Barking Carnival

Before anyone decides to rip me to shreds for saying "nice things" when folks are in the middle of a great ranting period, allow me to point out that I'm generally pretty critical of the Horns. I'm a huge fan--far too involved, or I wouldn't be posting my thoughts on an internet site--but I tend to focus on flaws rather than positives. Today, however, I've decided that I've read enough whining (I mean

I noticed some things I found interesting. Perhaps you will as well. 73 total polls, 1503 teams listed: 1936-61 (20 teams ranked) 1962-67 (10 teams ranked) 1968-88 (20 teams ranked) 1989-current (25 teams ranked) 1) FBS Teams without a single final poll appearance: Akron, Ark St, Ball St, Buffalo, Central Florida, Central Michigan, UConn, Eastern Michigan, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Idaho, Kent, ULL, ULM, LA-Tech, Memphis, Middle Tennessee St, Nevada Las-Vegas, Nevada-Reno, New Mexico, North Texas, Northern Illinois, San Jose

I think it might be. Seems to have happened for me. Helped to realize that the two years out of the past 25 that he was NOT directly a part of the Miami team were 1989 & 1990, meaning I can't cast much blame for the most miserable game I've ever attended on his shoulders (Baylor beating the snot out of us at home was close). Truthfully, I think Randy Shannon is a tremendous coach, and

I googled the first five words of the post title and up popped a link to a movie starring Shia LaBeouf and another link to a book about the 1958 NFL Championship game. Horse-Puckey. Add Texas as a sixth word and google gets it right. The talent that night went far beyond VY vs Reggie. I don't have a great historical perspective how it compares with other championship games, as I don't have

The General called me lazy. I deeply resemble that remark. No doubt, lists are easier than writing creatively, but we can’t all be Scipio, so I’ll continue to regurgitate data like HAL on acid. As of 9/10/2009: 1) There were 1,696 active roster players in the NFL. 2) 37 of those 1,696 players are Texas Longhorns (in 2003, there were 18). 3) In 2003, there were 31 college teams with more active NFL talent. Today, there are

The UT SID Staff has done a great job of documenting Colt’s career in their gameday notes—the Wyoming notes are here (13 career, 12 single-season, five single-game, six freshman and six miscellaneous marks) - See below. Here’s what jumped out to me. Career: 1) Career wins: Colt is at 33, three ahead of VY (30). My informal research showed that's top 20 all-time, and two more puts him in the top 10; three more is top 5.

If you asked a random group of 100 college football fans who reached 200 wins at an earlier age among Bear Bryant, Bobby Bowden, Woody Hayes, Joe Paterno, Lou Holtz, and Mack Brown, how many do you think would guess correctly? There’s an obvious reason why, but I’ll just enjoy the answer for now. After the 1997 season, we were in a tie for 4th on wins (59 from 1st), and 6th on win

I can’t quite justify spending $40 to watch Texas pay ULM on Saturday. $20, sure, but somehow $40 for a game whose outcome better not be in doubt seems unreasonable. Living here in Indiana forces one to make those kinds of decisions. Is it a no-brainer for the rest of you not able to attend the game live? I’m watching last night’s Craig Ferguson, typing a Barking Carnival Post, and “working.” Home

Let's look at what Colt McCoy has done in his first (almost) three years as the starting quarterback at the University of Texas. We'll skip all the "intangible" talk, and go right to the numbers, beginning with his freshman year. 1) Freshman Passing TD's, season: Colt had 29, setting a national mark; next-best UT freshman (the Major) had 18. After that you drop to Shea Morenz (13), then James Brown (12), then Mark Murdock (10). Vince

When I noticed that Colt was moving into elite company with his 30th win, I became curious about College Football's QB's with the most wins. There's no established source for this that I'm aware of. The NCAA tried a brief experiment with including winningest QB's in their record book a few years back, but didn't get participation from all of the member schools and dropped it. I put together this list with

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