FanIQ.com - 12/31/2007
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Oklahoma Sooners defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger will not be playing in the Fiesta Bowl against the West Virginia Mountaineers this week, after being sent home following his arrest for shoplifting at Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe, Arizona.
Granger apparently decided that his bowl gift package of a Vizio 20-inch, LCD HDTV, Tourneau watch, Oakley sunglasses and hat was not enough, so he ...
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realsportsbloggers.com 1/3/2008 — Oklahoma was not only favored by 7.5 points, nearly 85% of people polled picked Oklahoma to beat the Mountaineers handily. And why shouldn’t they?
Oklahoma was ranked #4
West Virginia ranked #11
Oklahoma has won the Big 12 Championship
West Virginia won the Big East but lost its last game to unranked Pitt
Oklahoma had Bob Stoops
West Virginia had interim head coach Bill Stewart
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In perhaps the greatest/strangest comparison ever, Matt Vasgersian refers to West Virginia fullback Owen Schmitt as a “runaway beer truck” at the Fiesta Bowl:
Another classic moment from Vasgersian during last night’s game (this clip speaks for itself):
(hat tip to Ballhype for both of these videos)
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So much for the thought that all the instability surrounding the West Virginia program would lead to their downfall. 349 yards on the ground, and that's with Steve Slaton being lost for the game after his first play. We can all hypothesize on what the loss of DT DeMarcus Granger did to Oklahoma's run defense, but this was more about an explosive offense showing what many thought would happen ...
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Bob Thomas, Florida Times-Union : Florida State's Bobby Bowden was critical of the Big East officials who worked the Seminoles' Music City Bowl loss to Kentucky. Brandon George, Dallas Morning News : Oklahoma starting defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger of Kimball won't play in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday after being sent home following an arrest on a shoplifting charge . Mike DeArmond, ...
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Can't Stop The Bleeding
…which doesn’t explain what he’s doing in a Burlington Coat Factory. From the AP’s Jeff Latzke .
Oklahoma starting defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger will miss the Fiesta Bowl after being sent home from Arizona following an arrest for shoplifting.
Granger, 21, was arrested Saturday in Tempe after he tried to steal a jacket from the Burlington Coat Factory inside ...
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Oklahoma DT DeMarcus Granger was sent home from the Fiesta Bowl on Sunday after his arrest in Tempe, AZ.
Granger, 21, was arrested Saturday in Tempe after he tried to steal a jacket from the Burlington Coat Factory inside Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe police reported.
“Mr. Granger removed an anti-theft device from a jacket and then concealed the jacket in a bag. He exited the store ...
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Crimson And Cream Machine
The Oklahoma defense is taking another hit as defensive tackle DeMarcus Granger is being sent home following his arrest in Tempe. Granger walked into a Burlington Coat Factory at the Arizona Mills Mall in Tempe and attempted to steal a jacket. "Mr. Granger removed an anti-theft device from a jacket and then concealed the jacket in a bag. He exited the store walking past the cash registers ...