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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thursday's championship football game between No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Florida is obviously a big game, but big enough to shut down Congress?

Florida Rep. Cliff Stearns hopes so.

Stearns, a Republican, wrote to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday asking her to move votes scheduled for Thursday evening and Friday so House members from Florida and Oklahoma can go to the Bowl Championship Series national title game.

Stearns wrote, "As you may be aware, on Thursday January 8, the University of Florida and the University of Oklahoma will play for the national football championship. Members of the Florida and Oklahoma delegations have expressed interest in attending the game as the congressional schedule allows.

However, votes are currently scheduled to continue into Thursday night and Friday afternoon. We ask that you move these votes to either Wednesday and/or Thursday morning to allow Members to attend this historic game."

Oddly — or maybe not — none of the other members Stearns referred to as "we" signed the letter, which was obtained by The Associated Press.

Pelosi's office said she would not agree to the request. Among the votes to be considered Thursday afternoon is certification of the Electoral College vote that gives Barack Obama the presidency.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's attorney general is investigating the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utes team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years.

Attorney General Mark Shurtleff contends the BCS unfairly puts schools like Utah, which is a member of a conference without an automatic bid to the lucrative bowl games, at a competitive and financial disadvantage.

"We've established that from the very first day, from the very first kickoff in the college season, more than half of the schools are put on an unlevel playing field," Shurtleff said Tuesday. "They will never be allowed to play for a national championship."

BCS administrator Bill Hancock said he couldn't comment on the investigation until he had seen something in writing from the Utah attorney general's office.

● Oklahoma and BYU will play the first college game in the Dallas Cowboys' new $1.1 billion-plus stadium in September.

The Sept. 5 game will be the first in a five-year deal between the Cowboys and ESPN for season kickoff games at the stadium on Labor Day weekend.

Texas A&M and Arkansas already have a long series planned at the stadium, and Notre Dame will play Arizona State there in 2013.

● Former USC quarterbacks coach Carl Smith is returning to the same job with the Trojans, while assistant coach John Morton has been promoted to offensive coordinator.

● Former USC defensive coordinator Nick Holt agreed Tuesday to a $2.1 million, three-year contract to become Washington's defensive coordinator.

● Ted Roof, a successful defensive coach at Georgia Tech who struggled as a head coach at Duke, was hired as defensive coordinator at Auburn.