Barking Carnival

Coverage of the 2009 Fiesta Bowl from Scipio Tex. Post Game 1) Thoughts upon arrival in Glendale. 2) Musings on game flavor. 3) Post-mortem on defense. 4) Post-mortem on offense and special teams. Pre Game 1) Ohio State's defense led by Laurinaitis 2) Ohio State's offense led by media-shy newcomer and non-Vince Young replicant Terrelle Pryor 3) Some thoughts on who the restful layoff favors 4) A contest naming the nascent Ohio State dual QB package

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

"Gideon also missed the tackle on Herron's TD run, but I really wonder whether the defensive coaches instructed the players to let them score the TD. Because with the little amount of time left on the clock, if Gideon makes that tackle, then we lose the Fiesta Bowl. "Missing" that tackle was the only thing that allowed us the time to come back and win it."

Offense A great Longhorn points to Tim Tebow's father Quan Cosby was sensational and my Game MVP. 14 catches, 171 yards, 2 TDs, physical blocking that created Colt's TD run, the game winning score. There's something deeply satisfying about seeing a quality guy enjoy success. I admire him precisely for his imperfections as a player. When a guy with projected combine grades that scream 5th round can

Thoughts on OSU O This was the best game Ohio State played all year. This Buckeye offense did not exist in the September blowout loss to USC or, to a lesser degree, in the November loss to Penn State. A healthy #28 was a load and he has sweet feet for such a big man, but when Muckelroy rang his bell in the 4th, I think Wells got spooked and decided to declare

Best told in vignettes An Oklahoma fan decked out in crimson with a goatee and the leathery skin of an oil field services worker, with the obligatory Marlboro stains on his fingers and teeth, spends the entire pre-game sprinting around the stadium concourse pointing to his national championship game participation t-shirt and screaming Boomer Sooner. We seem him make at least three passes. He's so ridiculously stupid that even the Ohio State fans

Arrival This game was a business trip. No extended stay, no spa holiday, no trips to Sedona or Scottsdale to satisfy the demands of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. This was a trip about football and everything I did was built around that. The Fiesta Bowl is uniquely structured to facilitate that clarity of purpose. Landing in Phoenix is like plopping down in a dusty isolation tank: desert mountain landscapes interspersed with

Texas and Ohio State put on a show last night, and FOX Sports was a major beneficiary. The Longhorns last-minute win over the Buckeyes will probably turn out to be the third highest-rated BCS Bowl game since Fox took over the rights. Quan's dramatic finish helped produced an overnight rating over three ratings points higher than the 8.4 overnight rating pulled by West Virginia's upset of OU in the 2008 Fiesta Bowl. Last night’s

Sometimes in football, you play poorly and look bad because of it. Sometimes, you play a real quality opponent that makes you look bad, even though you played well. For the Texas Longhorns, Monday's Fiesta Bowl game with the Ohio State Buckeyes was a combination game, a contest in which the Longhorns played fairly poorly in an ugly first half that almost miraculously ended with Ohio State leading by only 6-3, and then struggled to

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