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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....
Oklahoma vs. Florida Decide To Go Ahead With BCS Championship Game Anyway
So it's finally here. The game almost no one wanted to see, but everyone can't stop talking about, for all the disputed, computer generated marbles....
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...
Who's Afraid Of Gallopin' Tim Tebow?
Not Oklahoma cornerback, Domique Franks: "I'd say he'd probably be about the fourth-best quarterback in our conference ... [behind] Sam [Bradford], Graham [Harrell] and Colt [McCoy]." [FanNation]...
Big XII Championship Live Blog: #2 Oklahoma Vs. #20 Missouri
Now that you're all hero-ed out from the SEC Championship, certainly there's enough quarterback love letters in your back pocket for Sam Bradford and Chase Daniel in the Big XII Championship in Kansas City. The Sooners are about 17-point faves, which means the live blog will be interesting by, oh, m...
MAC Championship Live Blog: #12 Ball State Cardinals Vs. Buffalo Bulls
This is pretty much the only way Ford Field gets to host a championship football game. The Chirpin' Birds of Ball State will try to stay undefeated — again — against the blue-colored Bulls of the University At Buffalo. The winner gets to move on to play an important bowl game ... in the SAME FOOTBAL...
College Football Preview: Why Conference Championships Suck Edition
Of all the ridiculous aspects of the BCS system, the conference championship game pisses me off more than any other because it points out the flagrant hypocrisy of the college presidents. In the same time period when they've fought a college football playoff because of the time it would add to the ...
Cats Being CAThletes: An Afternoon at the CFA Iams Cat Championship
This past weekend offered plenty of football, baseball, soccer, and ultimate fighting to satisfy even the most casual sports fan, but most of you probably missed one of the more competitive athletic events that took place in New York City on Saturday and Sunday —- the CFA Iams Cat Championship feat...