Although the game has lost some of its luster as the 2009 season has progressed, the annual Red River Shootout between Texas and Oklahoma should be another interesting 60 minutes of football this coming Saturday.

Even with Oklahoma already recording two losses this season (both by one point to two ranked teams), the Sooners still have a say on the Big XII championship.  Knocking off undefeated, #2 ranked Texas could salvage a somewhat disappointing season for the school north of the Red River.  Also, a healthier Sam Bradford (photo, thanks IconSMI) would boost OU’s chances greatly.

Meanwhile, Texas is in the drivers seat to a Big XII championship, and, a slot in the BCS National Championship game.  Led by Heisman hopeful QB Colt McCoy and a stellar defense, the Longhorns hope to duplicate the success they had last season in their 45-35 win over the Sooners.

However, as big as this game will be, I would hold off playing either QB this weekend…here is why (see below)…. Read the rest of this entry →

Injuries…they stink to high purgatory…and, unfortunately, are part of the game of football.

On Saturday night in Lexington, Kentucky, the college football world watched Florida QB Tim Tebow (photo, thanks IconSMI) take a nasty hit on the back of his head when he hit a teammate’s leg while being sacked by a Wildcat defender.  A few minutes later, the college football world learned what Superman had been eating for the last 24 hours, as he hurled a few times while being carted to a waiting ambulance for transport to a hospital.

As gruesome as this all sounds, it looks like Tebow will be OK, and should be ready to play in two weeks when the Gators visit Death Valley to play LSU.  He should be over the effects of the concussion he suffered at Kentucky.

Meanwhile, another top QB was not as fortunate.

Baylor sophomore phenom Robert Griffin suffered a season-ending ACL injury during the Bears trouncing of Northwestern State (LA).  Although Griffin saw more action in the game after the injury took place, an MRI exposed an ACL tear, putting the dual-threat QB out of action for the rest of 2009.  College football, especially the fantasy element, will miss Griffin….and all wish him a speedy recovery and a return in 2010. Read the rest of this entry →

Vince Mullins has taken the burrito-maker and set sail for ports unknown (maybe some that are known).  Daniel Freer, who ate a lot of burritos one summer at the Mr. Burger in Plainview, Texas, was tasked to prepare the Saturday Breakfast Burrito while Mullins was gone.  This week, you get the 7-Eleven special…while some islanders in the Carribean are getting the Mullins Monster burrito…or something like that Read the rest of this entry →

The Heisman Trophy is one of the most talked about awards in all of sports.  It is often the cause for heavy debate amongst fans as they have completely different ideas of what this award is all about.

According to official Heisman Trophy website, the award goes to “the most outstanding college football player”.  This of course is little help as outstanding could mean a lot of different things.  Based on the history of the past Heisman winners, it is safe to say that ”outstanding” does not mean the player with the most gaudy stats.  Or the most dominant college player.  Or the player with the brightest NFL future.

In the world of the Heisman, the word ”outstanding” means which high profile, offensive skill player, from one of the Top 10ish teams possessing the best statistics to justify getting the award.  There have been a few exceptions over the years to the above statement but it required a lot of factors to fall into place.  Unfortunately, this means we can eliminate all the mid-major players like Nate Davis, MiQuale Lewis, Kellen Moore and Brian Johnson even though they play on a Top 25 team and lead their teams to big bowl games.

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