We don’t remember “the winning end of the Cotton Bowl stadium and the losing end of the Cotton Bowl game” being part of Oh The Places You’ll Go!, but it’s been a while:

Celebrating Read Across America Week with Dr. Seuss and @OU_Football at Adams Elementary in Norman! http://t.co/WH63nfalMj—
Oklahoma Sooners (@SoonerSportscom) March 01, 2013

(For real, this, of course, is an excellent initiative. Maybe next week the school can import Johnny Manziel to get these moppets started on reading defenses.)

There is no such thing as a compelling photo of NCAA COI deliberations, so here is Sebastian in a vaguely menacing posture. (AP)

Assorted items of varying degrees of interest which you may have missed while grudgingly watching playoff football and sending surly tweets to the Golden Globes:

• The NCAA is Lucy, and Miami football is the football, and we are Charlie Brown running toward it, or something? This metaphor holds up only to demonstrate how very much we wish for this all to be over, but here we go: The Miami Herald is calling the release of NCAA allegations against the Hurricanes football program “imminent,” just short of the investigation’s two-year anniversary. Bylaw Blogger John Infante lays out all the ways this process could still be stalled, and how the Miami case might affect Oregon’s.

• Mike Stoops also a fan of Hi Haters Friday! Friday night, 6:06 p.m., Tulsa World‘s John E. Hoover posts a transcript excerpt of a Mike Stoops radio interview, specifically a question regarding Johnny Football: “They’re gonna be tough to deal with. If they can keep him out of jail or keep him eligible, he’s gonna be pretty good.” Friday night, 10:37 p.m., Tulsa World post headline: “Mike Stoops regrets controversial comments on Manziel.” Had Stoops’ defense possessed that kind of on-the-fly adaptability in the Cotton Bowl, perhaps Manziel would not have scored four touchdowns against it, PAAAOWL.

• Roster blotter. In better news for Miami: Seantrel Henderson, Brandon Linder and Curtis Porter announced Monday morning they all intend to return to the ‘Canes in 2013 … in even better news for Profiteroles fans, Dri Archer will stay on for his senior season at Kent State … Iowa State quarterback Jared “That Kid Who Beat Oklahoma State” Barnett and linebacker C.J. Morgan intend to transfer … Texas defensive tackle Brandon Moore will enter the draft … also declaring is USC corner Nickell Robey, whom we will dearly miss watching because of his too-perfect defensive name … Oregon linebacker Anthony Wallace will transfer … Case McCoy and Jordan Hicks have been reinstated at Texas … and Casey Pachall returns to the Horned Frogs.

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The story of one night in the postseason, as told through social media:

Johnny Manziel spotted sitting courtside for Texas A&M game.

— Jason Kirk (@JasonKirkSBN) January 5, 2013

Before kickoff, there might not be an empty seat in all of Cowboys Stadium. Ridiculous crowd.

— David Ubben (@davidubben) January 5, 2013

Veteran press box observer notes that #SEC team has never lost in Cowboys Stadium, and that #TAMU has never won here #somethingsgottogive

— Brad Marquardt (@bradthejag) January 4, 2013

@bryandfischer Have you seen the Red River game the last few years? Texas does whatever the hell Oklahoma tells it to these days.

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) January 5, 2013

Watching the guy in the horse suit running just behind Oklahoma’s actual horses is kind of depressing.

— Matt Hinton (@MattRHinton) January 5, 2013

@ry_hudson John Sports

— Danger Guerrero (@DangerGuerrero) January 5, 2013

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Here is the Cotton Bowl. The Cotton Bowl will not be played here. College football! (AP)

The Cotton Bowl is just hours away. We’re sure you have so many questions. We’re here to help. (For an X’s and O’s breakdown, click through to Thayer Evans’ game preview.)

• What’s all this, then? Today we’re down to a very special moment in the postseason: the final postseason game of the season that isn’t played in the stadium named after it. This is the Cotton Bowl, not played in the Cotton Bowl. Isn’t bowl season grand?

• Where will this game be played? This will be the fourth Cotton Bowl game played in Arlington’s Cowboys Stadium, named for the NFL team it houses. Won’t that interfere with NFL playoff games? WE MAKE THE JOKES HERE.

• When is it on television? Coverage is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET on FOX, and will feature Gus Johnson and Charles Davis in the booth.

• Whom does it feature? Big 12 versus SEC.

• What about this year? A Big 12 versus Big 12 game, of a sort. In one of the most highly anticipated postseason matchups this year, SEC team Texas A&M will face former Big 12 conference rival Oklahoma.

• Does the bowl have a social media presence? Right this way:

The weather forecast for the @attcottonbowl tomorrow is 72 degrees & sunny! In other words, the roof @cowboysstadium will be closed. #attcbc

— AT&T Cotton Bowl (@ATTCottonBowl) January 3, 2013

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Assorted bests and worsts from college football’s week that was:

• Best throwback (see what we did there?): Can’t go wrong with a classic, can we, Aaron Murray?

• Unofficial Heisman winner of our hearts: AJ McCarron, but not for the football-related reasons you might think. No, Alabama’s quarterback won our undying allegiance much earlier in the day, after dropping this little number on GameDay:

AJ McCarron to ESPN on handling wrath of Saban: “I always mess with him. I always say it kind of makes you feel as small as him.”

— Jon Solomon (@jonsol) November 3, 2012

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You might think the Cotton Bowl game is played at the Cotton Bowl stadium, but you would be wrong. (AP)

The 2012 Cotton Bowl is just hours away. We’re sure you have so many questions. We’re here to help. (For an Xs and Os breakdown, check out George Schroeder’s game preview.)

• What’s all this, then? Must-watch television, the 2012 Cotton Bowl Classic. Stock up on football now, and skip the BBVA Compass Bowl Saturday! The savings really add up!

• Where will this game be played? The Jerrydome, properly known as Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The former home of the Big 12 Championship game hosted several regular-season games in 2011, including the LSU-Oregon season kickoff tilt.

• Not in the Cotton Bowl stadium? Not in the Cotton Bowl stadium. But it still gets to be called the Cotton Bowl? It would appear so, yes.

• When is it on television? Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on Friday, January 6. The game will be televised on FOX.

• Aw, gross. Hey, some people (probably, somewhere) like gratuitous shots of the marching band in lieu of covering the action on the field!

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