Tournament #1: Sooners Win Title Bout

The Oklahoma Sooners proved to be the best team in college football by virtue of a 34-14 pasting of USC on Thursday night. Tournament MVP Rhett Bomar had another sparkling game, throwing for 332 yards and two scores, while Adrian Peterson finished with 173 total yards and two scores after receiving just one carry in the first half. Head coach Bob Stoops said, "We wanted to come out throwing, because we thought their defensive backs were overrated. AP became the world's greatest decoy, which is still better than world's greatest choke artist." Many believe the classless Stoops was referring to USC wideout Dwayne Jarrett who had a miserable game, catching only two passes for 27 yards while dropping five balls - a total that would make TO cringe, which is saying something. The surprise star of the game for Oklahoma was junior receiver Jermaine Hardison, who caught seven passes for 129 yards and two scores while making several tough catches in traffic.

After the game, fans were treated to a long-winded sermon from Fox announcer Joe Buck who heaped praise on the powers-that-be for finally bringing a tournament format to college football. He reminded us that Oklahoma never would received the chance to win it all under the old format. He also second-guessed Willie Randolph's managerial style from the 2006 NLCS, railed about Randy Moss' fake moon from December 2004, and blurted out the word "Emmy!" at least a dozen times. He also took a few minutes to announce the all-tournament team, which surprisingly contained almost exclusively skill position players.

QB Rhett Bomar, Oklahoma (1,011 yards and 11 touchdowns with just one interception) - also named Tournament MVP
RB Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma (590 total yards and 7 touchdowns)
RB C.J. Gable, USC (7 touchdowns)
WR Dwayne Jarrett, USC (501 yards, 4 touchdowns - good enough stats to overcome terrible title game)
WR Ted Guinn Jr., Ohio State (412 yards, 4 touchdowns in just two games)
TE Jeff Carlson, Notre Dame (180 yards ... more importantly, only tight end that any could remember)
KR Eddie Royal, Virginia Tech (punt return for touchdown against Notre Dame)
Defensive MVP Darrien Williams, Oklahoma (corner shut down Jarrett)