The OKC Thunder aren’t even remotely on my radar screen as we hit the last week of summer. I’m watching college football and a few NFL games here and there.
The Big 12 as always is going to be fun with one would think OU and Texas as the top two teams in the league.
The quarterback play in the league is excellent and there is a great matchup in Austin on Saturday night as O State takes on Texas in an ABC nationally televised game.
Proven Sam Ehrlinger versus freshman Spencer Sanders.
I’ve had this one circled since I saw the schedules. Huge game for both teams and the winner should emerge as the team to challenge OU for the league title.
Big time game for Spencer Sanders as a freshman on the road in front of the nation to show his stuff.
The Big 12 hasn’t won a national championship in football since the 2005-06 season when Texas beat USC in one of the great games in college football history.
OU got to the 2008 title game against Florida and Texas got to the 2009 title game against Alabama, but both teams lost in competitive games.
Since then no Big 12 team has advanced to the title game though OU has made it to three Final Fours.
With Clemson, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State, and LSU are all looking formidable so far—the road to the Final Four will not be an easy one for the Big 12 champion.
But this game in Austin and Notre Dame versus Georgia should give us two very interesting college games to watch this week-end as we finally begin to transition into autumn.
As I sit each week-end and watch Jalen Hurts and Spencer Sanders…I can’t help but think of the season Vince Young had in 2005 for the ‘Horns. I have it as one of the greatest individual single seasons in college football history.
So in honor of Vince Young’s Heisman/national championship season…I’m honoring him with this look back at one of the greatest national championship games in college football history.