A Rare Medium Well Done: 11.27.12
There was a time that football was on the chopping block of extinction. It almost faded before it flourished. A former president once lamented, "football is a menacing layer of primal barbarism".
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There was a time that football was on the chopping block of extinction. It almost faded before it flourished. A former president once lamented, "football is a menacing layer of primal barbarism".
"Well I thought we'd be better than this," said Jones. "I knew we were in a league that has a lot of competition, but I thought we'd be better."
Despite having his worst season as a starting quarterback, Tony Romo is 3rd in the NFL with 3,357 passing yards and is near the pace for the 1st 5,000-yard season in franchise history.
SMU has accepted an invitation to play in the Hawaii Bowl. SMU will meet a team from the Mountain West on Christmas Eve at Aloha Stadium.
To a man, Oklahoma State football players insisted Monday they were focused on the Cowboys' next opponent, Baylor. That doesn't mean it has been easy to put aside the disappointment of two days earlier.
Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2 1/2 months already lost because of the lockout.
Dallas is now without both starting inside linebackers in Bruce Carter, injured in the third quarter against the Redskins, and defensive leader Sean Lee, who badly injured a toe last month.
The success of Manziel and the Aggies is no joke. His 4,600 yards of total offense have helped No. 10 A&M to its first 10-win season since 1998, and has him among the top contenders for the Heisman Trophy.
The game's all-time strikeout king is also a longtime Texas rancher and has compiled dozens of his favorite recipes for "The Nolan Ryan Beef Cookbook.''
With several high-profile vacancies in college football, Stoops was asked Monday about his name being connected to the opening at Tennessee.
Nine of the Big 12's 10 teams, including newcomers West Virginia and TCU, are already bowl eligible.
Cowboys linebacker Bruce Carter is out of for the season with a dislocated left elbow, making him the fourth Dallas defensive starter to go on injured reserve.
Texas coach Mack Brown says Case McCoy will start at quarterback this week for the No. 23 Longhorns at No. 7 Kansas State.
Needing to score a touchdown in the final 30 seconds in two straight games, Landry Jones and No. 12 Oklahoma have come through in the clutch to stay right in the thick of the Big 12 championship chase.
Nick Russell scored 25 points and SMU beat Missouri State 62-61 Sunday in the third-place game of the Hoops for Hope Classic.