The TCU Band Wagon!

I am officially now on the band wagon for the TCU Horned Frogs to be in the BCS National Championship Game! THey played the number 5 team, Utah, in Salt Lake City and won by 40 points! Then LSU put the second loss on Alabama. Now I am watching Texas A&M whip the Oklahoma Sooners, which would eliminate OU from consideration for the big game. So if Auburn or Oregon losses--and I expect Alabama to beat Auburn--Then TCU would be the team to beat!

Go Frogs!

Going to the Texas Bowl!

Rice University is one of the elite educational institutions in the county. It is a small school, enrollment wise, and has a great deal of trouble fielding a competitive football team on a regular basis. But this year the Owls are 9-3 and have been invited to participate in the Texas Bowl on December 30.

I just called and got tickets to see the game. They have a family package that includes 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 sodas, and a program for only $89! So My wife and I will take the two youngest grandsons to see the game. The ticket agent just callled me back and told me that someone had backed out on tickets on the front row, so now we will be on the front row of the third level!

There is a possibility that the opponent will be Notre Dame. I would love that to happen! Notre Dame has such a storied history, but they are not particularly good this year. I think Rice can beat them. It would be the first ten win season for the Owls in nearly 60 years!

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OU Now Pulling for Tech!

Texas Tech is trailing Baylor 28-14 in the third quarter, having been unable to stop the Bears. Freshman quarterback Robert Griffin has had an excellent game and poses a real threat to the Red Raiders. I have no doubt that a bunch of folks at Oklahoma are pulling for Tech to make the comeback, because if the Raiders drop out of the three way tie for the division lead, OU would fail to make the championship game because of their loss to UT in October.

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Rivalry Weekend

This weekend is Rivalry Week in NCAA football, the weekend when most of the natural and cross state rivals play their annual grudge games. The intensity of these games is always fun to watch and upsets are to be expected. It would be a good weekend to have home theater seating in front of my wide screen HDTV and take in all the action!

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Tebow Again?

The Heisman Trophy vote this year should be interesting. At one time or another Colt McCoy, Graham Harrell and Sam Bradford seemed to have the best shot at replacing Tim Tebow as the winner. But as the season has progressed, each of the three from the Big 12 have knocked each has had a loss that puts them in a three way tie for the league lead and probably opens the door for Tebow to repeat!

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UH & RIce

I have been a resident of the Houston area for most of my sixty years. I have always had a warm spot in my heart for both the University of Houston and Rice. This weekend the two schools will play for a chance to host the conference championship game, far more than the usual stakes for these two schools! I hope to take my grandsons to see the game!

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Tech Over OU?

This weekend pits the Red Raiders of Texas Tech against the Sooners of Oklahoma University in a key game to determine the Big 12 representative in the BCS Championship game. A win by Tech would assure them of a place in the Big 12 Championship game against Missouri. A loss will leave three teams with one loss and will put the computers in charge of choosing a representative!

Though I think it is a tall order, GO Tech!

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Big 12

I have been watching college football in the Southwest for many years and I have never seen a time when there was as mch talent at the skill positions as there is right now in the Big 12 Conference. The quarterbacks at Texas Tech, Texas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Kansas, and even Baylor are phenomenal. The wide receivers are stunning, Jeremy Macklin, Dez Bryant, Jason Shipley, and the sensational Michael Crabtree. I hope that one of the teams will be able to keep it together enough to compete in the BCS bowl!

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Torn Between Teams

I am sitting here watching the football game between Texas Tech and the University of Texas. I am not an alum of either one, but this season I have really enjoyed watching both teams play and pulled for them against all previous opponents. I think UT has a better chance to win the national title, but I am not sure they will win tonight and I am not sure it will upset me.

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Track Or A Football Game?

I took two of my grandsons to watch the football game between crosstown rivals Rice University and the University of Houston, for the coveted Bayou Bucket. After six plays the Houston Cougars were up 14-0. Then they had a couple of misplays and the Owls tied it up. But by the end of the FIRST quarter, the score was 28-14 Coogs.

But the turnover bug bit them and they were trailing 34-26 at the half and went down as much as 41-28 in the third quarter. But the explosiveness of UH was too much for Rice and the final score was 56-48 in favor of the Cougars.

To say the least, a wild game!

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