With top-ranked Oklahoma visiting fifth-ranked Florida State, we have our first de facto in season playoff game. Since college football doesn't have a playoff system, and really a joke of a postseason when you think about it, the regular season becomes single elimination playoffs. Because you need to be undefeated to even have a chance to play for a national title. The … [Read more...] about #1 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #5 Florida State Seminoles: Brutally Honest Game Preview
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Oklahoma, Oklahoma State to Join Pac 12?
If you've seen the ESPN 30 for 30 "Pony Excess" about the SMU Mustangs and their receiving of the college football death penalty in the 1980s, you might have noticed former NCAA investigator Dan Beebee. In that role, he truly was a great. In his role as a conference commissioner, he is an absolute train wreck. The Big 12 is utterly imploding, and there's nothing he can do to … [Read more...] about Oklahoma, Oklahoma State to Join Pac 12?
#2 Oklahoma Sooners: College Football 77 in 77
There's no question who the power of the Big 12 is these days. Nebraska is gone, Texas A&M is looking to SECede the first chance it gets and Texas is still a couple years away from being TEXAS! They do have that Longhorn Network, which makes them the team in the conference with the biggest gun, but only the Oklahoma Sooners are strong enough to contend for a national title. … [Read more...] about #2 Oklahoma Sooners: College Football 77 in 77
Maaco Las Vegas Bowl is Actually Worthwhile
Traditionally, college football bowls that take place before the new calendar year are frowned upon. In fact, recently even those that occur on the holiday for those nursing hangovers are seen as second rate-besides the Rose Bowl. Well, it’s time to further delve into the match-ups instead of just drinking the kool-aid that the establishment would like to serve us. Yahoo … [Read more...] about Maaco Las Vegas Bowl is Actually Worthwhile
Colt McCoy Discusses Huge Rivalry Game Ahead
By Paul M. Banks Football is the most territorial game of all. No other sport comes anywhere near as close to resembling a war game as the gridiron does. It’s like an athletic version of the board game “Risk.” #3 Texas takes on #20 Oklahoma in the “Red River Shootout,” also known as the “Red River Rivalry” Saturday. And maybe the fact that it’s a border war, with a nickname … [Read more...] about Colt McCoy Discusses Huge Rivalry Game Ahead
Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy: Rival BFFs
By Paul M. Banks You can describe the relationship of Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy in many ways: frienemies, unlikely BFFs, forbidden bromance. But no matter how you describe the friendship between the Oklahoma and Texas QBs, it’s certainly an unlikely one. Bradford and McCoy, last year’s Heisman trophy winner and 1st runner-up, are starting quarterbacks on opposite sides of … [Read more...] about Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy: Rival BFFs