Bob McCarty Writes

Watching West Virginia paste a 48-28 loss on my beloved Oklahoma Sooners last night was painful, but a “silver lining” did emerge following the 2008 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
After Mountaineers interim head coach Bill Stewart accepted the team trophy and linebacker Reed Williams the defensive player of the game hardware, quarterback Pat White accepted the game’s [...]

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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, penalties [...]

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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 [...]

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Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma Sooners blocked a West Virginia field goal attempt just before halftime, sending the Mountaineers into the locker room with a 20-6 at halftime lead.
That was one of the few highlights generated by the team from Norman, Okla. Another came when Allen Patrick returned a West Virginia kickoff 73 yards, setting up [...]

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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 [...]

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