Friday, January 4, 2013

Aggies bearing down on a victory

    With 12 minutes left in the game, Texas A&M holds a commanding, 34-13, lead over Oklahoma. The Sooners just failed to convert a fourth down at the Texas A&M 26 yard line, giving the Aggies and Johnny Manziel another opportunity to add to the lead.
    Manziel has 419 total yards (243 passing, 176 rushing) at this point, breaking the Cotton Bowl record.
    The Cowboys Stadium crowd of 87,025 is the second-largest in AT&T Cotton Bowl history, second only to the 2009 Classic between Ole Miss and Texas Tech in the final game played in the old stadium.

Aggies take control, 27-13, in third quarter

    Texas A&M has scored twice in the third quarter to take a 27-13 lead with six minutes left in the third quarter.
    Meanwhile, Oklahoma has punted twice. The Sooners couldn't move the ball on the opening drive of the half, then gave up a 7-yard touchdown run to A&M's Ben Malena.
    When OU couldn't answer, after failing to convert a third-and-two, A&M put together a seven-play scoring drive. Trey Williams finished it off with a 30-yard TD run.

The World Famous Kilgore Rangerettes

    The Kilgore Rangerettes precision drill/dance team once again stole the show in the AT&T Cotton Bowl halftime performance.
    The Rangerettes have performed at every Cotton Bowl since 1951 and serve other duties during game week, such as ushering at events and dinners. They also serves as hosts and ushers at the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame inductions.

Follow the game from your laptop

If you're on Twitter, remember that the official hashtag for the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic is #attcbc .
And if you like to follow the numbers - and there are a lot of them in a game like this - you can keep up with the live stats at http://stats.attcottonbowl.com/

Halftime: Sooners still chasing Johnny Football, 14-13

Where's Johnny? The OU defense chases A&M QB Johnny Manziel as he scrambles for another first down.
    It's been a wildly entertaining first half with big plays by Johnny Manziel and methodical drives by the Sooners. Oklahoma ran a whopping 51 plays in the first half while A&M's Manziel has already rushed for 113 yards.
    Manziel scored TDs on runs of 23 and 5 yards for a 14-6 lead with 6:14 left in the half. Oklahoma made a momentum-grabbing touchdown with 1:16 left when, on third and goal, Landry Jones found Justin Brown for a 6-yard TD.
   So far, the game has lived up to its billing. Buckle in for what should be another exciting half.


Action-packed 1st quarter ends wtih A&M leading, 7-3

   We've seen just about everything in the first quarter here at the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. Johnny Manziel, aka Johnny Football, flashed his elusiveness on the game's opening drive with a 23-yard TD scramble.
    Then Oklahoma used its hurry-up offense to drive for a field goal, after A&M's defense put up an impressive goal line stand against Blake Bell, aka the Belldozer.
    Things are starting to settle in as we begin the second quarter. A&M was forced to punt and Oklahoma has driven to midfield. 

The Pride of Oklahoma