Barking Carnival

ChrisApplewhite's post about mean aggressors incited some existential dilemmas that have me questioning everything today. Then I read the usa-mexico futbol thread again and everything became whole. Now I feel like Keanu Reeves in Little Buddha. Whoa. Thank Tebow college football is back. As HenryJames already mentioned in his Day 4 recap of neatly codified links to entirely outsourced content, many different conclusions can be drawn from the

Chris Applewhite's excellent Regression to the Mean piece got me off of my ass to type a half dozen words in the google search box. After wiping off my brow and the pool of sweat on my keyboard I pulled up the 2008 Collegiate Football Turnover Margin rankings. Most of you probably knew this already, but Texas ended up tied for 47th. (Keep in mind I've had a busy summer consisting

Sort of. Maybe. In other words, you might see the vaunted Wrecking Crew make a return to the gridiron this Fall. But nothing is guaranteed -- the Shermanator is just hoping it comes back. Here is Fightin’ Texas Aggies Head Men’s American Football Coach Mike Sherman, attempting to be optimistic and relevant, against all odds: The Wrecking Crew may or may not return this Fall. Luckily for the Aggies, this clip can't be embedded but here is

The five BCS Bowls averaged about a ratings point higher than 2008, despite the fact the the Orange Bowl turned in the lowest TV ratings in BCS history. The other four BCS bowl games all saw increases, with the Texas win over Ohio State making the biggest jump with a 35% increase. Meanwhile game attendance was down in 3 of the 5 BCS contests. Here is a breakdown of the BCS Championship Series. A quick

Seen in the Tulsa Airport gift shop the day before the championship game.

October 7, 2006 Texas 28 OU 10 September 9, 2007 Colorado 27 OU 24 January 8, 2009 Florida 24 OU 14

and the phrase ends there, right?

Raise your hand if you're a one loss team that beat OU on a neutral field by 10 points. Congrats to the Gators and Christ-figure Tim Tebow.

Many ratings systems are based on the idea that a sports team's (or athlete's) performance is normally distributed about their true strength. This true strength is estimated, then, to be the mean of the normal distribution and is what the system will spit out as the team's final rating. This idea that a team has a true strength around which their performances are normally distributed is both logical and convenient for

When it comes to watching the National Championship game this Thursday night, Longhorn DC Will Muschamp falls firmly in line the with our own CloseToJumping, who deeply believes that there is NEVER, NEVER, NEVER any reason for a Longhorn to root for a Sooner win. Muschamp is quoted on the Dallas Morning News website "I'm not rooting for them," Muschamp said. "I might watch the game but I'm not rooting, I guarantee you that.".

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Decoding Day Four

Some Quick Thoughts on Turnover Margin

It’s Baaaaaack!

BCS TV Ratings Up: Attendance Down

Tulsa Airport Gift Shop: “Dewey Defeats Truman!”

Waaaahhh!

When you’re right you’re right . . .

Florida Is #1

The Pros and Cons of Being a Consistent Football Team

Will Muschamp Gets It

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