquin Iglesias returned the ball to the Sooners 24.
OU running back Chris Brown carried for no gain on 1st and 10.
On 2nd and 10, OU [...]

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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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I’m excited about the opportunity to watch the #1 Oklahoma Sooners take on the #2 Florida Gators in the BCS National Championship tonight in Miami.  Why?  Because I share a lot in common with Oklahoma’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Sam Bradford.
For instance:

I know what it’s like to be the starting quarterback for an Oklahoma football team;

I [...]

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The #3 Texas Longhorns never gave up.  Despite giving up a touchdown to #10 Ohio State with less than 3 minutes to go in the game, the Big 12 South squad from Austin kept their composure, marched down field and scored with 17 seconds to go to defeat the Buckeyes in a squeaker in the [...]

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