Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford, Fiesta Bowl: Cowboys Win Overtime Classic, 41-38

2012 Fiesta Bowl, Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State: Cowboys Open Door For Share Of National Title

Oklahoma St. Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden passed for 399 yards and three touchdowns and Quinn Sharp connected on a 22-yard field goal to beat the Stanford Cardinal in a thrilling, 41-38 overtime win in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl.

The 79 points Oklahoma State and Stanford put on the scoreboard were a Fiesta Bowl record. Weeden and Stanford's Andrew Luck became the first quarterbacks to each throw for 300+ yards in a Fiesta Bowl.

Luck got the Cardinal off to an early lead, connecting with Ty Montgomery for a 53-yard touchdown in the first quarter. Running back Jeremy Stewart added a 24-yard touchdown in the second quarter to extend the lead to 14 points. Weeden responded with a pair of touchdowns passes to junior wide receiver Justin Blackmon, who had a game-high eight receptions for 186 yards and a Fiesta Bowl record three touchdowns on the night.

Stanford and Oklahoma State exchanged touchdown runs in the final 2:25 of the first half to go into halftime tied at 21.

A 16-yard Luck touchdown pass to tight end Zach Ertz allowed the Cardinal to enter the fourth quarter with a four-point lead, which was extended to seven points by a 30-yard field goal by Jordan Williamson. The Weeden-to-Blackmon connection tied the score at 31 with 11:53 to play.

Following a one-yard touchdown run by Stanford running back Stepfan Taylor, Weeden and Blackmon came up big on the Cowboys' final drive. Down seven points with 3:40 to play, and facing a 4th-and-4 from their own 40-yard line, Cowboys head coach Mike Gundy opted to go for it. Weeden hit Blackmon in stride on a slant pass, with Blackmon turning up field for a 21-yard gain that seized the momentum. Weeden would hit Joseph Randle for 19 yards, Michael Harrison for 16 yards before catching a confused Stanford defense off-guard and handing the ball off to Randle who tied the game with a four-yard touchdown run with 2:35 remaining.

Luck, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft, drove the Cardinal down the field and had the ball at the Oklahoma State 25-yard line over a minute to play. Despite having a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, the Cardinal ran a pair of running plays and burned a minute of clock before having Williamson attempt a 35-yard field goal, which missed wide left to force overtime.

In overtime, Stanford ran the ball twice before Luck completed a three-yard pass to Montgomery, which would be his final pass at the college level. Williamson missed his 43-yard field goal attempt, again wide left, and the Cowboys took advantage. Weeden hit a streaking Colton Chelf for an apparent 25-yard touchdown, but Chelf was ruled down at the one-yard line, setting up Sharp's game-winning field goal.

With the win, the No. 3 Cowboys can lay claim to a share of the national title should the LSU Tigers lose to the Alabama Crimson Tide next Monday night in New Orleans.

"It played out the way it played out," said Blackmon, who announced after the game that he was leaving for the NFL. "I think we do have the best team in the nation."

After the game, Gundy dedicated the win to the four victims of a plane crash that claimed the lives of Oklahoma State's woman's basketball coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna in November.

"I want to dedicate this win to the four victims of the plane crash," said Gundy. "It meant so much to the Oklahoma State people and to our team and for their families. The players wanted to do it."

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Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford Recap, Fiesta Bowl 2012: The Numerical

The stats that mattered in Oklahoma State's 41-38 win over Stanford in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, from Justin Blackmon's finest three quarters, to Andrew Luck's completion percentage, to five missing points.

2012 NFL Draft: Justin Blackmon Declares After Monster Fiesta Bowl

Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon made official after Monday's Fiesta Bowl what many have assumed for months: he will forgo his senior season and enter the 2012 NFL Draft. Leave it the two-time winner of the Biletnikoff Award to go out with a bang: he won MVP honors in the game by scoring three touchdowns among eight catches for 186 yards.

No one can accuse Blackmon of padding his stats, either: all three of his touchdowns came with Okie State trailing Stanford. His first two went for a combined 110 yards in the second quarter, and his final touchdown tied the game at 31-31 in the fourth:

The Cowboys and Cardinal would trade two more touchdowns before Quinn Sharp won the game with a 22-yard field goal in overtime, but it was Blackmon who brought his team back into the game and kept them there.

After the game, Blackmon confirmed that his next stop would be the NFL:

"I think I'm gonna go ahead and enter the draft and see what happens after that," he said.

Where will he end up? Many considered him to be the best wide receiver on the board even before he boosted his stock with his monster Fiesta Bowl performance. In SB Nation's most recent NFL mock draft, Ryan Van Bibber predicted Blackmon would go No. 6 to the Washington Redskins. Notre Dame's Michael Floyd and South Carolina's Alshon Jeffrey are a couple of inches bigger, but Blackmon's numbers are simply eye-popping, finishing the year with 121 receptions, 1,522 yards and 18 touchdowns.

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2012 Fiesta Bowl, Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State: Cowboys Upend Andrew Luck, Cardinal In OT

Brandon Weeden threw three touchdowns to Justin Blackmon to help Okie State hold off Stanford.

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Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State Score Update: Cardinal, Cowboys Trading Late TDs

Stanford has not trailed in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, thanks to its ability to answer every time Oklahoma State pull back even with the Cardinal. After Cowboys wide receiver Justin Blackmon caught his Fiesta Bowl record-tying third touchdown pass, the Cardinal marched down the field with a 13-play, 69-yard drive that gobbled up more than seven minutes of clock and gave Stanford a 38-31 lead.

But the four minutes left on the clock proved more than enough for Oklahoma State, which needed less than two minutes to drive the field for the game-tying score, 38-38. Joseph Randle scored the touchdown on the ground. The Cowboys set up the touchdown with an enormous fourth-down conversion on their own half of the field earlier in the drive.

Here's video of the Cardinal touchdown:

And, in the interest of equal coverage, here is the Cowboy's game-tying score:

For more on this super BCS bowl game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, and head over to Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

2012 Fiesta Bowl Score Update: Justin Blackmon Is Feasting On Stanford

Justin Blackmon is turning the 2012 Fiesta Bowl into a nationally televised NFL draft combine. The Oklahoma State wide receiver scored his third touchdown of the game with 12:30 left in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 31-31 with Stanford.

Blackmon has caught six passes for 158 yards (!) and three touchdowns (!!!) so far against the Cardinal. Stanford had not allowed an opponent to go over 100 yards receiving this season, something Blackmon did on his first two catches -- both of which were touchdowns.

After all that success, it's kind of baffling how open he was on this touchdown. Watch video of Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden finding Blackmon over the middle for the touchdown:

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Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State Score Update: Cardinal Extend Lead, 31-24

The Stanford Cardinal have marched into the red zone four times so far in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, and have come away with 24 points. Stanford extended its lead against Oklahoma State to a full seven points with a 30-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter up a touchdown.

While Oklahoma State has used quick-strike attacks to counter against Stanford's scoring, the Cardinal continue to milk the clock on long scoring drives. This drive was more than 10 plays and lasted more than five minutes.

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The field goal made up for the three points that the Cardinal gave away when Geoff Meinken fumbled the ball on Stanford's own four-yard-line.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Stanford Fumbles, Holds Oklahoma State To Field Goal

The Oklahoma State defense has turned over its opponents with great success this season. But the Cowboys, who answered every Stanford touchdown in the first half, could not turn a fortuitous fumble recovery into seven points from just outside the Cardinal end zone.

Oklahoma State trails Stanford 28-24 nearing the end of the third quarter in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl.

Cowboys quarterback Brandon Weeden missed a wide-open target in the end zone on third-and-goal and Oklahoma State settled for a field goal. It was a missed opportunity for the Cowboys, who recovered the ball on the Cardinal four-yard-line.

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Here's an animated GIF of Geoff Meinken's blunder, which set up the Cowboys right outside the end zone:

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Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Andrew Luck Puts The Cardinal Up 28-21

The Stanford Cardinal defense once again forced Oklahoma State to punt the football, letting quarterback Andrew Luck go to work once again. On the drive however, a lot of the heavy lifting was done by running back Stepfan Taylor who picked up a tough first down and shot off another long run to put him up over 100 yards on the night. When the Cardinal got in the red zone however, it was Andrew Luck who got the Cardinal in the endzone.

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Luck hit tight end Zach Ertz on an easy slant route where the defender fell down, leaving Ertz wide open and the dive into the endzone for the score. It was Luck's second touchdown pass of the night and the pass put him over 200 passing yards for the game.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford Score Update: Cowboys Have Answers In 2012 Fiesta Bowl

Oklahoma State has had little success stopping Stanford in the first half, but the Cowboys have answered each Cardinal score, and end the first half tied 21-21 in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl. Something about a good offense being the best defense seems fitting here.

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After finding Justin Blackmon for Oklahoma State's first two scores of the game, quarterback Brandon Weeden did it himself, stretching out over the goal-line and getting into the end zone on a designed QB draw at the end of the first half. Here's video of the touchdown:

Weeden should continue to look for Blackmon in the second half -- the cowboys wide receiver has four catches for 139 yards and two touchdowns already (already the first 100-yard receiving game against the Cardinal this season). But if Stanford dials in on stopping Blackmon, it's good to know Weeden can take it himself.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State Score Update: Cardinal Take 21-14 Lead

After the Oklahoma State Cowboys tied the Stanford Cardinal at 14 all, the Stanford offense got back on the field and went to work. Early on the drive Andrew Luck hit Ty Montgomery for a 21-yard gain then another long gain to Griff Walen two plays later moving the Cardinal right down the field.

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A few plays later Stepfan Taylor punched the ball into the endzone to put Stanford up over the Pokes once again 21-14. On the drive, Luck hit on all five of his passes for over 70 yards, including two passes over 20 yards. Right before halftime, Stepfan Taylor is just 18 yards shy of 100 yards in the first half of the game.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Justin Blackmon Catches Second TD

Oklahoma State was shut out in the first quarter for the first time this season, but Stanford couldn't expect to keep a good offense down all game. Justin Blackmon, the Cowboys stud wide receiver, has raced Oklahoma State back into the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, scoring his second touchdown of the game to tie the game at 14-14 midway through the second quarter.

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The Cowboys' second touchdown drive took just two plays and all of 38 seconds. Blackmon has now caught two passes for two touchdowns and 110 total receiving yards. Here's video of the second touchdown:

Blackmon is projected to go No. 6 in the SB Nation's first 2012 NFL Mock Draft, but he could go even higher if he's able to single-handedly deliver Oklahoma State all of the Tostitos against the Cardinal.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Justin Blackmon Gets Okie State On The Board

The Stanford Cardinal picked up another touchdown to go up 14-0 on the Oklahoma State Cowboys, but the Pokes finally got their offense in gear in the second quarter. Quarterback Brandon Wheeden connected with Colton Chelf in the middle of the field for a big 29-yard gain in the air. Just two plays later, Wheeden connected with star wide receiver Justin Blackmon down the seam for a 43-yard touchdown, finally putting Oklahoma State on the board.

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As you can see on the play, Blackmon was able to get wide open on the Stanford defense. Maybe Stanford was taking the two-time Biletnikoff Award winner lightly because he's dealing with an "inner thigh infection" that supposedly limits his movement. With the score, Oklahoma State cut the lead 14-7.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Stanford Trampling Oklahoma State

The Stanford Cardinal have started out the 2012 Fiesta Bowl on a roll, while the Oklahoma St. Cowboys look more like the Dallas Cowboys, dare I say. The score is now 14-0 after a 24-yard rush by Jeremy Stewart, and Stanford now has three individual plays that have gone for more yardage than OSU's mustered in the entire game. A look at Stewart's run, which shows Stanford's physical advantage up front:

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OSU's defense gives up lots of points and yards, but makes its hay by forcing turnovers. They've picked off Luck once, but probably shouldn't count on many more of those coming their way.

All of this is highly pleasing to certain corners of the Southeast:

@LSUShep10 And Coach Gundy said they were going to score how many points against us?

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Fiesta Bowl 2012 Score Update: Andrew Luck Goes Deep, Cardinal Leads 7-0

After going half of the first quarter with both Stanford and Oklahoma State's offenses not doing much of anything, the Cardinal was able to connect on a deep Andrew Luck pass for a touchdown. Stanford had been handing the football off to Stepfan Taylor to run the football, perfectly setting up the 53-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Ty Montgomery. Andrew Luck dropped back to pass, executed the play fake perfectly, and Montgomery was wide open down the field.

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The easy touchdown puts Stanford ahead early 7-0. The Oklahoma State defense played well early in the game, but if they're going to start biting on the play action fakes of Stanford, they could be in for a long night. Literally every Okie State defensive player bit on the play action fake by Luck. Luck showed his arm off a bit on the throw as well, throwing the ball about 50-yards in the air and hitting Montgomery in stride.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State Update: No Rose Bowl, That's For Sure

After an approximately 900-point Rose Bowl, we're all terribly baffled to see the Fiesta Bowl scoreboard still registering zeroes after the opening Stanford Cardinal drive. Andrew Luck and crew drove all the way to the Oklahoma St. Cowboys 23 before Griff Whalen missed a field goal, but Brandon Weeden gave the whole thing another chance.

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Terence Brown picked off Weeden, but a stern and potentially flaggable hit by OSU and a sack of Luck, and we were once again rendered pointsless. Oklahoma State went three-and-out on their next drive. That hit on Ty Montgomery by Markelle Martin, by the way:

Other than a 38-yard Stepfan Taylor run, we haven't seen a great deal of anything box scorey happening so far.

For more on this game, visit Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free and Stanford blog Rule of Tree, plus Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes and SB Nation Bay Area.

Fiesta Bowl History: Best Games, Worst Games And More

How did the Fiesta Bowl rise to prominence? It all dates back to 1986, when it convinced No. 1 Miami and No. 2 Penn State to play for the de facto national championship, resulting in what's still the most-watched college football game of all time.

Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl 2012: Speed Vs. Strength

The nation's default third-place game will be decided by Stanford's ability to create some breaks on defense and Oklahoma State's ability to control the Cardinal's power running game.

Fiesta Bowl 2012, Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State: Time, TV Schedule, Odds And More

In what might be the best bowl match up of the season, the Stanford Caridnal get ready to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona. The Cardinal missed out getting to the Pac 12 title game when they lost to Oregon and Andrew Luck missed out on the Heisman Trophy to Robert Griffin III but Stanford can still go out with a BCS victory. The Cardinal offense averages over 40 points per game and runs the ball for over 200 yards a game, even with having Andrew Luck under center. It's not all about offense however, as the Cardinal defense gives up just 20.3 points per game.

The Oklahoma State Cowboys missed out on a chance at the BCS National Title when they fell on the road in an upset to Iowa State. "I don't think anybody that was in our position could say that they didn't have some disappointment to not have an opportunity to play for it all," said Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy. Like Stanford, Oklahoma State brings an explosive offense that features quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Justin Blackmon. "The quarterback and receiver combo, Weeden to Blackmon, is outstanding to watch as a football fan," Stanford head coach David Shaw said. While the Oklahoma State defense gives up a lot of yardage and points, they also get a lot of turnovers for their offense. They'll need to force Luck to make some mistakes to keep his time consuming offense off the field.

Game date, time: 8:30 p.m. ET, Monday, January 2nd

Location: University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ

TV channel: ESPN/ESPN3

Odds: Oklahoma State favored by -3

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Fiesta Bowl 2012, Stanford Vs. Oklahoma State: The Battle For No. 2

Two teams in the national title picture for much of the season will collide in Glendale on January 3rd, as the Stanford Cardinal and Oklahoma St. Cowboys square off in the 41st edition of the Fiesta Bowl.

David Shaw's first season with the Cardinal was a highly successful campaign, as Stanford finished the year at 11-1. Unfortunately for Shaw, his first season at the helm is likely All-American quarterback Andrew Luck's last with the team, as Luck is set to move on to the NFL.

Stanford hovered around the top few spots in the national polls all season long and perhaps missed out on a golden opportunity to play for the national title with a 53-30 loss at the hands of Pac-12 champion Oregon. After the lone loss, the Cardinal were able to post wins over both California (31-28) and Notre Dame (28-14) to close out the regular season. It is the first time in school history that Stanford has posted back-to-back 11-win campaigns.

This game marks Stanford's 23rd bowl appearance. The Cardinal hold a 10-11-1 record in the postseason and are playing in their second straight BCS Bowl game following a 40-12 rout of Virginia Tech in last year's Orange Bowl.

Mike Gundy's Cowboys also won 11 games this season and also had one slip up, as OSU inexplicably lost to a huge underdog in Iowa State, 37-31 in mid November. Oklahoma State rallied though and made light work of rival Oklahoma (44-10) to earn the Big 12 crown and then had to sit and watch the last BCS poll to come out, leaving the Cowboys just percentage points away from a spot in the national title game.

OSU is playing in a bowl game for a school-record sixth straight season. The Cowboys are 13-8 all-time in postseason action. Oklahoma State's only prior visit to the Fiesta Bowl resulted in a 16-6 win over BYU in 1974. Last season, the Cowboys blasted Arizona, 36-10 in the Alamo Bowl.

For more on the Fiesta Bowl, visit Stanford blog Rule of Tree and Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free.

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Fiesta Bowl 2012: Baseball Binds Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, Stanford's Jordan Pratt

When the Oklahoma St. Cowboys face off against the Stanford Cardinal in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, OSU quarterback Brandon Weeden and Stanford wide receiver Jordan Pratt will be opponents.

Six years ago, however, they were teammates in a different sport altogether (via Standard-Examiner):

The Oklahoma State quarterback and Stanford wide receiver spent a sweltering summer together in 2005 with the Class-A Columbus Catfish, the Los Angeles Dodgers' former minor league affiliate in Georgia.

The 28-year-old Weeden ended his baseball career in 2007 and decided to focus on football. He was the first pick in the 2002 draft by the New York Yankees. Meanwhile Pratt is a 26-year-old freshman who recently ended an eight-year minor league career.

As for what he remembers most about that shared summer, Weeden can't get past that Georgia weather.

"It was hotter than crap. We didn't get many fans."

Neither should be too much of an issue in the likely sold-out, retractable roof stadium the Fiesta Bowl will be played in.

For more on the Fiesta Bowl, visit Stanford blog Rule of Tree and Oklahoma State blog Cowboys Ride for Free.

Fiesta Bowl 2012: Chris Owusu's Stanford Career Has Likely Ended

Stanford will likely face Oklahoma State without receiver Chris Owusu.

Maxwell Award 2011 Winner: Andrew Luck Beats Out Trent Richardson, Kellen Moore

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck won his second award of the night, picking up the Maxwell Award over Trent Richardson and Kellen Moore. Earlier, Luck was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year. He becomes the second Stanford quarterback to win the Maxwell award, joining Jim Plunkett.

Andrew Luck finished fifth in the nation in quarterback rating (167.5) and fifth in touchdown passes (36), but those don't really do him justice. In fact, his overall numbers are slightly down from 2010, when he really burst onto the scene. Luck's 2011 was one of simple sustained excellence. Luck threw at least two touchdowns in every game he played and only threw two interceptions in a game once.

Kellen Moore ended the season with 41 touchdown passes, second in the nation only to Case Keenum. He also threw for 3,507 yards and coughed up a mere seven interceptions. Moore was a Heisman finalist in 2010 with similar numbers (3,845 yards, 35 touchdowns and six interceptions).

RB Trent Richardson had led the Alabama Crimson Tide with 1,583 rushing yards, which was the sixth most in the country. He rushed for 20 touchdowns, which was the fifth best total. He was also the fourth highest scorer in the nation, finding the endzone a total of 23 times.

The Maxwell Award is a "most outstanding player" award and is generally reserved for offensive players. Quarterbacks have won the award every year since 2003. Cameron Newton won the 2010 award and Tim Tebow won the previous two Maxwell Awards, making him only the second player to win the award twice.

SB Nation's 2011 college football awards stream will have the winners of each college football award, because it's a college football awards stream.

Biletnikoff Award 2011 Winner: Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon

The winner of the 2011 Fred Biletnikoff Award is Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon. After an incredible sophomore season including 111 receptions and 20 receiving touchdowns, Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon outdid himself in 2011 bringing in a Big-12 leading 113 receptions and 15 receiving touchdowns.

Blackmon was up against some stiff competition with senior Ryan Broyles returning for his senior season after a 2010 season that included 131 receptions, 1622 receiving yards, and 14 receiving touchdowns. Broyles was on pace to put up similar numbers before he injured his knee in a Nov. 5 game against Texas A&M. Despite only playing in nine games, the 5’10" receiver still managed to catch 83 balls for 1,157 receiving yards in ten touchdowns. He is still fourth in the nation in receiving yards per game with 128.6 ypg.

Sophomore Robert Woods started out the 2011 season with a bang in USC’s 19-17 victory vs. Minnesota. He recorded 17 receptions for 177 yards and three receiving touchdowns. Woods finished with a Pac-12 leading 111 receptions and 15 touchdowns. Woods is the first USC wide receiver to be named a Biletnikoff finalist since Dwayne Jarrett was in 2005.

SB Nation's 2011 college football awards stream will have the winners of each college football award, because it's a college football awards stream.

Walter Camp Award 2011 Winner: Andrew Luck Is Player Of The Year

Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck was named the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award winner Thursday.

Luck is the first Stanford quarterback since Jim Plunkett in 1970 to receive the award. He is also the eighth Pac-12 player to earn top billing.

He beat out Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III, Houston quarterback Case Keenum, Alabama running back Trent Richardson and LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu.

Luck, who is a finalist for tonight's Davey O'Brien and Maxwell Awards, led the Pac-12 and ranked fifth nationally with a 167.50 pass efficiency rating. He threw for Stanford single-season record 35 touchdowns, had nine interceptions and completed 70 percent of his passes.

As if he hasn't already won enough, Luck was also named CoSIDA's Academic All-American of the Year for Football, carrying a 3.48 GPA as an architectural design major.

SB Nation's 2011 college football awards stream will have the winners of each college football award, because it's a college football awards stream.

Oklahoma State Vs Stanford, 2012 Fiesta Bowl: Weeden Looking Forward To Facing Luck

As expected, Stanford Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck was one of five finalists invited to New York City for this weekend's Heisman Trophy presentation. Oklahoma State Cowboys quarterback and one-time Heisman hopeful Brandon Weeden was not invited to New York, but looks forward to going head-to-head with Luck on January 2, Chris Day of the Stillwater NewsPress reports.

"The dude’s good. He really is," Weeden said of Luck. "He is a good decision-maker, great feet, great arm, extremely accurate. He has got all the tools to be a really good player for a really long time. I can see why teams have him going the first pick."

In addition to the Heisman Trophy announcement, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that Luck was named the 2011 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and is a finalist for the Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year Award, the Maxwell Award and Davey O'Brien Award.

The Maxwell Award is given to the College Player of the Year, with quarterbacks dominating the recent recipients lists. Auburn's Cam Newton, Texas' Colt McCoy, Florida's Tim Tebow (twice) and Notre Dame's Brady Quinn have won the past five Maxwell Awards. The Davey O'Brien Award is given to the top NCAA quarterback. Two of the last three winners of the Davey O'Brien Award -- Newton and Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford -- have been chosen with the first overall pick of the NFL Draft.

For more on Luck and the Cardinal, head over to the SB Nation blog Rule Of Tree. For more on the Oklahoma State Cowboys, check out Cowboys Ride For Free. Head over to the official site of the Fiesta Bowl for more on this year's game.

Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford, 2012 Fiesta Bowl: Coach Mike Gundy Disappointed By Cowboys Championship Game Snub

One could make the argument that the 2012 Fiesta Bowl is the best bowl game of the postseason. While Alabama-LSU is technically for all the marbles, a matchup between the No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys and No. 4 Stanford Cardinal promises a little more offensive excitement than what is shaping up to be a slug-it-out defensive national championship game. Still, Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gunday was plenty unhappy that his Cowboys didn't make the trip to New Orleans.

"If we'd have taken care of business at Iowa State, we wouldn't be having this discussion," Gundy said. "I think it really comes down to what I said last night, and I really meant it was: `They had their shot. We want our shot,' and it didn't work out that way. That kind of disappoints me a little bit that enough people that have some say-so in it across the country wouldn't say, `We already saw them play once, at home."    

Stanford, meanwhile, would like to assure you that they're perfectly happy where they are, starting with Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.

"I'll approach it like a championship game - two great teams going at it," [Luck] said. "Hopefully, it will be a great game to cap off a good ride for all the seniors."

We'll see whether the Cowboys' disgruntled attitude carries over into the bowl game. In the meantime, start drooling at the prospect of an epic quarterback duel between Luck and Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden.

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Fiesta Bowl Odds 2012: Oklahoma State Is The Early Favorite Over Andrew Luck And Stanford

The Oklahoma State Cowboys are headed to Glendale, AZ to take on the Stanford Cardinal in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl. What do odds makers think about the pairing?

Fiesta Bowl 2012: Oklahoma State Vs. Stanford

The Oklahoma St. Cowboys and the Stanford Cardinal will face each other in the 2012 Fiesta Bowl, reports Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated. The Cowboys's hopes of moving ahead of the Alabama Crimson Tide never materialized while the Stanford Cardinal received an at-large bid to a BCS game.

The Tostitos Fiesta Bowl is played annually in Glendale, Arizona. In 1998, the Fiesta bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and is now part of a rotation that also hosts the BCS National Title game. The Fiesta Bowl was the host to one of the most memorable upsets in recent BCS memory. The Boise State Broncos put themselves on the map by defeating Okalahoma, 43-42, that has been dubbed one of the greatest college football games ever played.

Typically the Fiesta Bowl hosts the Big 12 conference champion, unless they are hosting the National Title game. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN and streamed on ESPN3, the game will be called by Sean McDonough, Matt Millen, and Heather Cox.

Game date, time: 8:30 pm ET, Monday, January 2nd

Location:University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ

TV channel: ESPN/ESPN3

2010 winner and loser: Oklahoma, Connecticut

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2012 Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma State, Stanford Reportedly Up

The Oklahoma St. Cowboys and Stanford Cardinal each had an argument to play in the BCS National Championship Game, but they're going to have to take their frustrations out on each other, according to Rivals' Stanford site:

@CardinalReport Sources tell us will be Stanford vs. Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl #gostanford

That's the expected matchup, meaning the Virginia Tech Hokies reported entry into the Sugar Bowl didn't introduce too much chaos into the rest of the BCS bowl lineup.

This could end up being the best game of the bowl season, pitting two veteran quarterbacks in Andrew Luck and Brandon Weeden and two completely different offenses against each other.

Game date, time: 8:30 pm ET, Monday, January 2nd

Location:University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ

TV channel: ESPN/ESPN3

2010 winner and loser: Oklahoma, Connecticut

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