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Texas/OU Sundry: 24 Hours to Kickoff
You'll always be Uncle Rico to me you slack jawed Okie Some stats from ESPN with a little fuzzy math but Manny Diaz sees right through it. Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones completes just less than 66 percent of his passes inside the pocket. Outside the pocket, he completes just more than 51...
Mike The Tiger vs. Reveille
Your open thread for the Cotton Bowl. Fear The Hat. Also, is Lester a Michigan Man? Does Bo Pelini want to one? Or does Bo want to go back to Baton Rouge? Is this mostly an excuse to pay homage to the LSUFreek? Lastly, the men of Spence Park Soapbox offered their thoughts here.
Coming Out Of The Shell
They say that the team that runs for more yards has won every game since 1997 in this series, but of course Scipio partially rebuts the importance of that stat in the podcast with NorthDallasSooner when pointing out the stat-padding sack that has inflated Texas' rushing defense totals every season...
1982 Texas-Alabama: Drawing Up One Perfect Play
In 1954, Junior Quarterback Charlie Brewer threw two touchdown passes as Texas defeated Bear Bryant and Texas A&M 22-13. Twenty eight year later Bryant was still coaching and this time Charlie sat in the Cotton Bowl stands and watched his son Robert help Texas pull off a 14-12 upset of...
1973 Texas-Alabama: Walking The Line
Stan Mauldin, more than most, can fully appreciate the intensity of the upcoming BCS Championship battle between Texas and Alabama. Mauldin's older brother, Dan, was a letterman on the 1963 National Championship Longhorn squad, and Stan was a sophomore letterman on the 1969 title team. After...
2009 Oklahoma Football Preview: State of The Union
There are rituals of autumn known to every Sooner. The foliage on the state's dozen trees turn to fiery hues, the summer dust and grit coating tooth relents, and the harvest of copper wiring from homes commences before the bank's short sale. And then there's Sooner football... Oklahoma is led by...
Cotton Bowl Goes Primetime
Fox lost the BCS to ESPN, but they will hold on to at least one college contest, as the network has renewed its contract with the Cotton Bowl through 2014. The game has a new home, Dallas Cowboys Stadium, and begining in 2011 it will move from an early morning kickoff to a primetime slot. The game...
2009 Texas Tech Football Preview: State of The Union
In 2008, Texas Tech’s Greatest Season Ever was highlighted by Michael Crabtree’s improbable last second tightrope touchdown to upset Texas. At least that’s how I remember it. I can’t seem to find the replay. Tech concluded their Greatest Season Ever by losing a 2nd tier bowl to an Ole Miss team...
NCAA Taunting Rules
The NCAA is putting some teeth into its NCAA Taunting Rules Click the link for Phenom's breakdown of the proposed rule changes; it's well worth the read. My thoughts: I support these stiff penalties wholeheartedly. Why? I just went back and re-watched the '91 Miami Hurricane Cotton Bowl. Love...
Live Blogging the Cotton Bowl
I'm late, sue me. Ole Miss gets the ball. Tech's front seven make two nice plays to put Ole Miss in a hole. Snead with an NFL caliber deep out for a first down. Colt beat this kid out, and quite handily. Jeez, four plays into the game and there is a blocking infraction called on Ole Miss. ...
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