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No Matter Where Texas and Oklahoma Wind Up, Texas-OU Will Survive in Dallas ... or Arlington

By Richie Whitt

Sep 13, 2011

After a meeting last weekend of school power brokers -- including UT president William Powers and OU grand poobah David Boren -- it's clear that Texas-OU Weekend will survive regardless of where the Longhorns and Sooners wind up in this chaotic restructuring of conferences. According to a source familiar with...

Auburn 22, Oregon 19: My Top 10 Observer-ations

By Richie Whitt

Jan 11, 2011

10. Cam Newton = Overrated. I take it back. He ain't better than Vince Young was at Texas. 9. Sure he's corny at times, but I love me some "Big Game" Brent Musburger. 8. Props to Auburn coach Gene Chizik for running a play to wind the clock down and...

Auburn over Oregon in Tonight's BCS Title Game: My Top 10 Observer-ations

By Richie Whitt

Jan 10, 2011

A year ago I was correctly predicting Alabama over Texas in college football's national championship game. In tonight's Oregon-Auburn clash my heart says Ducks but my head says no way the Tigers don't prevail. Why? 10. Oregon usually wins with its speed, but no conference is faster and more athletic than the SEC. 9...

Bowled Over: Dallas Gets Two Holiday Games

By Richie Whitt

Aug 17, 2010

About 10 percent of next winter's college bowl games will be played right here in our backyard, two under noses in Dallas. In addition to the Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium, this year will mark the debut of the Dallas Football Classic at the Cotton Bowl. And yesterday brought news...

BCS Playoffs: Round of 16

By Richie Whitt

Dec 28, 2009

While we're trying to figure out Florida coach Urban Meyer (one day it's his health; the next he just doesn't want to cede control) and muster up interest in this afternoon's Independence Bowl (Texas A&M and Georgia are a combined 13-11), let's again daydream of a world void of the BCS and...

2010 Cotton Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Old Opponent

By Richie Whitt

Dec 1, 2009

For the first Cotton Bowl at Cowboys Stadium it's going to be ... Oklahoma State vs. Mississippi. Wait, haven't we seen Ole Miss in the Cotton Bowl recently? Like, um, last January?...

Texas Fight 16, Boomer Sooner 13. Yuck.

By Richie Whitt

Oct 19, 2009

A tie may be like kissing your sister, but what Texas pulled off Saturday in the Cotton Bowl was akin to drunken, relapse sex with your ex. Sloppy. Ugly. Guilty. But yet, in the end somehow satisfying. A combined 29 points. Eight turnovers. Key plays made by two different No. 12s for the...

Texas to Get Revenge on OU for Last Year's Loss. Wait ... What?

By Richie Whitt

Oct 15, 2009

Dear Oklahoma, I am indeed a bitch. Sincerely, Karma Last year the Oklahoma Sooners were whipped by the Texas Longhorns in their annual mid-October showdown in the Cotton Bowl. Both teams lost one game all season, yet somehow - inexplicably - it was Oklahoma, through a discombobulated national computer ranking,...

Happy New Year! The Top 10 Most Memorable Moments in Cotton Bowl History

By Richie Whitt

Jan 1, 2009

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,...

BREAKING NEWS: Michael Crabtree Coming (to Dallas) and Going (to the NFL)

By Richie Whitt

Dec 23, 2008

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...

Texas Tech v. Ole Miss. One Last Cotton Pickin' Time

By Richie Whitt

Dec 8, 2008

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...

BREAKING SOON-TO-BE NEWS: Minor League Professional Football Coming to Dallas

By Richie Whitt

Oct 23, 2008

Snapped this at last Saturday's Division II college game at the Cotton Bowl. Never fear, it appears larger crowds and better football are on the way. When the Cowboys move to Arlington, Dallas will move much closer to professional football. How’s that? Because, according to a couple sources I spoke...

BREAKING NEWS: T. Boone Pickens Tours Cotton Bowl, Considers Tech-OSU in Big D

By Richie Whitt

Oct 17, 2008

Someday soon his money and moxie may make an annual trek to our Cotton Bowl. Texas-OU has temporarily left the building. But – surprise! – another big-time college football game may be permanently on its way to the reupholstered Cotton Bowl. A month after Texas Tech chancellor Kent Hance visited...

This Just In: Dallas Ain’t All Too Smart

By Richie Whitt

Sep 11, 2008

Try to follow along. Which, if you’re a City of Dallas leader or a Dallas Independent School District accountant, will be mondo difficult. First, because some bozos don’t know how to subtract the 4 and carry the 1, DISD announces a $64 million shortfall. That’s shortfall. Opposite of windfall. Blamed...

Sad Week for the Cotton Bowl

By Richie Whitt

Aug 15, 2008

Better days, my friend. Better days. If you ever met former Cotton Bowl Association Executive Director Jim Brock and he greeted you with “Hoss” – in other words, if you ever met him – you realize the significance of his passing. Brock, always ready with a cigar, a back slap...

Cotton Bowl to Jerry Jones: Take, Um, That?

By Richie Whitt

Jun 2, 2008

Sad that the proud ol' joint is being saddled with Division II football. Seems every week we’re learning what $1.1 billion (with a B) will buy. A Super Bowl here. An NBA All-Star Game there. Throw in some classic college football rivalries and a Big 12 Conference Championship Game. But...

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