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Some Quick Thoughts on Turnover Margin

Posted by Trips Right on August 13th, 2009 under Football

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
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12th Man of the Day

Posted by Vasherized on July 2nd, 2009 under Uncategorized

In what I hope will become a re-occurring tribute to our drooling cousins in College Station, today we bring you BC's first honorary 12th Man of the Day, Judge Richard Posner. Idoit, I Am. Other than merely looking like an Aggie, The Poz has no affiliations to A&M other than thinking like one. Which makes his stacks of degrees from Yale, Harvard, Chicago, and a bunch of other smart learning institutions
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Muschamp Unplugged Mother%()*$*$!

Posted by Vasherized on June 17th, 2009 under Football

Forgive the brief foray into Texas Football. I know it's anathema to the strict offseason diet we stick to here at Barking Carnival but I had a chance to attend the most recent Frank Denius lecture series at the UT Club this week where the guest was none other than our defensive coordinator, head coach in waiting, and all around bad ass, Will Muschamp. I'm no
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I Hope Rhett Bomar Has a Long NFL Career

Posted by Trips Right on May 15th, 2009 under Football

For Longhorn fan he's the gift that keeps on giving. And if you're a crimson and cream flunky, Rhett's the scarlet letter serving as a constant reminder of OU's history of illegal inducements, transgressions, and general asshattery that is the hallmark of Sooner nation. If the New York football Giants fitted Bomar's helmet with a mobile home logo it would be less embarassing to this outlaw program than interviews like these. Allow me
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Berry Tramel Calls Out Stoops for Chaisson

Posted by Trips Right on May 13th, 2009 under Football

A great article this morning from one of the few potentially sane people in the Sooner state when it comes to the Chaisson fiasco. I congratulate Mr. Tramel (he of the Bullfeathers episode) for telling it like it is and calling a sociopath a sociopath. As HenryJames pointed out, this screw driver wielding Don Juan is available ladies. To step up Justin's game with campus coeds, I predict the sweet
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Baby Boomers: “An Audience That Has Assets, Not Allowances”

Posted by srr50 on April 20th, 2009 under Uncategorized

Well here we are, inhabiting this Brave New Digital World, full of Blogoshpheres, Plugins, Links, RSS feeds, trackbacks, pingbacks, and a different brand of new media every week to help Gen X keep its ADHD addled minds abreast of every new technical wizardry that comes down the test tube. Of course Barking Carnival seemlessly slid down that tube and is firmly entrenched in our Burnt Orange Corner of the World. And we can thank the Gen Xers
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Muschamp Opines Pre-Spring Game

Posted by Scipio Tex on April 2nd, 2009 under Football

I speak coach. Happy to translate for you. As always, all of this stuff is freely and publically available on Texassports.com. Will Muschamp: On what he expects out of the defense on Sunday: Any time you walk on the field, you want to compete and play well. We're looking to shut the offense out. Our kids need to play hard and execute what we're
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Defending Tech

Posted by Scipio Tex on October 28th, 2008 under

My intent is go a bit beyond "tackle well!" and "get pressure!" and "hit hard!" as the remedies for stopping Tech. Those three things are all absolutely true, but I'm going to assume them as a given. One of the things I appreciate about Muschamp is his practicality in addressing an opponent's offense. Many coordinators invest their ego in statistics or a certain philosophy (hi Gene!) and that doesn't serve you
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Stats are for losers

Posted by BRAGGonUT on October 20th, 2008 under Football

"Stats are for losers," Muschamp said. "I like winning games." While I tend to agree with Muschamp on almost everything (like the the sun rising in the West and that the earth is flat), I do take exception with the stats part. I, too, like to win games. I like digging into the stats – see the college fantasy football obsession or playing rotisserie baseball when it required the Monday USA Today sports
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RoundTable RoundUp

Posted by Scipio Tex on October 6th, 2008 under Football

MGoBlog's Brian Cook has masterminded a scheme so clever that its best expression could only occur in the Oxbridge accent of a Bond villain. However, instead of threatening you with piranha nipple clamps and a plot to take over world financial markets (too late), MGoBlog brings together whoever is available the elites of the blogosphere and intermingles their rankings like polygamist's children in the weekly Top 25 beauty contest known as