Morning Corn Flakes

by 40AS on May 24, 2007 8:15 AM CDT in Texas Longhorns Basketball

As Peter noted on Tuesday (and this morning), he has headed to Europe for a few days and handed us the keys to the palace. We are Jeff and Abram of 40 Acre Sports. If you clicked that link, you just saw a post telling you that we're over here right now. So...sorry about the merry-go-round. But, we are looking forward to next several days here at BON and we hope you'll decide to check us out in the future.

Pitching and defense were but rumors in the Horns' Big XII Tournament opening win against Kansas State yesterday. Augie started Kyle Walker on the hill, and he gave up 4 runs in the top of the second. Joseph Krebs filled in ably from the bullpen, and Texas got one run back in the bottom of the inning. The bottom of the third, however, was when the game ended. The Longhorns sent 15 men to the plate and put up a 10-spot in that frame. K-State did score 6 more in the top of the 8th to pull within 3 at 13-10; but Texas added insult to injury by answering all 6 runs in the bottom half to give you your final score of Texas 19, Kansas State 10. All in all, you've got to be happy with the fact that the Horns are 1-0 in the tournament with all 3 regular weekend starters still available.

On April 30th, Peter mentioned that Jordan Danks was struggling through an atrocious 5-37 slump. We've noticed that since then Danks has gone 12-26 with 6 walks (he only had 1 walk during the slump). If Texas is to go far it will need Danks producing at the top of the lineup, so welcome back Jordan.

Jordan Danks and Texas baseball return to action today at 4:30 PM CST against the #5 seed Texas A&M. The Aggies have now lost 4 straight games and 5 of their last 6. They may need to win their last two games to keep alive any hope to host a regional.

Finally, like Eric Cartman celebrating Scott Tenorman's pain in South Park, we're really enjoying the Celtics completely missing the Durant/Oden boat. Bill Simmons is learning in his latest column that you can't bash Rick Barnes then expect to get his best player.

Speaking of which, as UTFan85 points out in his diary (NOTE: we should really get these for our blog), KD will be joining Team USA in the 2008 Olympics. That ought to considerably improve our odds of avoiding embarrassment in Beijing.

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As a M*sshole I see another

angle to this whole Durant-Simmons karma thing. Seattle* is an incredible city, but it is essentially godforsaken when it comes to being a sports city. The Sonics have lousy tradition, a weak fanbase, and are in very real danger of moving.

Boston, on the other hand, is one of the greatest pro-sports cities in the world, has the greatest pro-basketball tradition in the NBA, and has a fanbase that is absolutely desperate for a savior.

Perhaps all of the Longhorns who rooted for Boston to slide in the lottery to screw Simmons were in fact karmically screwing Durant at the same time.

*Operating under the assumption that Portland takes Oden.

by Old Tex29 on May 24, 2007 3:30 PM CDT reply actions

seattle isn't bad

i wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the sonics as lousy. i'm a huge fan of the supes (from the reignman/glove era) and key arena used to be next to impossible to win at. but now its outdated and since their owner (the starbucks mogul) decided to be a cheapskate, the fans have been turned away. but durant (or oden) could the missing piece to finally getting a stadium built which could get the organization back to the top.

all seattle professional teams seem to get great fan support. i know the seahawks' homefield advantage (that other 12th man) is one of the best in the NFL. don't get so hung up on the fan support that exists in Boston. its not the only great sports city - its just gets all the dang attention.

and with that, i'm am so stoked that the sonics have a chance to get durant. then i won't have to think of him as a longhorn any longer because i really want to like the guy.

by WacArnolds on May 24, 2007 7:18 PM CDT reply actions

Xavier McDaniel

was one of my favorite players as a kid. I had a life size poster on the wall of my bedroom with him dunking the ball. Another poster of him was on my door that said "X-Man Cometh" with him dressed in tough guy clothes.

I've been following the Sonics for a while, in sort of a passive curious semi-fan type way.

Seattle is a great city. Univ of Washington was one of my final two choices to attend coming out of HS. In the end, it was just too far away from family.

I see a vacation to the Pacific northwest in my future.

Cats and dogs sleeping together.

by EYESofBEVO on May 25, 2007 8:37 AM CDT reply actions