BCS National Championship Game: Major Wright Nearly Decapitates Manny Johnson
FanHouse —
by Chris Burke Filed under: Florida, Oklahoma, BCS, Bowl Games It took all of a minute for the BCS National Championship's biggest hit award to be claimed by Florida safety Major Wright. On Oklahoma's third play from scrimmage, Sam Bradford tried to hit Manny Johnson on a deep route down the left sideline. Bradford laid a nice pass in to Johnson -- but the ball got there at almost the exact instance that Wright came flying over and absolutely demolished Johnson, forcing an incompletion. Wright later picked off Bradford just before ...
Video: Major Wright Major Hit on Manny Johnson in First Quarter
Larry Brown Sports —
I’d like to say this hit set the tone for the game but that really wouldn’t be accurate considering it wasn’t much of a hard-hitting contest. Instead, I’ll just be satisfied to say this was probably the hardest hit of the game. Florida safety Major Wright displayed exquisite timing on this play when he crushed Oklahoma receiver Manny Johnson as soon as the ball was coming down. Let’s go to the video:
That was only like two minutes into the game. Other than that it was more of a cat and mouse type of thing ...
Irrelevant/Irreverant: January 10 ‘09
The D3 Experience —
The world of college football has been abuzz with the question that has been rehashed since the conception of the BCS: who should be the National Champion? While I do not have the authority or energy to answer this question, I can say one thing: D3 Football doesn’t have to worry about this sort of thing (or D2… or D1-FCS). Once again Barack Obama spoke out on the issue of playoffs, but apparently even the President-elect doesn’t have that kind of power.
Regardless of the hubbub surrounding the end of the season (surprise, surprise - Rick Reilly took the unconventional view again) there is still irrelevancy to be ...
The Morning After: January 10, 2009
Sparty and Friends —
Good morning sports fans. It’s Saturday at Sparty and Friends and most of you are going to get the wife’s to do list busted out early so you can watch football later.
Me? I am just like you….so lets get right to the links and the video-splosion so you can get your comments out and get to the chores.
Speaking of to do ...
BRADFORD TO RETURN TO OKLAHOMA
EDSBS —
According to Chip Brown of Rivals (via a radio interview,) Sam Bradford will announce his return to Oklahoma at a press conference at 5:30. The conference is expected to last somewhere between 14 and 54 minutes depending on whether Major Wright is in the room or not.
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Headlinin': Tennessee just wants to make things right
Dr. Saturday —
• So come on out and give this bum a round of applause. Usually, firings are contentious and warrant a clean, mutual break. But Tennessee's relationship with Phil Fulmer since canning him last November has been more complicated -- and confusingly conciliatory: The school quickly furnished Fulmer with an office in the athletic complex and a nice salary as an "assistant to the president"; he was made grand marshal of the surprisingly large "Mule Day" parade (where we he and his wife were subsequently heckled, above, in what must be pretty common fashion even their home ...
