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Mailbag: Indulging The November Chaos
With each passing week in this crazy season comes more and more email to my inbox. Keep it coming. As always, I make a point to respond to everyone through email or on the site. I will never use anyone's full name on BON unless explicitly authorized. Note: This Mailbag response wound up longer...
Morning Coffee Smells A New Narrative
Note the additional link roundup. We can't cover everything in Morning Coffee, so I'm glad to direct everyone to the Fan Posts where dimecoverage has begun what is intended to be a daily link dump for Texas and Big 12 sports. Just look for Bevo's Daily Roundup. If blitzing isn't the answer... ...
Talkin' Texas Football: Two Down, Ten To Go (Part 1)
Following up from my mid-August conversation with an equally Texas-obsessed friend in Austin, we had a long chat about Texas football. Here in Part 1: Blake Gideon’s surprising role as the secondary’s anchor… My Guys are slow out of the gates… and a reminder that Mack...
The Will Muschamp Factor
First, a reminder of who we're dealing with here: I mentioned this morning that I'm more excited about this team and season than I anticipated being as recently as the beginning of the summer. It was then that I pitched you my narrative for 2008, arguing that Texas' stars seemed to be aligning...
Morning Coffee Is Baaaaack
About this summer... After I sent The Eyes of Texas 2008 to press in late May one week after finishing my first year law exams, I exhaustedly started thinking about what topics I'd try to cover this summer to kill that horrible dead stretch for college sports that is June and July. As things...
Mack Brown's Press Conference, Part 2: John Chiles
I received a number of emails this summer - including from some pretty well-connected people - asking about rumors concerning John Chiles and a potential transfer out of the program. I dug and pressed as far as I could, but everyone I trusted told me that if there was a transfer in the works, they...
Mack Brown's Press Conference, Part 1: An Evolved Attitude
It is August, people. The temperature is 103, the players have reported to fall camp and the serious business of The Season is upon us. Mack Brown held opening ceremonies on Sunday with his annual check-in day press conference. Below I begin the dive into the highlights, with commentary - one of...
The Truth Shall Set You Free
When enough reader emails come in on topics worth exploring publicly, I'll put a post together for the site. This is one such time. As always, you can email me any time with questions or comments. I'll never use someone's full name in a post unless they explicitly okay it. In this instance, just...
The Narrative 2008: Look To '09
This post is far longer than a blog post should be, but 1) it all had to go together and 2) I actually had the time to sit down and write it. Print it and take it on your coffee break. I promise it'll be of greater interest than the Not News that I was hunting for anyway. Last week when I was...
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