Weatherford Democrat
WEATHERFORD —
By GREG WEBB
sports@weatherforddemocrat.com
Whether the bowl season has been enhanced by a plethora of dramatic-ending games, or the college gridiron diversions have merely slaked year-long thirsts of waiting fans, the matches of the past week have set the stage for the ultimate contest.
Local football aficionados, and the casual score-minders alike, will likely pay a bit of extra attention to Monday night’s college season finale.
Kapron Lewis-Moore, who played his prep football at Weatherford High School before heading north to South Bend, represents to first former Roo to participate in the lofty, attention-getting contest for the national title.
During his tenure at Notre Dame, Lewis-Moore has been part of the Irish rise from obscure mediocrity, to respectability, to attaining the pinnacle of college football notoriety.
The Irish will face the Alabama Crimson Tide on Monday, in the Discover BCS National Championship Bowl, set for resolution at Sun Life Stadium, in Miami, Fla.
If some of the previous bowls of the season are any indication, chances are the game will live up to its billing. Regardless of the progression or the outcome, any championship game usually carries with it a healthy dose of self-generated excitement. And with the resurgence of Notre Dame football after a couple of decades on the downside, facing the defending champ Alabama, the potential eye-candy on Monday could leaves die-hard college football fans already looking ahead to next fall.
There have been some blisterings applied since the bowl season began in the week preceding Christmas, the most recent in memory being the number Texas A&M did on Oklahoma, Friday. But there have also been plenty of heart-thumping (and breaking) dramatics, with Arizona’s late, two-touchdown shocker over Nevada or the Longhorns’ comeback against Oregon State. A brief look back...
New Mexico Bowl
Arizona 49, Nevada 48
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Utah State 41, Toledo 15
Poinsettia Bowl
BYU 23, San Diego State 6
Beef O’Brady’s Bowl
Central Florida 38, Ball State 17
New Orleans Bowl
UL/Lafayette 43, E. Carolina 34
MAACO Bowl
Boise State 28, Washington 26
Hawaii Bowl
SMU 43, Fresno State 10
Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl
Cent. Mich. 27, Wstn. Kentucky 24
Military Bowl
San Jose State 29,
Bowling Green 20
Belk Bowl
Cincinnati 48, Duke 34
Holiday Bowl
Baylor 49, UCLA 26
Independence Bowl
Ohio 45, UL/Lafayette 14
Russell Athletic Bowl
West Virginia 13, Rutgers 10
Meineke Car Care Bowl
Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31
Armed Forces Bowl
Rice 33, Air Force Academy 14
New Era Pinstripe Bowl
Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14
Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Arizona State 62, Navy 28
Alamo Bowl
Texas 31, Oregon State 27
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
Michigan State 17, TCU 16
Music City Bowl
Vanderbilt 38,
No. Carolina State 24
Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech 21, USC 7
Liberty Bowl
Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Clemson 25, LSU 24
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14
Gator Bowl
Northwestern 34, Miss. State 20
Capital One Bowl
Georgia 45, Nebraska 31
Outback Bowl
South Carolina 33 Michigan 28
Rose Bowl
Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14
Orange Bowl In Miami
Florida State 31,
Northern Illinois 10
Sugar Bowl
Louisville 17, Florida 23
Fiesta Bowl
Oregon 35, Kansas State 17
Cotton Bowl
Texas A&M 41, Oklahoma 13
BBVA Compass Bowl
Mississippi 38, Pittsburgh 17
Sunday, Jan. 6
GoDaddy.com Bowl In Mobile
Kent State (11-2) v
Ark. State (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7
BCS National Championship
In Miami
Notre Dame (12-0) v Alabama (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
