A great way to start your week... a stupid Sooner trick.
Dr. Saturday reviews the preseason contenders. UT gets a good review.
Crystal ball Says ... Even without a distinguished running back -- and there are certainly enough candidates to emerge in that role -- you can't question the offense, which was only held under 400 yards once last year and took a last-second miracle to beat even then. McCoy could easily have a 4,000-yard, 40-touchdown, Heisman-winning season in him. The questions are all about the defense, which was great by Big 12 standards (first in total and scoring defense) but pretty meh against decent teams -- even discarding Missouri's deceiving, garbage-time rally to 31 points after being dominated in the first half, UT legitimately allowed 35 points to Oklahoma, 24 to Oklahoma State and 39 to Texas Tech, and well over 400 yards to all of them. Ok. State and Ohio State both went over 200 yards rushing, and the Longhorns lose a huge chunk of their very good front four.
So there's almost inevitably going to be another shootout like the one last year in Lubbock, that comes down to who has the ball last. (Or who actually catches the damn interception that's right in your hands!) But I don't think this team will be significantly outplayed by anyone one on the schedule, and there are much worse odds than that.
ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit interviews Colt McCoy.
Checking in on the graduation rate issue... The Austin American-Statesman reports that UT's numbers are good.
"Our numbers continue to show that our student-athletes are working hard — while balancing their busy schedules and demands on their time — to maintain their academic progress toward graduation," Texas men's athletic director DeLoss Dodds said in a release.
An APR of 925 or above amounts to a passing grade. Texas' football's APR was 939.
Only in College Station. Aggies love to spend time with other Aggies. Now they can be buried together.
The new Memorial Cemetery of College Station, set to open in a few weeks, has reserved a special section for Aggies and their supporters who want to be close — forever — to the sprawling campus and be with like-minded Aggies after they die.
"We're a weird lot, aren't we?" laughs Ross Albrecht, A&M class of 1984, urban landscape manager for the city and marketing supervisor for the cemetery. "There's a lot of school pride."
Ross Albrecht summed it up nicely.
Texas Tech wants a stadium to seat 85,000 people.
You know this probably isn't good. The American Football Coaches Association has reviewed the coach's poll.
The coaches' final regular-season ballots -- and even the identity of the 61 voters -- may soon be a secret as well
Nice work if you can get it. Former Sooner QB J.C. Watts is now a lobbyist for the BCS.
Thanks to Barking Carnival for finding this. Bud Shrake wrote an article on Abe Lemons and UT basketball for Sports Illustrated in 1977.
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The off-season is barren.
But fortunately we are a little past the halfway point. Talk about lost in the desert.
Wescott Eberts (GoBR) - May 10, 2009
Barren is an understatement.
dimecoverage - May 11, 2009
well, the rockets won tonight, underdog hope is still alive...
in the land of superstar media hype, steroid radioshow invasion, and mathematical recruiting. HEART STILL HAS HOPE IN PRO SPORTS.
and yet we never doubted this in those of us who follow ncaa sports.
UTrumbo - May 11, 2009
Agreed!
Go Rockets!
Sunkist - May 11, 2009
Heart still has hope...
…but the refs in Mavericks playoff games don’t.
Hopkins Horn - May 11, 2009
Especially Danny Crawford apparently
http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2009/5/5/865976/danny-crawford-hates-the-mavs
jordansb - May 11, 2009
Aggie Field of Honor
I listened to endless ads for this aggy real estate venture during yesterday’s game since I couldn’t get Craig Way on the web or live in Houston.
It really is an easy sell: For those unfortunate ags who had to venture outside of Greater Brazos County for their careers and lives, now is their chance to return to a neighborhood where everyone finally understands them (without the continuous attempt at an explanation)!
I couldn’t help but notice one of the top selling points of the cemetery was that it provides a commanding view of Kyle Field. But for those who truly want eternal peace, shouldn’t they offer at least some plots without a view of the scoreboard?
srsly!
horndude - May 11, 2009
lol..nice
vy til i die - May 11, 2009
I hope Tech expands to 85K
That’s almost a sure-fire guarantee that the Horns would have at least 30K fans at Jones Stadium every time we visited, and that’s when Tech is playing well.
Hopkins Horn - May 11, 2009
Coach's Poll Bias
So now the Coach’s Poll may be entirely secret and Grant Teaff says they haven’t found it to be true that there’s a bias. I guess he thinks it’s as objective as the officials in his last game against Texas.
As Texas fans, we all know that the coach’s poll is, indeed, biased and cost us the Big XII Title. When every Bob Stoops disciple has Texas ranked above the national average and OU below its average, you don’t have to be a BCS guru to realize there’s something amiss.
The fact is – both the Harris Poll and the Coach’s Poll reflects the bias of its voters. These are people who have a vested interest in their teams, relationships and conferences.
This system is about as fair as a South Korean judging a Roy Jones fight.
Eskimohorn - May 11, 2009
I would think you would prefer this
Beergut - May 11, 2009
Eskimo misspoke,
but these results are what he’s referring to. And it cuts both ways, for Texas and against Texas. I would think that even an Aggie would agree that the Coaches Poll should be as transparent as possible.
ctex80 - May 11, 2009
Why doesn't some just say Grant Teaff is lying.
There’s not just bias, but a lot of it. No way the coaches should figure in anything of unbiased value.
The real question is not that he is lying, but why is he lying?
*Caveat: I never liked him at Baylor and now he’s a schnauzer for the coaches and keeping in the fix.
whills - May 11, 2009
Tech
That is pretty amusing. They don’t even sell out now except when Texas or maybe the Ags play there. Season tickets cost about what OU tickets cost us.
b&g80 - May 11, 2009
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