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College Football Bowl Game Predictions Offered

December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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, [...]

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The Joke’s on Voters if Oklahoma Sooners Quarterback Sam Bradford Doesn’t Win Heisman

December 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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 [...]

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Oklahoma Sooners Rout Missouri Tigers, 62-21

December 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Proving they deserved the top spot in the Big 12 Conference South Division, the #2 Oklahoma Sooners routed the #19 Missouri Tigers, 62-21, in the conference championship game Saturday night at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. In posting the 41-point margin of victory over Gary Pinkel’s squad, Bob Stoops’ Sooners became the first team in [...]

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Oklahoma Sooners Ascend to #2 in BCS Standings!

November 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Things worked out for the Oklahoma Sooners after all as they leapfrogged over the Texas Longhorns (now #3) and Florida Gators (now #4) into the #2 spot in college football’s BCS standings released this afternoon. Four consecutive 60-plus-point performances, capped by a 61-41 defeat of the #12 Oklahoma State Cowboys last night, convinced human and [...]

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Oklahoma Sooners Deliver Message to the Nation

November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Bob Stoops’ fifth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners delivered the #2 Texas Tech Red Raiders football program its worst defeat ever — that’s right, EVER! — a 65-21 drubbing Saturday night at The Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium in Norman.*  More importantly, however, the boys in Crimson ‘n’ Cream sent a strongly-worded message to the rest of the college [...]

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Utah Ranked Above Oklahoma State in BCS?

November 2nd, 2008 · 14 Comments

I’ve been so busy writing about politics during the past few weeks that I haven’t had time to cover college football much.  Tonight, however, I had to share my disgust with the latest BCS rankings.  Somehow, those rankings place the Utah Utes above my Oklahoma State Cowboys.  My question is, “How?” A comparison of the [...]

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Oklahoma State Pops Missouri, 28-23, in Columbia!

October 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Though my Oklahoma Sooners lost to Texas, 45-35, as explained in this post, 17th-ranked Oklahoma State — my alma mater — shocked the #3 Missouri Tigers, 28-23, during Saturday night action in Columbia, Mo. Despite entering the game a decided favorite, Missouri struggled to find the right formula to defeat the boys from Stillwater — [...]

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