BCS Championship
Almost as soon as the National Championship game ended Monday night a strange thing happened. The LSU fans seemed to disappear. As the media bus inched its way down Poydras Street through the throng, the color was predominantly crimson. And there was a strange phenomenon among some of those. They must have been blinded by [...]
Hog schedule
One of the big rumors that has circulated around the Cotton Bowl festivities is that Jeff Long, the Arkansas athletic director, had some preliminary talks with Missouri about playing a non-conference game. Even though the Tigers are joining the SEC they are in the East, at least for a year, the teams had the right [...]
Cotton Bowl party
Wednesday night was a Back to the ’80s party, sponsored by Dr Pepper, for the Cotton Bowl, Arkansas and Kansas State officials, as well as selected others, including the media. As soon as I walked in the lobby of the Hilton Anatole I ran into friends Rob and Jill Jolly, who were attending something akin [...]
Cotton Bowl
Over the years I’ve covered numerous bowls, more than I really like to count, including all of the Bowl Championship Series Bowls. The best run, in order, are the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Sugar Bowl (this year’s Sugar doesn’t count yet since it isn’t until Monday). Rick Baker, president of the Cotton Bowl, Charlie [...]
BCS
Not meaning to beat a dead horse here, but the current contract between the college football conferences and the Bowl Championship Series expires after the 2013 season and until then, there may always be a football team in a high-dollar BCS game that doesn’t deserve it. The BCS by-laws kept No. 6 Arkansas out, and [...]
Possible root of Petrino’s anger
I’ve read every comment posted to this blog. I’ve read every e-mail and answered most. Some were ignored, like drinking dirty dishwater. There are passionate arguments on both sides of the Bobby Petrino outburst that was apparently aimed at Les Miles. At the core of Petrino’s anger could be the fact that a year ago, [...]
