So, you jazzed about the old Cotton Bowl's final matchup?
The Only Team To Beat Florida vs. The Only Team To Beat Texas.
Maybe it's just me, but I'm intrigued by Mississippi vs. Texas Tech.
In news that should surprise no one, Michael Crabtree's last college game will be Jan. 2 in the last Cotton Bowl played in Dallas. No official announcement, but I hear the Texas Tech All-World receiver and two-time Biletnikoff Award winner is making plans for the future.
And they include more Dallas than Lubbock.
Seems he's coming home for the Cotton Bowl. And he may be staying awhile.
According to a source, Crabtree, a former star at Carter High School, plans to participate in Deion Sande
Pass the Advil and crank up the wayback machine.
Let's kick off 2009 with one last, long, loving look back at the Cotton Bowl. Oh, the refurbished stadium will still be around, but its namesake game is moving to Arlington after tomorrow's Texas Tech-Ole Miss curtain closer and, other than Texas-OU, looks like nothing else of note will call its hallowed ground home.
From founder J. Curtis Sanford's idea in 1937 to Jim "Hoss" Brock's glad-handing to Michael Crabtree's final college
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:
*Sunday is the NFL's annual Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio. More importantly, it's the induction of my first Dallas Cowboys hero - Bob Hayes. I'll be watching. For one thing, to see if Lucille Hester will try any shenanigans. Remember her?
*Final comments scoreboard: Greg Williams 404, Russ Martin 73.
*We can debate whether C.J. Wilson should close or whether Elvis Andrus should be
No Terrell Owens. No Pacman Jones. No Michael Vick or Brett Favre or Michael Crabtree. No drama.
To which I say ... Yes!
Last summer the Dallas Cowboys broke camp fat 'n happy and consumed with personal agendas. After a successful training camp at San Antonio's Alamodome in which the focus was football over fireworks and even included a blessing by a Catholic priest (in light of Magic Johnson's pep talk failing last year in Oxnard), it's safe to say the 2009 version is leaner '
Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End:
*Former Carter High School star Michael Crabtree may not be a bad guy, but he's following some horrible advice. Friend of a friend of Crabtree tells me that he and the 49ers remain $10 million apart in contract negotiations and that the former Red Raiders receiver is indeed prepared to sit out the season. He's living in Florida, by the way, working out daily with a personal trainer and cat
