Posted January 2nd, 2007 by Matt
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Maybe he was just embarrassed of being associated with the Texans. I would be too.
Hopefully last night most of you caught one of the better endings ever in a college football bowl game. Boise St had played it pretty straight laced throughout the whole game, until the last play of regulation and in overtime where they looked like they just emptied the playbook. In case you didn’t see the last play, here it is, the ole “Statue of Liberty” to win the game. Amazing.
All I can say is it couldn’t have happened to a more arrogant coach and team in Stoops and [tag]Oklahoma[/tag]. Poor Sooners. Have fun thinking about this one in the off-season.
Now the question will be, “Should Boise St get a shot at the National Championship?” Me personally, I would say no. Let them work their way into a BCS conference and see how they do then. I don’t think there is any way Boise St would have gone undefeated in any of the major conferences. Just my opinion.
Denver Broncos cornerback and former Oklahoma State Cowboy Darrent Williams was killed early New Year’s morning in a drive-by shooting. Williams had an excellent career at [tag]Oklahoma State[/tag] and had two solid season in Denver on defense and as punt returner. Williams was a Texas kid who attended O.D. Wyatt High School in Fort Worth.
A little after 2 a.m., a white Hummer limousine was sprayed with bullets from a vehicle that pulled up along its side, said Sonny Jackson, spokesperson for the Denver Police Department.
Three people in the limousine were hit and were taken to area hospitals, where one man was pronounced dead, Jackson said. The other man and woman who were shot were not identified.
Pretty shocking news but if you’ve been following professional sports lately you knew something like this would be coming soon. I don’t know the particulars and it’s possible Williams did absolutely nothing to provoke the shooting, but professional athletes such as the Bears’ Tank Johnson and the Pacers’ Stephen Jackson keep ending up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The leagues really need to do more to educated their players about the dangers of being a ludicrously rich and famous person out in the middle of the night. And they need to do more to discipline the guys who have such a knack for finding trouble. Incidents such as this are only going to get more common and more violent.
Our thoughts go out to Williams’ family and friends as they begin the new year with some very tough news.
Happy New Year’s! Texas finished out 2006 a winner of 10 games for a nation’s best sixth straight year and 2007 will begin with a great slate of New Year’s Day games. Make sure you wake up early Monday and don’t sleep too late to catch the Outback and Cotton Bowls. The week finishes up in Glendale, Arizona as Florida will try to upset Ohio State for the national title.
Here’s our picks for the final set of bowl games and the BCS Championship Game:
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Outback Bowl Penn St vs. Tennessee Jan 1 @ 10am (ESPN) Spread: Tenn -4.5 |
Tenn | Tenn | Tenn | Tenn |
| Cotton Bowl Nebraska vs. Auburn Jan 1 @ 10:30am (Fox) Spread: Auburn -2.5 |
Nebraska | Nebraska | Auburn | Auburn |
| Capital One Bowl Wisconsin vs. Arkansas Jan 1 @ 12pm (ABC) Spread: Ark -2.5 |
Arky | Arky | Wisky | Wisky |
| Gator Bowl Ga Tech vs. West Virginia Jan 1 @ 12pm (CBS) Spread: WVU -11 |
WVU | Ga Tech | WVU | Ga Tech |
| Rose Bowl Michigan vs. USC Jan 1 @ 4pm (ABC) Spread: USC +1 |
USC | USC | Mich | Mich |
| Fiesta Bowl Boise St vs. Oklahoma Jan 1 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: OU -7.5 |
OU | OU | OU | OU |
| Orange Bowl Wake Forest vs. Louisville Jan 2 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: Louisville -10.5 |
Louisville | Wake Forest | Louisville | Louisville |
| Sugar Bowl Notre Dame vs. LSU Jan 3 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: LSU -10 |
LSU | LSU | LSU | LSU |
| International Bowl W. Michigan vs. Cincinatti Jan 6 @ 11am (ESPN) Spread: Cincy -7.5 |
WMU | WMU | Cincy | Cincy |
| GMAC Bowl Ohio vs. Southern Miss Jan 7 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: USM -6 |
USM | USM | USM | USM |
| BCS Championship Game Florida vs. Ohio State Jan 8 @ 7pm (Fox) Spread: OSU -8 |
Ohio St | Ohio St | Ohio St | Ohio St |
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Posted December 28th, 2006 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
One ESPN writer thinks Vince Young deserves the honor.
Posted December 28th, 2006 by Brian
Filed under: Quick Hits
Seems they discuss removing the statues from the South Mall every few years or so.
Posted December 28th, 2006 by Brian
Filed under: Football, Quick Hits
Colt McCoy one of SI.com’s breakout players of the year in all sports.
Posted December 28th, 2006 by Brian
Filed under: Draft, Football, Quick Hits
McCoy’s favorite target will be back for his senior year.
Finally some decent games. Week one of the bowl season was boring and ugly, a bunch of bowls you’ve never heard of featuring two teams you couldn’t care less about.
Here’s this week’s bowl games both straight up and against the spread:
| Brian | Matt | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straight | Spread | Straight | Spread | |
| Independence Bowl Okie St. vs. Alabama Dec. 28 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Bama +2.5 |
OSU | OSU | Alabama | Alabama |
| Holiday Bowl Texas A&M vs. Cal Dec. 28 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Cal -3 |
Cal | Cal | Cal | Cal |
| Texas Bowl Kansas St. vs. Rutgers Dec. 28 @ 7pm (NFL) Spread: Rutgers -8.5 |
Rutgers | KSU | Rutgers | Rutgers |
| Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Clemson Dec. 29 @ 12pm (ESPN) Spread: Clemson -10 |
Clemson | Clemson | Clemson | Clemson |
| Sun Bowl Missouri vs. Oregon St. Dec. 29 @ 1pm (CBS) Spread: OSU -4 |
Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou | Mizzou |
| Liberty Bowl Houston vs. S. Carolina Dec. 29 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: USC -6 |
USC | Houston | USC | USC |
| Insight Bowl Minn. vs. Texas Tech Dec. 29 @ 6:30pm (NFL) Spread: Tech -6.5 |
Tech | Minn | Tech | Tech |
| Champs Sports Bowl Purdue vs. Maryland Dec. 29 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Maryland +1 |
Maryland | Maryland | Maryland | Maryland |
| Meineke Car Care Bowl Navy vs. Boston College Dec. 30 @ 12pm (ESPN2) Spread: BC -6.5 |
BC | BC | BC | BC |
| Alamo Bowl Iowa vs. Texas Dec. 30 @ 3:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Texas -9 |
Texas | Texas | Texas | Texas |
| Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Va Tech vs. Georgia Dec. 30 @ 7pm (ESPN) Spread: Georgia +3 |
VT | VT | VT | VT |
| MPC Computers Bowl Nevada vs. Miami Dec. 30 @ 6:30pm (ESPN) Spread: Miami -3.5 |
Miami | Miami | Miami | Miami |
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Not that there was any question what the greatest sports moment in 2006 was, but ESPN has made it official. Vince Young’s performance in the Rose Bowl and the Longhorns beating USC was ranked #1 by ESPN as the greatest sports story of 2006.
And to top it off, [tag]Vince Young[/tag] got yet another cover of a magazine, the latest issue of ESPN the Magazine.
What is with all of this love by ESPN for Vince lately? The upper execs can’t be too happy about this. I expect them to return to normal West Coast love soon.
Update: Looks like Yahoo agrees that the Rose Bowl was the best sports story. But take a look at #5, I am pretty sure it is now a bigger deal that the Texans didn’t draft VY, not Reggie.
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