You’ll have to pardon my insane excitement but I simply MUST pass along the fantastic news that my college alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, defeated the University of Nebraska in spirited college football play yesterday to become the 2010 Big 12 league champions! My Sooners took on the Cornhuskers in Arlington, TX for the Big 12 Championship and managed to come out victorious with a big win! Nebraska is leaving the Big 12 league after this season to join the Big 10 league but the mighty Sooners made sure they left the Big 12 with their tails between their legs … a no trophy. The championship trophy, instead, will be headed for Norman, OK for the 7th time in Big 12 history :) Here are a few pics of my boys in Crimson & Cream celebrating their big win last night and some deets about the game itself:

No. 10 Oklahoma is keeping the conference title in the Big 12 family. Nebraska is headed to the Big Ten with one more sour championship-game memory. Travis Lewis had an interception in the end zone and recovered two fumbles, and the Sooners rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat Nebraska 23-20 on Saturday night in the Big 12 championship, the Cornhuskers’ last stand in the conference. Oklahoma won its seventh Big 12 title—more than twice as many as any other school—and the seventh straight by schools from the South Division. With Nebraska bolting to the Big Ten and Colorado off to the Pac-12, there won’t be another Big 12 title game in the immediate future. “It’s pretty special to have the last championship and to add to the number we already have is really pretty special for sure,” coach Bob Stoops said. Landry Jones threw for 342 yards and a touchdown and also sneaked in for another score from 1 yard out as the Sooners (11-2) made the second biggest comeback in Big 12 championship history. Colorado came back from 19 down to Texas in 2001. The No. 13 Cornhuskers (10-3) self-destructed, squandering a 17-0 lead with four turnovers and getting shut out in the second half for the first time all season. “This is a great feeling. This is my third Big 12 championship and this one’s definitely the sweetest,” Lewis said. “The fashion that we won this game in, we always pride ourselves that defense wins championships. I felt like we got rattled a little early, we gave up some big plays but we never panicked.” Jimmy Stevens delivered the game-winner, a 27-yard field goal, with 8:28 to play after Lewis’ third takeaway … “We wanted this bad,” Lewis said. “This has been a long season. We have been tested in so many ways. We have been with our backs against the wall. We came out here and the defense totally dominated.” The longtime rivals had played each other in 71 straight seasons as members of the Big Six and as national powerhouses in the Big Eight before being split up into separate divisions in the Big 12 … “Beating Nebraska, like this, in this game? Are you kidding” Stoops said. “It’s just great to get another championship.”

Woot!! Now y’all know that I am not a big sports fan but I simply must cheer when any team near and dear to my heart does well in championship play. You might not believe this but I attended every single home football and basketball game thruout all my years at OU and really missed that feeling of being there to cheer on my team. Unfortch, during my years at OU, the Sooners didn’t win any championships … but still, they are my team and I couldn’t be prouder of them. OU has won the final Big 12 Championship because they’ve got skills, drive and heart. Boomer Sooner, y’all!! Woot!!

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