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Pray for mutually assured destruction

Posted by ChrisApplewhite on November 21st, 2008 under Football

It’s OU/Tech.

We need to root for OU, but unlike Eyes I won’t have any difficulty at all doing so. I can handle a loss. We lost to A&M the last couple years and I got over it pretty quickly. We were dysfunctional and we got it handed to us. No fluke about it. The Tech game was a fluke. I hate flukes. I have a similar brain to Batman — that is, I hate injustice, and ones done to me drive me insane. I also enjoy rubber suits with nipples.

So who has the upper hand? Oklahoma does. Bob Stoops has done the best job of any coach defending the Tech offense. His losses to Leach have come on the heels of a phantom first down and TD, and an injury to 90% of the team’s offense. You beat OU with misdirection and big plays, neither of which Tech’s offense is built to do.

But this isn’t just any Tech team, either . They have the JWF, or “Jason White Factor”. Tech’s offense is designed to get the ball out of the QB’s hands within 2 seconds. This year it’s more like 4. The tradeoff of sending 5 WRs out on a pattern and holding onto the ball that long is that you get sacked 7 times. Just ask Colt Brennan about that.

But time and time again, teams will defend the play but lose contain after awhile, but they haven’t been able to get to Harrell to make up for it. dedfischer will tell you that those teams will get past their man then suddenly get tired and quit before getting the sack, because Tech’s OL is so physical that they wear they intimidate the DL from behind. We let him think this, the same way you would let your kid think Santa is real.

Anyhow, when a QB is holding the ball past 2-3 seconds, he’s playing with house money. You’ve got a commodity bubble, and that commodity is time. When it pops, it pops hard. So far it hasn’t been an issue. Tech has protected Harrell the way HenryJames protects his Beverly Hills 90210 commemorative plates, and I give them, roughly, a 900% chance to protect him well again tomorrow. Call it a hunch.

Beyond that, Michael Crabtree gives them a dimension they’ve never had before, and won’t have when he’s gone.

(Quick tangent here. I would just like everyone to remember that the NFL collective bargaining agreement is up after next season, and first issue for the league will be lowering rookie contracts. Boy, those 2009 first rounders sure are lucky! I bring this up for no reason.)

When the play breaks down, Harrell and Crabtree keep drives going. It’s one thing to cover him during his route, it’s another thing to cover him when he’s just running around afterwards. If you can’t sack Harrell, it’s really just backyard football. This isn’t Bob Stoops’ forte, exactly. His defenses are disciplined, but if you break them down and make them play, then you have a chance.

The Tech OL and Crabtree are the difference between 8-4 Tech and 10-0 Tech. Just like the difference between 8-4 A&M and 11-1 A&M — outright cheating. Yeah, I said it.

OU still has Bradford, who is good for 400 yards and 35 points on his own. OU is not a great rushing team, but their OL is strong and physical and will matchup evenly with Tech’s similar style. Neither team is about trickery or subversion, so it’ll come down to who executes better. I give the nod to OU here because it’s really, really hard to out-execute Sam Bradford.

Add in that it’s a home game for OU, and not a BCS bowl, and I see a 38-28 type win for the Sooners, who will then most assuredly crap the bed and send Tech to the Big 12 Championship anyway. Now if you’ll excuse me I am going to go cling to my guns and my religion.

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  1. RRR said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:04 am

    Fair assessment, Applewhite. Might add that Tech DLine and safeties are about as crucial to 10-0 as the OLine and Crab.

    Regarding out-executing Bradford, what would you say was the biggest factor in UT forcing him into to INT’s? Pressure up the middle? I’m hoping we get some of that, too.

  2. Spider said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am

    We need a narrow win for 0u, preferably due to a questionable call that pisses everyone at ESPN off for years.

  3. Clemence said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:09 am

    This fucking sucks and I have neither guns nor religion. I’m going to cling to whiskey-coke and a nice set of tittehs.

  4. Sergio Kindle said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:19 am

    “Quick tangent here. I would just like everyone to remember that the NFL collective bargaining agreement is up after next season, and first issue for the league will be lowering rookie contracts. Boy, those 2009 first rounders sure are lucky!”

    I can haz first round contract?

  5. dick said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:19 am

    “Regarding out-executing Bradford, what would you say was the biggest factor in UT forcing him into to INT’s”

    He only threw one against us, the last one was on a Hail Mary at the end of the game. That one was a good play by Earl Thomas with pressure from our DL around their fat OTs. Even with getting good consistent pressure on Bradford, he was still pretty dam good against us. OU will score at least 35 points, I just don’t know how many Tech will score.

  6. Nordberg said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am

    You think OU will hold them to 28 points?

  7. Spider said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am

    You think OU will hold them to 28 points?

    Texas held them to 32.

  8. TaylorTRoom said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am

    Texas held the Tech offense to 30 in Lubbock. Unfortunately, our offense could only hold the Tech defense to 9.

  9. Spider said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am

    Oops, forgot the safety.

    Thanks a lot, TTR.

  10. Huckleberry said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:42 am

    OU’s defense isn’t as good as ours, though. I think 28 is a whole lot to ask. I think best case scenario is 35 points for Tech. Closer to 40 is realistic.

  11. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:45 am

    I got nothing here.

  12. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:45 am

    “Texas held the Tech offense to 30 in Lubbock. Unfortunately, our offense could only hold the Tech defense to 9.”

    I think that’s the key. Bradford has a much tougher hill to climb than Harrell, and no Crabtree to do it with. They could beat us by a TD or 2 with big plays in the passing game or they could get West Virginiaed.

  13. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:53 am

    I would also suggest that Texas’ long term issue here is that Davis has now decided to show up to a gun fight with a Colt .45 and a pack of menthols, while teams that have been doing this for a living are rolling with a gatlin gun and smoking Cubans. I’m assuming Applewhite takes over before Davis screws up Gilbert. Hopefully, for your sake, he’s too good to screw up or somebody on your coaching staff has an idea of what they want to do on the OL. You better have a contingency plan against good defensive lines. I’m not convinced Davis does other than letting Colt scramble around. Maybe Gilbert’s a runner too.

  14. NM99 said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am

    agree with Huckleberry. The Texas D is better than OU’s this year in almost every facet.

  15. Chris Simms said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 9:58 am

    Don’t worry, Gilbert will be fine. He’s in good hands.

  16. R.C. Slocum said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Chris sounds like me in about 1995.

  17. dick said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:08 am

    ded, i’m no greg davis fan but see the thread on QBs with 30+ wins. Simms could easily be on that list too if not for that pesky red head.

  18. ChrisApplewhite said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:11 am

    Our defense might be better than OU overall, but nobody’s done better against Leach for the last decade than Bob Stoops. They also catch INTs.

    It’s just really hard to say what the Crabtree/OL combo will bring to any given game. There is really no way to know.

  19. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am

    dick,

    No need to worry. You’re not going anywhere. You’ll still win 10 games a season and be in the hunt every 4 or 5 years. I think Leach might be able to chip away at Brown’s dominance over him, and be more competitive year in and year out, as he’s able to recruit better talent.

  20. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am

    I thought Stoops did a good job in the early years because he had a significantly larger amount of talent than Tech. As Leach has closed that gap, he’s had more trouble. One thing Stoops understands is that you have to stop production by the RB position to slow down the Tech offense. He’s come out slow the last 3 years, but does a good job of adjustments in the 2nd half. I also think he had a lot better DL than Tech had OL, which I don’t think is the case this season given he’s rolling with backups. We’ll maybe Beal’s better than I’ve seen.

  21. Orangechipper said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:20 am

    May OU win on a last second Interception that simultaneously injures half of the OU defense and Harrell & Crabtree. OU wins and both are teams are so beaten up that they get killed by Baylor & OSU next week.

    It could happen.

  22. beowulf said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:29 am

    One of the side benefits for me this Saturday should Tech lose as they always do in Norman and Austin, is that new “experts like dedfisher will get off their high fucking platforms and resume their positions as middle of the packers where Tech naturally resides.

    Davis, for all his his faults as an OC, for all the angst he has caused several of us with some of us game plans and play calling, is highly respected for his role in the development of QBs at Texas. Anyone that isn’t aware of that simply does not know what they’re tlaking about.

    After Harrell and Crabtree move on after this year and several of the OL graduate, it will be nice to see Tech next year and several more afterwards, competing with OSU for 3rd in the Big 12 South. We always appreciate Tech beating the Aggies, however.

  23. Okhorn said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Your right Leach will be able to chip away at Brown from his new home in Tennessee.

  24. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:30 am

    I can live with 9-3 and be perfectly cool with that.

  25. Okhorn said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am

    ded

    You’re dead right if Aggy could ever figure that out they might actually win some games.

  26. Tim's Bleeding Vagina said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:35 am

    i see this will be the weekly “shit all over” thread for dedfischer.

  27. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Okhorn, that could be a problem. Surely, I’ve got to think he’s too smart to take that gig. We’ll probably hire Don Carthel. Watch.

  28. 8straight said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:41 am

    “….Davis has now decided to show up to a gun fight with a Colt 45 and a pack of menthols, while teams that have been doing this for a living are rolling in with a gatlin gun and smoking Cubans.”

    You have your best team ever and the team that is packing menthols lost to you at your house in the last 10 seconds of the game. You’re lucky they weren’t filterless camels.

  29. ponderos said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Agreed that OU’s not the rushing juggernaut they’ve been in the past, but they’re still #25 in the country (194 ypg) and #2 in the conference in rushing. Deceiving stat because of all of the attention on their passing game.

  30. ChrisApplewhite said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:48 am

    “May OU win on a last second Interception that simultaneously injures half of the OU defense and Harrell & Crabtree. OU wins and both are teams are so beaten up that they get killed by Baylor & OSU next week.”

    I disagree. We need everyone to come out healthy, so everyone feels 100% going into the NFL combine.

    Although if Bob Stoops wants to sit on a land mine, he can go right ahead.

  31. ChrisApplewhite said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:49 am

    “Agreed that OU’s not the rushing juggernaut they’ve been in the past, but they’re still #25 in the country (194 ypg) and #2 in the conference in rushing. Deceiving stat because of all of the attention on their passing game.”

    And because, like usual, they run for 900 yards against shitty teams and can’t against us.

    I have no idea how good Tech’s run defense really is so I can’t say what OU will be able to do. It’s not like they really need to run to score.

  32. UTBlood4Life said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:50 am

    This is the “show me game” for OU.

    Thee Sooners are at home. They are pissed off, and out for vengeance. Bradford shall play for more than 17 micro-seconds this year. Harrell shall be harried, and Crabtree will feel the “pinch”.
    Texas Tech – 27
    OU – 41

    Hook’em!!!

  33. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 10:58 am

    “i see this will be the weekly “shit all over” thread for dedfischer.”

    I’ve noticed this as well. We win one game every 6 or 7 years, and all of a sudden, I’m a target. Seems I need to focus more on the good things about our opponent than the bad. This loss seemed more bitter to Texas fans than others. I’m trying to move on here.

    Chris,

    I think Tech’s run defense is the best we’ve had since the Goodner years, primarily due to an infusion of talent (Dixon) and experience (Williams/Whitlock). The unsung hero has been a MLB that actually plays the game right. We haven’t had one of those since Zach Thomas was here. Henley played his ass off against OSU coming back from injury, and OU couldn’t block him last year in Lubbock. I’m hoping he has the same match up this year as it was a favorable one. Even Jake Ratliff looked good against them last year, which is hard for me to type.

  34. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:07 am

    “This is the “show me game” for OU.”

    I actually think this is a pretty valid point. Stoops gets beat when he’s too cocky. His media quotes seem to indicate that he’s concerned about his defense getting their ass kicked, and even though OU is favored and at home, he’s coaching as an underdog. This is when Stoops is most dangerous. If the same team shows up on Saturday that showed up in Dallas, he’ll get his ass handed to him. I him to more creative things than he’s done in the past to get pressure on Harrell. If they can’t do that, they won’t be able to score with us.

  35. BoomerFreakinSooner said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:17 am

    It is interesting that both Texas and Oklahoma have to hope for OU to win their next two games, then hang on to see which team has the highest ranking. While I acknowledge Tech is an excellent team, I worry more about the Sooners in Stoolwater.

  36. Vasherized said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Nobody remembers the Goodner years. Tech doesn’t exactly have a football legacy worth remembering.

    Tech does have a better D than OU this year and an equally potent offense. X factors are night game on the road in a cesspool of indifference to class, culture, education, hygiene – an environment the red raiders should feel perfectly comfortable in.

    Stoops is 986-2 at home or something like that.

    Leach is 1-15 against ranked opponents on the road.

    Make that 2-16. Crabtrees don’t give a fucks about records … he just sees balls in the air like Aggies see balls in their face. Batch and Woods will do enough damage in between the 20s.

    Tech 41
    OU 38

    One of thoooose games …

    Tech beats Mizzou in a closer game than expected before getting Percy Harvined back to obscurity.

  37. RRR said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:21 am

    What was great about playing UT before OU is that Tech got to so many different looks against quality personnel. UT rushed 4, brought the house, and overloaded the middle. They also did a lot of shifting after the first line calls.

    If Stoops has thought of something different from anything Mushchamp tried, I’d be shocked.

    So it doesn’t surprise me that he’s playing the underdog. If he’s not bringing anything new schematically, then he’s trying to get his defense to do a few things really well, have a lot of confidence, and play fast.

    Sounds like Ruff.

  38. Tim said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:30 am

    “We lost to A&M the last couple years and I got over it pretty quickly. We were dysfunctional and we got it handed to us. No fluke about it. The Tech game was a fluke.”

    - ChrisAppleWhite

    To say that your loss to A&M was no fluke but your loss to Texas Tech was, takes a special kind of stupid. Not just a; I was born stupid, kind of stupid. I’m talking about a stupid you really have to practice and work on, kind of stupid.

    You guys need to be honest with yourselves and admit that Texas Tech beat UT; No Fluke, No excuses, just a straight up beating.

  39. RRR said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:32 am

    ‘he just sees balls in the air like Aggies see balls in their face.’

    I like your style, Vash. T-baggin Aggies is what we do best.

  40. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:34 am

    Oh God, Tim, stop right now. Please. They don’t want to hear it. I promise.

  41. Vasherized said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:41 am

    T-baggin Aggies is what we do best.

    Timmy Teabags would agree.

  42. dick said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:46 am

    A huge wild card is whether the refs call holding on Tech. This is what makes this game hard to gamble on. I expect the refs to favor the home team so the stuff in Lubbock was not surprising but this game being in Norman could change things. Since OU holds just as bad if not worse, the refs may just not call it on either team.

    Also, serious question for the Techsters, what do you think the effect of this game being on natural grass will have on Tech? What is your experience on this surface this year?

  43. Mysterious Package said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:51 am

    Thats it F techies. They are shitting on this thread acting cocky. The “im guessing it stung for Texas a little more than the others.” was all I can take. I hope they get beat last second heart break style. They deserve it. Then I will check this board the next day hungover feeling guilty from my acts the night before and feel revenged when no techies are here to defend their loss.
    Who the hell thinks they have recruited any better than in years past…I have yet to see them ranked in the top 25 in ranked classes(unless I overlooked them somehow) But if they cannot win it this year then they will never be able to and I am at peace with that. Are the techies??

  44. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:53 am

    Yes sir. 10 games, once in my life, that’s all I asked for and it’s been delivered. I’ll be around when we’re 6-6 as well.

  45. Mysterious Package said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Alright…I respect that. Im still going for OU though.

  46. Tim's Bleeding Vagina said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    actually ded, i meant the thread you pick for the week and shit on with 10 posts more than anyone cares to read. maybe you wouldn’t be such a “target” if you had any sense of rationality. you’re as bad as aggy. you beat texas every once in a while and act like you are king of the world… yet the trophy case back on campus remains empty.

  47. RRR said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I’m satisfied but greedy. I’ll take my beatings on Sunday if we lose. It’s already been the most exciting season ever for this Tech fan. Now we’re just going Hoosiers-style and seeing if we can shock the world.

    Regarding recruiting, we’re doing fine. Look for Tech to win 9 games next year with a RS Freshman QB.

  48. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    Cool, I’m out.

  49. NM99 said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    The only game Tech has played on natural grass was at Kyle field. Rushed for 111, passed for 450.

    Honestly, I hadn’t thought about the field surface.

  50. chitwood said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    ded’s always seemed pretty reasonable to me, why the pile on today?

  51. 8straight said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    “No fluke,No excuses,just a straight up beating.”
    You mean like, “Texas only beats Tech because they have the refs in their back pocket.”

    There is no margin of victory big enough that Tech fans can’t find an excuse for why they lost. You would have thought after so many years of beat downs that Tech would run out of them. Maybe the only good thing about a loss to Tech is that we don’t spend the next year hearing Tech whine about getting screwed. Unless they lose this weekend then we will discover that one of the refs once had a great uncle who lived in the state of Oklahoma.

  52. RRR said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    touche 8straight. I won’t complain about refs if you don’t.

  53. Trips Right said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    ded’s a cool cat. I hope they roll the okies. Good on them for the season they’ve had. Fuck ou right in the ear.

  54. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 2:12 pm

    TBV, I will add this. I never have understood guys like you. What the hell are you doing here is a better question? Seriously, man. This is the internet. You’re talking on it telling other people not to talk. The logic makes no sense to me.

  55. Jeroen Anthonissen van Aken said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    ded’s more welcome here than most of you clowns, I suspect. Keep writing, ded.

  56. bduran said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    “If the same team shows up on Saturday that showed up in Dallas, he’ll get his ass handed to him. ”

    Hmm. How do you come to this conclusion dedfischer? Because Tech barely won at home against a banged up Texas (and needed some luck to do it), Tech would destroy an OU team on the road that gave a and healthy fired up Texas a tough game? This is the kind of homerism that gets fans on this site a tad bit riled up.

    Also, for the most part, I like your writing. And this is my first post. yay me.

  57. dedfischer said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Well, I might be going a little overboard there. Thanks for the comps.

  58. Bob said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    how about a game on grass without the aggie defense?

  59. p said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    Tech is a good team, and as much as I would like to see them beat OU, and go on to bigger and better things I am afraid that they might turn into the Tech of old.

    The last thing I wanna see is Tech go to the NC and piss down their legs like the unwashed seems to love to do lately. All in all I just want the team that will best represent this conference to play in the NC game. The last thing we need is another SEC blowout.

  60. flamingmonkeyass said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 5:54 pm

    The problem dedfisher is that you win for the first time in like 5 or 6 years, in the last second and then strut around the place like you beat us 56 to 17 or something. I believe you yourself has used the word “dominate” when describing aspects of tech’s win. You’ll excuse a few of us having a hard time swallowing that, given that you were quite literally a fluttering int away from chocking away your biggest game ever.

  61. he hate me said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    tech’s OL holds better than ou’s DL can compensate for…and the reverse is not true, and it doesn’t matter anyway because ou sucks in the back 7 on D…game tt, albeit a close one…

  62. flamingmonkeyass said:

    November 21st, 2008 at 7:56 pm

    Of course having said that I hope tech just mudholes the shot out of ou Saturday. And should they play anyone other than Texas for the nc I’ll probably pull for them. You’re also one of the more savvy posters on here ded, despite your bias regarding the Texas game. Don’t let anyone tell you that you don’t contribute quality to this site because obviously you do.

  63. dedfischer said:

    November 22nd, 2008 at 5:02 am

    I never did get why that rubbed so many people the wrong way. I was careful to include all appropriate disclaimers about bias in that game, yet no one seemed to take it with a grain of salt. Sorry, if I offended. Unbiasedly, no we didn’t just toss you around as described, but there’s no question that Tech won the battle on the line of scrimmage with our DL vs. the UT OL. That wasn’t too much of an exaggeration and my biggest concern for Texas in a matchup with an SEC front. If they had trouble with Tech, then I am a bit concerned about a matchup with Bama or Florida’s front 4. Although, Florida is very young. Either that, or Tech’s DL is better than I thought. I’ll let you decide. I rubbed it in enough for a couple of days, and then let it rest, and moved on. Yet somehow my bias is mentioned around here about 2 or 3 times a week. It’s now my stick around here, and I’ll play the role appropriately as to provide sufficient rhetoric for future posts and the 2009 game. I’ve been doing my best to avoid breaching the subject, but it keeps rearing it’s ugly head.

  64. flamingmonkeyass said:

    November 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 am

    C’mon you don’t understand why we’ve become obsessed over it? Were the same fan base that still gets riled up about espn throwing their support behind USC in ‘05, and that’s after we took home the crystal. Sometime I think we dislike losing more than we like winning. I think a part of that is our expectation that we’re going to win every game. Mayhap that’s one of the reason so many of our opponents’ fans dislike us.

  65. Black Scholes said:

    November 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am

    “Sometime I think we dislike losing more than we like winning.”

    I do.

  66. DrkBgrk said:

    November 22nd, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    “To say that your loss to A&M was no fluke but your loss to Texas Tech was, takes a special kind of stupid. Not just a; I was born stupid, kind of stupid. I’m talking about a stupid you really have to practice and work on, kind of stupid.

    You guys need to be honest with yourselves and admit that Texas Tech beat UT; No Fluke, No excuses, just a straight up beating.”

    this made me laugh.

  67. General McNamara said:

    November 22nd, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    Texas Tech was so lucky that night. (Spoken as the UT helicopter lifts off from the American Embassy).

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  • Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery   7 hours, 24 minutes ago

    Good catch, Primetime. I’m fairly certain he just confused Rolle with DRC. Or maybe he confused Antonio Cromartie with DRC.

    Whiskey,

    I realize your a ND fan, but what makes you so confident in Claussen? He had a very good season, but what about his leadership skills or lack thereof?

  • Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post A Wake Before The Funeral   7 hours, 40 minutes ago

    Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. I’d like us to get the win. I think.

  • ursa major wrote a new blog post: Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street…   7 hours, 46 minutes ago

    3 seed? New Orleans… to Houston?

    As Dr. John so eloquently put it, we are going on down to New Orleans. (Yes, I realize that the song is going home to New Orleans…I don’t care.)

    I was pretty nervous before the draw today. We’ve been undersold for about a month. The computers have had us in the

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  • whiskey commented on the blog post The week in news- Bowl Bust, Anti Piracy and Barnstorming FedEx   7 hours, 52 minutes ago

    The Cotton Bowl is a really cool venue. It was a bummer watching them play that game at Jerry’s house this year. I hope the new game comes to fruition. Nice counter on Bosworth. I never personally cared for “The Boz” persona but in retrospect I’ll say that was really pretty

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  • Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Evan Turner is the Best Player in the Country   7 hours, 58 minutes ago

    Definitely taking him in my player draft. Awesome. Need to study the brackets a bit more but Lighty also impressed me today.

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  • Sean commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery   8 hours, 15 minutes ago

    Rodgers-Cromartie is still on the Cardinals. He didn’t leave.

  • Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: A Wake Before The Funeral   8 hours, 20 minutes ago

    What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object?

    We’ll find out on March 18th. Meet Wake Forest.

    This game will be watching drunks trying to brawl. Neither belligerent will land a punch, and it will be viewed by both fanbases with equal measures of horror, embarassment, and amusement.

  • skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous   8 hours, 29 minutes ago

    Some one sent this quote from the Dallas Mornong News to me.
    “I’ve had teams in the past that were just where we are right now mentally. And we got it turned around. I had a team in the exact same situation, and we ended up going to the Sweet 16 and ended up losing

  • I.M. Hipp commented on the blog post Castille Day   8 hours, 50 minutes ago

    He really screwed himself. We probably would have won two more games with him. He was more worried about the “devil’s lettuce” than developing into a solid back. Pathetic.

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  • Kevin Berger commented on the blog post React-to-Ology: Early Look at the Madness   9 hours, 9 minutes ago

    dick, thanks for the heads up on the east bracket. In my haste to get the post up I had a brain cramp on the bracket.

    As for KU, when you compare their bracket to Syracuse you have to scratch your head. Even Self mentioned as much.

    Scooby, you’re probably right about the 8/9.

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  • skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous   9 hours, 18 minutes ago

    I have been thinking that the team quit on Barnes some time during the last 14-15 games.
    My brother in Michigan thought the the team fell apart after the 11-12th game of the season I think that it was atm @CC game.
    I wonder if Barnes has health issues, he just looks bad on TV and

  • dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines   9 hours, 27 minutes ago

    Marquette line really surprises me. I like Washington and normally I would be impressed with a conference tourney winner but that falls under the Pac 10 sucks rule to me. I would have liked to see Washington lined up against a different 6 seed.

  • Farmer Ted commented on the blog post Quick Bracket Thoughts   9 hours, 28 minutes ago

    Call me crazy but I would prefer to face OSU over any of the other three 2 seeds. They basically lost to Michigan (who truly sucks) on Friday, played Illinois even yesterday and beat an exhausted Minnesota team today. They aren’t exactly on fire. As for the other #2’s, I have no interest in playing

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  • Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous   9 hours, 37 minutes ago

    sky, it’s pretty crazy really. Barnes sounds like he’s mailing it in at this point.

  • whiskey commented on the blog post NFL Draft: A Mockery   9 hours, 38 minutes ago

    Good discussion. The perception of Clausen is interesting. He might surprise you. Tate is a player that will contribute wherever he ends up. He’s serious.

  • Trips Right commented on the blog post Early NCAA Tournament Bets   9 hours, 40 minutes ago

    Utah State can really shoot it. They’re the top 3 point shooting team in America. But they struggle against quicker athletes and can be banged inside. the big 12 isn’t getting a lot of credit so the line is short, imo

  • skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Basketball is Dangerous   9 hours, 41 minutes ago

    Is it just me or is Damo sounding a lot like Ricky?
    Are they just providing some giggles for the rest of the teams? Or do they think this shit will fly even with the blue hairs ?
    Will rick ever live down the quotes that will be recorded in Scipio vast mental vaults

  • Trips Right commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines   9 hours, 51 minutes ago

    I posted my picks, but as you stated Richmond looks like easy money.

    I think Purdue is a shell and Siena is experienced, athletic and talented. Saints roll.

    I’m fading Gonzaga and St Mary’s. Zero athletes on those clubs.

    I”m also fading Michigan State with NMSU. They’ll be able to get shots against

  • dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines   9 hours, 55 minutes ago

    I like UTEP and Wake to add to Trips bets, which I support fully.

    Richmond = 4 units
    Siena = 3 units

  • dick commented on the blog post NCAA Basketball Tournament Lines   9 hours, 56 minutes ago

    Just to try and keep it on the same thread, Trips likes:

    New Mexico -9
    Baylor -12
    Louisville pk
    Aggs -2
    Richmond pk
    NM St +12
    Siena +4
    FSU -1.5

  • Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Two Down, One To Go   9 hours, 59 minutes ago

    Always interested…good stuff all around.

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  • dick commented on the blog post Early NCAA Tournament Bets   10 hours, 2 minutes ago

    Love Siena, love Richmond, love Louisville. Why is the ags line so small? I’ll take them but that line scares me a bit. Seems like a sucker bet maybe.