The 2010 Cotton Bowl Classic will be the first installment of this seven decades event to be held in Jerryland, the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. Jerryland is the NFL’s premiere mega-stadium, seating 80,000 with expandable capacity up to 111,000; famous for the Jerrytron, the world’s largest screen at 11,520 square feet in high def resolution which hangs above the field and has been used as target practice by NFL punters.

Okay, enough about the stadium. Ole Miss and Oklahoma State entered 2009 as darkhorse contenders in their respective conferences, and Ole Miss’ victory over Texas Tech in last year’s Cotton Bowl was a big reason for their side of the hype. Neither team has lived up to their hype, as the Cowboys are the only team coming into this game ranked and the teams have combined for seven losses. Whoever wins this one, it’s likely that voters will show a bit more restraint before jumping on their bandwagon this summer. Read the rest of this entry →