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Sports Thread #2 For 1/8/10: Tide Survive, Win Their First Title Since 1992 (Unless You Are A Boise State Fan)

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Would be great if Obama owns brings Boise State to the White House with Alabama. And can I talk about a class act in Colt McCoy. Gosh, I love that dude.

Sports Thread #1 For 1/7/10: The BS National Championship, Sponsored By Bailout Citi

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Image from ESPN With all do respect to the supporters and sympathetic figures of the Boise State Broncos (including myself), a "national champion" for the 2009-2010 season will be revealed in front of our eyes tonight as undefeateds Alabama and Texas will clash. The game is sponsored by a Bailed out bank, which also has a BailoutField in Queens, New York. After coming within one second of blowing their chance to be here in Pasadena in the Big 12 Title Game, Mack Brown's team come into this contest as clear underdogs. However, history is on the side of Texas here at the Rose Bowl, as they sport not only a 7-0-1 record over Alabama in the past 107 years, as well as winning the national title game last held here in similar circumstances. The heroics of Vince Young in overcoming powerhouse USC four seasons ago is first in the mind of Colt McCoy, Jordan Shipley, and the rest of those 5th or 6th year seniors on the Longhorns side. But the reality of the matter speaks for Nick S...

Sports Thread #1 For 11/26/09: Texas Goes Into Big 12 Title Game Undefeated

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Photo from Getty Images' Aaron M. Sprecher Yeah, it's Texas A&M's awful defense and all. And Jerrod Johnson really pilfered and raided on the Longhorns overrated defense. But just Nebraska in the Big 12 title game is in the way to the BS Title game for Colt McCoy and company .

Sports Thread #2 for 11/1/08 on 11/2/08: CFB Review #2- The Beauty and Brilliance of the Big 12 South

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It takes a hell of a lot to push the Southeastern Conference into the bridesmaid spot of most powerful league in the land. But the Big 12 conference, thanks mainly and only impart to its Southern division, has indeed done so. It has been a a magical three weeks of football in this Southern division of now the nation's premiere football conference, with its latest chapter being its greatest chapter. Texas Tech exhilarating 39-33 classic win over rivals Texas was something that will truly go down as one of the games of the decade. Heck, from the Lone Star State to both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, it is a game that will certainly be remembered for a long, long time. And poor Black Gideon. The Texas secondary man had the chance to ice the game, as it looked like he was going to catch the deflected Graham Harell pass intended for receiver Edward Britton. The despair on his faces, and the rest of the Longhorns, coupled with the exuberance never seen before in Lubbock on the facades ...