by Dave Einsel - AP
If Aggies were smarter, they would [...]
True, the Snap Shots series has to this point been deployed to illustrate successes and failures from our own, but ESPN's Thanksgiving telecast gave us rare footage of an A&M Yell Leader attempting a Double-Axelcaneckaballoo, which only eleven Senior Yell Leaders had successfully executed on T-Sip Week in the' [...]
Apologies for failing to post the Friday Night Lights Weekly Wrap for the last several weeks. In lieu of that, here's a breakdown of commits and targets still in action across the state as the playoffs heat up.
Abilene High 41 Cedar Hill 17
Not only did Aaron Benson's high school [...]
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Longhorn freshman defensive back Marcus Davis, who was arrested on Saturday and charged with possession of a controlled substance and driving while intoxicated in Pearland, was suspended by the team for the rest of the season.
[...]Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving Holiday complete with 27 hours spent stuffing yourselves watching a cornucopia of delicious football. Some random thoughts from the week that was...
"Dear Aggies...Um, T-Sip, we prefer Agro-Americans" - I just about had a heart attack Thursday night and it wasn't because I had' [...]
Our defense sprung a leak.
For the first time this season, the [...]
Game Recap: In each of the first four games of the season, Texas followed a clear pattern. The Horns would get an early lead, lose it before the end of the half, then methodically overwhelm their opponents over the final twenty minutes. Today, the script got flipped, as the Longhorns [...]
#3 Texas Longhorns @ Rice Owls
Sunday, Nov 29, 2009, 3:00 PM CST
Tudor Fieldhouse * Houston, TX
KenPom Rating: Texas #1, Rice #167
Las Vegas Line: TX -18.5
Game preview and keys to the game after the jump...
RICE OWLS AT A [...]
I'm going to pass on the early games to re-watch our Thanksgiving Day shootout, but starting at 3:00 I'll be flipping back and forth between the Texas basketball game (at Rice, CBS Colelge Sports Channel) and Titans-Cardinals, where VY will try to make it five in a row.
Consider this your [...]
#3/3 Texas (4-0) vs. Rice (4-1)
Sunday, November 29, 2009 • 3 p.m. (Central)
Tudor Fieldhouse (5,208) • Houston, Texas
TV: CBS College Sports
Radio: XM Satellite Radio Ch. 231, KVET (FM 98.1/1300 AM Sportsradio The Zone)
Some preview articles:
Ole Miss vs Miss St. in the Egg Bowl. OU vs. OSU in Bedlam. UNC vs NC State and alot of other plenty game on this Rivalry Saturday. Enjoy.
I'm watching the Ole Miss and Miss St game on SEC Network (lovely), and Bedlam on FSN (even' [...]
Not this year, Aggies.
"It was tough — but that's fun," McCoy said. "You live for this moment.
The Horns beat the Aggies 49-39.
The' [...]
We've got Auburn-Alabama just starting on CBS and Cincy rolling up Illinois on ABC. Later tonight we've got WVU-Pitt and Boise State-Nevada.
[...]More tomorrow soon on the game, but first.... (UPDATE 2: Back home after a long holiday weekend visiting family. Haven't felt comfortable writing about the game without watching a replay. Game notes late Sunday or Monday. --PB--)
There are two ways you might look at tonight's game. On the one [...]
More photos » by Dave Einsel - AP
To the postseason we go... Undefeated, with two titles to win.
Tonight, we celebrate Texas' 12-0 regular' [...]
GAME 12: #3 Texas Longhorns (11-0, 7-0) at Texas A&M Aggies (6-5, 3-4)
Saturday, November 26, 2009 · 7:00 p.m. CT
Kyle Field · College Station,TX
Television: ESPN / Radio: 98.1 FM, 1300 AM (Austin)
The Eyes of Texas
Texas Fight Song
Surprising but not really shocking considering the size of his buyout. At least someone in Boulder is having a good Thanksgiving.
[...]UT vs. A&M Week? Must be time once again for that tradition unliked by any other...
"The Thanksgiving Song" (If Adam Sandler were a Longhorn)
Love to beat Aggies.
Love to beat A-a-a-gies!!!
Love to beat Aggies cause it's good
Love to beat Aggies like a good Horn should
'Cause they're Aggies....they whoop....how rude
Aggies [...]
More photos » by Charlie Riedel - AP
Game Recap: After the first four games of the season, the Longhorns have clearly written a script [...]
Damn, I didn't mean for this to be the way to keep him and Mason from being on the floor at the same time. That really stinks for a kid who seems to have been coming on strong. At least for the teams sake' [...]
One photo sums up Aggie football.
We just aren't as close as we used to be. The rivalry with the Aggies has cooled over the past few years.
In fact, the case could be made' [...]
Very quick Keys to the Game:
1. Remember the Big Fella: The more Dexter Pittman touches the ball, the better. This is both on the Texas guards [...]
Hope this is true. Good for the former two-time All American DB at Texas...
Hat Tip: Reader D.S.
[...]During his weekly conference call the last several weeks, Jordan Hicks has been unable to confirm whether he will take official visits to USC or Alabama before his final trip to Florida in December. Rivals is now reporting that Hicks will make it out to Southern [...]
There isn't a whole lot to talk about with the Kansas game that hasn't already been said here in the last couple of days or earlier in the season, so I'll just do it bullet style:
Before the Baylor game, I said that the two best receivers Texas would face this' [...]I can't recall Texas ever being #1 in the KP ratings before, but we got there after two games, and remain there after last night's strong second half showing.
' [...]
2010 sleeper emerges. Seemingly every season, a player emerges with a standout senior campaign -- last year, it was Stony Point's Tevin Mims, who become a Longhorn shortly after receiving his Texas offer. The sleeper who has burst onto the scene ($) this season is [...]
"I heard it," Colt McCoy said. "It was pretty loud. I've been blessed. IColt McCoy had to overcome the
Looks good. Real, real good. 8-0 over his last 8 regular season starts, and fourth straight this year.
[...]Bumped. Thanks, KH. --PB--
Pitt's current team (picked to finish 9th in the Big East) is certainly not the squad most of us last saw in last year's Elite 8. Starters such as Levance Fields, Dejuan Blair, and Sam Young are all gone, taking with them sixty-something percent of last [...]
More photos » by Darren Abate - AP
ContextAfter a three and out on the first possession offensively highlighted by John Chiles running onto the [...]
Colt McCoy has lots of options.
With the No. 3 Longhorns now in their stretch run to a Big 12 championship, he has re-emerged as a late-season favorite for quarterback Colt McCoy.
And the more targets for [...]
Bumped. Full injury update coming tomorrow but great news indeed.
They are both listed as day to day. Great news.
[...]
So here's the deal:
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Horns gain .0002, TCU gains .0014. Safe to say TCU is pretty much in need of a Texas loss or losses by both SEC contenders.
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See you next year, Jayhawks.
"Colt is in here for a big finish, and he was sending that
All in a day's work. Horns win 51-20 and Colt McCoy is the winningest quarterback in NCAA history.
Colt McCoy [...]
GAME 11: Kansas Jayhawks (5-5, 1-5) at #3 Texas Longhorns (10-0, 6-0)
Saturday, November 21, 2009 · 7:00 p.m. CT
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin,TX
Television: ABC / Radio: 98.1 FM, 1300 AM (Austin)
The Eyes of Texas
Texas Fight Song
[...]
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Minnesota at Iowa
IA -13
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Ohio St. at Michigan
OSU -13
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Duke at Miami
UM -19
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Harvard at Yale
N/A
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UNC at Boston College
BC -3
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Oklahoma at Texas Tech
OU -6.5
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Connecticut at Notre Dame
ND -6.5
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Credit to poster ToY on shaggybevo.com
Bumped. If anyone has problems with the flash being on the front page, drop a note in the comments. Otherwise, love yourself some Avery Bradley. I love myself some Avery Bradley. --GoBR--
[...]The last time we saw Pat Murphy he was reeling from Cameron Rupp's prodigious clout and pissing off GoBR . Now he's gone and so too could be Arizona State's hopes of returning to Omaha.
[...]
Click here for the Texas vs Western Carolina gameflow
via i45.tinypic.com
Here are the game leaders (by +/- per minute)
Johnson +1.16, +22
Wangmene +1.00, +11
Mason +0.96, +22
Brown +0.86, +18
Ward +0.84, +21
James +0.79, +23
Hamilton +0.79, +11
Bradley +0.65, +11
[...]
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP
How will this weekend the recruiting efforts of the Longhorns? Though the [...]
Thanks to Tully Corcoran, Topeka Capital-Journal, for the Jayhawk preview.
1. Pre-season talk had Todd Reesing in the Heisman mix, but he has struggled the past few games. Was that because of an injury or something else? What intangibles does Reesing bring to the [...]
Colt McCoy is just one win away from history.
Texas quarterback Colt McCoy does not recall every detail from his initial conversation with coach Mack Brown about McCoy’s opportunity to become the winningest quarterback in NCAA history.
But he does remember [...]
Thanks to The Elusive Shadow for the questions and the guys at Corn Nation for the Nebraska analysis.1. Kansas State has had trouble stopping the pass this year. Can Nebraska take advantage of this, or do you think the Huskers are better off concentrating [...]
Thanks to The Elusive Shadow for the questions and Bring On The Cats' Tye Burger for the Kansas State analysis.
1. How worried are you about Nebraska's defense?
Nebraska's defense is highly concerning, to say the least. They're good against the run, which is the only [...]
More photos » by Erich Schlegel - AP
Continuing with thoughts on Texas' 73-41 win over Western Carolina.
Foul control. [Grade: A]' [...]
Colt McCoy has a lot of people who thought he couldn't hack it at UT. And those were his friends.
Colt McCoy left the tiny town of Tuscola with dreams of being Texas' next great quarterback. [...]
More photos » by Erich Schlegel - AP
I have extensive player notes to post tomorrow, but non-sports life got in the way this evening [...]
The Catamounts visit the Drum four days after opening their season with a 65-41 victory over St. Catharine College [...]
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Colt McCoy is back in the spotlight again.
Colt McCoy, ever the team-first kind of player, finally has discovered a record he can set that totally involves his Longhorns.
"I want to win. That's a goal of" [...]
We're on for another two hours of CFB chat, usual time and place.
8:00 CT Audio here. Chat here.
' [...]
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP
Simplified running game makes progress. Cody Johnson may have had only the second [...]
Bumped. Great stuff. --GoBr--
First of all, I would like to express my disappointment that no site I can find is recording player +/- statistics in college basketball. Please let me know if you do find one so I can save myself the time.
Until then, assuming I do have time, I [...]
Mack Brown still sees room for improvement.
"We can finish better and still haven't played our best for 60 minutes," Brown said. "We're happy with where we are and really enjoying coaching these kids and watching them play. We're really'" [...]
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP
The ContextWill Muschamp talks a lot about his defense responding to sudden-change situations, calling his players "firemen" [...]
The only thing I hate more than puppies... is Christmas.
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"I am really, really proud of this team," said Texas coach Mack Brown.Domination. Austin took over Waco Saturday.
Playing before [...]
More photos » by Harry Cabluck - AP
Rick may have his most complete Texas team yet. (AP Photo/Harry [...]
Dual apologies for the lack of a Baylor postame piece and, now, a somewhat abbreviated hoops preview. Computer issues are to blame. (For a solid-as-always pre-game look at this afternoon's contest, check out Longhorn Road Trip.)
There will be a Baylor Postgme React (delayed to Monday [...]
You know, football players, there are buses, cabs, sober friends, and your own feet for these sorts of things.
[...]And.....it's go time.
After a long off-season following the heartbreaking--yet not soulcrushing--loss to Duke in Greensboro, it is finally time for the Longhorns to get back on the court. We've been beating the drum for the past few months, but this is going to be a special team and a special season. ' [...]
Floyd Casey Stadium is only a 99-mile drive from Austin. The crowd of
The state of Bear football. Now that's just sad.
The [...]
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP
Another blowout win over at halftime, as Texas has now outscored its four post-OU opponents by a [...]
GAME 10: #3 Texas Longhorns (9-0) at Baylor Bears (4-5, 1-4)
Saturday, November 14, 2009 · 11:00 a.m. CT
Floyd Casey Stadium · Waco,TX
Television: FSN / Radio: 98.1 FM, 1300 AM (Austin)
The Eyes of Texas
Texas Fight Song
It looks like Jackson Jeffcoat will be able to make it down to Austin next weekend after all. Aaron Benson's Cedar Hill team took down Plano West, with the star linebacker recording 2.5 sacks. Jeffcoat had an interception and "several tackles for loss."
In other playoff [...]
Bears are just dumb. The fans aren't much better.
Mack Brown isn't expecting the Bear faithful to pack the stadium. An omen?
The Bears are getting their act together just for the Longhorns.
Baylor players and coaches believe becoming bowl eligible is possible, regardless [...]
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MSU -3
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WAKE -5
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Georgia Tech at Duke
GT -13
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MISS -5
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UH -4.5
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A breakdown of the 2010 football commits who will begin play in the playoffs this week. I believe that out of the 20 commits, only John Harris won't be participating, as Naaman Forest lost an elimination game last week.
Also, keep an eye on the matchup' [...]
by Harry Cabluck - AP
How does Cody Johnson respond to his start? Last week was supposed to be Johnson's' [...]
"I've played against Baylor for three years going on my Texas baseball signed seven on the first two days of early signing, picking up five yesterday and two more today. Don't have much to add beyond what's written in the TexasSports articles, and it's certainly much too soon to figure out which are' [...]
Not satire. Boise State really selling, like, stock. In their athletics department.
Buy Buy Buy!
[...]According to Texas Tech, the game has been bumped to September 18th, once again to accommodate ESPN television interests. If this is right, when does Texas play UCLA?
[...]It's not Stoops' fault the team sucks this year! It's the players' fault for sucking at football! In seriousness and fairness, Stoops is technically correct in the sense that, to a certain extent, he can only do so much and the rest [...]
Barnes is only building on his reputation as "Recruiter of the Decade" with more great hoops classes ahead.
Hook 'em!
' [...]*Bumped by txtwstr7. More hoops coverage coming later this week*
Ryan with Longhorn Road Trip's season preview write up.
[...]If you're a college hoops fan unfamiliar with tempo-free stats, do yourself a favor and take a few minutes to walk through this helpful primer from the outstanding Michigan State bloggers at The Only Colors, who blog hoops as well as anyone out' [...]
Thanks to John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald, for a look at the Baylor Bears.
The rule about bears is their unpredictability. - Anonymous
1. The loss of Griffin was tough, but last week in Columbia Nick Florence had as great a performance as [...]
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