Sooners Come In Strong

while i was at a graduation dinner for my lovely and intelligent wife, my boys came in strong at the awards tonight. i just got through watching the rerun of the awards ceremony and finishing up on a bunch of my anatomy work. thats right i'm pushing through and trying to get that almighty A. here is how the cards fell on the night of college football awards:

Bednarik Award (Best Defensive Player)
David Pollack - Georgia

Biletnikoff Award (Best Reciever)
Braylon Edwards - Michigan

Lou Groza Award (Best Placekicker)
Mike Nugent - Ohio State

Ray Guy Award (Top Punter)
Daniel Sepulveda - Baylor

Lombardi Award (Lineman of the Year)
David Pollack - Georgia

John Mackey Award (Top Tight End)
Heath Miller - Virginia

Maxwell Award (Outstanding Player of the Year)
Jason White - Oklahoma

Bronco Nagurski Award (Outstanding Defensive Player)
Derrick Johnson - Texas

Davey O'Brien Award (Outstanding QB)
Jason White - Oklahoma

Outland Trophy (best Interior Offensive or Defensive Lineman)
Jammal Brown - Oklahoma

Jim Thorpe Award (outstanding defensive back)
Carlos Rogers - Auburn

Doak Walker Award (Best Collegiate Running Back)
Cedric Benson - Texas

Walter Camp (Player of the Year)
Matt Leinart - USC

The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award
Urban Meyer- Utah

Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award
Tim Frisby - South Carolina

NCFAA Contribution to College Football Award
Vince Dooley - Georgia

well there they are. with only the lombardi and heisman left to be decided, all we got is the bowl games. lombardi will be decided friday evening sometime and the heisman will be given out saturday night. my boys did pretty good, Jason White brought home the maxwell and the o'brien, and Jammal Brown grabed us the outland trophy. adrian Peterson was beat out by White for the Maxwell, by Cedrick Benson of Texas for the Doak Walker Award (which Benson deserved), and both him and White were beat out by that fool from USC Matt Leinart for the Walter Camp Award. There are some great stories behind some of the awards this year.
the past 14 of 19 winners of the Davey O'Brien Award has taken home the Heisman. but the past 4 straight has not. so Saturday we will see if Jason White can break this little curse. Urban Meyer won the home depot coach of the year after taking Utah (of all places) to an undefeated year and possible an historic trip to the fiesta bowl. with urban Meyer just accepting the Florida job and his teammates unanimously wanting him to coach them in their bowl game, it will definitely be a story to follow through the bowl game. the best story from the night was the disney world wide sports spirit award given to Tim frisby of south carolina. Tim frisby is a 49 year old walk on freshman wide receiver. frisby was recruited out of high school to "northern Tennessee" (or something crazy like that) to play basketball. frisby turned down the opportunity to play and decided to serve a 3 year term in the army that turned into a 20 year career. he went in as a private and came out a sergeant. frisby became an specialist in the elite army rangers. frisby had a dream and desire to play for the gamecocks that began 20-30 years ago. frisby is married and has 6 kids. so not only is he balancing college football, he's balancing a marriage, kids, a college load, and football. he has affectionately received the nickname "pops." pops, in my book, your number 1.
well i guess thats all i got tonight. i know these first couple of entries have been full of college football. well you can more of that and much more other great stuff.

BOOMER SOONER!!!!!!