Barking Carnival

Where: Glendale, AZ When: January 4th, 7:00 Central on ESPN Line History: Opened at 7 and has bounced between 7 and 7.5 since the open. Total is 54.5. Trips Rights' Blind Line: I made TCU a 10 point favorite.

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

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

Ohio State is good at everything we are bad at. It sucks that it wasn't a media seducing blowout, and that Colt is following Brett Farve's career path (he's in the lose-it-for-you-no-win-it-for-you phase), but as cynical as I normally am I don't think I could be more pleased.

This is the companion piece to my Ohio State Defensive Preview. Ohio State Offense Ohi-O on the hot seat Ohio State's offense is three yards and a cloud of musk. It's a playful body spray that smells like 3rd and 4; a cologne called Bleak Industrial Town that offers a hint of freshly cut grass, burning ottomans, and lugnuts. The numbers - 28.2 ppg and 339 yards

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