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Championship Saturday Open Thread
Fact: A bulldog cannot outrun a honeybadger, but he can roll over and lick his own balls while LSU drops 40 on Georgia. Mark Richt might as well do the same. Look for a UCLA / Oregon beatdown redux. Can Montee Pinball Sparty for hail mary redemption? Bedlam! Will Brandon Weeden announce his...
jones Top Ten - Week 12 - 2011
Nonsense is my favorite multi-purpose catch-all word. My own aloha, I suppose. Smartly defined right out of the M-W.D., nonsense captures “foolish or meaningless words or actions.” But I think of it more broadly, as a general synonym for chaos and upheaval in my household. Children...
jones Top Ten - Week 8 - 2011
My mom didn’t cotton to bored children. If you ever said I’m bored, she would counter with a list of activities. If you didn’t chose one, then she would tell you that your boredom was your own fault. There is justice in this. But Saturday, she would have been hard-pressed. Well, you could watch...
Bubba Smith: Game Changer
Bubba Smith, a Texas high school football legend, collegiate Hall of Famer and former NFL all-pro defensive lineman died Wednesday at the age of 66. Smith's playing days ended 35 years ago, but younger fans will know him as officer Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies. Smith got his...
Grades Are In: Texas vs. Michigan State Post Mortem
No. 22 Texas Longhorns 67, No. 12 Michigan State Spartans 55 It's common knowledge that basketball is a game of matchups. Teams try to exploit matchup advantages on the offensive end, and then cover for matchup weaknesses on the other. It's rather elementary, so much so that it has almost become...
Texas vs. Michigan State Open Thread
If we can keep Jud Heatcote from wearing a checker-board jacket, we have a chance.
Hoops Preview: Michigan State Spartans vs. Texas Longhorns
The Horns travel to East Lansing tonight to take on the 12th ranked Spartans at 6 pm in the second leg of back to back brutal roadies. There was a lot of angst going into the UNC game that the Horns wouldn’t be able roll out their optimal offensive lineup due to size mismatches on the other end of...
jones Top Ten 2010 Bowl Preview Spectacular
My fellow Texas fans: Please set aside your animosity and neurosis for a brief moment and revel in all that is good about the holiday spirit and the bowl season to come. For there is still football to be played. If that is not enough, Andy Williams will join us for a song later, plus Shields...
Let's Play Jeopardy! Answer: 8 Games
Question: How many games will #20 Texas play against teams currently ranked in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Top Ten? The Longhorns will have no problem with RPI when March comes along, as Texas has games against the #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9, and #10 teams currently in the collegiate basketball...
jones Top Ten - Week Ten - 2010
Oranges smell like Christmas. This occurs to me while driving to work; I’ve just peeled an orange for a kid’s lunch and the whole car smells like a 1970s crafts shop. I don’t know if oranges traditionally have any connection to Christmas, actually. I do know that clementines don’t make an...
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