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Oregon quarterback Bo Nix leads the Ducks into Washington today for a top-10 showdown. (Photo courtesy of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED)

FROM THE PRESS BOX by JOE HALE | Oregon-Washington has a chance to be monumental

here are some games of note to keep an eye on as Week 7 of the College Football season rolls around today. Texas A&M is at No. 19 Tennessee, Arkansas…
Posted by Joe Hale October 14, 2023
Texas running back Jonathan Brooks (above) leads the No. 3 Longhorns against No. 12 Oklahoma, both teams with 5-0 records, on Saturday morning in a showdown at the Cotton Bowl. Kickoff is at 11 a.m. on ABC. (Photo courtesy of BURNTORANGENATION.COM)

FROM THE PRESS BOX / By JOE HALE | Expect the unexpected, and a wild one, when Texas faces OU

Texas and Oklahoma bring one of college football’s biggest and best rivalries to Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl for Saturday morning’s 11 a.m. kickoff for the 119th edition of…
Posted by Joe Hale October 6, 2023
Colorado coach Deion Sanders (above) leads his team at home against No. 8 Southern Cal today, just one of a myriad of great games this weekend, writes Joe Hale. (Photo courtesy of SPORTSWORLDNEWS.COM)

FROM THE PRESS BOX | By JOE HALE / Another Saturday of prime college football

My wife’ll tell you, she often hears me mumbling about wishing Saturdays in the fall would come sooner than seven days apart. I admit it, I shouldn’t be greedy, but…
Posted by Joe Hale September 30, 2023
The "jumbotron" that hovers above the turf at AT&T Stadium in Arlington announces the arrival of Texas coach Steve Sarkisian during the Big 12 Conference's media days in July. The Big 12 Conference opens its schedule Saturday, and the Longhorns, ranked third in the nation, play Baylor in Waco. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)

FROM THE PRESS BOX | Big 12 menu features ‘Horns-Bears in Waco

Texas and Baylor give us pizzazz in Waco on a day the Big 12 kicks off with three of its newest members Cincinnati, Brigham Young University and Central Florida in…
Posted by Joe Hale September 23, 2023
A view "from the press box" of the turf on Kyle Field at Texas A&M University in College Station in the 2022 season, just before a game between Texas A&M and Ole Miss. The Aggies were to face Louisiana Monroe today. Columnist Joe Hale, covering sports for over 40 years, is looking for all sorts of wild happenings Saturday in college football. (Photo by MITCH LUCAS)

FROM THE PRESS BOX | My Saturdays are ALL about watching college football

That’s exactly where I’m going to be, in my recliner where I am just about every Saturday of the fall from September until the New Year,watching college football on my…
Posted by Joe Hale September 16, 2023
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