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SI’s top fifty prospects for the NFL draft

Posted by HenryJames on February 24th, 2009 under Football

Dedfischer over at the Tortilla Retort has a post up about Sports Illustrated's Top 50 prospects for the NFL draft and the Big 12 players contained therein. After overcoming my initial anger that the Report isn't a review site for Tex Mex restaurants, I read the article. Before adding my thoughts though, I'll let you get a glimpse of behind the scenes magic here at the BarkingCarnival media empire. Actual email exchange below. Ripley: Great
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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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Crabtree is eligible

Posted by BRAGGonUT on August 29th, 2008 under Football

Yesterday's rumors of a possible violation by All American Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree seemed to be much ado about nothing.
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Could Crabtree Start in the UT Secondary?

Posted by dedfischer on August 14th, 2008 under Football

Good read. I hadn't heard this one before: The Space Between I guess Montre Webber and Philip Payne were higher on the UT big board. To save you some time of reading the whole article: "He grew up to be the Wing-T high school QB who, when Texas recruiters asked him about playing defense for the Longhorns, waved them off and said,
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How legit is Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree?

Posted by HenryJames on October 12th, 2007 under Football

Texas Tech freshman receiver Michael Crabtree is on pace to set NCAA single season records for receptions, yards and touchdowns. The guy has been unstoppable thus far.

I know what you're going to say. 'He plays for Tech. He's a product of the system.' Yes and no. Tech generally has two types of receivers. The smaller quicker inside guys (Welker and Amendola) and the bigger slower outside receivers (Hicks and