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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
There is no question as to why Baylor is favored to beat Texas tonight – they are two teams on completely different paths since January, and Baylor is coming off perhaps its most impressive win of the year, the dunk-filled dismantling of Texas on Saturday. A Baylor fan should feel confident about tonight’s game, how
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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)
Baylor: 28-64 (43.8% FG), 3-12
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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.
Not sure what Ronaldo’s doing here, but we do know
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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, 31 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, 37 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, 15 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, 21 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, 6 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
So – one for four yesterday is about par for me. In fact, it reminds me of the time my wife was taking note of my picks for a given weekend. I told her I had studied trends, noted injuries, and done all my research. She told me: “Perhaps you should keep
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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, 32 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, 36 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, 37 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
Scipio Tex said:
May 8th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Thanks, man. Great tribute.
Black Scholes said:
May 8th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Lou Maysel, nice.
That lineup from the Ft. Worth Press is ridiculous.
Nice writeup, srr.
Bob in Houston said:
May 8th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
srr speaks the truth.
SlickStreet said:
May 8th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
very nice, brother
Longhorn in Canada said:
May 8th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Dandy Don learned something from Gary and the rest of the old print sportswriters: telling it like you saw it. Long before most of you young whippersnappers were born, I used to love hearing him sing “Turn out the lights, the party’s over” when a turnover or other big play made it obvious that the final outcome was decided. You could tell how much it pissed off Cosell and Gifford, who had the task of trying to convince the viewers to stay tuned, because the outcome of the game was really still in doubt. Meredith was never wrong, as far as I remember. Then again, I’m old and semi-senile, so what the hell do I know?
Texoz said:
May 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Good stuff, srr50.
The trend of sports writing and literature in general is not a good one.
Nothing against blogs, twitter, et al, but the medium of the internet discourages the process of sharpening the knife.
Rapid-fire observations work for stand up comedy, slam poetry, or twittering, but not so much for securing indelible memories. Truly creative writers can elevate their topic into mythic proportions.
My uncle, Dave Marr, worked in broadcast (golf) and was friends with that motley Ft. Worth bunch, especially Dan Jenkins. As a youngster during the 70s I spent a lot of time hanging out with my uncle and I was fortunate enough to hear some wickedly clever discussions he had with Dan. It’s been a long time, but I think Bud was there a few times as well. If your wit wasn’t sharp, you were in deep shit with that group.
Back in 1997 my uncle passed away. I can imagine him now at the pearly gates greeting Bud with a stiff drink and his typical sarcasm, “Bud, what took you so long?”
Facebook User said:
May 8th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Any native Texan should read The Borderland. Any Longhorn fan should read Bootlegger’s Boy.
HenryJames said:
May 9th, 2009 at 4:42 am
Shrake and Cartwright wrote about Vince Young for Texas Monthly after Texas won the national championship. You have to register on TM’s site to read it, but it’s worth it.
Nobis60 said:
May 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am
That issue of TM still sits on my coffee table, as much for the richness of that article as for the cover photo.
Phil Stroud said:
May 9th, 2009 at 10:28 am
SR, I second the endorsement of The Borderland. It should not be missed.
Steve, great stuff. Thanks. Thanks also for the find on the old SI Lemons article. That brought back some great memories.
ponderos said:
May 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
It comes in threes and we just got the third in Austin: Stephen Bruton passed.
Poodie Locke
Bud Shrake
Stephen Bruton
wow.
Vasherized said:
May 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
A movie needs to be made about these guys.
TXinDC said:
May 9th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Three great memorials from a Texas writer who had experiences with all 3 of the men mentioned by ponderos here.
Joe Nick Patoski
ponderos said:
May 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
Thanks for that link, TX.
I was driving past Poodie’s last night just as Willie’s tour bus was trying to navigate the small parking lot that was already overflowing. Traffic was blocked from going westbound, but I don’t think anybody cared.
Texoz said:
May 14th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Bud Shrake is remembered by Frank Deford.
Facebook User said:
May 14th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
And Bill Little.