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Posted by Trips Right on December 2nd, 2008 under Football
Stoops CO-coach of the year with Leach? No Muckleroy? John Cooper Olineman of the Year? Seriously.
Scipio will have more on this later.
dedfischer builds a team here: The Tortilla Retort’s All Big XII Team
Big 12, Bob Stoops is mandible challenged, College Football, Traveshamockery
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 37 minutes ago
Thanks, dick. Interesting perspective.
dick commented on the blog post The Definitive Bracket: 63 Guaranteed Winners! 1 hour, 1 minute ago
KB,
You are going to be too smart for your own good. A common fault amongst Bracket makers. There’s a reason why the 55 year old admins win 80% of these things every year.
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dick commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
“which impresses me since I know he didn’t hear the podcast.”
You shouldn’t be, after reading both guys over the past year, KB knows more about basketball and gambling than Millman does and it’s not even close.
A little warning about Chad Millman. I was pretty excited when I heard that ESPN hired a
Luke wrote a new blog post: Some perspective for a generation of Wildcats 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
Kansas State is beginning the NCAA tournament as a #2 seed with legitimate final four hopes (just ask the president) in less than 24 hours.
I’m going to need a moment to admire that sentence…….
OK, I’m good.
As the anticipation has built over the last few days, I’m sure I’m not the only one who has taken
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whiskey wrote a new blog post: Chalk Talk: The ND 3-4 Transition Part I- Expectations 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Welcome to the first of what I hope will be many installments of “Chalk Talk” with LB Coach. I am excited to introduce LB Coach as a new contributor to One Foot Down. LB Coach has a significant amount of experience playing football at Notre Dame and on the professional level. He also has a
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dick commented on the blog post Early NCAA Tournament Bets 1 hour, 46 minutes ago
I’ll post all of my first day games tonight.
srr50 wrote a new blog post: Now THAT’S Taking One For The Team 4 hours, 7 minutes ago
Aggie Corp with “Squeeze Army?”
POSERS
Texas Tech forward Darko Cohadarevic doesn’t just talk the talk — he walks the walk.
Tuesday night Tech faced Seton Hall in a first round NIT contest. With the game tied at 10, Seton Hall forward Herb Pope delivered two below-the-belt blows to Cohadarevic.
After Pope was ejected, Tech went on
Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 5 hours, 50 minutes ago
Louisville has a great chance if Jerry Smith is healthy.
Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Final Four Prediction 5 hours, 51 minutes ago
Good team that took number 1 seeded Louisville to the wire in last year’s tournament. Start 3 seniors and two juniors, very athletic. Solid pass first point guard. Their leading scorer was player of the year in the conference.
Good club that plays multiple defenses.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
I just took Baylor going to the Elite 8. It’s a crazy mixed up world we live in.
Is it just me, or does it pain anyone else to not be able to determine who is going to beat Duke early? It’s bound to happen, but who will it be?
Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Final Four Prediction 6 hours, 19 minutes ago
By “we” I meant the Horns. Kevin, why should I take Siena over A&M?
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Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 6 hours, 33 minutes ago
colorado ag, Utah State is as athletic as Nebraska. You’ll be fine as long as they don’t go 16 for 31 from three.
Siena, on the other hand, is going to beat you like you stole something. Maybe not, but the Saints should win.
Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 6 hours, 36 minutes ago
Great article Scipio. Also, thanks for the dime.
Looking at the Tournament futures market, Vegas is telling us what they think about Onuaku’s health. The Orangemen have the easiest region and road to the fianl four, yet they’re +700 to win it all, while UK and Kansas, teams with much tougher roads, are +250
Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Final Four Prediction 6 hours, 41 minutes ago
My brackets are pretty much locked down except the South. Can’t get myself to take Baylor, and Duke doesn’t feel right. Nobody seems to be high on Nova. It’s all about the Big East and Big 12 this year.
It’s a crying shame we suck so bad. We are in a good
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James commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 6 hours, 52 minutes ago
Scip, like a peaceful Indian in the 1800’s, I never trust a Mormon that can shoot. Utah State has me worried.
If we escape the first weekend, things get very interesting with a potential Sweet 16 match-up with Duke. Ugly up the game and guard like hell on the perimeter in front of a
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 7 hours, 22 minutes ago
CJD -
Possibly. However, I’m telling you – the beauty of these intergame lines is that when you see that all-too-familiar big early game lead that you know will evaporate down the stretch as soon as the team starts regressing to their 3 point shooting mean, there’s some money to be made.
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 7 hours, 24 minutes ago
uthookem-
I’d say you have your priorities straight.
colorado -
Anytime. How far do you think the Aggies go? A lot of people think Utah State is the most dangerous pure shooting team in the tournament.
uthookem commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 7 hours, 34 minutes ago
Last year in Vegas, Friday morning, stumble to the line at 8:30 to make my bets, put $20 on a four-team parlay on the four 9:00 am games, nailed it! Three of the four games’ spread was determined in the final 0:30. Walked away with $220.
Yeah, so what if that is the only
James commented on the blog post Sending Aggies to the NFL 7 hours, 35 minutes ago
Jordan, all just wild, premature conjecture. I’d hedge that only a third of that 2013 list ever makes an NFL roster. It is picking which third that is the tough part.
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James commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 7 hours, 38 minutes ago
Very interesting piece. These games can’t start soon enough. Thanks, Scip.
Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Final Four Prediction 7 hours, 48 minutes ago
I have:
Syracuse
Kansas
West Virginia
BaylorThese will all likely change 3-4 times before tomorrow morning.
I don’t have as high an opinion of Ohio State as you do. Evan Turner is fantastic, but I don’t like their odds of taking down Georgetown and KU back-to-back.
Baylor scares me. They have no idea what
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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Final Four Prediction 7 hours, 52 minutes ago
Arinze Onuaku’s injury has forced me to turn this year’s bracket prediction into a “Multiple Endings” story. Don’t get me wrong, we’re not hyper-geeks playing Dungeons and Dragons here. We may be wasting billions of dollars in worker productivity, but we’re not killing Orcs with plus 10 vorpal swords of magic.
So, in
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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: The Definitive Bracket: 63 Guaranteed Winners! 7 hours, 57 minutes ago
But only if you call now! I’ve gone 85 percent against the numba for the last two decades!! So picking straight up winners is, bada-boom bada-bing, easy! Only Sammy “the nose” Pistachio and Billy “buttercups” Birmingham can approach this many winnaz! It’s ridiculoso, hermoso!!
Call now and we’ll throw in an opening round N-I-T super-dupa live dog
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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Making it Official: Tighter Officiating’s Effect on the Tournament 7 hours, 58 minutes ago
Awesome write up.
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Scipio Tex wrote a new blog post: Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 8 hours, 5 minutes ago
So I’m listening to Bill Simmons’ podcast and he has on Chad Millman, Vegas Insider. Basically, Chad’s job is to interact with the guys who set the line, professional gamblers, sharps, and wise guys. He had some interesting comments about the tournament:
By the end of the year, markets are fairly efficient as
Bob Jones commented on the blog post Math… Everyone’s favorite subject 8 hours, 56 minutes ago
As a Baylor fan I loathe math: it’s either inexorably against us or when favorable, completely inapplicable.
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Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Making it Official: Tighter Officiating’s Effect on the Tournament 9 hours, 38 minutes ago
Should have that up soon, ts.
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Nate Heupel wrote a new blog post: Oklahoma Sooners – Recruiting So Far 9 hours, 38 minutes ago
I was reading a thread on OUInsider whining about how a beat writer for a UT website seemed to favoring UT recruits. Get the hell out of here with that nonsense. Next, you’re going to tell me that Oklahoma sports media coverage is slanted towards OU.
While Ketchum’s rankings seemed to be
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J Rog commented on the blog post March Mad(nba)ess! 9 hours, 44 minutes ago
EVERYTHING would be different. Great post!
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James commented on the blog post Two Loops & A Hooey – Herm Edwards Edition 9 hours, 46 minutes ago
ha, nice Tim burn.
I was wondering where you went Ded. I got sick of looking at the same article everyday for 2 weeks. I’ve been up to Taos a few times this season, but it’s not that far from ABQ. I am absolutely convinced that everyone in Texas has been to Angel
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Dunstan Pearl said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:24 pm
So Baylor has the same number of first team All Big 12 players as UT? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
hphorn said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:28 pm
So John Cooper gets Offensive Lineman of the Year, yet he’s on the 2nd team? WTF.
kevwun said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:35 pm
This conference hates us. We should return the favor and destroy it.
SoonerSpy said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Gundy deserves the Coach of the Year.
Since there are 14 on offense anyway it seems Shipley deserves a first team mention. He has had a great year although it is hard to argue with Maclin, Bryant, and Crabtree
Looks as if MB was right, Bradford does have more weapons.
shockthenation said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:43 pm
“This conference hates us. We should return the favor and destroy it.”
No kidding. The Big Eight revisited would get Dave Lapham every week for the marquee game.
Hippie Killer said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
If the conference hates us, why the fuck are we holding back on our opponents?
We need to make these fuckers FEEL us. Put it in their mouth and make them taste us. Time for absolute ass-whoopins across the board and leave no doubt whatsoever.
Nordberg said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
“No kidding. The Big Eight revisited would get Dave Lapham every week for the marquee game.”
Indeed, a fate worse than death.
ATXHornsFan said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Was Dave Lapham Big XII Color Commentator of the year? And if not, why? That honor would go well with the Coach of the Year picks.
bgood2texas said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm
I hope to goodness Mack goes Urban Meyer vs Georgia style on Stoops next to year. Like time outs in fourth quarter to add to score, the whole nine. What a prick
RomaVicta said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
I see Harry Dean Stanton behind the wire at the drive-in theater talking to his boys for the last time. Instead of “Take dead solid aim” or “Consistently Good to be Great” we should make next year’s slogan;
AVENGE ME!
No fucking prisoners. Napalm every field we play on. Then napalm them again. Let God sort ‘em out.
RomaVicta said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Second suggestion for the slogan:
Ain’t nobody giving us a gottdam thing.
Current Student said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:10 am
Slogan: “Every play counts.”
Seriously. If there was any season where this was most true, it’s this season.
Levander Williams said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:14 am
First missing out on the championship game, now this? It’s as if the voters compiled their ballots in August, stuck them in a drawer and are just now pulling them out to drop in the mail.
What a joke. Fuck this fucking piece of shit conference. And their crappy TV deals.
The General said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:09 am
Slogan: “Leave no doubt!”
Turk 182 said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:00 am
OU fan.
Brown deserved coach of the year.
Hippie Killer said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:16 am
Slogan: “Run up the fucking score!”
or
“Screw sportsmanship against teams who refuse to reciprocate!”
The Dude said:
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 am
Turk 182
December 3, 2008 at 8:00 am
OU fan.
Brown deserved coach of the year.
That’s just like, your opinion, man.
TaylorTRoom said:
December 4th, 2008 at 4:40 am
Funny thing-
In 2003, OU had nine All-B12 players, and Texas had four (just like this year). OU won the RRS that year 65 – 13. In 2005, Texas had nine All-B12 players and OU had five. Texas won the RRS 45 – 12. This year, like 2003, OU leads in All-B12 players over Texas 9 – 4, but Texas won 45 – 35. Wow. The whole at Texas is greater than the sum of the parts. At OU this year, it’s the other way around.