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Texas A&M Preview

Posted by Scipio Tex on November 25th, 2008 under Football


My favorite yell leader is….Tyler! He has Ol Army Fight!

I generally try to write these previews from a critical and sympathetic perspective as I’m more interested in the reader appreciating what challenges an opponent presents for us rather than mindless homerism. That written, this will read like mindless homerism because A&M is that bad. This is a terrible football team roughly comparable to Arkansas or UTEP in overall quality. The fact that they’ve managed 4-7 is a testament to a favorable non-conference slate and a friendly Big 12 North draw. There are some bright spots to be found in their freshman class, but this is a function of desperation rather than the audacity of their young talent.

And yet they’ve beaten us two years in a row…reflect on that, please.

Offense:

Texas A&M can’t run the ball (110th of 119 Football Bowl Subdivision) and can’t protect the passer (allowing 32 sacks, 102nd in the FBS). Each failing reinforces the other. The deadly combination of can’t run, can’t protect is roughly comparable to treating a fer-de-lance bite by drinking cyanide. Their OL encourages opposing DL through gaps like a midwife and the resulting miscarriage is a panicky Jerrod Johnson chunking a ball to a surprised linebacker in the flat or a Kurt Warneresque fumble. I actually like Jarrod Johnson as a QB – he reminds me of a young Josh Freeman on an Atkins diet – but the dude needs help, an ice pack, boundaries, and a clean pocket. Time will tell whether his miscues are a function of intrinsic chokeosity or if he is just the product of a terrible environment. Will we see Stephen McGee, the vaunted Longhorn slayer? Maybe. I wouldn’t put it past Sherman to antagonize his future at QB by benching JJ for a sentimental favorite, but there’s no magic in McGee. We don’t let Duane Akina near the laminated playsheets anymore.

The silver lining in the Aggie thunderhead are freshman WRs Jeff Fuller and Ryan Tannehill. Tannehill is A&M’s answer to Kerry Meier and he has tremendous ball skills – to the point of actually being a deep threat despite mediocre speed. I mocked his move to WR early in the year, but he has proven to be a player. Jeff Fuller is a talented Aggie legacy true frosh – the surest avenue for A&M to secure any 4 star recruit. The other legitimate receiving threat is smallish TE Jamie McCoy, who is another converted QB. When Johnson is throwing the ball with composure, A&M can offer the appearance of a real and legitimate offense. Then the sacks and pressures mount and Jerrod Johnson begins a slow spiraling descent onto the tarmac of reality with no wheels down. Attempts to run the ball to relieve the pressure are usually met with 2nd and 11.

The primary Aggie RBs are fast, I’ll give them that. Goodson has added receiving skills to his repertoire, but his basic runner’s tool kit hasn’t progressed since his freshman year. Give him a large hole and the guy is gone. Ask him to pick up a tough 3 and you’ll be disappointed. Jorvorskie Lane continues to fill Gatorade squeezables with fondue and he’s still a parfait shy of 300. Three years from now, Lufkin taxpayers will be footing the bill to pull drywall out of his trailer and lift him from his gravy-spattered bed with a crane. Cyrus Gray is another freshman who shows some raw talent, but he’s Goodson lite.

Mike Sherman’s vision for Texas A&M football is a power running game paired with play action passing. In other words, a NFL offense. Since no one outside of USC runs that paradigm with any effectiveness – and theirs is debatable when they don’t have NFL draft picks at all 11 positions – I wish him luck. As an overall unit, they’re ranked 69th in the nation at around 350 yards per game and 26.4 ppg. In a league where 435 ypg and 35 ppg is the minimum cover charge needed to enter the club of .500, the Aggies are left standing in the street hoping to convince a drunk girl heading home that they’re worth a chat. Like that poor club-excluded unfortunate, their offense is the schematic embodiment of blue balls. Lots of activity, no payoff.

If A&M scores more than 14, Will Muschamp needs to run a lap.


The Welsh cricket team is confident heading into their test match with Pakistan

Defense:

It gets worse. Let’s talk defense.

A&M makes up for their inability to run by not stopping the run. Their rushing defense is 115th in the country – in a league where everyone throws the ball. It’s a little like having a passing defense in the bottom 2% of the country in the SEC. I almost admire that sort of willful contrarianism. They are a full-on bizarro world version of their offense: it turns out that the A&M defense can’t pressure the QB either, amassing 13 sacks over the entire year. I’d give anything to see one of their practice scrimmages. Who wins? Does everyone just simultaneously pull their hamstring?

The A&M DL doesn’t apply physical pressure to your QB so much as inflict moderate mental duress: lots of catcalls, quips, and cajoling while skewered on your OL’s block like a pig on a spit. If your QB can shake off the shock of their mental abuse, he’ll have the opportunity to count five Mississippi, briefly picnic, court a girl, and then power nap before hitting a receiver standing with his hands on hips in the middle of the Aggie zone. To add insult to infamy, A&M’s best DT run stopper Lucas Patterson is out for the rest of the year. So A&M will play the following DT rotation on Thursday night:

Kellen Heard 6-6 350
Eddie Brown 6-0 265
Tony Jerrod-Eddie 6-5 256
Meredith Baxter Birney 5-8 122

Heard is famous for hitting Colt McCoy late and pizza buffets early. This corpulent man-hippo has a motor that makes Jorvorskie Lane look like Lance Armstrong on Ritalin. He can give you three good plays before hyperventilating. Eddie Brown is an undersized true freshman whose game day shirt should be red, not maroon. Tony Jerrod-Eddie is another undersized true freshman who flaunts his feminist independence by refusing to give up his maiden name. Meredith Baxter Birney isn’t actually on the Aggie DL, but I did see her on a Lifetime movie while flipping channels and I wanted to give her a shout out. Family Ties, holla.

The Aggie DEs are experienced veterans, sort of like the British Army after Dunkirk. Michael Bennett is their best player on the DL and the fact that I wrote that without a hint of irony should make you intake your breath sharply and wince. Aside from Von Miller, who has a clear and discernible upside, the A&M LBing corps misses 1988. The Aggie DBs aren’t as bad as their numbers indicate, but they are weak. True freshman Trent Hunter is a really nice young player who plays with a passion and effort often missing from his senior and junior cohorts.

Giving up 36.4 ppg and 450+ yards per contest isn’t easy. It takes bad players, questionable effort, poor teaching, and defensive signals called by a lovable rustic. Less than 45 points would be disappointing.


The Robot makes it to Aggieland. Next craze: The Running Man!

Special Teams:

A&M has a good punter! That’s the bright spot. Their return game and return coverage is subpar.

Final Thoughts:

This A&M team is a hapless 18th century explorer drinking his own urine, walking in concentric circles, and wearing wool in the middle of the desert. If our war party can’t summon the killer instinct to drive a spear through the heart of this hallucinating gabbering buffoon, we deserve all of the pestilence and smallpox that the BCS can summon.


1939…snicker

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  1. South 08 and Matt all rolled into one said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 2:36 am

    Yeah but we beat your ass two years in a row. Whoop!!

  2. beowulf said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 3:37 am

    Your best effort yet, although I don’t understnd why you would want to diss on all our UTEP brethren and Arkansas inbreds. Both of those teams would go Baylor on the Aggies at this point in the season.

    The insertion of the Aggie yell leader photos is about as explicit anecdotal evidence as there could be of how A&M will continue to struggle culturally as an institution and football program as the rest of us move forward into the brave new world of Obamassiahism.

    Anything less than 66-9 will leave me a bit less than satisfied.

  3. jonestopten said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 4:11 am

    I can never tell Meredith Baxter-Birney from Blythe Danner. Baxter-Birney is the one with the underbite, right?

  4. Ag_in_TX said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    You fail to go into detail A&M’s biggest shortcoming on offense – the O line. We know most games are won and lost in the trenches. We have 9 scholoraship O linemen on campus who are not true freshmen – wrap your brain around that. in 2007, Fran recruited TWO linemen – in 2006, ZERO.

    When we complain about Fran leaving the cupboard bare, this is what we’re talking about.

    And yet – y’all haven’t beaten us since 2005. I’ll just keep repeating that over and over again until I fall into a Jameson induced coma Thanksgiving night.

  5. Vasherized said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:02 am

    Orakpo drinks fer-de-lance venom for with a raw egg for breakfast.

    And yet – y’all haven’t beaten us since 2005

    This is why a 60 point victory would still not be enough.

    Ag, the failings of your O line already has its own Wiki. Scipio would have to had start writing this post last week to fully chronicle how utterly horrible your football team is this year. Perhaps that explains his absence this week and we’ll be regaled with troubled stories about Mike Sherman’s youth that lead to this current predicament.

    I’d say you got off easy.

  6. Horn_in_Universe said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:07 am

    Ag_in_TX: you shouldn’t be so precise with your handle. People can find out who you are.

  7. Levander Williams said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:11 am

    “Three years from now, Lufkin taxpayers will be footing the bill to pull drywall out of his trailer and lift him from his gravy-spattered bed with a crane.”

    Outstanding play.

  8. Nordberg said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Meredith Baxter-Birney had great tits.

    Maybe they’re still great, I don’t know.

  9. Ag_in_TX said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:23 am

    I started as Ag_in_GA when I was working in Marietta, then Ag_in_WA when I was in Seattle.

    When I came home, I figured the exceedingly redundant Ag_in_TX was the next logical step.

  10. Huckleberry said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:27 am

    My power ratings predict 52-13 Texas, which is of course a prediction that doesn’t consider emotion or BCS ramifications.

    I’m looking for 60+ to <10. That’s my hope although I don’t expect it.

  11. BrickHorn said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:28 am

    The Javorskie Lane line was classic. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

  12. Doperbo said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:36 am

    That was fucking funny.

  13. CloseToJumping said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:51 am

    Your stuff is great in regard to any topic, but when you get going like this, you’re at your best. That is some of the funniest stuff I’ve read in a long time.

  14. p said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:57 am

    I remember the good ole days when my brother’s phone calls would stop right about halftime. By the time he gurgled his first paragraph of “shite-talking”, two aggies were already dead, and we were placing their heads on a stake in the end zone just to let em know we mean business. Those were the days when the mere mention of the Tx-TX a&m game would cause my brother to go into the fetal posistion.

    Oh the memories…………..

    These last two years have allowed my brother, the Aggie, to run his mouth for a full 731 days!! Well no more! I want a beating on the children of A&M so horrific that Social Services is in Austin the next day looking for one…..Mack Brown!

    I heard they were constructing a very large woodshed with it’s back to the north side of the stadium. Haven’t seen it yet, can anyone confirm??

  15. Parlin Hall said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:02 am

    A+ (98)

    Two points deducted for the lingering creepiness of those pictures.

  16. Mike Price said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:06 am

    “This is a terrible football team roughly comparable to Arkansas or UTEP in overall quality.”

    Don’t denigrate us like that, asshole.

  17. Bobby Petrino said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:10 am

    What Mike said; Hey, is the Tennessee job filled yet?

  18. Hooked said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:12 am

    You have a gift, Scip – I have wordsmith envy.

  19. Levander Williams said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    Is there a more insufferable fanbase than Texas A&M? Seriously – maybe it’s because I live in Houston and have limited exposure to the dirt burglars, but it’s fucking torture to be around these yokels when they win.

    I want blood.

  20. dimecoverage said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:05 am

    Bravo. Great writing.

  21. Ag_in_TX said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:17 am

    I know you gents enjoy the well crafted missive. So perhaps you’ll like this witty, albeit less fluid than scipio’s, narrative from a student at your esteemed institution of higher learning: LINK

  22. The Source said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    Mudhole of biblical proportions. nothing less will suffice.

  23. topo_gigio said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:40 am

    Of course I have seen the yell leaders in their good humor man outfits, but the deliverance-boy-band overalls I’ve not seen. You couldn’t make that up. Looks like a SNL sketch.

  24. 8straight said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Difference in Meredith B-Birney and Blythe Danner?
    Blythe has the stunning daughter.

  25. t1climb1 said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Scip,

    Fer-de-Lance huh? You been hanging out in Costa Rica or something?

    How many of y’all googled that? Come on you know you did.

  26. utstudent said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 9:51 am

  27. Scipio Tex said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    I’ve heard that rendition before and I can’t stop from bursting out laughing each time he/she/it gets to the finale of “Now For The Aggies!” followed by the noises. Chiggychiggy boom chiggy chiggy boom.

    Gets me every time.

  28. Jeff said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 10:45 am

    Scipio. are you coming to austin for the game?

  29. Scipio Tex said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 10:46 am

    I am.

  30. RansomStoddard said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    With this coaching staff, another inexplicable loss to aggy is not out of the question. Way way too much discussion this week of BCS possibilities and the hope of getting to go to Miami to get trounced by Florida on their homefield for my taste.

  31. uthookem said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    “What in the world did that mean?”

  32. Scipio Tex said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 11:52 am

    Ransom:

    Don’t worry, my cheery friend. We’re going to be OK.

  33. dusk till dawn said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 11:53 am

    this was amazing for me to read. any hating on aTm is funny, but this was phenomenal – complete with pictures of yell leaders with cricket references.

    t1climb1 – i’m pleased to say i didnt have to google that fer de lance reference. having been to Belize and Costa Rica, I’m well acquainted. scipio should have called it a yellow-jawed tommy goff and thrown everyone off.

  34. beowulf said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    Ransom. Muschamp. And Applewhite to a degree.

    This coaching staff gets it.

    Muschamp has the answered the bell each and every week.

  35. South 06 said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    South 08 and Matt all rolled into one – wrong year.

    And I stay out of threads like this. I pop over here now and again for a quick football read. Articles racking us are soothing to the Longhorn soul, but it doesn’t do me any good to read them. I take them too personally.

  36. TaylorTRoom said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Weather forecast shows a chance of thunderstorms. Bad news for us is that we’re a pass-first team. Bad news for the Ags is that they’re a pass-first team.

    I don’t think we will change many voters minds with a butt-whipping. I think a butt-whipping is required to keep the voters we have.

  37. Huckleberry said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    Ransom – I assume you’re putting some money on A&M, then. I mean I’m sure you could get a moneyline in the +3000 range.

  38. Objective Aggie said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Are you sure you didn’t leave a zero out?

    We’re getting rolled and we know it. Enjoy your victory,

    LOVED the write-up. I hate the yellboys with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Laughed my ass off at the cricket reference.

  39. dedfischer said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    A better question I’m debating is whether Texas will cover 35. What’s public opinion around here? I need to make up some money for my venture into ACC football.

  40. p said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    “Muschamp has the answered the bell each and every week.”-Beowulf

    That is what makes me more comfortable this go round. We have held everyone under their average this year. Last year we we had 5 contests where we let our opponent get more than their average. The sad part is that we aren’t talking about potent offenses either Look at this list.

    Ksu averaged 35.2 we gave up 41

    OSU averaged 34.6 we gave up 35

    Tech averaged 41.8 we gave up 43

    A&M averaged 27.9 we gave up 38

    ArSt averaged 32.3 we gave up 34

    This year Muschamp has the kids flying around every week. Do we make mistakes? Sure we do…. but at the end of the day we are getting it done!

  41. Sasha_Is_A_Longhorn_Dog said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

    If anyone can get me alternative lyrics to that damn aggie fight song/war hymn, I’d be very grateful. I’m going to be standing around a bunch of aggies at the game, and I need to be able to sing different lyrics so that I don’t punch them in the face.

  42. Objective Aggie said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 3:53 pm

    That number is likely overinflated due to recent interest in Texas’ chances of getting in the MNC game and their need to earn style points. The line should be a solid touchdown lower under normal circumstances, but I honestly think they will cover barring some catastrophe for the Horns.

  43. austintxusa said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    If we play like you write, OU will appear as barely beating TT.

  44. SlickStreet said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

    “Three years from now, Lufkin taxpayers will be footing the bill to pull drywall out of his trailer and lift him from his gravy-spattered bed with a crane.”

    –HAAAAA!!!!

  45. retrobater said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Scip: Your assessment seems right on. So how did we let those cretins
    prevail the last 2 years? Perhaps a perfect storm of bad coaching and
    an assuming lack of energy on our part. Those elements will not be
    present this year: 66-10 (go ahead and lay the points)… and, we have
    still beat them 7 of last 10 – which is about our overall historical
    winning % against them – 70%.

  46. JR.Ewing.78 said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Wondering what a fer-de-lance is?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_asper

    Check out the picture of the gangrened foot. Shit.

  47. RansomStoddard said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Scip, I know. I’m just working my worry beads because I thought there was no way in hell we lose the last two years.

  48. old blevins said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Sasha,
    When they sing:
    Saw varsity’s horns off
    Saw varsity’s horns off
    Saw varsity’s horns off…Short
    You sing:
    I want my mommy,(sung as a 4 syllable word)
    I want my mommy,
    I want my mommy… Waa

  49. DBH said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    Outstanding, as usual. The prose is funny enough, but we get the photos and captions as an added bonus. Those clowns couldn’t be more goofy if they tried.

  50. jc25 said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    absolutely sick. incredibly funny read. well done. 2 thumbs up. 5 stars. and so on.

  51. ATXHornsFan said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0IdWTJYrHQ

  52. ATXHornsFan said:

    November 25th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

    Excellent. Coinflip between the Javorskie Lane in Lufkin line and the drinking urine conclusion.
    Beat the Hell out of A&M. Hook Em.

  53. Aggie Lurking said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 4:34 am

    How did you get Jamaal Charles to sing the War Hymm?

  54. Brian Combs said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    “Heard is famous for hitting Colt McCoy late and pizza buffets early.”

    I laughed.

  55. He Derso said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 7:47 am

    I’m suprised you didn’t mention marshmallows and bunson burners…there’s a ton of material left out there. Yet, I understand the need to economize. Great funny work, from an Aggie.

  56. The General said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 8:50 am

    Ded,

    The only thing I won’t wager on is a Horns football game and I want to give the points on this one.

    I believe that Muschamp delivers a shutout as a little thank you gift to Mack.

  57. Biased outsider said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 10:20 am

    Are A&M fans always this lame or do they stand in front of the mirror and practice?

    Aggie Lurking: It sounds like you just got out of 1st grade. I am sure you are the valedictorian of this year’s class, so I will see you at the McDonald’s drive thru next week.

    Let the blood bath begin

  58. Bob in Houston said:

    November 26th, 2008 at 11:51 am

    The forecast is for rain. Chance for style points probably reduced.

  59. Art V at in-laws house said:

    November 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am

    If Horns win today and OSU wins on Saturday, doesn’t that assure we play in the MNC? If not, why not?

  60. dick said:

    November 27th, 2008 at 10:33 am

    Tech has a chance to go if voters decide to move them to #1 and drop us to #4 to overcome our lead in the computers. This would take a mass collaborative effort and I would put it at 0.001%

  61. NateHeupel said:

    November 27th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    “If Horns win today and OSU wins on Saturday, doesn’t that assure we play in the MNC? If not, why not?”

    (sigh)

    BECAUSE YOU LOST TO TEXAS TECH. I’m trying to be respectful, but a massive majority of UT fans have forgotten this fact.

    That’s relevant because should Texas Tech win the Big 12 title while OU loses to OSU, voters may suddenly be willing to write off the OU blowout as Tech running into a buzzsaw that no one could’ve gotten through with a victory.

    And guess what, ladies? The #1 argument that Texas fans have been relying on for the last two weeks, “But what about the head-to-head over OU? We won!” will become their worst enemy. “But what about the head-to-head over Texas? We won!” will become the Tech battle cry, and rightfully so.

    If I’ve got to choose between a 12-1 Big 12 champion and an 11-1 Big 12 South runner up, how do I decide? Hmm…did they play each other? They did? Who won? The Big 12 champ won, huh? There’s your #2 BCS team.

    Either OU beats OSU, or UT will enjoy a nice trip to Glendale after Tech kills Mizzou.

  62. p said:

    November 27th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Nate-

    You know what??? Wen don’t care. What we do care about is if the conversation is between Texas and OU, not to forget about what happened when we played. We all know we lost, but it’s about the best way you can lose. On the road, against a solid team, at the last second. Do not forget that is a place OU hasn’t won since 2003. Quite trying to make it like it’s so easy to win in Lubbock. Here are a few facts for you that voters should take a look at.

    1) Texas’ defense is far superior to OU’s. You guys allowed teams like Aggy and KU to score 28 and 31 on you. What happens when you play someone good……..45-35 happens.

    2) Reynolds doesn’t play offense. I am so tired of the “If RR doesn’t get hurt take. Look, It was 21-20 at half. Quit making it like RR is the sole reason you lost. We were right there before he went out.

    The fact is you put up big points, and we play better defense. You beat the Aggs 66-28. We beat the Aggs 49-9. Your score looks better, but ours is the larger margin. The same goes for Kansas.

  63. Callkevin said:

    November 27th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

    Nate, Texas isn’t ignoring it–but both humans and computers are capable of putting the Texas loss to Tech in context. One happened on a neutral field, and the other happened in a road game with a team coming off a 4-game streak as challenging as any ever faced. OU dominated Tech at home and after a bye week.

    Though I certainly don’t think we’re assured of anything should Oklahoma State and Tech win (aside from not being in the B12 Championship game), I do think it likely that the chips would fall out with Texas in the BCS championship game.

    We aren’t likely to drop much, if at all, in the human polls. We may drop a bit in the computers, but at this point Tech’s non-conference schedule hurts bad and beating Baylor won’t help them any more than our beating A&M. If they get a bump for beating Missouri, good for them–but I don’t believe it’ll take them top 2 with the human voters if the other choices include a 1-loss Texas, an undefeated or 1-loss Alabama or Florida, or even a 1-loss USC.

  64. Huckleberry said:

    November 28th, 2008 at 5:43 am

    Nate -

    I’d have no problem with Tech going to Kansas City in that scenario, of course. Although I think you’d be disappointed to know that Tech would probably be an underdog against Missouri.

  65. HenryJames said:

    November 28th, 2008 at 6:19 am

    When did Stephen McGee become such a douche?

  66. Art Vandelay said:

    November 28th, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Nate,

    So your logic is – Head to Head only matters if OU isn’t involved in the discussion?

    (sigh)

    The reality for you is that the Sinners have to beat OSU by a large margin on Saturday, and then you have to pray.

  67. Fat Loss 4 Idiots said:

    November 13th, 2009 at 10:06 am

    I’ve really enjoyed reading your articles. You obviously know what you are talking about! Your site is so easy to navigate too, I’ve bookmarked it in my favourites :-D

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    I am so irritated you guys are so good yet I am rooting for you. Saw the BC/MTM guy predicted you to final four.

    That would be awesome.

    Sic em and shit.

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  • whiskey commented on the blog post Jack Swarbrick Causes Server Meltdown   4 hours, 25 minutes ago

    Nate, I think your argument is pretty solid for the SEC, Big 12 and Pac 10 but not so much on the Big 10. If you look at the 2009 Sagarin strength of sked: ND-37, Ohio St-50, Iowa-41, Penn St-73. Not so sure joining the Big 10 really helps ND’s chances. With

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  • Raoul Duke commented on the blog post All Signs Point to March Madness Expanding to 96 Teams   4 hours, 29 minutes ago

    The NCAA, apparently, could fuck up a soup sandwich. Piss on Myles Brand’s greedy grave.

  • Raoul Duke commented on the blog post Bush Paves the Way for Henderson?   4 hours, 35 minutes ago

    Mr. Bateman – First let me say I’m not trying to be an asshole or pick a fight. This is a great column and great fun to read.

    Re this:

    I think Kiffin’s staff is competent enough, particularly Papa Kiffin (DC), John Baxter (a pretty good ST coach), and Todd McNair is a decent RB

  • bigdukesix commented on the blog post Bush Paves the Way for Henderson?   5 hours, 22 minutes ago

    Kiffin’s father is a great coach, but the rest of that staff isn’t. Orgeron and Kiffin are both good, dirty recruiters and mediocre to poor gameday coaches.

    How important is that in college football? How good of a gameday coach is Mack Brown? Greg Davis?

    Orgeron is actually a damn fine defensive line coach,

  • Tim commented on the blog post NIT Preview – Seton Hall   5 hours, 26 minutes ago

    How much longer to football season?

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  • Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Bush Paves the Way for Henderson?   5 hours, 47 minutes ago

    CTJ,

    Always impassioned. I agree with you that his delay had to do with not being eligible to sign rather than awaiting for the smoke to settle. However, the point is not with motive but with opportunity. Maybe the kid and his family don’t know anything and just trudged along with his planned

  • CloseToJumping commented on the blog post Beat the Barkers NCAA Tourney Bracket   6 hours, 39 minutes ago

    I am angling for the weekend with SizzleChest. I am hoping to channel his evil in the right directions.

  • Casey Heathcott commented on the blog post Want to plant my feet on Rampart Street…   6 hours, 47 minutes ago

    Interesting read by a Kentucky writer: Apparently Kansas and Baylor are the only two teams with a shot at winning it all. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100316/COLUMNISTS01/303160023

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  • Mister Mike commented on the blog post State of the Union – NU Basketball, Part 1 (or Why We Are Where We Are)   7 hours, 6 minutes ago

    I get what you’re saying, but honestly, it’s a cop out. Period. If the AD was to actually commit some resources into building a program, we would be competitive and probably would even give K-State a run for its money. We may never be a KU, but we sure as hell wouldn’t

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  • J Rog commented on the blog post Bienvenidos a Miami: Heat Preview   7 hours, 54 minutes ago

    Totally agree re: RJ. I’m hesitant to shout it from the mountain tops until he does it against a contending team. So far his success has been against 2nd tier teams.

    Ginobili is just incredible to watch right now. Just goes to show how hurt he really must have been last season.

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  • Sancho wrote a new blog post: 2010 Football Schedule Released   7 hours, 58 minutes ago

    09/05/10 at Texas Tech

    09/11/10 vs. UAB * Ford Stadium

    09/18/10 vs. Washington State Ford Stadium

    09/24/10 vs. TCU Ford Stadium

    10/02/10 at Rice * Houston, Texas

    10/09/10 vs. Tulsa * Ford Stadium

    10/16/10 at Navy Annapolis, Md.

    10/23/10 vs. Houston * Ford Stadium

    10/30/10 at Tulane * New Orleans, La.

    11/06/10 at UTEP * El Paso, Texas

    11/20/10 vs. Marshall * Ford Stadium

    11/27/10

  • James commented on the blog post Things To Do While Not Watching OU in the NCAA Tourney   8 hours, 13 minutes ago

    Nate, agreed on the buying players. What does the NCAA do? Oh yeah, you “vacate wins”. I vacated my bowels this morning.

    I was busting your balls on Oklahoma. I have had some good times in some of the surprisingly scenic areas. Also, Maker’s is my poison and who would ever

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  • Burnt Orange Wookiee commented on the blog post Bienvenidos a Miami: Heat Preview   8 hours, 16 minutes ago

    The emergence of RJ being what we thought he would be seems pretty big. Oh, and that Ginobili guy is playing pretty good right now. Seeing Manu be Manu always brings a smile to my face.

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  • Blake Stansbery wrote a new blog post: Arkansas Razorback Football’s Top Six Impact Freshman for 2010   8 hours, 43 minutes ago

    The Arkansas Razorbacks’ 2010 signing class did a good job of filling areas of need and adding size, speed, and talent to Bobby Petrino’s roster.

    The major recruiting services did not rank the Hogs among the top 25 recruiting classes, while the Max Emfinger and Tom Lemmings of the recruiting world did think more highly

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  • Ibas water bottle commented on the blog post All Signs Point to March Madness Expanding to 96 Teams   8 hours, 45 minutes ago

    Somewhere in rehab Sean Sutton is pissed this didn’t happen 4 years ago.

  • Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Bracket Analysis: The Beasts of the East   9 hours, 3 minutes ago

    If the South is a region of guards, the East is a region of men. Large men, that play an old school, physical brand of basketball. Guys like Demarcus Cousins, Kevin Jones, Damion James, Trevor Booker, and Al-Farouq Aminu, put the power in power forward.

    These guys rebound above the rim and

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  • J Rog wrote a new blog post: Reggie Miller is a Bad Man   9 hours, 23 minutes ago

     

    If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend watching ESPN’s latest 30 for 30: Winning Time about the Indiana Pacer’sReggie Miller’s rivalry with the New York Knicks in the early 90’s.  Anyone that can make Spike Lee look stupid is a friend of mine.

    The things that Reggie did to John Starks in those playoff series are

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  • Nordberg commented on the blog post Texas finishes sweep of Iowa   9 hours, 41 minutes ago

    Green and then Workman I’d imagine.

  • J Rog wrote a new blog post: Bienvenidos a Miami: Heat Preview   9 hours, 48 minutes ago

    If we can score, we have a chance.  The Heat are a poor team in a mediocre conference this year and don’t come with a lot of fire power.  The one thing they can do is play defense, holding teams to 95.2 points per game, 5th best in the NBA.  Dorrell Wright returns from a

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  • Nate Heupel commented on the blog post Things To Do While Not Watching OU in the NCAA Tourney   9 hours, 55 minutes ago

    coloradoag:

    First of all, I’ve very seriously thought your proposal #9 over. See: Calipari, John. People don’t seem to care if you buy basketball players. Only if you do it blatantly (USC) or you call/text them too much.

    Oklahoma (outside of Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas) is a lot of fun if you’re

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  • Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Bracket Analysis: The South is a Bear of a Bracket   9 hours, 57 minutes ago

    Ha ha ha ha! It’s Joel Osteen’s world. You just live in it.

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  • admin commented on the blog post Bracket Analysis: The South is a Bear of a Bracket   9 hours, 57 minutes ago

    Ha ha ha ha! It’s Joel Osteen’s world. You just livesin in it.

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  • admin commented on the blog post Bracket Analysis: The South is a Bear of a Bracket   9 hours, 57 minutes ago

    Ha ha ha ha! It’s Joel Osteen’s world. You just live sin in it.

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  • ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Beat the Barkers NCAA Tourney Bracket   10 hours, 4 minutes ago

    I will own that tote bag. And it will hold my porn.

  • James commented on the blog post Bracket Analysis: The South is a Bear of a Bracket   10 hours, 19 minutes ago

    Baylor has the horses to make it to Indy, but Scott Drew is the Mike Gundy of college hoops. He’ll find a way to blow it.

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