Football

Hey guys, it's been forever since the last time I blogged here.

Well, not really, it's only been over like, a month?

Okay, maybe it has been forever.

Anyway, although our 2007 football season is over, there is some leftover residue that's been haunting us for a while now: Boise State's "The Play" on Fiesta Bowl 2007.

Yes, it's that statue of Liberty the capped our lose

Yes, that thing has been replayed over and over since ESPN decided to run a show called the Greatest Highlight since last month.

Now I want it be over with. ASAP.

For a quick notice, so check it out here:

http://www.normannow.com/...

BOOMER SOONERS!

These are the list as of now:

Malcolm Kelly
Curtis Lofton
Reggie Smith
Marcus Walker

Stay tuned for more updates.

Personal note: losing MK, Lofton and Smith will leave a big dent to Stoops troops this season. I am personally disappointed, but I'm a selfish fan so... good luck for them and wish them to rip it up like AD did this year!

Now this is the news. This can shake up the entire college football world if it turns out to be true.

http://sports.espn.go.com...

Southern California coach Pete Carroll is interested in the Falcons' head coach opening and spoke with Atlanta owner Arthur Blank via phone Wednesday, sources at the American Football Coaches Convention in Anaheim told ESPN's Joe Schad.

Blank, who has also been searching for a general mangager, was expected to offer full control of personnel decisions to Carroll, and the sources said that is what intrigues Carroll most. The coach is currently on vacation in Hawaii.

The Falcons' interest in talking to Carroll about their opening was first reported Tuesday night by ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli.

I just updated the college football preview for 2008:

http://www.normannow.com/...

Check it out.

Embarrassed, annoyed, despair, disappointment. There's so much emotion running through me last night that it took a while to regather myself before posting this blog.

Yes, OU lost AGAIN. And yes, it was another ugly rout. Losing 48-28 by West Virginia in another Fiesta Bowl after an embarrassing lost to Boise State last year. If you didn't know it by know then you are either a caveman/cavewoman or out there in Vegas or overseas. The news is everywhere and Oklahoma Sooners is the official laughing stock of college football to date.

Sorry, I couldn't resist but I can't downplay my disappointment with the Sooners that I've supported all season long just to have their faces plastered as the biggest losers in the big stage of bowl game. And the year 2008 just got started.

Ladies and gentleman. This man became an instant sports celebrity overnight because of this incident:

I have very little to say except laughing hard all night watching this play. I know Texas always do lovely silly things, there's no question about that, but this beats everything else out there. The gameplay of the year, the most infamous non-player play, you name it.

And for your reading pleasure, I found some of his pictures online:

Not much is going on lately since Christmas aside from the returning / reselling gifts and shopping for more deals before the end of the year (I know I am). But Fiesta Bowl is lurking near next Wednesday so for the people who are making trips to Arizona to watch the game live, I wish you guys a happy, safe trip and make sure you gusy support our Sooners for all 4 quarters.

Boomer Sooners!

I gotta take a break from posting Sooners related blog but I can't stop doing it! That's what any Sooner fan would do. Right? Right?

EDIT: Now that the season is officially over last night after LSU beating OSU 38-24, it's time for football fans to look ahead into 2008 season.

How are these college football team ranked coming into fall? I also included AP polls and other predictions to give us a better picture on how they stack up against each other later this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com... (Final AP Poll)

1 LSU
2 Georgia
3 Southern Cal
4 Missouri
5 Ohio St.
6 West Virginia
7 Kansas
8 Oklahoma
9 Virginia Tech
10 Boston College
10 Texas
12 Tennessee
13 Florida
14 BYU
15 Auburn
16 Arizona St.
17 Cincinnati
18 Michigan
19 Hawaii
20 Illinois
21 Clemson
22 Texas Tech
23 Oregon
24 Wisconsin
25 Oregon St.

http://www.nationalchamps... (National Champs pre season ranking)

1. Ohio State