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Fort Worth Star-Tfelegram FACEB00K.COMSTARTELEGRAM TWITTER.COMSTARTELEGRAM 1C SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3 2019 COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMENTARY SHOT DOWN Modernize Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR track president says 7:30 p.m. on Saturday as part of the NASCAR playoffs. Thank you Eddie Gossage for not being another tired sports executive lobbying a politician, or a tax base, for a new facility. Walking around TMS, we don't need a new race track. Gossage is right, however, in that the place needs some remodeling.

It's too big. It lacks modern-day sports amenities. An update, and a hard look in the mirror, are what both TMS and NASCAR require. "We are trying to re-imagine what the experience will be like at TMS. That's a priority, but we don't know what we need to exactly do.

We need to do something," Gossage said. "We are trying to figure out what specifically that is, and how it will look. It's still a special place. You can still see the entire track from every seat. "And the Big Hos' (jum-botron) is the biggest TV in the world." SEE ENGEL, 2C SUEOGROCKI AP Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard (30) takes off on a long touchdown run past TCU defenders in the second half Saturday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Hubbard became the first opposing running back to reach the 200-yard mark against a Gary Patterson defense. Frogs fall 34-27 at Oklahoma St. BY MAC ENGEL FORT WORTH Eddie Gossage is old enough to retire but rather than quit he's more interested in updating a facility that is now considered old and in need of a remodel. While virtually every other sports team has given itself a new, or remodeled home, in the last 25 years in the state, Texas' biggest motor speedway remains pretty much in the same state as the day it opened in February of 1996. "This will be the conclusion of our 23rd season, and a modernization of the facility is due," Gossage, the TMS president, said in an interview on Thursday.

TMS will host the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at AAA TEXAS 500 BY DREW DAVISON STILLWATER, OKLA. Oklahoma State's Chuba Hubbard made history Saturday afternoon, the kind that TCU would like to forget. Hubbard became the first opposing running back to reach the 200-yard mark against a Gary Patterson defense, serving as the difference-maker in Oklahoma State's 34-27 victory over TCU at Boone Pickens Stadium. "Hubbard is a very good back," TCU linebacker Garret Wallow NFL Cooper has helped turn Dallas into a Super Bowl contender Driver Kyle Larson (42) stands on the grid Saturday during NASCAR Monster Energy Series Cup qualifying at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. He's hoping for a chance at his first Cup Series title in Texas.

time, we know we can do it. We just have to perform like we need to. Everyone on this team knows we can. I wouldn't be surprised if we make the Final Four." Sunday's race may be Larson's best chance to lock himself into a championship spot, and it will be at a TMS track with which Larson has a checkered past. The driver of the No.

42 Chevrolet has three top-five finishes and four top-10 finishes at TMS in 12 starts. That's the good news. The bad news is SEE LARSON, 2C said. "I give all my credit to him and Oklahoma State's offense. It came down to execution, something we didn't do a lot of today, which allowed him to get as many rushing yards." Hubbard finished with 223 yards on 20 carries, including touchdown runs of 92 and 62 yards in the second half.

He provided a spark for a team that lost standout receiver Tylan Wallace earlier this week. With the game tied at 17 in the third quarter, Hubbard delivered the first blow with the 92-yard TD run. He used his inside burst to get Wide receiver Amari Cooper Cowboys since he joined the games ago. Before Cooper, the Cowboys were reluctant to trade first-round picks after a series of bad deals. Cooper not only saved 2018 season after coming via trade from the Oakland Raiders, but he also saved coach Jason Gar by any opponent in program history.

Texas' Chris Gilbert holds the record with a 96-yard TD run in 1967, followed by a 9 5 -yard run by Texas Greg Hill in 1993 and a 93-yard run by Rice's King Hill in 1957. Hubbard wasn't done, though. He added a 62-yard TD run in the fourth quarter to put Oklahoma State up 31-17 with 9:48 left. That came on the heels of the third interception thrown by TCU true freshman quarterback Max Duggan. For Hubbard, it marked his fourth 200 -yard game SEE TCU, 4C ular-season games dating back to last season.

In 2018, those numbers would've been good enough for Cooper to rank 10th in receiving yards and fifth in TD receptions. The Cowboys were 3-4 when Cooper joined the team. Since then, they have an 11-5 regular-season record, including a 7-0 mark against the Cowboys' NFC East rivals. And the division-leading Cowboys (4-3) hope to extend that streak when they return for Monday's game against the New York Giants following a bye. Cooper is third in the NFL in receiving yards (621), touchdowns (five) and yards-per-target (12.4).

He's fourth in yards per game (88.7). The Cowboys already thought of lot of Cooper when they decided to trade for him, but vice president Stephen Jones said he has been better than expected. "I think he has exceeded expectations," Jones SEE COOPER, 5C through the first line of defense and outran every TCU defender on his way to the end zone. Asked what happened on that play, Wallow said: "A couple guys not doing their job. For us to stop big plays like that, every one of the 11 guys on the field has to do their job, and there's too many of us that didn't do our job.

That's on us. Execution was a big key in this game, and we didn't execute like we should have." The 92-yard run also served as a milestone as the longest running play given up in the Patterson era and the fourth-longest TOM FOX TNS has transformed the team a year ago in a trade. rett's job and has quarterback Dak Prescott on the verge of a contract extension in excess of at least $32 million annually. The numbers speak for themselves. Cooper has 91 receptions for 1,346 yards and 11 touchdowns in 16 reg Kyle Larson hopes to place high and advance BY CLARENCE E.

HILL JR. FRISCO To see how much Ama-ri Cooper has transformed the Dallas Cowboys, look no further than the trade deadline. The Cowboys offered a first-round pick to the New York Jets for safety Jamal Adams, which says a lot about the former Lewisville Hebron star. Though the deal didn't happen, the Cowboys' interest showed their commitment to go all-in for a Super Bowl title in 2019. Had the Cowboys landed Adams, they would have traded first-round picks two years in a row.

That commitment illustrates the amazing effect Amari Cooper has had on this franchise since he joined the team in a bye-week trade 16 BY ANTHONY ANDRO Special to the Star-Telegram FORT WORTH Kyle Larson doesn't mind playing the role of the playoff underdog heading into Sunday's AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. At least as an underdog, Larson still has a chance at his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series title. That's all he wants. "This is our organization's (Chip Ganassi Racing) first time in the round of eight," Larson said. "I think we're definitely an underdog.

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