EDSBS LIVE Starts Fall Practice

by Peter Bean on Aug 7, 2007 3:18 PM CDT in Texas Longhorns Football

Another Tuesday, another edition of EDSBS Live! with Orson and me.

I'm swamped with a bunch of work between now and showtime, so I'll make this brief and urge you to join us tonight at the show.

What: EDSBS Live! online radio. Fall Practice Edition

Where: At NowLive, where you can chat with each other and the show hosts throughout the broadcast in the online forum (which has gotten damn lively). To phone in to the show, just call (310) 984-7600.

Who: No special guests this week. We're just taking calls and talking fall practice. Football's back and we're damn excited.

Four Questions: As always, our four questions for the night.

1. What’s your fall question marks for your team?

We've beat all these to death now, haven't we? An unproven secondary, depth issues on the offensive line, a running game that sputtered and died at the end of '07, and over/under questions on player arrests.

2. Who is the player your team CANNOT lose this fall?

As is well known around here, I still say it's Colt McCoy. It's not that this wouldn't be a good team without him - it's that our chances of having a truly elite season depend entirely on his ability to be superb.

3. Your preseason shopping list?

ESPN College Football GamePlan

TiVo

Plane ticket to Austin for Nebraska, A&M games

Lots and lots of Tums.

4. What’s something that gets you almost as excited as football?

God I really want to answer with tailgating, but that doesn't quite feel right. Football capital F includes pregame rituals. Instead, a nod this week to my boy Barry Bonds. This is his big week, after all. I know I'm in the minority here, but you don't always choose your heroes, right?

See you tonight at 6:30.

--PB--

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Comments

bonds

I can't wait for him to break the record so this story can be over. I'm pretty ambivalent about the whole thing to the point where I'm not that interested in watching any of his at-bats to "witness history."

The worst thing, though, is that I think the general sports world (fans and media alike) feel the same way, and all the Bonds coverage feels forced and uninspired as a result.

In other words, break the record so we can start talking about pennant races and the upcoming football season.

Jason Mayer - August 7, 2007 reply

Thank God football is here

'Cause the Giants are awful. Once Barry hits this last homer, they'll be irrelevant again and I'll be officially without sport until football kicks off.

Peter Bean - August 7, 2007 reply

giants

At least you have Barry to watch. As a Rangers fan, I was out of it by April 30.

Jason Mayer - August 7, 2007 reply

oh yeah

Can we beat USC at home? Can we beat Texas in Austin? Can Bill Callahan finally win a big game?

Marlon Lucky, running back.

Preseason shopping list? I have a wife and three kids! HA hahaha aahaha hahaha. Screw you and thanks for bringing it up. If I can wing it past the Home Budget Committee, I'd like to get a dual-tuner DVR for Dish Network. Yeah, good luck with that one.

(if you guys really loved me, you'd kill me.)

Deer hunting. Maybe fishing. being in the middle of nowhere with a gun or a fishing pole, no electronics, no wife, no kids, no boss, just me, some friends, some beer, and hopefully some prey.

cornnation @ Burnt Orange Nation - August 7, 2007 reply

4.

Mine's gotta be the Atlanta Braves, and I'd almost take the stress-free viewing of the Giants rather than the nail-bitingness of watching Atlanta Braves Baseball on TBS. Seriously, the only time I get more stressed out about a sporting event is watching Longhorn football.

jc25 - August 7, 2007 reply