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Florida-Oklahoma only two days away!

After four months filled with big performances, exciting moments, and thrilling finishes, including one in last night’s Fiesta Bowl, the end of the college football season is just about upon us. Tonight’s GMAC Bowl between Ball State and Tulsa is certain to be a shootout, but the shootout that most college football fans are [...]

Colt for Heisman in ‘09?

How do you throw down the gauntlet to be the Heisman Trophy frontrunner for next season? By throwing for 414 yards and leading your team on a thrilling last-minute comeback in the Fiesta Bowl, if you’re Colt McCoy. As opposed to the showdown at Texas Tech in November when the Longhorns got down and had [...]

Florida-Oklahoma championship showdown headlines BCS matchups

There was a small chance that the BCS could’ve went a little nutty and spit out an Oklahoma-Texas rematch for the national championship, but after the coaches’ poll revealed Oklahoma and Florida to be 1-2, there was little surprise as to who would be playing for the national title. Of course, even Urban Meyer [...]

Florida-Oklahoma - One for the Ages?

And now the waiting game begins. Florida and Oklahoma both took care of business in their respective championship games, and while the crazy BCS machine could punch out an Oklahoma-Texas rematch, we appear to be headed for the SEC vs. Big 12, juggernaut vs. juggernaut BCS national title game matchup that we’ve been expecting. Both [...]

Oklahoma jumps Texas in BCS, earns Big 12 title game berth

Oh BCS, you’ve gone and done it again! By virtue of being #2 in the new BCS standings, Oklahoma has a place in the Big 12 title game against Missouri and a chance to tie up a berth in the national title game against either Florida or Alabama. On the outside looking in [...]

Heisman Watch: All eyes on Norman

If you don’t feel like reading, just scroll on down for my top five Heisman candidates. On Saturday, Sam Bradford and Oklahoma host Graham Harrell and Texas Tech in a game that has Big 12 title, national title, and Heisman Trophy implications. Graham Harrell enters the weekend atop my list and many others. If [...]

Heisman Watch: Looking to Lubbock

Harrell or Crabtree? So simple, but so difficult to decide who’s the Heisman front-runner this week. Is it the guy who threw the game-winning touchdown pass, or the guy who caught it. Crabtree’s year hasn’t been as prolific as last year, but 70 catches, 921 yards, and 15 touchdowns through nine games isn’t [...]

November will make or break Heisman hopes of McCoy and others

I feel pretty safe in saying that the next few weeks of the college football season will go a long way towards deciding the winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy. With all due respect to the likes of Michigan State’s Javon Ringer or Missouri’s Chase Daniel, who was on many a preseason favorite list, [...]

Saturday Shuffle: Arizona State falls, ECU survives, Ringer runs wild, and more

There were other games on Saturday besides USC-Ohio State? Well, I’m not sure how much of a game that beating was, but back on topic! It was a wild, action-packed day, which started with a top-25 team from the Pac-10 going down and ended with a top-25 team from the Pac-10 going down, one of [...]

Sooners looking to break BCS blues in ‘08

Oklahoma hasn't had much success in BCS games over the last few seasons, but with the talent they have on both sides of the ball, 2008 could be the year they break the streak, according to Jake Keyes.