Bob McCarty Writes

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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Thankfully, Al Franken will have nothing to do with counting Heisman Trophy ballots.  If, however, record-setting Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford isn’t named the winner of college football’s Heisman Trophy Dec. 13 in New York City, the joke is likely to be on voters.
In Saturday night’s Big 12 Championship at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, [...]

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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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