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 [...]
Florida House Votes in Favor of Offshore Drilling, But Measure Runs Out of Time Before Senate Vote
April 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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Liveblogging the BCS National Championship Game
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments
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 [...]
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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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Blogger Shares a Lot in Common with Sam Bradford
January 8th, 2009 · No Comments
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 [...]
Tags: · 2009 bcs national championship, bcs, bcs national championship, boomer sooner, bradford, Brett Favre, College Football, florida, florida gators, gators, heisman trophy, heisman trophy-winning quarterback, miami, national championship, Oklahoma, Oklahoma football team, Oklahoma Sooners, sam bradford, sooners
Texas Defeats Ohio State, 24-21, in Fiesta Bowl
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments
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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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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Trojans Win Rose, Hokies Win Orange, Fans Bored
January 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
Though college football fans were treated to a back-to-back pair of dull bowl games, I was able to add one more win and one more loss to my predictions record for the bowl game season. In the first game, played in Pasadena, Calif., the #5 USC Trojans defeated the #8 Penn State Nittany Lions, 38-24, [...]
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