National Championship Game

[MissouriBronc]

Here we go.

Oklahoma stopped on their first drive.

The stupid lineup quick, fake the snap, look for the play call from the bench is going to screw Oklahoma and take away their advantage of snapping the ball quickly.

It's a terrible thing to do with a defense that schemes right. Every time they do it, Florida changes their defense and the offensive coordinator adjusts.

I'm so sick of this offense in college. Call a play, let the quarterback figure out the audibles and go with it.

[MissouriBronc]

Harvin said he was at 90 percent...but it looked like he pulled up there a little bit.

Oklahoma is going to have to get a lot more pressure than that.

[Nomad]

I hope it's a close game. OU seemed one dimensional one their first drive!

[MissouriBronc]

I hope it's a close game. OU seemed one dimensional one their first drive!

They did a little, but I think they passed on all but one play. The one run that looked like it was going somewhere was called back.

Florida couldn't get anything going with their first two plays, but now they are on the move.

[MissouriBronc]

Oklahoma can't stop this offense. They better hope they can score.

[Nomad]

Oklahoma can't stop this offense. They better hope they can score.

Tebow time on 4th

[Hobe]

I hope you realize that Utah may sue you for starting this thread!

[Nomad]

Oklahoma can't stop this offense. They better hope they can score.

Eating my crow, for now!!

[MissouriBronc]

Yeah!

Go Big 12!

[MissouriBronc]

I hope you realize that Utah may sue you for starting this thread!

I will countersue their schedule.

[BroncoAV06]

Florida trying to streatch the field early and it bites em! Tebow is a great player but you can see it when he drops back its just not his game to have to look down field.

[MissouriBronc]

Florida trying to streatch the field early and it bites em! Tebow is a great player but you can see it when he drops back its just not his game to have to look down field.

They are going to have to go to the short screens, because Oklahoma is not going to let Tebow beat them on the ground.

[elsid13]

That pick by Tebow is why he will struggle in the pros. His inability to throw that out from the other hash mark.

[MissouriBronc]

That pick by Tebow is why he will struggle in the pros. His inability to throw that out from the other hash mark.

He has the arm strength, I'm just not sure he has the knack for when, or if, it needs to be thrown.

Bradford has every throw in the book.

[MissouriBronc]

Give Bradford time, and he will pick apart the defense if they insist on playing that cover-1 zone that I saw on that last play.

[elsid13]

He has the arm strength, I'm just not sure he has the knack for when, or if, it needs to be thrown.

Bradford has every throw in the book.

We will see, I think that Tebow is going to struggle.

[frauschieze]

Who should I root for?

[MissouriBronc]

Will see, I think that Tebow is going to struggle.

I think so too. He's Scott Frost and Eric Crouch with a bigger body and a stronger arm.

[MissouriBronc]

Who should I root for?

Oklahoma. You love NTL.

[elsid13]

who should i root for?

me :D

[MissouriBronc]

Greshem is good. Wouldn't mind having him on the Broncos, but we don't need anymore tight ends.

[Nomad]

72 killing the drive for OU!

[Zweems56]

Everyonekeep watching spikes. He's a potential first rounder for us

[Nomad]

Everyonekeep watching spikes. He's a potential first rounder for us

You think he would last until the BRONCOS?

[BroncoAV06]

Everyonekeep watching spikes. He's a potential first rounder for us

Someone is reading my mind...

[MissouriBronc]

You think he would last until the BRONCOS?

Depends on the combine. He made one good play already. Disrupted that first run for Oklahoma.

[broncogirl7]

Go Oklahoma!

[BroncoAV06]

You think he would last until the BRONCOS?

At this moment it does not look like MLB is a big need for the teams ahead of us but you never know, CIN could add him with Rivers but I don't know if they would want to go back to back LB's in round 1. There is the Rams but at #2 that is high. Rey will be in that area as well Top 20, but so much time still to go till April!

[BroncoAV06]

There is Floridas bread and butter, option looks and reads.

[OrangeHoof]

I will countersue their schedule.

Okay. Can you name the school that played Division II Tennessee-Chattanooga this year? Or played Division II The Citadel? You're watching them.

[MissouriBronc]

At this moment it does not look like MLB is a big need for the teams ahead of us but you never know, CIN could add him with Rivers but I don't know if they would want to go back to back LB's in round 1. There is the Rams but at #2 that is high. Rey will be in that area as well Top 20, but so much time still to go till April!

I think the Consensus Top 4 are Bradford, Stafford, Crabtree and the OT from Alabama. After that, it's a crap shoot, and if two of those top two teams DON'T take quarterback, one will fall to at least 10. It's possible that Mauluaga goes pretty high in that scenario, Spikes as well.

The top end of the first round is not loaded with offensive talent past the Top 4.

[Nomad]

I figured the first one to score in this game will win the game, so guess my question is answered! Though I'm rooting for #93 Gerald McCoy (OU), ESPN had a good, heartwarming segment on him and his mom(may she rest in peace)!

[MissouriBronc]

I thought the same thing. Oklahoma can't cower now. They have to strike back.

[MissouriBronc]

And the flood gates have opened.

That was quick.

Go OU!

[Nomad]

I hope OU keeps making big plays and TDs because the camera guy keeps showing that cute, blonde OU cheerleader!:D

[MissouriBronc]

Come on OU!

[Nomad]

Go Big #93!!! His momma's smilin!

[MissouriBronc]

Go Big #93!!! His momma's smilin!

I missed that feature, do you think there's a web viewing of it somewhere?

[MissouriBronc]

Go for it!

[MissouriBronc]

The stupid look up and change the play!

WTF?!?!?!?!

[Nomad]

I missed that feature, do you think there's a web viewing of it somewhere?

All I know, it was on ESPN yesterday!

[BroncoAV06]

Wow, Brown just not enough! Big stop after that INT for FLorida, that could have been a nice little back breaker for OKLA.

[MissouriBronc]

Wow, Brown just not enough! Big stop after that INT for FLorida, that could have been a nice little back breaker for OKLA.

NO!

They screwed up their momentum, by not snapping the damn ball!

That is a cancer to an offense.

[Nomad]

Wow, Brown just not enough! Big stop after that INT for FLorida, that could have been a nice little back breaker for OKLA.

I would have ran a play action on 3rd down, Stoops has to do better than this if he wants to beat Florida!

[broncogirl7]

damn it

[BroncoAV06]

Still not a bad position for OKLA, their defense full of confidence at the moment and Tebow with his bak against the wall.

Agree that the lack of a quick snap was a problem there.

[MissouriBronc]

Still not a bad position for OKLA, their defense full of confidence at the moment and Tebow with his bak against the wall.

Agree that the lack of a quick snap was a problem there.

It's an absolute cancer in the college game. Especially the Big 12, and it drives me up a freakin' wall.

It doesn't give the offense an advantage. It slows down the "hurry up" and becomes advantage defense.

[MissouriBronc]

One play...Harvin. :tsk:

[BroncoAV06]

I will take a 90% ankle like that any day!

[MissouriBronc]

NFL announcers. :tsk:

No horse collar in college.

[Nomad]

Dummy should of went out of bounds!

[MissouriBronc]

Dummy should of went out of bounds!

They have one timeout now...

[Nomad]

Good game so far!

[BroncoAV06]

What a way to end that half. 2nd half should be interesting, can these defense's keep up this pace? Both offense's have had their moments, do they explode in the 2nd?

[MissouriBronc]

The two turnovers at the goal line will absolutely bite Okalhoma in the ass. Badly.

[Buff]

Exactly, they've already got too many squandered opportunities to win... Luckily, the Gators are turning it over too.

[Nomad]

What a way to end that half. 2nd half should be interesting, can these defense's keep up this pace? Both offense's have had their moments, do they explode in the 2nd?

I hope the Sooners are ready because Urban Meyer is going to throw everything he has at the Sooners!

Sooners are going to have to figure something different at the goal line, should be 21 -7 or at least 13-7.

[broncogirl7]

Goal line is killing us.

[Requiem]

I hate OU, but Gerald McCoy should be my dad.

[Nomad]

Grab your popcorn, should be a good second half as the first!

Florida gets the ball first!

[broncogirl7]

It's pretty exciting that it's such a low scoring game when they were predicting big scores.

[Nomad]

Stoops gameplan becoming too predictable!

[Nomad]

Tebow taking the game into his hands!:nervous:

[SM19]

Tim Tebow has decided that his game belongs to him.

[Nomad]

Watch for the jump pass

[MissouriBronc]

This might get ugly if Oklahoma can't get some momentum...and the kick is blocked.

This is going to get ugly now.

[Denver Native (Carol)]

Who was favored in this game, because so far, Florida is taking it to Oklahoma.

[SM19]

Florida by 4.

[Nomad]

Call 911! Stoops is choking on his playbook and the defense is going to run out of oxygen!

[MissouriBronc]

Who was favored in this game, because so far, Florida is taking it to Oklahoma.

I would disagree, Oklahoma dominated the first half but had the two turnovers on the goal line, and Florida has used that to their advantage to gain the momentum in the second half.

[broncogirl7]

Thank goodness...Gators must punt.

[OrangeHoof]

Proves to me that neither team is #1. Turnovers, penalties, wasted opportunities.

Utah Utes.....National Champions!

[Zweems56]

Since the first play of the game, Spikes has looked somewhere between Pathetic and Mediocre.

[Nomad]

Since the first play of the game, Spikes has looked somewhere between Pathetic and Mediocre.

I thought you wanted the BRONCOS to get him!

[MissouriBronc]

Touchdown OU!

[Nomad]

When you think one team is running away with the momentum, the other team surprises you! Great game, two evenly matched teams, and hopefully it comes down to the last second!

[MissouriBronc]

When you think one team is running away with the momentum, the other team surprises you! Great game, two evenly matched teams, and hopefully it comes down to the last second!

That's what makes for a great game...I seriously though this was over a half hour ago.

This is going to be a classic...

[Nomad]

Percy came to play!

[MissouriBronc]

Ugh, a big run from Harvin...

[MissouriBronc]

Time to make a stop OU...

Unless, of course, we get one of those absolute classic fourth quarters...

[Nomad]

I heard a whistle so I can see why Tebow looked confused!

[MissouriBronc]

I heard a whistle so I can see why Tebow looked confused!

I didn't hear a damn thing.

[Nomad]

I didn't hear a damn thing.

Must be the surround sound!

[aberdien]

Go any team that isn't OU...this means you Florida.

[Zweems56]

Whata shame the drive had to end like THAT

[SM19]

Replay caught the whistle. That's quite a break.

[MissouriBronc]

Must be the surround sound!

It sounded like some sort of fan created thing. Lame-ass excuse for Tebow. He just quit on that play.

[MissouriBronc]

Replay caught the whistle. That's quite a break.

That clearly wasn't a referee's whistle.

[SM19]

That clearly wasn't a referee's whistle.

I can't say whether I'd have mistaken it for one if I'd been playing quarterback. But Tebow did.

[MissouriBronc]

I can't say whether I'd have mistaken it for one if I'd been playing quarterback. But Tebow did.

Whoops on his part.

And whoops on Bradford's part. Great pick.

[Nomad]

That clearly wasn't a referee's whistle.

No one is saying it was, but you could hear a whistle and most likely out of the stands! Oh well, it's done!

OU doesn't seem too interested in winning this game by letting the db take the ball out of the receivers hands!

[SM19]

That was an outstanding pick. Could easily have ended up a catch, but great extra effort from Black.

[broncogirl7]

Come on OU, catch the damn ball!

[Nomad]

I can't say whether I'd have mistaken it for one if I'd been playing quarterback. But Tebow did.

I was taught to play through even if the whistle blows during the play!

[SM19]

I was thought to play through even if the whistle blows during the play!

Then how would you know when to stop? :tongue:

Just kidding. He definitely should have run the play, but it's not looking like it will cost them now.

[Nomad]

Unless OU holds the Gators to 3 or a punt, a TD would just about seal the game for Florida!

[MissouriBronc]

That's not an NFL throw, it was a wobbler from the pocket...:rolleyes:

[SM19]

"I would not have expected that from [Trautwein] in this game."

Really? Not even after the first two false starts?

[MissouriBronc]

Damn.

Oh well...proves the SEC is still the best.

[Nomad]

And Bob Stoops will keep his streak alive to 4 with losing in BCS games. I tried rooting for the Sooners!:ohwell:

[Zweems56]

LOL! What the **** was that? I'm tim ******* tebow bitch, and i'm gonna throw a jump shot for a touchdown!

[MissouriBronc]

BTW...Tebow is coming back.

He will want to win three championships.

And that will be the right decision.

[SM19]

My bet looks safe now. I'm not counting on the Sooners scoring 10 points on Florida in three minutes.

[Nomad]

LOL! What the **** was that? I'm tim ******* tebow bitch, and i'm gonna throw a jump shot for a touchdown!

Happens once a game!

[Zweems56]

BTW...Tebow is coming back.

He will want to win three championships.

And that will be the right decision.

That and he should know damn well that he needs another year to become anything resembling an NFL quarterback

[MissouriBronc]

He's a child molester or something. Seriously, kid is too perfect. I swear...

Not sure I can put up with next year and the butt sex that ESPN is going to have with him.

[MissouriBronc]

That and he should know damn well that he needs another year to become anything resembling an NFL quarterback

He'll never be an NFL quarterback, the raw-raw shit doesn't motivate NFL players. Just like Hansbrough at UNC in college basketball. Great college players, nothing in the pros.

[Zweems56]

He'll never be an NFL quarterback, the raw-raw shit doesn't motivate NFL players. Just like Hansbrough at UNC in college basketball. Great college players, nothing in the pros.

I totally didnt just say that :lol:

[Nomad]

And to think people wanted Bob Stoops as the BRONCOS HC:laugh:, though I wish Gerald McCoy well when he goes to the next level!

[Nomad]

He's a child molester or something. Seriously, kid is too perfect. I swear...

Not sure I can put up with next year and the butt sex that ESPN is going to have with him.

He is not perfect, he just got a penalty:D

[MissouriBronc]

P.S. I hear Tebow is about as good as Rivers when it comes to yapping his jaws. Just proved there.

This kid will NEVER be a stud in the NFL, and it's sad that someone will pay him a bunch of money to be a bust.

[SM19]

Awesome. Tebow just trucked the ref.

[BroncoAV06]

Dude chill out, its not all about the NFL Tebow just had a drive with two great strikes and yes is a great college player. Thats what he is doing at the moment winning a championship, not debating that he is an NFL QB, seriously man.

[Nomad]

Who's Steve Spurrier again?

signed

Florida Alumni

[honz]

Please, football gods, let Tim Tebow go pro. Greatest college player of all time? Please. Please shut up now, you idiotic Fox announcers.

[Zweems56]

P.S. I hear Tebow is about as good as Rivers when it comes to yapping his jaws. Just proved there.

This kid will NEVER be a stud in the NFL, and it's sad that someone will pay him a bunch of money to be a bust.

Haters gotta hate,
Lovers wanna love,
I don't even want,
None of the above,
I want to piss on you.
Yes I do, I'll piss on you,
I pee on you.

[honz]

Congrats to Meyer and Florida. I always root for them since Meyer did so much for the Utes in the short time that he was there, but I had to root for OU tonight since my Dad grew up in Norman and went to OU.

One more thing on Tebow...did anyone see how he celebrated after a simple first down in the first half? He started pointing at the fans and running around and flapping his arms and mouth...anyway, anyone not named Tebow gets flagged for that crap. Ask Jake Locker of Washington.

[MissouriBronc]

Dude chill out, its not all about the NFL Tebow just had a drive with two great strikes and yes is a great college player. Thats what he is doing at the moment winning a championship, not debating that he is an NFL QB, seriously man.

Never denied he was one of the best college footbal quarterbacks ever.

So was Eric Crouch.

All College Football Championships deserve a * beside their name anyway.

[Zweems56]

Congrats to Meyer and Florida. I always root for them since Meyer did so much for the Utes in the short time that he was there, but I had to root for OU tonight since my Dad grew up in Norman and went to OU.

One more thing on Tebow...did anyone see how he celebrated after a simple first down in the first half? He started pointing at the fans and running around and flapping his arms and mouth...anyway, anyone not named Tebow gets flagged for that crap. Ask Jake Locker of Washington.

He ran over a safety.... as a quarterback, on an 11 or so yard run. I found myself going "OH SHIT!" too. He had a reason to be amped.

[MissouriBronc]

I'm sorry, but Bob Stoops has coached in four of the 11 BCS National Championship Games...I think he's a good coach...

[honz]

He ran over a safety.... as a quarterback, on an 11 or so yard run. I found myself going "OH SHIT!" too. He had a reason to be amped.
Sure, but he had reason to be flagged for it as well. Excessive celebration in college is a penalty...and that was excessive celebration IMO.

[NightTrainLayne]

Congrats to Florida. OU gave it their best shot, but Florida was just simply better.

[BroncoAV06]

Never denied he was one of the best college footbal quarterbacks ever.

So was Eric Crouch.

All College Football Championships deserve a * beside their name anyway.

Never said ya did.

[BroncoAV06]

Sure, but he had reason to be flagged for it as well. Excessive celebration in college is a penalty...and that was excessive celebration IMO.

They got him late in the game with the chop, dude is just crazy emotional.

[honz]

I'm sorry, but Bob Stoops has coached in four of the 11 BCS National Championship Games...I think he's a good coach...
Yep, plus you have to remember where that program was before he got there.

I liked the trophy presentation when the old guy said "on behalf of the BCS conferences and BCS institutions"...

Yep...please look at my avatar.

[honz]

They got him late in the game with the chop, dude is just crazy emotional.

That's fine if he is emotional, but the rules apply to everyone...and not just when the game is already over with.

[MissouriBronc]

Yep, plus you have to remember where that program was before he got there.

I liked the trophy presentation when the old guy said "on behalf of the BCS conferences and BCS institutions"...

Yep...please look at my avatar.

I just can't believe, at the college level, that anyone would be questioning Stoops and his program...Dude has coached in 4 of 11 National Championship games and gets a bad rap because he's lost three...lol...

[BroncoAV06]

That's fine if he is emotional, but the rules apply to everyone...and not just when the game is already over with.

There was so much extra stuff going on along both sides. Refs could have thrown double the flags early if they wanted to.

[Northman]

Great defense by Florida. Holding OU to 14 points? Amazing.

[MissouriBronc]

Great defense by Florida. Holding OU to 14 points? Amazing.

Inside the 5, twice in the first half. :tsk:

[honz]

There was so much extra stuff going on along both sides. Refs could have thrown double the flags early if they wanted to.
His celebration lasted like 10 seconds...but whatever, Tim Tebow can do whatever he wants, I guess.

[NightTrainLayne]

Inside the 5, twice in the first half. :tsk:

Bad decision in retrospect to go for it once, and the interception before half-time was a killer.

Kick a FG on on both of those opportunities and it's a different game in the fourth quarter.

All that being said, I admire Stoops for gambling, and putting it all on the line. He didn't back down from the challenge at all.

[MissouriBronc]

Bad decision in retrospect to go for it once, and the interception before half-time was a killer.

Kick a FG on on both of those opportunities and it's a different game in the fourth quarter.

All that being said, I admire Stoops for gambling, and putting it all on the line. He didn't back down from the challenge at all.

Like I said. Inside the 5 twice in the first half...with two turnovers from a team that doesn't turn the ball over, and no points...sorry NTL...choke job.

[BroncoAV06]

Yes Tim Tebow is actually God himself...

[Northman]

Like I said. Inside the 5 twice in the first half...with two turnovers from a team that doesn't turn the ball over, and no points...sorry NTL...choke job.


The interception was a crazy play. It wasnt like Samford just flat out threw it too the wrong guy. Bad luck there. But the 4th down call was bad. Gutsy, but bad considering what was on the line. I think Stoops really needed to redeem himself tonight and it didnt pan out for him.

[broncogirl7]

Congrats to the Gators. Tebow is an outstanding kid on and off the field.
OU played their hearts out, but it just wasn't in the cards this year. Great season guys!

[Watchthemiddle]

Congrats to the Gators. Tebow is an outstanding kid on and off the field.
OU played their hearts out, but it just wasn't in the cards this year. Great season guys!

I second that.

Tebow, if he comes back for his senior season, WILL go down as one of the top 5 college FOOTBALL players of ALL time.

He might not be your prototypical QB, but the kid is a football player.

[broncogirl7]

I second that.

Tebow, if he comes back for his senior season, WILL go down as one of the top 5 college FOOTBALL players of ALL time.

He might not be your prototypical QB, but the kid is a football player.

I really like Tebow's personal story. Great movie potential ...

[Watchthemiddle]

I really like Tebow's personal story. Great movie potential ...

I know a lot about it, but missed that profile they did before the game started. Hoping to find it on youtube or something.

[broncogirl7]

I know a lot about it, but missed that profile they did before the game started. Hoping to find it on youtube or something.

Evidently his family sold everything they owned to do mission work which Tebow and his siblings were apart of on a daily basis. They were home-schooled and Tebow was allowed to play on a high school team because of some kind of agreement or law in Florida (not sure which it was). Evidently several families overseas named their son's after Tebow.

[broncogirl7]

This was pretty interesting article.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/08/political.football/index.html
By William Armsby
CNN

(CNN) -- Since its inception in 1998, the NCAA's Bowl Championship Series has weathered criticism from nearly all directions.


Oklahoma faces off in the National Championship game Thursday against Florida.

1 of 2 But entering 2009, the BCS may encounter a perfect storm: a unique, bipartisan legislative current and the imminent thunderhead of an Obama administration.

The BCS is the system that chooses the contenders for college football's most prominent postseason games: the Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls, as well the National Championship game, which this year pits Oklahoma against Florida on Thursday.

The BCS relies on a compilation of polls and rankings instead of, to the consternation of many, actual competition.

In a post-election "60 Minutes" interview, President-elect Barack Obama made clear his stance on the issue: "This is important. I'm going to throw my weight around a little bit. [If] you've got a bunch of teams who play throughout the season [and] there's no clear decisive winner ... we should be creating a playoff system."

Republicans and Democrats alike each year are angered by what they see as inherent unfairness in the arrangement. In 2008, legislators -- for one reason or another -- drafted legislation to invalidate the BCS on grounds that it misdirects commerce. Watch how a playoff system could change college football »

In an April resolution, the House of Representatives formally, if not forcibly, condemned the BCS as "an illegal restraint of trade that violates the Sherman Anti-Trust Act" and also urged the Justice Department's Antitrust Division to investigate. Since this resolution, though, no serious action has been pursued.

And so, on December 10, Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, took the next step, introducing the College Football Playoff Act of 2008.

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If passed, this bill would "prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, the promotion, marketing, and advertising of any post-season NCAA Division I football game as a national championship game unless such game is the culmination of a fair and equitable playoff system."

If passed, this bill would apply to any game that occurs after January 31, 2011. It would be enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission.

The BCS, of course, would have things go differently. Made up of the commissioners from all NCAA Division I-A conferences; the athletics director from Notre Dame, which isn't affiliated with a conference; and representatives from each bowl organization, the BCS governing body announced in spring 2008 that the system would be used through at least the 2014 season.

Later, ESPN outbid Fox for a four-year television rights deal with the BCS. To begin in 2011, this contract rests on the understanding that the current system will remain in place.

On Thursday, second-ranked Oklahoma will battle top-ranked Florida in the National Championship. Third-ranked Texas was responsible for Oklahoma's only defeat. Texas didn't play Florida.

Barton, the ranking Republican in the Energy and Commerce Committee, represents the 6th District of Texas. Two of his co-sponsors, Republican Reps. Michael McCaul and Lamar Smith, represent districts 10 and 21, respectively -- two of the four districts that collectively represent Austin, home of the University of Texas.

Regardless of lawmakers' personal affiliation with home teams, the official motivation for college football reform is the same as for any similar economic reform: to help the little guy compete.

The BCS is composed of eleven conferences. The six traditionally dominant conferences -- the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big 12, Big Ten, Pacific 10 and Southeastern -- are guaranteed at least one berth in one of the BCS bowls. Each year, they are awarded $18 million, plus $4.5 million for each additional team that appears in a bowl game. Meanwhile, only one team from the smaller conferences -- Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Western Athletic -- is given this opportunity.

For the 2006-07 postseason, an average of $25.5 million in revenue was awarded per large conference, while the small conferences averaged $5 million each.

As the argument goes, the larger postseason earnings provide an advantage -- in athletic recruiting, as well as for each university as a whole -- to the "power" conferences.

This is not the first time lawmakers have voiced their discontent.

In 2005, Barton summoned a BCS official before an Energy and Commerce subcommittee, but legislation did not result.


And in 2003, both the House and Senate Judiciary committees held oversight hearings to examine the BCS system, though the combined result yielded not much more than a sound bite from current Vice President-elect Joe Biden:

"It looks un-American. ... It looks like a rigged deal."

[Watchthemiddle]

Just think if he would have never been allowed to play high school football

[broncogirl7]

Just think if he would have never been allowed to play high school football

What a loss that would've been! Not every state allows home-schoolers to participate in high school sports.

[OrangeHoof]

Not sure I can put up with next year and the butt sex that ESPN is going to have with him.

Wow, did you hear Thom Brennaman back in the first quarter? if you think ESPN gives him butt sex, Brennaman was doing it without a condom. He was talking about how Tebow was "a better person than he is a football player" and then raised the saccharine bar to "anyone who is in the company of this man for five minutes will certainly have his life changed", I was astounded.

I hadn't heard that sort of over-the-top no-holding-back gushing by the media since...since... well, the last time Obama spoke. I was waiting for somebody to throw a flag at Thom for excessive genuflection.

[OrangeHoof]

This kid will NEVER be a stud in the NFL, and it's sad that someone will pay him a bunch of money to be a bust.


Not if it's the Chiefs. :D

[OrangeHoof]

I just can't believe, at the college level, that anyone would be questioning Stoops and his program...Dude has coached in 4 of 11 National Championship games and gets a bad rap because he's lost three...lol...

Does Marv Levy ring a bell? Dan Reeves? Bud Grant?

[OrangeHoof]

After watching this game, if I had a vote in the AP or Coaches Poll, I would rank them:

1. Utah
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Oklahoma

[honz]

After watching this game, if I had a vote in the AP or Coaches Poll, I would rank them:

1. Utah
2. Florida
3. Texas
4. USC
5. Oklahoma

:salute:

I'm not convinced that Utah would be able to beat Florida on a neutral field, but with Florida not looking so dominant tonight and the Utes beating up on Alabama with quite a bit more ease than Florida did (to go along with our undefeated record), I just don't see how people can not vote Utah #1. If we had a cake schedule than I would be fine with voters not believing that we are for real, but we beat quality opponents this year.

I don't think that the Utes will be on top in the AP poll come tomorrow, but I think it would be great for college football if they were. It would totally screw with the BCS system if a mid major was voted #1 and probably make people push for a playoff even harder. At least I hope it would. Oh well, Utah has done all it can do and hopefully the fact that their is even conversation about Utah being number 1 is enough to send shock waves through the system. If only they would have let our 2004 team with Alex Smith (which was probably a better team than this one) play a real team instead of a mediocre Pitt team, we'd be even farther along in the quest for a playoff.

[horsesense]

Congrats Florida!

[Traveler]

The FLA win wasn't unexpected. Oklahoma did at least show up this time. They've got a pretty nice player in Gerald McCoy. He opened some scouts eyes tonight.

They really did miss Demarco Murray IMO. The speed and strength of FLA was just too much in the end.

[MissouriBronc]

The FLA win wasn't unexpected. Oklahoma did at least show up this time. They've got a pretty nice player in Gerald McCoy. He opened some scouts eyes tonight.

They really did miss Demarco Murray IMO. The speed and strength of FLA was just too much in the end.

Florida's speed wore them down in the second half, very true, but Oklahoma failing to score from inside the five twice, could have made that game 21-7 at halftime.

I think that sapped a lot of their confidence.

[Nomad]

I'm sorry, but Bob Stoops has coached in four of the 11 BCS National Championship Games...I think he's a good coach...

True! He's a good regular season coach and I don't think he'd amount to a hill of beans in the NFL!

To me in college football, the most important are winning your rivalries, winning home games, winning your conference and winning a NCG is a bonus!

[NightTrainLayne]

True! He's a good regular season coach and I don't think he'd amount to a hill of beans in the NFL!

To me in college football, the most important are winning your rivalries, winning home games, winning your conference and winning a NCG is a bonus!

Bob Stoops College Resume:

Winning rivalries: check

Winning Home Games: check

Winning conference Champs: check

Winning Nat. Championship: check

I think he's a great college coach. His home record, and number of Big 12 championships is pretty phenomenal, and more than adequate in rivalry games. Only (heh only) one national championship, but four appearances.

[Nomad]

Bob Stoops College Resume:

Winning rivalries: check

Winning Home Games: check

Winning conference Champs: check

Winning Nat. Championship: check

I think he's a great college coach. His home record, and number of Big 12 championships is pretty phenomenal, and more than adequate in rivalry games. Only (heh only) one national championship, but four appearances.

No one ever said he should leave OU! He's done a hell of a job. I believe some of his playcalls last night were suspect!

[NightTrainLayne]

No one ever said he should leave OU! He's done a hell of a job. I believe some of his playcalls last night were suspect!

Yes. Kevin Wilson (OC) made some really bad calls. . .in fact I think the whole (edit: offensive) game-plan was suspect.

[orangenblue420]

Plus he got fat :D