(by John E. Hoover) EL PASO, Texas — As endless refrains of "Boomer Sooner" played on and the seconds on the clock ticked away, Oklahoma's New Year's Eve party unfurled.

Quinton Carter hopped up and down, with no one and with everyone. Travis Lewis slapped hands with Brian Simmons over and over. Chris Brown embraced DeMarco Murray.

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