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- Katy High has now won six state championships in its history, five since 1995. Southlake Carrol has gotten tons and tons of attention for its incredible record in three different classifications over the last 15 years, and deservedly so. But Katy’s record is almost as impressive, and five championships in 14 years ranks them among the five or so best programs in the state’s history.
- I can’t help but be amazed that there are still Longhorn fans out there longing for the signing of Russell Shepherd instead of Garrett Gilbert. All Gilbert has done is lead his team to 30 consecutive wins, two straight state championships, and rewrite the record book for quarterbacks in the state of Texas. Gilbert is the most impressive HS quarterback I’ve ever seen in person, a kid who is ready to play at the next level today. If Colt McCoy weren’t coming back for his senior season, I have no doubt that Gilbert would immediately step in as the team’s starting quarterback. He is almost certainly the most talented recruit Texas has ever brought in at the QB position, in terms of being ready to play at the next level immediately, and yet we still have fans questioning the wisdom of his recruitment. Amazing.
- Boy, do the Cowboys suck, or what? All the focus following the game was on Romo and his idiotic INTs in the first half, and that attention was deserved. But seriously, can anyone out there remember a team locked in a battle to make the playoffs that gives up back-to-back rushing TDs that cover a total of 159 yards? I mean, everybody in the freaking stadium knew who was going to get the ball on those two plays, and the runner was barely even touched on either of them. You can blame a lot on Romo, but you can’t blame him for that.
- I have seen a color announcer who can give Dave Lapham a run for his money in terms of rank annoyance, and his name is Deion Sanders. Good lord.
- Ok, you’re Gary Kubiak, your team is down by 11 with a little more than half a quarter left to play. You have a 4th and a few inches at the Raiders’ five yard line. Make those few inches against one of the 3 or 4 worst teams in the NFL, and you have four downs to make five yards at get within 4. So what do you do? You throw the ball into the endzone. Incomplete. Game and season over. I guess he must have been channeling his inner Mackovic, and didn’t have the QB sneak in the game plan.
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ursa major commented on the blog post Why The 1994 Goodwill Games Might Be A Sign of Things To Come ago
I’d like to think that Ken Starr is Hans, the benevolent hockey shop owner.
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James commented on the blog post Sending Aggies to the NFL ago
JJ is listed in most people’s Top 5 quarterbacks for the 2011 Draft. Ideal size, mobile. His accuracy has also improved dramatically. While Sherman runs a ton out of the shotgun, it is still a semblance of a pro offense.
Hell, McGee got drafted after a couple years of being a running back
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Huckleberry commented on the blog post That Silly Away Goals Rule ago
That’s quite a stretch to view the away goals rule as a harkening to the territorial origins of the game. The game is now split between matches taking place entirely in one town or the other.
The rule is a bad one, IMO. You don’t even have to take it to its logical extreme
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Roscoe wrote a new blog post: Why The 1994 Goodwill Games Might Be A Sign of Things To Come ago
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Real Humiliation: Los Galacticos Ousted 7 minutes ago
Ronaldo = Johnny Weir.
Nothing pleases me more than watching Real Madrid lose. Except watching Chelsea lose. But whatever, I won’t quibble. I loved it.
Truth is truth. You can’t just flat-out buy an entire team of super-stars. There is only one ball to go around.
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ursa major wrote a new blog post: Baylor v. Texas – Preview 33 minutes ago
Baylor hasn’t beaten Texas three times in the same season since 1981-82. Can we break that streak tonight?
Rather than some esoteric discussion of the relative merits of each team, I think it’s relevant to do a quick look at the stats from our first two matchups.
Baylor 80, @Texas 77 (OT)
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James wrote a new blog post: Sending Aggies to the NFL 47 minutes ago
A&M had its pro day this week and it was a damning reminder of where the exiled regime left this program. Not one A&M football player was invited to the 2010 NFL Combine. Pro day featured a depressing cluster of Fran recruits clinging to the dream of earning a living in the NFL.
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ursa major commented on the blog post Colt McCoy: Smarter Than An Apostle, Dumber Than An Okie 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
I got a 50. Thanks Larry Sager!
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P.Drez commented on the blog post Real Humiliation: Los Galacticos Ousted 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
His hair really is getting ridiculous… he’s having a case of the Beckhams.
As far as his play, he just couldn’t take over the match like we’ve seen him do, but his supply was weak as well, with Higuain missing his late runs to the far post multiple times. He found space, but wasn’t
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BatesHorn commented on the blog post Colt McCoy: Smarter Than An Apostle, Dumber Than An Okie 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
35 while ignoring a conference call with some corporate types in Delaware.
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J Rog wrote a new blog post: Stretch Run 2 hours, 20 minutes ago
If the season ended today, the Spurs would be in a tie for the 7th seed in the Western Conference with the Portland Trailblazers. With the Grizzlies only 3.5 games back, there is not much room for error down the stretch. And unfortunately, there are a lot of land mines ahead.
The Spurs have 20 games left
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P.Drez wrote a new blog post: Real Humiliation: Los Galacticos Ousted 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
Over $300 million spent, zero improvement. Real Madrid brought in two world players of the year to usher in a new Galactico era and win the European title, but it was Lyon’s committed teamwork and diligent defending that sees the French champions through to the quarterfinals.
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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: Quick Preview of Today’s Big East Tournament Action 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
Georgetown vs. Syracuse.
The battle of bitter Big Beast rivals. Ronnie Seikaly vs. Patrick Ewing. Stevie Thompson vs. Reggie Williams. Pearl Washington vs. Michael Jackson. Now Wes Johnson vs. Greg Monroe.Syracuse is coming off of an embarrassing loss at Louisville and solidify its claim to a national 1 seed. Georgetown is
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czarcw commented on the blog post If A Stopwatch Clicks In The Woods… 3 hours, 20 minutes ago
I’ll comment on that game. The Ags didn’t quit because, unlike their customary curb-stomping against K-State and OU, they actually had some early success where they scored on a broken coverage. Secondly, no doubt, Jerrod Johnson was on fire. If he plays like that every game next year, the Ags are going to be tough
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James commented on the blog post Big XII Day 2 – Preview 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
Page is actually a Smurf
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 3 hours, 38 minutes ago
“Man, it’s really just a dream come true to commit to Texas,” Diggs told Hamilton. “I’ve grown up watching the Texas Longhorns and have loved those guys my whole life. Of course, my brother is a Texas Longhorn playing in the NFL and I love being around all the guys that have played at Texas
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Drew Dunlevie commented on the blog post Top 8 Seed Round Robin: The One Seeds 3 hours, 56 minutes ago
Was talking with Kevin yesterday and I think he likes Kansas the best of the 1’s but has a different favorite to cut down the nets in Indy…
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hodad commented on the blog post Mack’s practice thoughts 4 hours, 16 minutes ago
“The impending lack of depth at corner along with an ability to cover a slot receiver could earn him a spot next year as the starting nickel when Aaron Williams leaves us for a huge payday after stomping through the Big 12 next year like Sasquatch through the mosh pit of a Green Day show.”
This
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hodad commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 4 hours, 22 minutes ago
Mike Davis and Darius White play a position that Texas has up to five of on the field on any given play. Malcolm Brown and Hershel Sims play a position That UT that hasn’t had more than one of on the field since the early 80’s.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Top 8 Seed Round Robin: The One Seeds 4 hours, 35 minutes ago
So it looks like you’re leaning Kansas. I like where your head’s at.
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hodad commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 4 hours, 56 minutes ago
Even with the great class we’ve already signed I’m going to be really worried if Malcolm Brown doesn’t come to the 40 acres. Expecting more than one of the elite four in the state is just hubris. Why would a kid come and compete with another one of the elite four when he
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Blues commented on the blog post Colt McCoy: Smarter Than An Apostle, Dumber Than An Okie 5 hours, 6 minutes ago
“Bradford was able to do so well by having one eye concerned with the question he was currently answering while having his other eye pre-read the next one.”
If they ever do a movie of Richard Pryor’s “Mudbone” stories, Bradford can play “Cockeyed Junior.”
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 5 hours, 7 minutes ago
I vote we now increase our concern about landing a stud running back?
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Ag_in_TX wrote a new blog post: Big XII Day 2 – Preview 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
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Blues commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Iowa State: Post-Mortem 5 hours, 14 minutes ago
I watched this game out of the corner of my eye and avoided live threads. I think I helped the team and my blood pressure. Thanks for re-capping the finer points I missed by letting go.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big XII Tourney: Day One 5 hours, 21 minutes ago
Agreed. I think people forget that to be a 6 seed you have to be one of the best 24 teams in the country. That’s not Missouri.
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Blues commented on the blog post Mack’s practice thoughts 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Nice thoughts, Rover.
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James commented on the blog post Big XII Tourney: Day Two 5 hours, 33 minutes ago
Good previews.
I think you guys coast to a double digit win over Tech.
We should be able to guard Corn better than Mizzou did thus giving them tougher shots.
The evening games should be good viewing. I like Okie Lite in the upset over K-State. I also think the Baylor guards guide the Bears to
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Magnificent Bastard commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 5 hours, 37 minutes ago
sizzle’s hands are permanently chapped and raw.
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BatesHorn commented on the blog post Our long national nightmare is over 5 hours, 38 minutes ago
Well, the San Francisco connection is strong here, so…….
If I had to guess, they wanted to take one more look at the numbers, expected attrition, etc, and make sure they had all their numbers locked down before they offered, which the first week of Spring Practice would help them suss out, and they probably told
srr50 said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:26 am
When asked last week if the Romo-Witten-Owens soap opera was a distraction, Jerry Jones essentially said,
“Oh no,we love it. This is why I have the press on our plane and why they have offices at our complex. We don’t mind the notoriety.”
That’s all you need to know about the Cowboy’s mess.
BRAGGonUT said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 am
Most people wanted both Shepard and Gilbert; not either/or.
EyesOfTX said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 am
Bragg: that’s true, but apparently the coaches ended up with a choice of either/or, whether they wanted to or not. Gilbert was willing to commit early, Shepherd was not. Gilbert is ready to start for a major college team at QB today, Shepherd isn’t remotely there. All I’m saying is that the coaches made the right call, given the circumstances they faced.
Viper said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:56 am
well srr50, you’ll notice there was no “soap opera” leading up to the game on Sat and look what happened. I’m not saying, I’m just saying.
An Ag coach is what an Ag coach is said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 am
Regarding the Texans’ buffoonery:
It was third down and inches on the previous play. They called a pass play on that down too.
Huckleberry said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 6:59 am
I’ve gotten to where I pay no attention to number of state titles in Texas high school football. There are too many. 10 state champions every year? Silly.
Katy won the 5A-lite title this year. Division 1 was vastly superior to Division 2. Sometimes it’s the other way around.
And I would favor Lake Travis over every other team in the state if they played another game.
Levander Williams said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:16 am
Back at you:
- I’ve been encouraged by the reports that Gilbert can run the ball with some credibility. He’ll need that skill set to be successful in GD’s offensive scheme. The additional benefit is that he’ll likely (hopefully) pass up John Chiles on the depth chart and we won’t have to deal with this “Q Package” crap any longer.
- The Cowboys are a mess – not to the Oakland Raiders level, but they’re trying. I believe that Wade Phillips will be sent packing in the off-season. It will be interesting to see whether Jerry Jones can restrain himself and his son from meddling in the teams day-to-day affairs.
- Speaking of…Jerry Jones is a tacky, preening, redneck head-case, so it should be no surprise that he would choose to add attention-getting malcontents like T.O. to the roster. Perhaps if he worked a little harder to break free of coverage and get open, Romo would throw the ball to him more than three times per game.
- I’m not a big fan of Roy Williams, either, and I don’t give a damn whether he played for Texas or not. My God, man…quit doing a happy dance every time that you make a catch and gain four yards for a first down.
Levander Williams said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:21 am
On Kubiak – he really needs to pare down his responsibilities. He has mishandled replay appeals, wasted time-outs in critical situations, flubbed PAT calls (1 vs. 2), and generally forgotten that Steve Slayton has turned out to be a damn fine running back while continuing to be infatuated with the pass.
It’s no secret that the Texans played a whole lot better on offense during the last month after they quit trying to pass every down and only give carries to retreads like Ahman Green.
Dave Lapham said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 am
Keep your eyes on this guy here, Eyes: they call me “Lapham” because I lap ‘em on the way to the finish line.
I mean, I’ve been announcing too long to get suckered into a reply like this.
That’s what veterans do for you–they’re veterans.
Seriously, from our broadcasting family to your house, Eyes, we want to wish you a very Merry Christmas . . . and that’s from the bottom of our broadcasters’ hearts.
huge said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
hindsight is 20/20
if either of those passes are completed, its considered a great call.
it was funny though, on 4th, it appeared if they had handed off instead of faked the run, the first down and probably a touchdown would have been the result
Black Scholes said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 am
No one should ever channel their inner Mackovic.
Unless you’re building a wine cellar.
JDLooneyII said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Jerry Jones has fallen into the trap of managing earnings at the expense of the nurturing and maintaining the brand. You see that every now and then.
An Ag coach is what an Ag coach is said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:27 am
huge,
The calls still would have been stupid even if the passes had been completed.
You can sometimes complete/execute stupid plays to a positive outcome; it doesn’t change the fact that they are stupid calls.
jmo
10isgod said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Not only did Katy win in the much weaker Div. II they were overall not a very good team this year. In the second game of their season they got blown out 47-0. I know that teams can improve over the course of the season but when you lose 3 games against teams that are not that great then win a championship some questions need to be asked.
Mysterious Package said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Westlake had the highest winning percentage of any team in the 90’s state or national. Also they won 56 strait district games I believe. They suck now but damn that was an impressive run as well.
Orange90 said:
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
As good as Westlake’s run was, they did benefit from playing in a district that was easily in the bottom third of the state in terms of difficulty.
Mad Dog's Perineum said:
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 am
RE: Houston Texans–Who is their Offensive Coordinator, and how did he get that job?
Huckleberry said:
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:20 am
Westlake had the highest winning percentage of any team in the 90’s state or national. Also they won 56 strait district games I believe. They suck now but damn that was an impressive run as well.
And they still haven’t made it out of the second round in Region II. Right AugieBall?
They just pick on the AISD schools, the big meanies.
As for the highest winning percentage in the nation in the 1990s, I find that hard to believe considering De La Salle in California won every game they played in the 1992-99 seasons.
Mysterious Package said:
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Yeah but their district is full of light weights…