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Bob Stoops' Top Five Letdowns: Five Reasons To Doubt The OU Sooners Tonight
From everything I have watched this year, my eyes tell me OU is going to win the National Championship game tonight. Both teams' résumés look a lot more questionable after the bowl games...
Written by J. Robert Byrom about over 4 years ago 360 reads 6 comments
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Mike Leach Coaches Like He Is Playing Video Games
Mike Leach understands how to score better than any coach in the country, he needs to be commended for taking a mediocre program and make it relevant in its conference and this year nationally, but apparently, he never attended coaching 101...
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North Division Going 3-0, Show The Big 12 May Actually Be That Good
The Big 12 north division was manhandled this year in conference play by the south division. The three teams that just won bowl games...
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Big 12 Quarterbacks Have Looked Bad in First Two Bowl Games
I know the Big 12 has only played two bowl games thus far, but two of their better QBs have looked just plain bad. These are second tier conference QBs, mind you, but they have definitely performed a much lower level than they did in conference...
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The North Held Serve, Now It's Time for the Big 12 South to Live Up to Its Hype
Missouri won last night. They won ugly, but won none the less. The division that was the whipping boy for the Big 12 South this year started the bowl season off right for a conference that is looking to remove any doubt that they are they best...
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Is The Big 12 Really That Good? We Start to Find Out Tonight at Alamo Bowl
The last time Mizzou stepped into the Alamo Dome, they were number one in the nation and one win away from the national championship game. Oh, what a difference a year makes or a game, for that matter...
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As a Fan, There is No Better Franchise to Spend Your Money With Than the Yankees
I have been to many, many sporting events, I have bought $500 tickets, eight dollar beers, six dollar hot dogs, and four dollar bottles of water. I have been monetarily drained by the sports industry as much as any other middle-income american...
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BCS Championship Game: History Says Oklahoma Is the Home Team
OU is as at home in Miami as any team, except for "The U," of course. But even Miami had trouble beating OU in Miami, winning the games they played but close at the end...
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Give Me Super Sam Over Superman Hands Down: Bradford the Quarterback for Me
If I coached a bad team devoid of talent there is no doubt that I would want Tim Tebow to be my quarterback. Tebow is absolutely amazing—he's an admirable passer and a rare quarterback that can power run with above average speed...
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Oklahoma, Big 12 Need a Great Bowl Season to Prove Relevance, Dominance
Oklahoma may have scored first with Sam Bradford winning the Heisman, but they will need to score a big win against Florida if they want pollsters to keep voting them into BCS championship games...
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2008 Heisman Winner Will Be Determined By Second-Place Votes
The Heisman trophy may very well be decided this year by second-place votes instead of first. The top three candidates are highly likely to split the first place votes pretty evenly...
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Speed Kills, Just Ask Sooner's Defense
Football coaches love the mantra, "you can't coach speed." With all the athletes OU has, they were ran all over last january by Noel Devine & Pat White. Even the fullback, Owen Schmitt, broke a 57-yard run on OU last year...
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SEC 0-2-2 Head to Head Against BCS Conferences
When the toughest conference from top to bottom has matched up with other top conferences, it has not performed well. SEC teams went 4-6 against the ACC, 1-1 against the Pac-10 and Big East, and 0-1 against the Big 12...
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SEC Is 6-9 Against BCS Conferences, Allowing 32 Points Per Game In Losses
The SEC Defenses have not performed nearly as well when they have stepped out of conference to play other BCS conferences...
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Florida Gators Have Not Seen an Offense Like the Sooner's
You will hear for the next month, over and over, that OU has not faced a defense like Florida's. That may be true, but the shoe is on the other foot as well. Florida has not faced an Offense like OU's...
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Will Oscar De La Hoya Ever Go Away?
I am not a huge fan of boxing but I love a good fight. I have not watched a bout this year and most years I catch three big fights tops, but even I knew what the outcome of this fight was going to be...
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Texas Longhorns Resume Much More Impressive Than Gators
This year, the SEC has became what the big 12 usually is, a two-team top-heavy conference. So through no fault of their own, Florida has one signature win, Alabama...
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Oklahoma-Missouri: The Sixth Best Game in its Own Conference
OU/Texas Texas/Tech OU/Tech Texas/Okla. State Kansas/Missouri Five conference games I would much rather see than the Big 12 championship game tonight...
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If OU Loses This Weekend-Tech Deserves Both The BCS & National Championship Game
ESPN may have to show their true colors on Saturday night, if OU loses. Missouri will be the Big 12 champ and will have fulfilled their nickname this year, the paper tigers...
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ESPN Talking Out Both Sides Of Their Mouths About Texas Longhorns, Red Raiders
Two things I have heard out of ESPN anchors all week is that Texas deserves it more than OU because of head-to-head. Usually in the same breath, they say Texas lost to Tech on a last second play after a grueling four-game stretch...
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Texas Actually Won More Style Points Than OU
I have heard all week that OU won the big 12 south because they racked up more style points, but the computers are no longer allowed to care about style...
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The SEC Tiebreaker Is Flawed, Too
Say you are Bob Stoops and the Texas Tech game is going beautifully for you. It's halftime and you're up 42-7, playing to create a three-way tie in your division...
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The Longhorns May End Up Loving The Computers After All
While Texas seems to be out of it if OU wins against Missouri, they still may have hope. If Florida barely wins against Alabama another quandary will arise for the BCS, "Who is most ...
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Longhorns Should Be More Grateful For OU's Run
After Texas lost to Tech, they needed one of two things to happen, OU or Ok State to win out. While the Picken's Project is much improved, no one believed they could do so and they proved everyone right on the road in Lubbock...
