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Bob Stoops. “Know excuses.”

Posted by Trips Right on May 25th, 2009 under Football

A whine fest from the coach formerly known as a no nonsense, no excuse man's man. Courtesy of the Tulsa World News. Keep in mind that after half a dozen disappointing bowl losses including a 55-10 national championship pantsing by USC and a loss to a full TD underdog LSU, Stoops is reduced to whining about the media not mentioning well, uh, excuses for his last two bowl losses. Evidently Demarco
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BCS TV Ratings Up: Attendance Down

Posted by srr50 on January 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized

The five BCS Bowls averaged about a ratings point higher than 2008, despite the fact the the Orange Bowl turned in the lowest TV ratings in BCS history. The other four BCS bowl games all saw increases, with the Texas win over Ohio State making the biggest jump with a 35% increase. Meanwhile game attendance was down in 3 of the 5 BCS contests. Here is a breakdown of the BCS Championship Series.  A quick
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Horns Win Over Ohio State is a Fiesta of Ratings For Fox

Posted by srr50 on January 6th, 2009 under Football

Texas and Ohio State put on a show last night, and FOX Sports was a major beneficiary. The Longhorns last-minute win over the Buckeyes will probably turn out to be the third highest-rated BCS Bowl game since Fox took over the rights. Quan's dramatic finish helped produced an overnight rating over three ratings points higher than the 8.4 overnight rating pulled by West Virginia's upset of OU in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. Last night’s
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Urban Sprawl

Posted by ChrisApplewhite on January 5th, 2009 under Football

Spread? Sprawl? Get it? Tell your friends.