BCS National Championship - 2008

Big 12 ready to pass SEC Fri, Jul 3, 2009 | Add a comment Fifteen years after its creation, the Big 12 stands on the brink of fulfilling all the great expectations predicted at its birth. Back in February 1994, the combination of the Big Eight and many of...

NFL teams go to school on the spread Fri, Jul 3, 2009 | Add a comment GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Urban Meyer took a steno pad from the reporter sitting on his office couch and began scribbling away. With two diagrams, the University of Florida coach explained the...

Senate plans BCS hearing Tue, Jun 30, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — The Senate plans to hold a hearing next week looking into antitrust issues surrounding the Bowl Championship Series. It’s the second time this year that Congress is shining...

What they're saying: About OU Tue, Jun 30, 2009 | Add a comment →"It wouldn’t be surprising to see the Sooners back in the national championship game, but it’s time for them to come away with something more than a participant ribbon in...

OU football: Athlon picks Sooners to win Big 12 South Mon, Jun 29, 2009 | Add a comment The newsstands are brewing up some college football buzz, with the preseason magazines rolling out with picks and predictions and prospects for 2009. At Athlon, a long-tenured and trusted...

OSU football: Five other teams dealing with the preseason hype Sat, Jun 27, 2009 | Add a comment Here are a few other teams like Oklahoma State that are dealing with preseason hype. (Preseason ranking information is from Lindy’s, Athlon, Sporting News and Phil Steele’s preseason...

OSU football: What they're saying about Zac Robinson and the Cowboys Sat, Jun 27, 2009 | Add a comment "Take any team’s top quarterback, running back, receiver and offensive lineman. Are they better than Zac Robinson, Kendall Hunter, Dez Bryant and Russell Okung? Don’t think too...

BCS rejects Mountain West Conference's playoff proposal Thu, Jun 25, 2009 | Add a comment Bowl Championship Series presidents have rejected the Mountain West Conference’s playoff plan. The MWC proposed an eight-team playoff system that would allow greater access to the national...

All is well with OU RB DeMarco Murray Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | Add a comment DeMarco Murray can’t forget his struggles of a year ago, when he labored to return to form — a process that carried midway through the 2008 season — after knee surgery. But you,...

Morning roundup Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Add a comment Falcons release Vick; QB now a free agent The Falcons released suspended quarterback Michael Vick on Friday, making him a free agent who can sign with any NFL team. Vick could sign with any team...

Alabama considering appealing NCAA sanctions Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Add a comment MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The NCAA hit Alabama’s football program where it hurts — the Tide’s famed history. The Crimson Tide will slip a notch in the record books if university...

OU Caravan: Dallas fans rank Bob Stoops 'up there with Bud' Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | Add a comment DALLAS — The OU fan at a table in the back of the Sooner Caravan dinner discovered he was sitting with a couple of Oklahoman writers and wanted to know which one was going to ask the tough...

Pac-10’s Hansen prepares for retirement Fri, May 29, 2009 | Add a comment WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Tom Hansen is a big reason why BCS has become one of the most well-known abbreviations in sports. The longest-tenured conference commissioner in the country, Hansen has...

College Football: Coaches to keep final poll vote a secret Thu, May 28, 2009 | Add a comment The process for selecting college football’s national champion just got more secretive. Beginning in 2010, ballots in the final regular-season USA Today coaches’ college football poll...

‘With a heavy heart,’ J.C. Watts will skip Oklahoma governor race Sat, May 23, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Citing business obligations, former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts said Friday he won’t run for governor next year. Watts’ decision leaves the Republican field, for...

PR clients may be seen as hurdles for J.C. Watts Fri, May 22, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — When some lawmakers started to challenge the legitimacy of the Bowl Championship Series in 2003, the college football organization turned to J.C. Watts — a former...

OSU AD Mike Holder still eyeing Big D Thu, May 14, 2009 | Add a comment OU and Texas have played in the Cotton Bowl every year since 1929. Texas A&M and Arkansas have agreed to play in Arlington each of the next 10 seasons. Baylor will play Texas Tech in Arlington...

Big 12 tiebreaker: Relax ... back-to-back three-way scenario is unlikely Wed, May 13, 2009 | Add a comment The dust and the complaining barely have settled on the Big 12 South’s notorious three-way tie of last autumn, and some already are talking three-way tie in 2009. Same script, slight change...

Sports scoreboard Sat, May 9, 2009 | Add a comment FOOTBALL af2 Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE OverallDivisonEastWB Scranton6-1.8576-01.000Manchester3-3.5001-2.333Albany1-5.1671-4.200Mahoning Valley1-6.1431-3.250MidwestQuad...

Big 12 football coaches like tiebreaker Thu, May 7, 2009 | Add a comment PHOENIX — Big 12 coaches have rejected a proposal to change the tiebreaker that gave Oklahoma the nod over Texas in the three-way tie in the Big 12 South last season. Meeting at a resort on...

Upon further review ... No review of Big 12 divisional tiebreaker necessary Wed, May 6, 2009 | Add a comment After last year’s controversy surrounding the Big 12’s divisional three-way tiebreaker in football, commissioner Dan Beebe vowed the procedure would be reviewed. That process happens...

Name of the game: political football Tue, May 5, 2009 | Add a comment Let’s cut to the chase with Rep. Joe Barton, the Texas Republican who grandstanded at last week’s BCS hearings. He wants the Barton Bowl, a national championship game at the Dallas...