These Things I Know

Ok.  The NCAA football National Championship will be played on Thursday, January 8th.  In a rare occurence the game will pit two Heisman Trophy winners against each other for the right to take home the crystal ball.  There is a lot of intrigue in this game.  Apparently Tebow felt snubbed by coming in third in Heisman voting.  His teammates have taken it personally.  And the young man has some grit to him.  He did a masterful job of motivating his team past the Mississippi loss.  He will probably have a few heart-to-hearts with his teammates both before and during the game.

I’m a little hesitant about this game given OU’s recent bowl performances.  I can still hear all of the jokes from the end of last season (thanks to all my OSU “friends”).  So, I’m not going out on any limbs to predict a Sooner victory - at least not today.  I may make a prediction before the game, and my Creskin-like abilities have been pretty good so far (note the date on that post - August, 2007).  But today I do know this: OU has plenty of its own motivation, being the underdog, all of the nay-sayers out there who don’t think they should be in the game at all, the SECers who don’t think the Big XII offenses are all that good - only that the Big XII defenses are really that bad.  I also know that Florida will not win the National Championship simply because Tim Tebow wills it so.  They will have to come out and play some really good football of their own.

Superman

This season Sam Bradford will set an NCAA record for pass efficiency. When you consider that he has thrown the ball 442 times that is a remarkable feat. I am predicting that his reward for his accomplishments will be a stiff-armed trophy bestowed upon him this Saturday night. He will deserve it. He will become the fifth Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Oklahoma. Space is reserved in Heisman Park just outside of Memorial Stadium in Norman for another statue, be it for Sam or someone in the future.  However, it is my belief that no amount of kryptonite, no Lex Luthor, no Tim Tebow, no Colt McCoy, will be able to keep young Mr. Bradford from delivering his acceptance speech at the Downtown Athletics Club in New York Saturday night. Read more