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2020 All-Conference Football Honors Dec. 25- Dec. 31, 2020 Vol. 19, Issue 18 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 December 25, 2020 - December 31, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 18 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 17 | December 25, 2020 - December 31, 2020 3 Dec.25, 2020 - Dec.31, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 18 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Ponies land three on First Team Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA 2020-21 Big 12 Bowl Schedule shared backfield to “the guy” after TJ Tuesday, December 29 McDaniel went down with an injury. It’s 5 GOLF, ETC Cheez-It Bowl, Orlando, Fla. too bad SMU won’t play in a bowl game, BY TOM WARD No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. No. 18 Miami because he had 913 yards rushing with 11 6 TEAM THOMAS TAKES PNC (ESPN), 4:30 p.m. touchdowns. CHAMPIONSHIP Valero Alamo Bowl, San Antonio First Team: Kylen Granson, TE, Sr BY PGATOUR.COM No. 20 Texas vs. Colorado (ESPN), 8:00 p. Ulysses Bently IV, RB, R-Fr COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF Wednesday, December 30 Chris Nagger, K, Sr 7 NOTES BY BO CARTER Goodyear Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas Second Team: Jaylen Thomas, OT, Jr No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 7 Florida (ESPN), Hayden Howerton, OG, Sr COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL 10 SCHEDULE 7:00 p.m. Hon. Mention: Richard McBryd, LB, Sr. Big 12 Announces Bowl Matchups BY COLLEGEFOOTBALLNEWS.COM Thursday, December 31 No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 10 Iowa State BIG 12 FOOTBALL HONORS AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tn will play in CFP New Year’s Six Bowls to CFP Rankings 11 BY BIG12.COM West Virginia vs. Tennessee (ESPN), 3:00 give the Big 12 two teams in the postsea- FINAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND Mercari Texas Bowl, Houston, Texas son structure for the fifth season in its Rank Team Overall Record 12 NOTES TCU vs. Arkansas (ESPN), 7:00 p.m. BY BO CARTER seven years. The Conference is sending at 1 Alabama 11-0 Saturday, January 2 least 60 percent of its teams to bowl games 2 Clemson 10-1 NFL WEEK 16 Playstation Fiesta Bowl, Glendale, Ariz. 16 BY MIKE MCFEE for the 12th consecutive season and has 3 Ohio State 6-0 No. 10 Iowa State vs. No. 25 Oregon placed at least six teams in the postseason 4 Notre Dame 10-1 (ESPN), 3:00 p.m. AUTO REVIEW for 23 straight years. 5 Texas A&M 8-1 17 BY KBB.COM The Sooners will square off against No. 6 Oklahoma 8-2 18 THE TICKET WINDOW 7 Florida in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl on 7 Florida 8-3 December 30 while the Cyclones face No. 8 Cincinnati 9-0 RESTAURANT REVIEW 25 Oregon in the Playstation Fiesta Bowl 9 Georgia 7-2 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK on January 2. This season’s two appear- 10 Iowa State 8-3 SMU Football Honors ances mark a total of 12 for the Big 12 in 11 Indiana 6-1 Special Teams Player of the Year: CFP bowls. OU will play in its sixth 12 Coastal Carolina 11-0 K Chris Naggar, SMU straight New Year’s Six Bowl while ISU 13 North Carolina 8-3 Naggar can thank the SMU offense for makes its first appearance. 14 Northwestern 6-2 giving him so many chances to kick, but he The Big 12 bowl season kicks off on 15 Iowa 6-2 also did his part. He made 43 of his 46 December 29 with No. 21 Oklahoma State 16 BYU 10-1 extra points as well as 17 of his 21 field Follow us on competing against No. 18 Miami in the 17 USC 5-2 goals. 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I had been saving money all year, but had to make sure there was enough for the few months of being there to cover all expens- es. I worked out the numbers and decided to give it a go. Next stop, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. TOM WARD [email protected] I arrived two days before Thanksgiving in 1980 after making a long and treacher- Wow! Where has the time gone? It’s ous drive of over 2,400 miles from the hard to believe that 40 years have passed Chicagoland area. The trip took about a since my maiden voyage to Puerto Vallarta, week as I stopped off to visit friends along Mexico. the way. Throughout the 1980’s and into the mid All I knew about Puerto Vallarta (PV) 90’s Vallarta would be my home base dur- was that the Pacific Princess Cruise ship ing the winter months. Back in 1980, my (Love Boat) used to mention it on the pop- reason for heading south of the border was ular television series. because the previous winter in Chicago I finally entered PV and drove to the was brutal with record snowfall and freez- address. It was a rustic looking beach ing temperatures. I ended up housesitting house right on the pacific ocean. It had a for one of the members (at the golf club separate cabana facility next to it which is where I was working) who spent their win- where I stayed the majority time while ter months in Palm Springs. The house was there. I met with the Mexican couple, a a multi-million dollar estate right in the husband and wife team, who took care of toney Barrington Hills suburbs. This was a the place. They were very nice, but spoke temporary job until the golf season began almost no English.