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(With acknowledgement and apologies to Ernest Thayer, author "Casey at the Bat.") The outlook was brilliant for the Tiger Eleven that day, The score was nothing to nothing and there were four quarters of football to play, When Alabama scored a field goal first, and LSU failed to answer,   A sense of Déjà vu rose on those faithful to the Tigers...

I like football. Heck, every Friday night during my high school days, I was in the stands at Fairgrounds Stadium (now Independence Stadium) and on the field to march in the half-time show. I did the same during my college days. I helped finance my first degree by marching more half-time shows for then Northeast Louisiana University Indians...

With the holidays comes the second week of the bowl season. This coming week features a lot of intriguing matchups, with Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III in action, along with several big name teams who struggled through disappointing seasons...

This year there is a lot of controversy surrounding the BCS National Championship Game between Alabama and LSU. Even though Oklahoma State slaughtered the preseason #1, won the Big 12 championship, and the only game they lost was after a tragic plane crash that killed some of their school mates...

The day started with Lee Corso letting loose an expletive on ‘College Gameday,’ and things just got crazier from there. The BCS was officially thrown into chaos as three of the nation’s top five teams all went down to defeat. #1 LSU remained in the driver’s seat for the title game with another dominating win, but any number of one-loss schools are now back in the mix for the title game. The bigges

SEC powerhouses Louisiana State and Alabama rank first and second  in the first BCS poll of the year. In-state and Big 12 rivals Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are third and fourth, with Boise State rounding out the top five.

Week four’s games featured our first handful of conference matchups, some great individual performances and one instant classic featuring two top 10 teams. Here is this week’s wrap-up from the top 25. #1 Oklahoma 38, Missouri 28 The top-ranked Sooners struggled early, trailing 14-3 just nine minutes into the game, but then scored 28 unanswered points to take a lead they would never give back... Re