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J’Covan Brown to Begin Classes

Posted by Trips Right on June 2nd, 2009 under Basketball

It looks like Brown is going to play this fall pending any surprise j'clearinghouse issues as he's reportedly starting classes at Texas on June 9th according to a report
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Just In Time For Offseason

Posted by Scipio Tex on April 22nd, 2009 under

Barking Carnival's Henry James summons The Tortilla Retort's Dedfischer to his lair. Learning ensues and a football rivalry is healed. a h/t to EDSBS for the heads up.
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If I had a conversation with a sooner basketball fan…

Posted by Trips Right on February 21st, 2009 under Uncategorized

This is how it would probably go. Me: Man, that Blake Griffin is something else. We'll have to double and hope for the best. sooner: Blake Griffin's fucking good man, you can't single him, or he'll destroy you. Me: Yeah, that's why I said we're going to have to double him. sooner: Blake Griffin passes out of double teams and his cutting teammates are fucking awesome when they're cutting to the
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Scipio’s 2008 All-Big 12 Team: Defense

Posted by Scipio Tex on December 3rd, 2008 under Uncategorized

When coaches (ahem, SIDs) select these teams, there's an understanding that they will reward seniors and program guys. They'll even ask their colleagues who they should vote for to reward "the right guys" on their team. That's how Jon Cooper - a bottom of the top 20 O-lineman - is awarded OL of the year. If you played high school football and shook your head at some of the All-District selections,
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Here come the Tacklin’ Baptists

Posted by Doperbo on November 5th, 2008 under

Raise your hand if you've seen more than a quarter of Baylor football this season. Yeah, me neither. Hopefully some of our NCAA fantasy football geeks who have been paying closer attention can fill us in, since other than Art Briles and Robert Griffin I'm hard pressed to name anyone on the squad. I think Briles plays cornerback. That's guesswork on my part. I also must admit I've always liked Baylor, in that non-threatening demure
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Liveblogging the Mack Brown press conference

Posted by Doperbo on October 27th, 2008 under Football

I got in late, didn’t hear the opening question. Based on the length of the monologue it must have been a doozy. Okay, just checked, it was “Good morning.” Here’s the last part of the response: … feel like it’s a really fun time. It’s a neat deal for college football and for the kids, and it’s really special for a home crowd that was a record here for attendance and that’s really fun. I
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Your Week 3 Big 12 Weekend

Posted by Scipio Tex on October 17th, 2008 under Uncategorized

I am currently 8-4 ATS. This is solid work, explicable by basic probability theory. The law of large numbers will catch up with me soon and I'll be unmasked for the fraud I am. Until then, let's live the lie together, shall we? Kansas @ Oklahoma (-19.5) Will Bob Stoops allow a post-Texas hangover? Will he link Venables' headset to a random ham radio frequency and tell his players to disregard his
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Quick Scouting Report on Texas Basketball Newcomers

Posted by Trips Right on October 11th, 2008 under Basketball

I know it's football, football, football the week of ou, but with the recent commit from Jordan Hamilton and his other brother Jordan Hamilton , I thought it would be a good time to get an unbiased, straight talk assessment. So naturally, I called up my AAU coaching friend to get an unwashed scouting report on Texas' talented newcomers. For those who missed it, this cat isn't all that enamored with
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Jordan Hamilton commits to Texas

Posted by HenryJames on October 9th, 2008 under Basketball

Forward Jordan Hamilton of Los Angeles Dominguez committed to Texas today. Huge pickup. He's ranked #5 in Rivals 150 for 2009, and Texas already has commits from #8 Avery Bradley and #64 Shawn Williams. Rick Barnes is putting together a monster class.