News Headlines for Afton, Texas

Texas Tech QB's fingers broken in 9 places (AP via Yahoo! News)
Texas Tech officials confirm that quarterback Graham Harrell had surgery to repair nine breaks in two fingers of his non-throwing hand but won't miss any playing time.

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Texas - Team Notes (USA Today)
No matter how times Mack Brown appeared on telecasts of other games, no matter that Texas drilled Texas A&M 49-9 on Thanksgiving night, and no matter that the Longhorns beat Oklahoma on a neutral field, they will not represent the South Division in the Big 12 title game.

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Texas A&M - Team Notes (USA Today)
Mike Sherman needs time to resurrect Texas A&M football.

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Texas Tech - Team Notes (USA Today)
This probably isn't the way Texas Tech coach Mike Leach envisioned the season ending.

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Big 12 tiebreaker rules stab deep in heart of Texas (USA Today)
The national title picture is clearer, and Texas fans are apoplectic. If Oklahoma wins its Big 12 championship game Saturday, the Sooners are expected to meet the Southeastern Conference champ, either Alabama or Florida, in the Bowl Championship Series title game Jan. 8. BCS No. 2 Oklahoma edged No. 3 Texas in Sunday's BCS standings by 0.0128 and will play No. 20 Missouri in Kansas City, Mo. ...

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Bowl Championship Series rankings: Oklahoma edges past Texas off the field (International Herald Tribune)
With three teams tied for first place in the Big 12 South Division and a potential place in the Bowl Championship Series title game at stake, Oklahoma edged past Texas despite losing to the Longhorns earlier in the season.

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Oklahoma Beats Texas, Off the Field (New York Times)
Oklahoma came out on top of Texas and Texas Tech in the B.C.S. standings, so the Sooners will play Missouri for a chance to clinch the Big 12 title and a spot in the national championship game.

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Oklahoma Beats Texas, Off the Field (New York Times)
Oklahoma came out on top of Texas and Texas Tech, so the Sooners will play Missouri for a chance to clinch the Big 12 title and a spot in the national championship game.

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BCS vaults Sooners ahead of Texas (Sports Illustrated)
NEW YORK (AP) -- Oklahoma was ahead of Texas in the BCS standings Sunday and headed to the Big 12 championship game with an inside track to the national title.

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Mason leads No. 6 Texas over Rice (AP via Yahoo! News)
Justin Mason scored 14 points and No. 6 Texas shook off any lingering jet lag from a holiday tournament in Hawaii with a 77-56 win over Rice on Sunday.

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