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…
Memphis wrapped up the South regional earlier today with a beatdown of 2-seeded Texas, 85-67.
Davidson and Kansas are now duking it out for the fourth bid to San Antonio; Davidson is trailing only by two at the half. The first half had a slow start, but then both teams started to run, making shots on both ends, and Davidson is giving the Jayhawks all they can handle. Read more…
#2 PLAYS LIKE NUMBER TWO AGAIN, ON FIELD & ON COURT: Once again, #2 performed like number two. And it wasn’t just limited to the football field.
First, West Virginia blew their BCS Championship chance with a 13-9 collapse against Pittsburgh on Saturday night - a game that ESPN analyst & Mountaineer fanMike Patrick called on-air “the biggest disappointment in West Virginia football history.”Then on Sunday, 2nd-ranked UCLA couldn’t keep a late lead over Texas, as they lost to the Longhorns 63-61, snapping the Bruins’ 25-game hardwood home winning streak.
On the other hand, it wasn’t a good day to be an LA college b-ball team. USC also snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with a 59-55 home loss to Kansas.In fact, it wasn’t a good day for LA basketball at all, as the Lakers also went down on Sunday, losing 104-97 to the Orlando Magic at Staples Center.
Everyone must have been worn out from all the excitement of Saturday’s clash at the Coliseum.
TULSA FUMING OVER RICE’S HELL OF A HALFTIME SHOW: Tulsa wasn’t so entertained by the Rice University band’s halftime show “honoring” their football coach.
The HOUSTON CHRONICLE reports that the school has filed a complaint with Conference USA over last Saturday’s performance by the Marching Owl Band.The MOB paid tribute to the Golden Hurricane coach in a halftime skit called “Todd Graham’s Inferno“. As this handy script explains, the band chronicles their journey into Hell, where they find Graham on the last level, next to the words, “Welcome to Tulsa”.
But the biggest complaint was about the show’s finale, when the narrator ended the story by calling Graham a “douchebag”.Why all the terrible tirades toward Todd and Tulsa? Last year, Graham was on the sidelines as Rice’s head coach. But he bolted for northeast Oklahoma in the off-season - a flight that ruffled the feathers of many Owls fans.
Saturday’s show isn’t the first time the band has mocked their opponents. Back in September, the MOB made fun of Texas players’ criminal issues - during halftime on the Longhorns’ own field.But before being battered by angry Austin attendees, the MOB made a crack at rival Texas A&M and their mascot’s memorable munching episode, announcing that Reveille’s training “would no longer be outsourced to Michael Vick.”
TECH COACH LEACH NOT SUCKING UP AFTER RIPPING REFS: Mike Leach had some harsh words for the officials after his team’s loss to the Longhorns. And taking Tom Petty’s advice, the Texas Tech coach won’t back down:
The DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports that Leach is not apologizing for the heated critiques he gave the zebra crew after Saturday’s 59-43 defeat:”I don’t have any regrets. I wouldn’t change anything about what I said.”
Leach went after the striped shirts, saying his team were victims of “atrociously bad calls“, calling the instant review process “a sham” and wondering aloud if Texas got more breaks because they’re “higher bowl-wise“.
Mike also muttered about referee Randy Christal, who, like the Longhorns, makes his home in the state captial:”This is the second year in a row that an Austin resident has negatively affected the integrity of the officiating. I think it’s disturbing that Austin residents are involved in this.”
Back in 2005, Texas Tech defeated Oklahoma 23-21, aided by a controversial TD call by line judge Kelly Deterding. Both judge and winning school hail from Lubbock.
When brought up the 2005 situation, and asked if he would ban officials from working hometown games, Leach replied, “My comments on Saturday pretty thoroughly answered that question.”
And Leach is not one for keeping his emotions hidden. After the Texas Tech-Oklahoma State contest, only an upstaging by Mike Gundy kept many folks unaware of Leach’s own
