Bob McCarty Writes

Though I only watched portions of the ATT Cotton Bowl today, the parts I watched showed an ugly effort by Coach Mike Leach’s #7 Texas Tech Red Raiders as they lost in Dallas to Houston Nutt’s #25 Ole Miss Rebels, 47-34.
Yes, I know; in my “crystal ball” post last week, I predicted the game would [...]

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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, Dec. [...]

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In a survey of 100 media members across the country who vote for the Heisman Trophy, Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford collected almost as many first-place votes — 47 — as his two closest quarterback competitors combined.
Colt McCoy of the Texas Longhorns and Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators received 20 and 31 first-place [...]

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ATTENTION: People who cast votes in the polls that count toward college football’s BCS rankings.  A new formula suggests the Oklahoma Sooners squad is the clear-cut winner in the Big 12 South.

Now that a three-way tie exists between the Oklahoma Sooners, Texas Longhorns and Texas Tech Red Raiders, I have a suggestion for resolving the [...]

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A game-ending 41-yard field goal by Alex Talica sealed the deal for the Texas Tech Red Raiders as they defeated the surprisingly strong Virginia Cavaliers, 31-28, in the Gator Bowl.
In a post yesterday, I predicted Coach Mike Leach’s system — Graham Harrell to Mike Crabtree et al — would run roughshod over the boys from [...]

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