dallasnews.com - 1/9/2009
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Stoops' nickname – 'Big Game Bob' – won't survive this one 10:39 AM CST on Friday, January 9, 2009 MIAMI – One of the pilots in the flyover before Thursday's BCS title game explained the basic philosophy behind the ritual like this: "We try to make the stadium shake." Unfortunately, for ...
neswsports.com - 1/9/2009
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Florida Gators, 2009 BCS National Championship Game Highlight
Videos . The SEC dominated again . The Sooners...
kept it close, and respectable, but the bottom line is that the Heisman Trophy winner Bradford never got comfortable. Tebow looked like the the best player in the nation. Oklahoma is a ...
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totalprosports.com - 1/9/2009
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Total Pro Sports - If you missed it
during last night BCS National Championship Game the Florida...
Gators beat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14. An exciting game to say the least, except for our wrong prediction. We took the Oklahoma Sooners and Sam Bradford at +5. Boy that was a mistake! Tim ...
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Tim Tebow Gives The Sooners A Gator Chomp
totalprosports.com - 1/9/2009
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Total Pro Sports- After leading the Florida Gators
to victory over the Oklahoma Sooners last night, Urban...
Meyer becomes the first coach in history to win two BCS National Championships . Considering how competitive Division 1 college football has become, not to mention the amount of player ...
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Urban Meyer Makes History
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Morning Coffee Frames The Offseason
Burnt Orange Nation —
... Meanwhile, during that same time Stoops has lost four-straight BCS games, including two versus heavy underdogs in Boise State and West Virginia.
The game is up. While Stoops runs a tremendously successful program, he doesn't deserve any kind of hyper-recognition beyond taking very good care of the basics. And with Mack Brown hitting his peak, the foundation supporting the Stoops myth is all but gone. The early returns from this morning's press clips tell the tale:
"Stoops Nickname -- 'Big Game Bob' -- Won't Survive This One" Dallas ...
Gators Chomp (BCS Championship)
Intentional Foul —
... While Tebow’s heroics is getting the majority of the press, the Gator defense is getting its fair share, and rightfully so. When you hold the most prolific offense in D1 history to 14 total points–their worst scoring output of the year by 21 points–you deserve all the credit you receive; even if the team you are playing against helps your cause with poor goal line decision-making. ...
Post Game: OU-UF Articles and Notes
Oklahoma Sooners Football Blog —
... Championship loss send Bob Stoops packing?: The Oklahoman Big pass plays go Florida's way: The Oklahoman Tebow's jump pass seals the deal: The Oklahoman Brown shines -- except in red zone: The Oklahoman BCS Bummer: Tulsa World You should be glad Stoops is coach: Tulsa World Another crash landing: Norman Transcript Bad plays, bad decisions cost Sooners title: Norman Transcript Stoops' nickname — 'Big Game Bob' — won't survive this one: Dallas Morning News ...
Better to Have Loved and Lost…?
WaitingForNextYear —
... , which is simultaneously a great compliment and a perceived slight all at once. There’s a running joke I found all over the Internet: “What do ganja and Bob Stoops have in common? They both get smoked in bowls.” His one-time moniker of Big Game Bob is skating on thin ice . After OSU’s loss to USC, the ...
An inspirational thought for two great coaches
Dr. Saturday —
Times are tough, gentleman. The doubters and mockers are out in gleeful force. It's easy to be discouraged about the way this one ended, especially after the last few years. But 2009 is another year. So this horse bucked, too, like the others. The new day is just one more chance to get right back on the next one.
Here is what I want you to do: For the rest of the month, get up as soon as you wake with a start at your desks, look at your ever-widening, stapler-creased face in the mirror and say, "I am a winner." Take a deep breath ...
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soonersnews.com 1/21/2009 — No victory comes without a price. No defeat comes without a debt. No matter how you say it. You have to pay your dues.
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The Oklahoma Chokers
ballhype.com 1/9/2009 — The Oklahoma Sooners have done it again it seems, They went and lost another BCS game, this marks the 5th time that they have lost... But this game was different in that the Sooners were actually dominating on both sides of the ball. they bottled up Floridas run game and had the almighty Tim ...
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Bleacher Report - College Football 1/9/2009
Last night Urban Meyer's Florida Gators won the second BCS championship for the school in three years, bringing home a third straight BCS title to the SEC. The Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 with the leadership of Tim Tebow, who should ...
