The text messages started rolling in shortly after 9 pm. None of them were about the game. FOX, in a scene eerily reminiscent to the Notre Dame-Ohio State game a few years back when cameras were fixated on Brady Quinn’s sister/AJ Hawk’s fiancee, couldn’t stop cutting to Colt McCoy’s family in the stands last night. Luckily, McCoy’s blonde girlfriend, in her high-def glory (after the jump), was with them. Sports Hernia, who happens to be the most prolific screen-grabber on the internet (Cortes is a close 2nd), captured a couple last night, and a reader contributed the large one after the jump.

One text message claimed she was “Jessica Simpson, but hotter” and another claimed it was our civic duty to pressure a friend of ours to have his bachelor party in Austin this Fall. We’ll do our best.

Decent bowl game, huh? Another case where a team (Ohio State) with seemingly nothing to play for surprises the masses and makes things mildly interesting. The Buckeyes were done in by a classic final drive by Colt McCoy, who exploded in the second half, and it makes us wonder if a guy like Malcolm Jenkins’ NFL draft stock took a hit last night.

And now, Terrelle Pryor. He’s got to be the Heisman leader heading into next season, assuming Sam Bradford leaves. (Sorry McCoy and Tebow.) So what if his passing skills need an entire summer of work. So what if Chris Wells leaves. Pryor will dominate the Big 10 next year, although we don’t expect him to win at Penn State. In his case, the high school hype was definitely warranted.

He seems like a blend of Vick and Vince Young – elusive and speedy, makes everything look easy, and in the open field, his gallop reminds us of Adrian Peterson’s. Love the idea to use him as a WR at the goal line. We would have put him back to return the kickoff at the very end. In fact, since everyone knew Texas was going drop into a prevent D, why not have Pryor break a 30-yard run up the middle, call timeout, and try a lengthy field goal?

Stat that may or may not be relevant: Sweatervest has now lost three straight bowl games.