Six Sooners Land All-American Honors

Six Sooner football players made the FWAA All-American list released today.

I was most pleased to see receiver Mark Clayon on the list. Most college football fans know UT’s Roy Williams and OSU’s Rashuan Woods, and they are fine players who will be high NFL draft picks.

But Clayton has been the best receiver in the Big 12 this year, and one of the best in the land.

Give Bob Stoops an assist on this one. His frequent mentions

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Digits That Defy Belief

Since we know the Comical‘s Jerome Solomon occasionally borrows from the Oklahoman sports pages, maybe someone should point him to this column:

Toss out the storybook saga of White’s two knee surgeries. Even forget OU’s 12-0 season and its run not just to the Sugar Bowl but to maybe the college game’s grandest squadron ever.

Reduce this to cold, hard numbers. White has thrown 40 touchdown passes and six interceptions. Digits that defy belief.

In the past

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Two Sides Of A Coin

Everyone loves to take shots at the BCS:

An independent commission on collegiate athletics recommended Monday in Washington that the NCAA should reclaim control of postseason college football from the Bowl Championship Series and that the universities exert more control over television sports.

“Speaking for myself, I want to see the NCAA in charge” of the bowl games, said William Friday, chairman of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

I remember back in the “glory days” when the

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Shorthorn Discord

UT (backup) quarterback Chance Mock is considering transferring:

UT backup QB Chance MockTexas junior quarterback Chance Mock is considering transferring to a Division I-AA school where he could play immediately next season to improve his chances of playing in the NFL, his father said Tuesday.

“There’s nothing that’s been decided. Nothing’s been done,” said Mike Mock, Chance’s father and a former NFL linebacker who played at Texas Tech under then-defensive coordinator Bill Parcells in

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