Morning Coffee

by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2007 8:57 AM CDT in Quick Hits

Today we all try to move on. For some, that will be much harder than others. Let us all try to appreciate the sanctity of life and cherish our loved ones. May God bless the extended Virginia Tech family.

As first noted by hodad in the Diaries, Vince Young will do a dance with the Madden cover curse this fall. The makers of the wildly popular video game have decided to put the Titans' star quarterback, who made the Pro Bowl in his rookie season, on the cover of their 2008 game. As TexasGal wisely notes, though, Vince hasn't had any trouble snapping streaks throughout his career. He put away USC's 34 game winning streak a month after appearing on the cover of the December 5, 2005 Sports Illustrated. It's going to take a lot more than a curse to slow down Vincent Paul Young, Jr.

ESPN's Chad Ford gives five reasons ($) why Durant should be the NBA's #1 draft pick. I guess I like the fifth one the best: He has the greatest chance to be Michael Jordan since Michael Jordan. Writes Ford:

At his size and with his unique skill set, he's capable of doing things no one in the NBA is able to do. He's driven. He's relentless. And some folks (including those at Nike) believe he has the potential to be the MJ-style face of the game in ways LeBron, Kobe and others have not quite done.

The last time we had a similar draft dilemma was in 1984, when everyone believed that Hakeem Olajuwon, not Jordan, was the best prospect. No one can fault the Rockets for taking Olajuwon No. 1 -- he won two NBA titles and is considered one of the five greatest centers of all time.

But MJ brought six titles home to the Bulls and is considered the greatest ever to play the game.

You may recall the top ten Rice baseball team coming to Austin in late March for a Tuesday evening contest at the Disch. The 'Horns won that game 6-4, and now the two teams will play game two of the series - this time in Houston. The Owls and Longhorns take the diamond tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Reckling Park. The game will be broadcast on CSTV as well as the Texas Longhorns Radio Network. Austin Wood (4-0, 3.88) will start for Texas; Chris Kelley (1-2, 4.04) will start for Rice.

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"He remembers when he was the guy from North Carolina, wrong accent, wrong pedigree, who showed up here trying to tell Texans about football. He knows he sat in this same office nine years ago suddenly realizing this was a daunting challenge because here in Austin, politics weren't relegated to over at the state capitol. He recalls all those losses to Oklahoma that had people calling for his job.

He leans forward in an easy chair in his office. Behind him is a big window overlooking stadium expansion in one end zone. To the right an Earl Campbell framed jersey hangs on the wall. In front sits a Heisman Trophy on a coffee table.

He has a high-powered, preseason top-10 team finishing up spring practice and those 18 recruits already in the bag.

He can't really fake it. Early evaluations are now his biggest concern?

"It's a good problem to have," he smiles."

Mack Has A Problem

Officially a Limey Longhorn

by patienthornsfan on Apr 17, 2007 9:53 AM CDT reply actions

Why

Are there still some people who feel that the sky is falling on the recruiting side of things this year?

by Wells on Apr 17, 2007 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions

because

They're not happy unless they can bitch about something...so they make shit up.

by Jason Mayer on Apr 17, 2007 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions

Grrr

Another blasted pay-to-read article (Durant). If you must continue to link to these, at least give us an excerpt that covers your main point.

by Caradoc on Apr 17, 2007 10:51 AM CDT reply actions

check your email.

by Wells on Apr 17, 2007 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions

Whoops

I didn't notice it was Insider.

Apologies.

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by Peter Bean on Apr 17, 2007 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions

I am tired of people using MJ

for ANY kind of analogy in Basketball. There is no comparison between KD and Oden vs Jordan and Hakeem. That is just stupid.

Compare him to Garnett, Kobe, even LeBron. Don't use Jordan. I didn't read the article, for I am not an Insider, but I am just sick of this in general.

Jordan is like the universal fallback analogy because everything about him was so extreme.

"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese

by SwimTexas on Apr 17, 2007 12:51 PM CDT reply actions

Until there is someone better

he will be the standard bearer for greatness.
Much like Gretzky in Hockey.
Or like Nicklaus in Golf, although Tiger is replacing him in many of these conversations.

by Wells on Apr 17, 2007 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions