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STORM CENTER COLUMN: Big 12 needs to be legitimate
Let’s talk about football.
Sure, I could gloat about the fact the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 33-10 at AT&T Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
But, I don’t gloat – especially knowing the Eagles and Cowboys will play each other again in early December in Philadelphia.
The NFC East is far from settled, in my opinion.
But, let’s get to the heart of the matter – the first-year college football playoff system.
The sports editor has heard from local fans they think both Texas Christian and Baylor are getting slighted from playoff committee.
Sorry, but I don’t buy it.
Weigh the facts.
Baylor mounted an incredible comeback to defeat Texas Christian on a sweltering mid-October afternoon at McLane Stadium in Waco. The Bears scored 24 fourth-quarter points to beat the Horned Frogs 61-58.
In turn, and part of the vicious circle of college football, West Virginia defeated Baylor 41-27 one week later up in Morgantown, W.Va. The Mountaineers scored the game’s final 14 points to prevail.
And finally, in the Big 12 (which is in reality a 10-team league); there is no conference championship game as there was when there were actually 12 schools.
So, I’m sorry, TCU head coach Gary Patterson and Baylor coach Art Briles, but I don’t buy the line every school plays each other so that determines “One True Champion.”
That’s the rhetorical narrative the Big 12 has tried to sell all of its supporters since going to a 10-team league. The Big 12 has been trying to tread water for years. Read more from this column in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
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Bowie softball had a historic season, where the squad made the postseason for the first time since 2019 and knocked a top seed from the playoffs, come to an end April 29.
No-4 ranked Tuscola Jim Ned got out to a quick start and took an 11-1, five inning win in the area round of the Class 3A Division I playoffs. Bowie had its season end at 19-15.
With a large crowd at Weatherford High rooting them on, Bowie took the field looking to knock out another top seed, as they did with Early last week.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie will have two track athletes at the State track and field meet May 14 with top two finishes at the Region 1-3A track meet at Abilene Christian University May 1-2.
Tyler Richey finished 2nd in the pole vault with a 15’ leap. Richey was also 9th in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 15.39. Sophomore Braden Willett was 3rd in the 1,600-meters with a school record best of time of 4:21.93. Willett was 4th in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 9:29.71.
Several other Rabbits and Lady Rabbits competed at the regional meet. The 800-meter relay foursome of Colton Dosch, Richey, Finn Riddle and Jaxon White finished 6th with a time of 1:30.24 while the 1,600-meter relay team of Dosch, Judah Livsey, Riddle and Blaine Leonard finished 8th with a time of 3:30.76.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Saint Jo’s boys and girls track teams took top honors at the Region III-A track meet at Hewitt Midway High School May 1-2 and will send several athletes to the state track and field meet May 16 in Austin.
The boys were led by Damon Byrd who won both the long jump with a 22’9 ¾” leap and triple jump with a 45’ 10 ½”. Byrd also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 1.03 and was a member of the victorious 800-meter relay along with Trent Gaston, Barrett Johnson and Lee Yeley with a time of 1:30.80.
Yeley won the high jump with a 6’ leap. Byrd, Yeley, Dominic Luna and Gaston combined for a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay with a time 3:32.81. Gaston was 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles with a tie of 16.09. Johnson was 2nd in the 400-meter dash in 50.75, Ayden Giambruno was 6th in the 3200-meter run in 11:05.24 with Yeley 8th in the 200-meters with a time of 25.61.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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