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Posted by HenryJames on December 2nd, 2008 under Football, Recruiting
Now is the time to identify whom you think Texas should recruit, and then violently mock those who disagree with you. I’ll start. Anyone who doesn’t think that Jackson Jeffcoat is the best defensive end to come out of Texas in the last 15 years is a cross-dressing Nazi.
College Football, High School Football, Mack Brown Curse, swag
whiskey wrote a new blog post: The week in news- Pariahs, Malcontents and Power Hour 1 minute ago
In the midst of March Madness, St. Patrick’s Day, house guests, nice weather outside and a host of other distractions I still managed to come across quite a few interesting college football stories this week. Here we go.
Mike Leach and Craig James were apparently in the same room this week and nobody wrestled. Bummer. Leach
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srr50 commented on the blog post March Madness Open Thread Part Deaux 13 minutes ago
Anderson finds out what going to the paint is like when there is a big who knows how to defend the low block.
srr50 wrote a new blog post: March Madness Open Thread Part Deaux 22 minutes ago
So far on Day Two, no buzzer beaters, but there was the obligatory #12 over #5 with Cornell thumping Temple 78-65, but the Ivy League school was everyone’s “inside” pick for an upset. Still the day hasn’t come close to generating the action that Thursday had.
Today
#5 Texas A&M 69 #12
Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 47 minutes ago
I wasn’t trying to say they quit. They just didn’t play hard a lot of the time. Lazy = lack of effort. Example, our transition defense was about 75% effort and 25% stupidity. We loafed down court a lot. The kids didn’t like to lose so they would fight back,
Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
This the most disappointing team because our talent level is higher than those others.
The DGib/Buckman team was the least talented, barely, after the injury to LaMarcus and Tucker’s suspension.
Last year’s team was the hardest to watch. Just watching AJ Abrams, who I don’t hate as much as most, run around like a
uthookem commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Agreed on Damo being my favorite Longhorn basketball player, I wish him all the best.
This was definitely the worst, by far.
Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 3 hours, 40 minutes ago
Don’t have time to address each and every comment now, but I wanted to say thanks to everyone for contributing to the site this season. It’s made it a lot of fun to follow a team that’s tough to watch at times.
Also, I wanted to thank you for the kind words as
Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 3 hours, 41 minutes ago
And that’s all she wrote…relatively boring day so far. A&M out to a nice early lead.
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 3 hours, 43 minutes ago
Trips,
Great work all year long. Love the passion. The fact that you kept writing these (even around the birth of a child), is fantastic, shows your commitment, and is a little freaky. :-)
I think you showed great restraint in this post. It would have been easier to “go off” on Barnes.
ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 3 hours, 44 minutes ago
Second awesomest thing — Magnus gets his woman to go to Hooters with him.
Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 3 hours, 51 minutes ago
Missouri going to hang on…
Sconsin clinging to a 2 point cushion
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BrickHorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 4 hours, 4 minutes ago
Are there any women who are not skanks at any place on 1960?
Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 4 hours, 5 minutes ago
Make that a 1 point Wofford lead with 4+ to play…
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 4 hours, 12 minutes ago
Pitt rolling Oakland.
Purdue holds on against Siena…I missed it in my bracket, but I’m actually happy for them.
Missouri pulling away from Clemson (68-60) with 7 to play…knew I should have never bet on Oliver Purnell, even if it was against this Missouri team.
Amazingly, game of the day so far might be Wisco/Wofford – 2
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 4 hours, 15 minutes ago
I ain’t talking about the girls Brick.
BrickHorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 4 hours, 18 minutes ago
The girls don’t wear jorts at Hooters. They dress like Richard Simmons.
ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 4 hours, 20 minutes ago
That, by the way, was the best thing that’s come out of this basketball season. Knowledge of Magnus’ intimate familiarity with the service and cut-off threshold at Hooter’s as compared to BWW3. Hooter’s — worse food at a higher price than a titty bar, served with jean shorts, cheaper beer, and more stretch
Blake Stansbery commented on the blog post Arkansas Razorback Football Spring Practice Preview: Running Backs 4 hours, 45 minutes ago
Who thinks that one back could step up and be the go to this year?
I still think it is going to be a by committee approach, but someone could separate themselves this spring. You just never know.
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Nickel Rover wrote a new blog post: Barnes worst team 5 hours, 40 minutes ago
Basketball:
Texas lost to Wake Forest in the first round last night. Trips Right somehow found the inner strength to do a final post-mortem where he also prescribes a month of defensive drills for baby 2010-11 Texas basketball in order to foster its development into a team that can at least dribble towards the basket.
PeterBean was
Trips Right commented on the blog post Weekly Whispers 3/17/2010: Duke and Kentucky Do the Chomping 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
BigAaron, it’s what Ballerjunkie has been hearing in his circles. The information is certainly not an opinion, but what is out there at this time.
We’ll have more on a weekly basis.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 6 hours, 2 minutes ago
BiH,
I actually agree with you. I think the charge and missing the two FTs earlier got in his head a bit. Also, he passed to Mason on the possession earlier which I didn’t think made sense. Mason had his pass knocked out of bounds, thankfully, but it seemed strange to me when
P.Drez commented on the blog post Champions League Draw 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
Inter got the team everyone wanted, which will more than likely set up a great semifinal against Barcelona. I believe Mourinho will be putting everything into the Champs League now, even if it means sacrificing Serie A.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Lucky 6 hours, 9 minutes ago
Great stuff, Ted.
Interesting discussion this has sparked about Calahan.
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gingerballs commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 6 hours, 26 minutes ago
Hearing Murray Hewitt’s voice never gets old…even if the commercials could use his comedic talent much better.
Cornell is impressive, Temple got fucked with them as a 12.
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D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 6 hours, 27 minutes ago
Turn off the sound and watch the replay of Johnson’s setup and motion shooting the free throws. They never had a chance of going in. After the first one, he sighs heavily, looks up at the ceiling (?), moves his feet nervously and generally gives off the body language of wishing the earth
Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Baylor v. Sam Houston State Preview 6 hours, 45 minutes ago
Memes by definition are to be shared.
Congrats. Udoh is a beast. Rooting for you guys, strangely.
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D W commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 7 hours, 22 minutes ago
Trips, thanks for all your posts this season. I don’t always agree with you but that is sort of the point of a blog isn’t it? Your assesments are usually well-written, informative and fair and where else can you find those qualities?
As for the team, I watched a loose, confident and
texasengr commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 7 hours, 38 minutes ago
Why didn’t we call a time out after Wake hit the go ahead jumper?
The clock would have been reset to ~1.5 seconds. Wouldn’t the ball have been advanced to half-court? Or was that rule changed?
Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 7 hours, 43 minutes ago
If AB can get inside the top 15 or so, he should go. If he can’t, then he should come back. He’s got a lot of warts on his game, but a lot to build on as well…..
Blake Stansbery wrote a new blog post: Arkansas Razorback Football Spring Practice Preview: Running Backs 7 hours, 46 minutes ago
The Arkansas Razorbacks spring practices are creeping up and are officially set to begin Tuesday March 30th. This is a first part in a series of articles over the following days leading up to March 30th highlighting position battles to watch in the spring.
It is by now well known that the Razorbacks will be without
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Nordberg said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Jerry Scarbrough has a massive mancrush on D.J. Jones. He has him listed above Seastrunk.
And he thinks we can get both of them now. Just imagine a group of those two, plus Whaley, Fozzy, and Cody Johnson… all running sideways…
dedfischer said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:18 am
Looks like everyone west of I-35 sucks next year.
Facebook User said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
Consider them buried treasure!
Groundhog Day said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
Jerry has become extremely partial the last few years. This is the same guy who said Ramonce would be a better fit at Texas than Adrian Peterson. Give me a break. What will he say when the sooners get McFarland? He also doesn’t rank Sheppard as high as he should be rated.
dedfischer said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
Wait a minute…I saw a McCoy on there. Graham counts. There’s got to be a Wichita Falls dude on there somewhere. No Abileners?
dedfischer said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 am
Someone needs to post the AAS All Big 12 team, so we can rip that thing apart. It baffles me that a stiff like Sean Weatherspoon makes the 1st team at LB for the last two years. Rylan Reed made the 1st team and he’s not even Tech’s best lineman. Plus, there’s 3 left tackles. I guess we’ll have to play an unbalanced set. Is Kindle really a LB?
dick said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Does Killeen count?
It’s a shame that all the Lufkin folks seem dissapointed in McFarland. His recruitment is all we have to look forward to this January. I’ll go on ahead and keep pretending its a life or death decision.
HenryJames said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
There were a handful of Dallas guys in the pressbox in Waco on Saturday who had seen Jones play. The consensus opinion was that he was solidly built and productive, but he didn’t do anything to wow you.
dedfischer said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:03 am
I also noticed the AAS wants to roll with 7 safeties and 1 corner. Good luck with that.
Vasherized said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:08 am
Could Jerry be getting a little senile in his old age?
We have a good shot to land at least seven out of that top 10.
I’m particularly enamoured with Ahmad Dixon and Corey Nelson.
Nice list from Billy Bragg & Wilco or whatever they call themselves over there.
Ag_in_TX said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:10 am
They have Eric Waters (TE, 6-3, 215, 4.7), Mansfield Summit, listed as #111. That’s too high.
The next time he runs a 4.7 40, I’ll have screaming monkeys come flying out of my ass.
Stuck in MN said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:45 am
Go home Tim, you’re drunk.
exuLt said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:02 am
A 6-5, 285, 5.1 OLB at #6 just begs the question. Several, maybe.
HenryJames said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
Typo. Dude’s an OT.
bgood2texas said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Zach Lee=baseball
Nordberg said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
I think the Darrell Scott ordeal completely turned me off recruiting. Oh I still know their names and have seen their highlights, but I have no idea which way McFarland is leaning. Same with Kennard, Jarvis Jones, the CB from Alabama whose name escapes me, etc.
RichUT said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Nordberg,
Just to make it easy on you, we’re not getting any of those dudes. We might get AJ Dugat. Rex Burkhead could still be a possibility.
That’s it.
The Source said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Dre Kirkpatrick – cb from Alabama
Stuck in MN said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
2 Conroe Tigers in the top 125- Holla. This may be the most talented team they’ve had since a certain slow, unathletic tight end was with them back in the 80’s (And, no, I’m not talking about Brad Hoelting, he went to McCullough).
dasmithjones said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
“Jerry Scarbrough has a massive mancrush on D.J. Jones. He has him listed above Seastrunk.
And he thinks we can get both of them now. Just imagine a group of those two, plus Whaley, Fozzy, and Cody Johnson… all running sideways…”
Nordberg: Also imagine a run blocking scheme that is properly designed, practiced and implemented!
Groundhog Day said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Again, the fact that we can’t get McFarland is truly mystifying.
mysterious package said:
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Were not getting any? Wtf? No more white guys like Rex b. I’ve seen enough through hideon and Brock landers. Why are we whiffing on the five stars again ? Mus needs to step it up then he is not off to a good start if we can’t get one of those guys.