The Dallas Cowboys’ new $1 billion stadium promises to be the “Taj Mahal” of football facilities. And such a grand structure could soon become the host of another great gridiron contest - the Oklahoma-Texas game.
John Klein of the TULSA WORLD writes about the possibility of the Red River Shootout Rivalry soon moving out of the Cotton Bowl and into the state-of-the-art stadium in Arlington. And they wouldn’t be the first college teams to be penciled in on the new Stadium’s schedule. Read more…
Scott Wright of the OKLAHOMAN reports that Britt Mitchell, a freshman offensive lineman for OU, left the football team last week in order to enlist with the U.S. Marine Corps.
Are workouts with Bob Stoops so intolerable that you’d rather hitch up with the Marines? OU SID Kenny Mossman explains that a military career for Mitchell “has been attractive to him for some time“, and that the Sooners’ coaching staff give Britt their “full support“.
However, Wright comes off as a little snippy that Mitchell would dare turn his back on the Sooner Schooner:
This is what makes the college football schedule so much better than the pro football counterpart. Sure, with the NFL, you can surmise who will be terrible late in the year, but the grueling Saturdays are that much easier to pinpoint.
A lot of people, including the esteemed Matt Mosley of HASHMARKS, had former Oklahoma wide receiver Malcolm Kelly as an easy first-round pick. But then he ran a bad 40-yard dash and (arguably worse) publicly blamed his coaches for it.
Now, Mosley suggests, he’ll be lucky to be picked on the first day of the draft. Read more…
• PART MULE checks their watch, as it takes only 38 years for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to enter the college basketball hall of fame:
• The NEW YORK POST scores it 30-love, as tennis queen Serena Williams is seen settling for a Common-er.• The BOSTON GLOBE finds workers at Fenway Park taking the Hot Stove League a little too literally.
The PORTLAND OREGONIAN hears word that Bob De Carolis was still fuming about questionable calls during the Beavers’ game against Washington.The OSU AD was so angry about the penalty calling, that he wants the entire officiating crew suspended. But De Carolis was particulary incensed at the replay officials, especially after this play:
Late in the game, Beavers running back Yvenson Bernard appeared to have scored a TD to ice a victory over the Huskies. But field officials ruled the play as a fumble, and a Washington defender ran the ball out.Oregon State couldn’t challenge the play, since they were out of timeouts. But in a lot of collegiate cases, the replay booth itself can call an official review of a controversial play. However, the booth didn’t make a call, allowing the Huskies to get off a snap and rendering a replay request pointless.
De Carolis ranted, “The inability (of the review) judge to push the button and stop play is just flat-out wrong and unfair. And I think that person should be held accountable. A letter of reprimand doesn’t get it for me.”Fortunately for Bob and the Beaver faithful, Oregon State managed to hold on for the win. But De Carolis might want to be careful how far he goes with his critical comments. Texas Tech coach Leach didn’t back down, and is now $10,000 poorer for it.
