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Cotton Bowl Preview and Prediction: Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners The matchup in Dallas will be a familiar one, but the Cotton Bowl will provide the first look at how a freshman Heisman winner will react to the burden of the award. Only Florida’s Tim Tebow ...

19 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, SEC, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies

Top 10 Worst BCS Bowl Performances

Oklahoma Sooners With the 15th season of BCS bowl action just about ready to kickoff, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. Since 1998, teams have been fighting to...

Top 5 Orange Bowl Performances of the BCS Era

Oklahoma Sooners With the 15th season of BCS bowl action about to take place, Athlon reviewed the tapes of the four (now five) biggest bowl games in college football. Since 1998, teams have been fighting to land a ...

19 weeks ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac 12, Adrian Clayborn, Coby Fleener, Matt Leinart, Tom Brady, Torrance Marshall, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan Wolverines, Oklahoma Sooners, USC Trojans, West Virginia Mountaineers, BCS bowls, college football bowls, Orange Bowl

Top 10 Freshmen in College Football History

Oklahoma Sooners A freshman claimed college football’s most prestigious award for the first time ever this season when Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy. But Johnny Football is nowhe...

College Football's Top 10 Offenses of the BCS Era

Oklahoma Sooners The BCS is wrapping up its 15th season of action and Athlon Sports is continuing its series of BCS rankings. We ranked the best performances of each BCS bowl game and we ranked the best teams of ea...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Auburn Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, USC Trojans

College Football's Top 10 Defenses of the BCS Era

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, TCU Horned Frogs, Tennessee Volunteers, USC Trojans

15 Weird, Wild and Bizarre Facts about College Football's Best Bowls

Oklahoma Sooners The 35-ring circus of bowl season is full of sideshows, freak shows, split stats and split personalities. And the biggest and best bowls have the most exciting high-wire acts, thanks to their award...

How the 2012 All-Big 12 Team Ranked as High School Recruits

Oklahoma Sooners The merits of recruiting rankings are debated in every sports bar and around every water cooler in the nation. Athlon continues its look at how each All-Conference team ranked as high school recrui...

21 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Basketball's Early Season Conference Review: Big 12

Oklahoma Sooners The first month or so of the season has been a strange one for the Big 12. Somehow, the league that boasts a solid Kansas team, a team that beat Kentucky in Lexington and a contender for freshman o...

22 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Basketball, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

A Very Early College Football Top 25 for 2013

Oklahoma Sooners With the 2012 season officially in the books, it’s time to take an early look at college football’s top 25 teams for 2013. Alabama will be losing a few key players from its national championshi...

22 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Independents, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon Ducks, Texas A&M Aggies

Heisman Milestones and Firsts Through the Years

Oklahoma Sooners Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy on Friday, adding another milestone to one of the most storied awards in sports. From the first African-Ame...

22 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC, Army Black Knights, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, Navy Midshipmen, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oregon State Beavers, Syracuse Orange, Texas A&M Aggies, USC Trojans

What if the Heisman was awarded after the National Championship?

Oklahoma Sooners The Heisman Trophy is an inherently flawed award. That’s the bad news. The great news is we the fans have the power to change it. Just six years ago, underclassmen weren’t really considered...

23 weeks ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12, SEC, Florida Gators, Kansas State Wildcats, Miami Hurricanes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Virginia Tech Hokies

20 Most Amazing College Football Stats of 2012

Oklahoma Sooners Single-game, single-season and career records. School, conference and national benchmarks. Remarkable performances and embarrassing moments. The good, bad and ugly makes college football the great ...

Ranking All 35 College Football Bowls for 2012: From Must-See to Must-Miss

Oklahoma Sooners Which bowls should you tune into? Athlon ranks and previews all of the matchups from the must-see to the ones you can avoid. Although Alabama and Notre Dame is clearly the biggest bowl game, with 3...

23 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, MAC, Mountain West, Pac 12, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Arizona State Sun Devils, Arizona Wildcats, Baylor Bears, Boise State Broncos, BYU Cougars, Cincinnati Bearcats, Clemson Tigers, Duke Blue Devils, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Georgia Bulldogs, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas State Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, NC State Wolfpack, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Northwestern Wildcats, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, South Carolina Gamecocks, Stanford Cardinal, Syracuse Orange, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, UCLA Bruins, USC Trojans, Vanderbilt Commodores, Virginia Tech Hokies, Washington Huskies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Wisconsin Badgers

Final BCS analysis: Alabama-Notre Dame to title game

Oklahoma Sooners The most drama in the BCS selection was settled by the most dramatic game of the season when Alabama defeated Georgia 32-28 in the SEC Championship Game. While the Notre Dame-Alabama champions...

23 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, MAC, Pac 12, SEC, Alabama Crimson Tide, Florida Gators, Northern Illinois Huskies, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners

College Football Week 14 Recap: Alabama wins SEC classic

Oklahoma Sooners This is not a sentiment often noted with the BCS: Good thing the championship game is more than a month away. Otherwise, good luck topping the game of the year in Atlanta. Every play and every...

Big 12 Week 14 Preview and Predictions

Oklahoma Sooners The Big 12 is two years removed from hosting a championship game, but the league’s BCS bid and title will still come down to two teams in the final week. Kansas State remains in control of it...

24 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders

Oklahoma WR Kenny Stills Makes Crazy Catch Against Oklahoma State

Oklahoma Sooners The annual matchup between Oklahoma and Oklahoma State is simply titled Bedlam. It's a rivalry that always produces plenty of highlight-reel plays and crazy moments each year. This season, Okla...

24 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: News, Big 12, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys

College Football Week 13 Upset Predictions

Oklahoma Sooners The 2012 college football season has officially entered the home stretch. With bowl games officially around the corner, there's not much time for teams to get eligible or make up ground in a confer...

25 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, MAC, Duke Blue Devils, Kent State Golden Flashes, Miami Hurricanes, Ohio Bobcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Wisconsin Badgers

Random Facts about College Football's Best Thanksgiving Weekend Rivalries

Oklahoma Sooners Thanksgiving weekend college football rivalry games are as much of a tradition as eating leftover turkey and falling into a tryptophan-induced coma on the couch. The best games of the year are...

25 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: College Football, Monthly, Alabama Crimson Tide, Auburn Tigers, Clemson Tigers, Florida Gators, Florida State Seminoles, Michigan Wolverines, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Ole Miss Rebels, Oregon Ducks, Oregon State Beavers, South Carolina Gamecocks, USC Trojans

Big 12 Week 13 Preview and Predictions

Oklahoma Sooners Rivalry week still has the Bedlam Game at least. Thanksgiving used to be the traditional home Texas-Texas A&M, but the Aggies’ move to the SEC put a stop to that. Texas will play host to ...

25 weeks ago by David Fox Tags: College Football, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

The Top 25 Rivalries in College Football

Oklahoma Sooners Pep bands, cheerleaders, tailgating, student sections, cornhole and especially rivalries. All of which makes college football the greatest sport on the planet. The Athlon Sports editorial staff put...

Big 12 Post-Week 12 Power Rankings

Oklahoma Sooners Kansas State remains atop the Big 12 power rankings, but the Wildcats are no longer in the driver's seat to play for a national title. Despite the loss to Baylor, Kansas State still maintains an ed...

25 weeks ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, News, Big 12, Baylor Bears, Iowa State Cyclones, Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, TCU Horned Frogs, Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, West Virginia Mountaineers

College Football Week 12 Recap: Upsets of Kansas State, Oregon shift BCS race

Oklahoma Sooners The best and worst of college football was on display Saturday from thrilling upsets (Stanford over Oregon, Baylor over Kansas State), newfound hope in the national title race (Notre Dame, Alabama ...

College Football Predictions: 10 Key Games in Week 12

Oklahoma Sooners College football's Week 12 schedule is highlighted by two huge battles in the Pac-12. Stanford visits Oregon in a game that likely will decide the South Division champion, while USC makes the short...

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