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ESPN Gets Claim To BCS Games Starting In 2011
The Bowl Championship Series is coming to ESPN starting in January 2011 (following the 2010 regular season).
ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls. ESPN already had the rights to the Rose Bowl from an earlier agreement.
Wild Weekends: Big Performances From Big Teams
For one of the few weeks of this football season, there wasn’t a truckload of upsets or close calls or shootouts. The week appeared to be tame by the standards of excitement and entertainment set so far this year. However, hidden below all of this was the reality that the teams most in the spotlight were consistent this week and refused to let the wave of unexpected events and miracle plays and scores enter into their outings. That and the Big-12 stopped its implosion for one week at least.
Latest BCS Rankings Show No Change In Top Two
Alabama and Texas Tech and their perfect records were on top of the BCS standings Sunday. Texas, Florida and Oklahoma, all with one loss, are lurking and ready to take advantage if the front-runners fall.
Hawk Talk 11-6-08
Another day another dollar. Except none of us are getting paid for this.
Wild Weekends: Impact Week
Things are going to get more real and a lot more confusing from here on out.
After a week that saw an offensive explosive rare amongst top 25 teams as well as this explosion extending to the pros with San Diego & New Orleans lighting up London and the Colts and Titans scoring more than a [...]
Red Raiders Move Up In AP Poll In Shadow Of Texas Showdown
Texas Tech has its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 in 32 years, and a chance to make another momentous leap coming up.
The Red Raiders moved up to No. 6 in the poll released Sunday as they get ready to host No. 1 Texas.
Ref Tackles South Carolina Quarterback?
It sure doesn’t sound logical, but it appears to the truth. Check out footage inside.
Updated with statement from SEC, Spurrier, and referee!
Wild Weekends: Big-12 In-Depth
Still, all of that is only second chair to the two big games in the Big-12 acting as an appetizer to the next six weeks of pure intensity and suspense that will come out of that conference. If you need proof, think about this: Texas still has Oklahoma St. next week and still has to play A&M, Kansas and Texas Tech, Kansas has Texas Tech next week and finishes the year against Texas and Missouri, and Texas Tech’s next four games read like this: Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma St., and Oklahoma.
First BCS Poll Released; Horns On Top
The top three teams in the human polls also are in the top 10 in the first BCS standings of the season, which were released Sunday afternoon.
The top three in both polls were the top three in the BCS – Texas, Alabama and Penn State, with the Longhorns a unanimous No. 1 (all six computers [...]
Blatant Bias
I hardly believe this is coming out of my mouth…well…fingers…but whatever…
Let’s say Michigan State knocks off Ohio State this weekend, OSU follows that up with a tough game at Penn State so all of a sudden OSU has two losses and still has to go to Michigan, which no matter how bad Michigan is, that’s [...]
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