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Look, It's Bill Belichick
Well, you can't really "look" at him, but Belichick and Robert Kraft are IN THE HOUSE-SHAPED FOOTBALL STADIUM. Chained to the bottom of the chair is Matt Cassel, nibbling on a soft pretzel....
Thom Brennaman Knows Tim Tebow Will Cure Your Cancer
Wow, after a tough, gritty, Christian first down, Brennaman harkens down from the booth that cynics and naysayers will be changed forever the more they know about Timothy "Neo" Tebow....
Graham Harrell Wins Award That Bridges Commercial And Game He's Not In
The Texas Tech quarterback won Fox's "All-America Player of the Year." He's not in this game. In fact, he lost his bowl game. But look at those passing numbers!...
Great Pass! Haha, Just Kidding, There Was Holding
That has to be the most debilitating series of events for a team. Bradford throws a great pass, the receiver extends and catches the ball in stride, and some lineman holds into a defender's jersey to check and see if it was 100% cotton or if polyester was involved....
Fourth Best Big XII QB Throws Third Best Interception
Tebow's pass falls into the hands of Nic Harris, who saw it all the way, and the Sooners will get the ball with good field position, assuming of course they don't review the play....
Less Than Five Minutes In, We Have A Second Review (Update: Kinda)
Sweet patience-trying perfectionists! They're going to have a look at the last play, perhaps because the guy in the booth finally got the webcast working and he wants to show the head referee the camera angle from inside Percy Harvin's nose....
All Commercials Hate Starbucks
I saw a Speedway commercial for cheap, cheap lattes wherein a highway patrol officer lambasted a driver for spending four dollars on coffee. Now there's a Taco Bell commercial persuading a coffee kiosk patron not to tip the barista and use the change toward buying a burrito. Seems to me all advertis...
At This Pace, They'll Review Every Other Play
The Oklahoma first down, after review, counts. This gave plenty of souls a chance to pee, re-fill their drink, or beat their head against the wall wondering how many more official reviews we'll have....
Quick! Install Necessary BCS Webcast Components!
Jeez, I've had to go through about ten pages to download the necessary plugin for this Fox BCS webcast....
Coin Toss! Whee!
And now something for the fans. It's time for the coin toss, thrown by ... some Orange Bowl board of trustees guy we never heard of....
There's One Square Gone
Both coaches are from Ohio, leaving no more quality head coaches to coach the teams that are actually in that state. RUB IT IN....
Landmark History In BCS: Game Is ... Buffering ... Buffering ... Buffering
I've got Fox's online simulcast locked 'n loaded on another computer. And let me tell you ... that thing sure is loading, loading, loading....
Dear Yolanda Adams
You and I both love our national anthem. However, we seem to disagree on whether or not the song has its own melody. Thank you and enjoy the game....
Convicted Felons Love Tim Tebow
We all knew about his trip to the Philippines to make underprivileged kids' lives better, sometimes by removing their foreskin, but I didn't know Tim Tebow spoke at prisons as well....
With Dave Campo Working The Camera
Barry Switzer AND Jimmy Johnson in the Fox analyst booth? The NFL will stop at nothing to get you to think about the Cowboys, ever....
A Deeply, Deeply Flawed BCS Bingo Card
The computers had "unofficial first down line" in the top right hand corner, and "Big 12 championship tiebreaker" went undefeated in the regular season. Regardless, neither will be participating in one of the 24 spots on this bingo sheet for tonight's live blog....
Baby Mangino's Final Push; Bissinger Won't Go Down Without A Slight
If there were any questions about how seriously some are taking SHOTY 2008, look no further than KAKE, an ABC affiliate in Kansas, which devoted an entire segment to Baby Mangino's "championship" run....
BCS Live Blog Will Have New Look/Feel, Same Sass
When I die and they lay me to rest Gonna go to watch the BCS When I lay me down to die Goin' up to the live blog in the sky...
SHOTY Title Game: Buzz Bissinger Vs. Baby Mangino
We have reached the SHOTY Final. It's probably the one we should have expected all along....
The One With White, Hairy, Humanitarian Bowl Backside
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another. (NSFW)...