Burnt Orange Nation

Boobie's got a boo-boo

rmsbuta — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05:43 -0000

Daniel Gibson is out of Cleveland's line up as a result of a seperated shoulder. It's too bad for both he and the Cavs as he was a bright spot for the team in last year's Finals run. It looks like they'll need some magic to keep from being eliminated by the Celtics on Friday. On a side note, does LeBron always refer to himself in the third person?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3397791

Mack and JoePa

PSUhorn — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:52:11 -0000

Obviously, i'm a Longhorn fan, and I have a ton of respect for Mack, as a football coach and a person. I also currently go to Penn State, and JoePa has really grown on me. His house is right near the law school, and I see him pretty frequently leaving his house - he never fails to wave and flash a smile.

Point being, I read that JoePa was flying to Austin on Friday to have dinner with Mack (in the espn article about Joe going to the hospital yesterday). I have heard random tidbits here and there over the years about how they were friends, but was wondering if some of you could shed some light on their relationship. Did they coach together at some point? Just mutual respect between great coaches?

08' football upgrades

Longhorns84 — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:27:39 -0000

I personally think the Texas football will be better at positions in which players decided to go pro. I know the defense will be better without some the past starters (Killabrew, Derry, Jackson, etc.) and a great defensive coordinator.

RB- Jamal Charles has great talent, but I think the current RB's fit much better in the system. Jamal Charles dances around too much, and doesn't hit the holes hard. Jamal took away his best attribute (speed) by not hitting the holes, which put defenses at the same speed as him or faster.

TE- I think J. Finley was more of a me type player. Blaine Irby will be a better team oriented type TE, and reminds me of David Thomas. I remember watching both players at the Baylor game last year, and Blaine Irby really impressed me. He was trying to pump the crowd up the entire game on the sideline, while J. Finley was lounging on the bench in between series (not into the game at all). Irby also has some good plays throughout the season.

LB-I don't have to say anything here. We all know we will improve greatly this year here!

DB-S- Texas has some of the best young DB's and S's in the country. We will improve here eventually, hopegully by the time we play ou.

Calvin Howell commits

Sunkist — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:21:43 -0000

It looks like another solid commitment for the 2009 class! Does anyone think this could affect Jamarkus' decision? I know we're pretty thin at DT so it might not but please let me know if you have any information.

Also, are we completely out of the running for Russell Shepard? It seems as though we are...and if so, who, besides Jarmarkus, are our main remaining targets? I'm not even sure what we need because we are cleaning up shop in a lot of areas with this class! I think we definitely need another DT.

The Blind Side and the Bell Curve

fasterhornkillkill — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:26:02 -0000

Michael Lewis' incredible college football book The Blind Side tells the amazing true story of professional footballs talent search for someone capable of blocking Lawrence Taylor. This search leads to inner city Memphis, where an incredibly athletically gifted young man who has been in and out of foster care and from the most difficult possible of circumstances improbably gets the opportunity to attend a private school and is adopted by a wealthy family. If Michael can get eligible to play college football, he will probably earn millions protecting the quarterback's blind side in the NFL.

The Blind Side is put into the context of the debate over IQ and education reform here:

http://jaypgreene.com/2008/05/10/charles-murray-vs-michael-oher/

Orakpo Representing!

screaminhorn — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:30:52 -0000

Last season, we saw the rise of the South Florida Bulls and with their success came alot of exposure. I remember many of us being a little bothered that they adopted our hand sign \m/ as their own. As awesome as it was (and is) to see everybody throwing up their horns, they need to be reminded that their hand sign looks more like the "i love you" sign in sign language. Let's hope Orakpo got a chance to educate his fellow Playboy All-American after this picture. Hook 'em!!

OT: Wilco at Stubb's

Jason Mayer — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:20:05 -0000

Anyone here at the Wilco show last night at Stubb's? Probably the best I've seen them, and the varied setlists they have been trotting out have been incredible...pulling equally from all of their albums and reworking some of the older classics.

I had to drive back to Fort Worth after the show, so I'll be missing their second performance tonight. I would highly suggest to anyone that they try to find tickets.

Search Function To Save Wells' Life

PB @ BON — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:03:24 -0000

The tech guys finished the new search system for BON and it. is. sweet.

Wells, this will save your life. Probably your marriage, too.

Among the new capabilities:

- Improved UI: clean, open search page designed for ease of scanning results and to quickly find what you're looking for

- Comments are searchable again

- With one search you can view the number of results for all content: front-page stories, FanPost, FanShots and comments. One click to view those results.

- Relevant excerpts with highlighted keyword matches are displayed with very result

- You can sort by date or by relevancy

- Pages for matching players, events and teams, including quick links to stats, rosters, news and schedule are displayed in results

- Power search allows you to fine tune your query, show more results per page and filter your search by user or date

- Easily increase the scope of your search by including results from the league or the entire SB Nation network with the tabs at the top

- If you're looking for something posted by a particular user, just click their name anywhere on the network and use the search box on their profile to automatically filter results by their name.

The Players: A Lesson in Karma

burntorangenance — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:53:24 -0000

Mother's Day is a lovely day for golf...on TV. I could not get out on the course myself on Sunday as I was cooking brunch for my lovely wife. Instead, I tuned into television coverage of The Players Championship. About ten minutes before Paul Goydos teed off, they aired an interview betwixt the defeated once-leader and our favorite 'little fella' of sports broadcasting: Bob Costas. I could immediately sense a great deal of over-confidence from Goydos. His interview demeanor belied his beleif that he had this thing wrapped up.

Anyway, his matter-of-fact smart-ass remarks about the course and his game-plan planted a seed of doom, as we witnessed him 1.) Blow his lead and very-possible win in regulation by choking on a donkey dong on 18. So we go to playoff hole one (17th, very short) and he 2.) Double-Bogies.

Paul Goydos, a real jackass, sealed his own fate by being a primmadonna with Costas before his round.

Oh yeah, nice collar-less, lime-green jersey. Real classy.

Have a nice week.

New Mt. Rushmore idea...

UTrumbo — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:51:27 -0000

top tv-summer-offseason television shows to watch.

1. Deadliest Catch (ive become addicted after this mother's day marathon)

2. Top Chef (you can add hell's kitchen here, if you'd rather dumb line cooking down)

3. The Soup (the show that puts reality television in its place)

4. The Office Reruns

5. 30Rock Reruns

6. Verminators (dale from king of the hill was given a documentary. nuff said)

7. Renting the better british comedies i.e. Peep Show

8. MLB

edit: i know thats eight, but its to get things started.

Texas now preseason #8...

UTrumbo — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:45:46 -0000

not that it means anything, but I feel its a bit high despite Muschamp.

heres the post:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3388100

I will be incredibly surprised if we make it past TTech this year. I know tech is always the "we'll see, we'll see" and then diving into the inevitable disappointment, but this is the year we dont have Leach's number.

then again, if we can find a tailback and a decent flanker....

Deny on!!!

hookemkp — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:47:06 -0000

ESPN reports a possible violation of O.J. Mayo accepting money, a flat screen TV, clothes, etc.

What Tim Floyd and USC said about this incident is flat out hilarious...First, they claim that Mayo is a poor kid from Virginia (to borrow Pat Forde's words, a misunderstood eagle scout!!) who couldnt even afford a large cell phone bill. Yet, when Mayo received a TV, clothes, and other stuff, they didn't know such practices was going on.

First, Bush then mayo. It seems denying about every wrong doing is the policy of USC athletics and USC should change its motto to "Deny on!!"

ESPN Story

VY redshirted, JC didn't...

owenh — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:51:51 -0000

A lot of us have criticized Chiles passing ability (or lack there of) as a true freshman. VY had a whole year to get into the system, Chiles didn't. How much does a redshirt year help as far as quarterbacking I wonder. Also, did Chiles have a strong arm in HS and just hasn't shown it, or is he too raw for anyone to know yet?

Also, we talk a lot about how bad a passer Chiles is, but we tend to forget how mediocre the passing game was as a whole (receivers, O-line, playcalling) in 2007. Would VY have torn it up like he did when he debuted had he been given a shaky O-line, and decent but not explosive receivers?

VY had Benson, Roy williams, Limas Sweed, a veteran O-line throughout his career. All Chiles has gotten to work with is Mcgee (good, but unproven), freshman and true freshman receivers, a lousy o-line and every other play called is a draw or handoff.

I guess what I'm asking for, aside from general comments is your current opinion regarding Chiles. Can he be good, great, dare I say Vince Young-esque? okay, forget the last part, nobody will ever be VY.

insidetexas.com

bbcc07 — Sun, 11 May 2008 04:44:10 -0000

What's the latest with Cedric Benson's arrest? What about John Chiles and the incident he had to deal with? Which relatively unheralded players have impressed teammates in workouts? Plus, the Horns are picking up another 2008 football recruit and it won't cost them a scholarship. And what's the latest with basketball recruiting? All that and much more in a jam-packed edition of the Inside Scoop!

will somebody fill me in on the bold parts?

Even Notre Dame Fans admit UT rocks

ma tt — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:17:30 -0000

Check out the 4:03 mark:

Yeah, baby! Flashing the Horns! Hook 'em!

Wies is running his mouth again and the video above caught him saying, "To hell with Michigan" Them fightin' words...

I also never heard the endorsement Bo Schembechler made in 2006 about the Wolverines playing the Fighting Irish:"We don't need Notre Dame. They need us more than we need them. Hell, we're playing all these Big Ten teams. When Penn State came into the league, then we should do everything we can to get this Notre Dame series over with. Now that's the way I feel. I would rather have an intersectional game than a Midwest game. Play Southern Cal. I don't care. Play Texas ... somebody like that. But not Notre Dame."

We should start a collection of all the various celebrities, movies, concerts, videos, etc. proclaiming UT supremacy.

Chicago Tribune Gets First Picture of Ced's Boat Party

the1austin — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:50:01 -0000

The Chicago Tribune has yet another account of what really happened on Cedric Benson's boat at Devil's Cove. That's Ced on the left, and his mom is in the middle of the group in the front. The article has some accounts from those on board and others on the lake that generally agree with Benson's story.

The Big Lead also has a discussion on the emergence of the picture, which seems to focus mostly on "Who's the girl in the white?"

via img148.imageshack.us

Mancrush: Time to open up BONers

GoHorns — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:59:42 -0000

All of us have a mancrush on someone. Don't deny it, you know you do. Who is it?

This morning, on Mike and Mike (ESPN radio, bleh), it was mentioned that Derek Jeter has been romantically liked to 6 of the Maxim Hot 100 (I'm at work, no link). I have to say: Shortstop for the Yankees (even though I hate the Yankees), Bachelor in a jungle of women (though the majority aren't up to par with Texas Women), and then there's the whole 6% of the MH100, I may be developing a mancrush on Derek Jeter.

But I have to say, that Sherrod Harris is my Longhorn Mancrush. Dude is just cool. I haven't met him, but every single person that I've heard that has, says he is an awesome person. I truly hope nothing but the best for that young man. If he succeeds on the gridiron, I may just shed a tear for him. Much love, Sherrod. Keep up the great work and making The University of Texas fanbase proud to call you a Horn.

Point, Texas

patienthornsfan — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:51:40 -0000

The University of Texas has been selected as a host site for one of the Regional rounds of the 2008 NCAA volleyball championships for the second time in three years. This is a testament to both the quality of the program of late and the great support of the fans. Regional sites are chosen largely based on attendance figures, but of course also based on the quality of the team. On both counts Texas is one of the tops in the country of late, finishing in the top 10 in both final rankings and average attendance. What does this mean for the team - and us fans? Well it's almost certain the Texas will play the first four rounds in Austin, so we get to see more games and the team gets home court advantage. Given the talent that's returning for 2008, there's no reason not to expect Texas to make it to the Regional Final for the third year in a row, and this year to finally break through to the Final Four. I'd say that would definetly merit a trip back over the pond for ole PHF.

Chiles to WR?

ryanlionrah — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:47:23 -0000

I apologize for such a short post, as I have very little information from myself, but I know someone who works for the orangebloods staff and here's what he has to say, just passing it on:

"I'm hearing that John Chiles will now be a WR fulltime instead of a QB. He still might get some QB snaps, but he will no longer be part of the QB depth chart."

Not that our possibly former situation looked much better, but if this true this brings about Harris as our #2 QB and probably kills his thoughts of transferring. I know alot of people were looking for more Colt and Chiles plays, but I'm not sure this is what they envisioned. Would be sick to watch him out in the open field a little more however.

Devin Ebanks

mattyj — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:27:58 -0000

Any body have any news regarding Devin Ebanks and his recruitment? I know he visited Texas on April 26th, and has a couple visits left to Memphis and Rutgers, but was wondering if there's any information floating around. Last I heard West Virginia was the team to beat, but I know things can change quickly in the world of recruiting. I think he would be a great addition to the team next year if we could get him. Just looking for an update.