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Posted by Trips Right on October 6th, 2008 under Football
According to Sooner Scoop. There’s a chance starting Center John Cooper will be limited as well. Bodes well for Texas especially when you consider the Sooner scouting report from Barking’s Jimmy The Greek.
Injuries, Oklahoma Sooners, Red River Shootout, Texas Longhorns
Magnificent Bastard commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 15 minutes ago
Thanks for the writeup Trips. It’ll all be over soon. Mercy killing, imo.
Albert Einstein says Rick Barnes is clearly insane.
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Is Gilbert Ariza a cross between Gilbert Arenas and Trevor Ariza? A guy that will play lockdown D and then threaten you with a firearm?
D W commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
Next year is very frightening
D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
We have to live with the fact that Baylor is a more talented and better coached basketball team than we are.
Hank Dudek commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 2 hours, 12 minutes ago
CJD,
I know exactly what you are talking about. Pitiful defense. We open the second half giving up about 4 easy buckets on run-outs. Damion shoots a three, Mason watches and does not get back, easy bucket. Lucas gets beat down court and gives a way a soft foul for a 3 point
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 4 hours, 49 minutes ago
That was a ruthless and depressing cataloguing of failure. Thanks Hank! I think.
EggNog –
There’s no question that Barnes without point guard just doesn’t work.
Luke wrote a new blog post: One down, two to go 4 hours, 50 minutes ago
Wildcat fans everywhere took a deep sigh of relief at halftime Thursday night.
Kansas State reminded everyone just how good it is when the intensity is turned all the way up. This team will be tough to beat in any tournament, whether it’s the NCAAs or the Big 12 conference.
They won’t have that much of a
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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 4 hours, 51 minutes ago
Good write-up, Trips. I laughed and learned. It was like an episode of Family Ties.
ipowers -
You’re happy with our transition defense? Because that’s what Trips is referencing with respect to floor balance.
And your typing about point guards is something we’d pretty much discussed, established, and put to bed
Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: Rick Reilly Is A Walking Amber Alert 5 hours, 7 minutes ago
And he’s protecting your kids.
Particularly the 17 year olds that are healthy, tall, and bad at sports.
I stumbled across this Rick Reilly article on Inside Texas and I think it calls for discussion on a number of issues centered around fair play, basic consideration of others, competition, and our society’s increasingly
admin commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 18 minutes ago
Black Scholes commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 5 hours, 21 minutes ago
Fran Fraschilla? What the hell has she done since ‘Nanny and the Professor’?
Trips Right commented on the blog post Quick Preview of Today’s Big East Tournament Action 5 hours, 53 minutes ago
travis, they have a chance. If they win out and beat WVU, the committe might give the Hoyas the nod.
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 6 hours, 21 minutes ago
Egg, that’s all fine and good, but what did JH do tonight to warrant the benching? You’re talking in generalites parroted by know nothing ESPN color analysts who watch one or two Texas games a year. I saw one egregiously bad shot tonight. The other shots were significantly better than most any other
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 6 hours, 21 minutes ago
Egg, that’s all fine and good, but what did JH do tonight to warrant the benching? You’re talking in generalities parroted by know nothing ESPN color analysts who watch one or two Texas games a year. I saw one egregiously bad shot tonight. The other shots were significantly better than most any other
ursa major commented on the blog post Why The 1994 Goodwill Games Might Be A Sign of Things To Come 6 hours, 42 minutes ago
Ducks>Iceland
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ursa major commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 44 minutes ago
Of course, Texas fans are prone to overreact to every single game. I.E. tonight.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 45 minutes ago
Four in a row. Last two haven’t really been close. Our program is in trouble. Of course, Baylor shows how quickly things can be turned around…
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ursa major wrote a new blog post: Baylor v. Texas – Postgame 6 hours, 51 minutes ago
Ekpe Udoh’s back must be sore… Baylor has beaten Texas three times in one season for the first time since 1981-1982. Baylor has also beaten Texas four times in a row.
If you had told me before the game…. that Texas would outrebound us 38 to 28, and grab 17 offensive rebounds to our 5…. that
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Texas – Preview 7 hours, 5 minutes ago
UT: Where talent submits to mediocrity.
Um, OK.
Anyway, good game Bears. You guys have a really good team, us not so much. Be fun to see how you do in the big dance.
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Trips Right wrote a new blog post: Texas Hoops vs. Baylor: Post-Mortem, kinda 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
I really can’t take it anymore. If you must know how or why Baylor continues to play Earl “the Goat” Manigault to our sports-goggled, weekend warrior check out the last Baylor write-up.
What happened tonight was eerily similar. In fact, it’s mindnumbingly frustrating that our staff made nary an adjustment to try
ursa major commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 7 hours, 23 minutes ago
The funny thing is, I honestly expected my Bears to lose tonight. I am stupid.
admin commented on the blog post Kstate Post-Mortem 7 hours, 24 minutes ago
There are no laws in Oklahoma.
So, I think the Horns might be good enough to make the quarterfinals of the NIT. And maybe not. Just a team completely adrift.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 7 hours, 41 minutes ago
Trips , You are so right about not having fun and playing without emotion. I really thought that Barnes was going to get a T this game. You know that a team plays and reflects their coach.
Our team that had so much talent and most of the parts needed and turned into
skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
It was hard to watch and really made me sick to read it again. And that was just the second half. I feel so used and dirty after this game.
Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 25 minutes ago
Trips,
I hear you and I agree. And I know most are just frustrated, angry, and beaten down by this year. I really hope that any staff change that takes place will bring energy and maybe a little joy. Just a little. Obviously we need to rework our offense. Barnes installed
Blues commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
There’s no sense in looking up a dead horse’s ass.
uthookem commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Baylor Open Thread 8 hours, 27 minutes ago
Yep…this is just like watching the 2003 Holiday Bowl, for two months straight.
Hey, did anyone else watch the 2003 Holiday Bowl while on their honeymoon, in Louisiana?
admin commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 8 hours, 30 minutes ago
I won’t even get started on the offense because there is no prayer in getting that changed this year.
Well the year appears to be one more game. Thus, love to read your thoughts for next season.
admin commented on the blog post Top 10 Defensive Lapses 8 hours, 30 minutes ago
I won’t even get started on the offense because there is no prayer in getting that changed this year.
Well the year appears to be one more game. Thus, love to read your thoughts for next season.
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UTtuck said:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Wow. Bummer for them. I wonder if that is equal to or less important than our TE (important) and FB (not as much) losses?
hook’em
Scipio Tex said:
October 6th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
They’ll all play.
ponderos said:
October 7th, 2008 at 3:08 am
McCoy, Granger and Cooper are all going to play. Granger’s actually the biggest question mark and he’s practicing again.
HenryGaymes said:
October 7th, 2008 at 5:21 am
Granger’s injuries were intially listed as “literacy” and “enlarged rape gland” has that changed?
ponderos said:
October 7th, 2008 at 7:54 am
NORMAN, Okla. (AP)—Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects No. 1 Oklahoma to be at full strength this Saturday when the Sooners face fifth-ranked Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry game.
Although defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and center Jon Cooper sustained minor injuries against Baylor, Stoops said both could return this week to face the Longhorns—and the Sooners might even have injured defensive linemen Demarcus Granger and Frank Alexander back.
“Everyone practiced to some degree today, and right now our trainers are pretty optimistic and feel that everyone will be ready to play. Now, I’m not going to detail it the whole week on who is where, what percentage. I don’t know how to do any of that,” Stoops said after practice.
“It’s their feeling today that everyone is expected to play.”
Stoops said the only two players who are definitely out are third-string tight end Eric Mensik and reserve cornerback Jonathan Nelson.
McCoy, a dominant inside presence who has 1 1/2 sacks this season, was walking gingerly after injuring his toe two days earlier. He’s still expected to play against the Longhorns.
“I’m good. I’m always good. You can always count on me being out there,” McCoy said, playfully repeating himself to reiterate his point: “I’m good. I’m good, everybody. I’m good.”
An Oklahoma City native, McCoy will be playing in his second Red River Rivalry game and said he’s been trying to keep himself from looking ahead to the game the last couple weeks.
“There’s no way I’ll miss it,” McCoy said.
He was able to hop off the field on one leg after he was hurt in the second quarter against the Bears.
“My dad always told me, ‘G, if you can get up, get up and get off the field. Don’t lay there,”’ McCoy said.
Granger, a former starter who played in a reserve role at the start of this season, has been out since injuring his left foot against Washington three weeks ago. He was off limits to reporters Monday night.
Alexander, a backup, has been sidelined since he was stabbed in the arm during a melee at a Norman nightclub following the Sooners’ season opener against Chattanooga.
Walter Sopchak said:
October 7th, 2008 at 7:55 am
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
Vasherized said:
October 7th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Basically if your torso is connected to the legs somewhere in the hip region, Stoops will make you play. Anybody that passes the eyeball test and still can’t go just mysteriously disappears.
NateHeupel said:
October 7th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
“Mysteriously”, vasher? There’s nothing mysterious about it. You’re shot in the head, buried outside of Juarez, and replaced with a robot. Pretty standard, really.
p said:
October 7th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I would actually rather play against an injured starter, than a healthy backup.
The coaching staff will leave the starter in there while they hobble all over the field(Orakpo/Miller last year) in hopes that they miraculously heal themselves during the course of play, and start flying all over the football field.
Meanwhile there is a guy sitting on the bench who, while not as good as said starter normally, is perfectly capable, and more able- bodied right now……. typical coaches!