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Game Recap: The 8th ranked Longhorns picked up
their biggest win in regular season school history with
a true road win at top-ranked UCLA Sunday night, 63-61. The Longhorns led by 16 in the first half and 12 at the break, but found themselves in a tight game at the end after UCLA used a 16-3 second half run to tighten the game. Damion James and DJ Augustin each scored 19 points for the ...
Fellow BlogPoll voters - Brian's asked me to
put together this week's BlogPoll roundtable. I'll have this
week's questions up sometime mid-morning. --PB--
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Of all the WTF moments I've experienced since
I started this blog, this has to rank right
up there at the top. Lee Jennings, the "Texas fan" at the end of the Texas NCAA 2008 commercial is an LA-based actor who graduated from Baylor University. His ...
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And now, a question: has the gap between
the North and South divisions narrowed? Totally closed? Before
you answer, consider that Colorado beat Oklahoma and Texas Tech, Kansas State beat Texas, Kansas beat A&M, and Missouri beat Texas Tech (by 31). It's certainly a far more competitive conference than it has been in some time.
What to do when your sanity requires a
break from the drudgery that is property law? Browse
BCS history, that's what. As noted in a FanPost , the conference commissioners met this week to discuss the possibility of playoffs and voted - perhaps ...
Shut your face. The Gus Johnson craze is
reaching epic proportions these days. Bill Simmons is mostly
to blame, I'm convinced, as he threw his weight behind Johnson first by noting that "Johnson could make a chess match exciting." Now seemingly...
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Upon noticing that ESPN had sent out its
press release about its NFL Draft coverage, I thought
I'd put my editing skills to good use and suggest some minor edits. You know, for the sake of accuracy. --PB--
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Phil Steele is off the press. Without the
structure of practices and the watchful eye of coaches,
player arrests are mounting. And the low hanging fruit which are Stewart Mandel mailbags are back on our internets. (Wait... savoring that one... Okay.) ...
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This is the first installment of what we
hope will be a regular series throughout the rest
of this summer and the 2007 football season. The format is simple: I've got a lot of questions about the strategic side of football, and we've now got a ...
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The Eyes of Texas 2007 , now available
for purchase . I'm sitting here writing this with
a brand spankin' new advanced copy of this book I've been teasing everyone about for so long. Yes, The Eyes of Texas 2007: An Annual Guide to Texas ...
Big 12 media week has been in full
force this week , including the conference's media members
voting on various preseason predictions . Wells asked in this thread when us bloggers would be donning our own prognosticatory caps, to which I replied: ...
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This is one of those Blogger talking to
Bloggers posts. If you're a reader who enjoys this
particular brand of conversation, wonderful. Join the fun. If you're not interested, consider this your Fair Warning note. Not long ago, Orson and I ...
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Back in 2003, when USC wound up #1
in the human polls but didn't get a chance
to play for the national title because computers didn't rank them highly enough, the BCS formula was changed. More weight was given to the humans ranking these things; the ...
Not sure what to do after work tomorrow?
Austinites can head to the Disch for a 6:05
p.m. first pitch against Texas State . Several folks have noted it in the diaries, but we're due a mention on the main page: congratulations to Coach Garrido for...
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Another Tuesday, another edition of EDSBS LIVE this
evening with Orson and I. Tonight we talk Big
12 football, which means if you've been waiting for the right week to jump into the fray, this is it. What: EDSBS LIVE online radio. Why listen? ...
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This is the kind of project us BONers
live for: an all-time Vince Young greatest plays list.
A fellow writer has asked me to help compile the complete list of VY's best plays, a task we're more than up for here at BON. Here's what we've got so far ...
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One of the distinguishing features of the College
Football Blog Poll is that it is a discussion.
Voters not only submit ballots, but they converse about each other's ballots. Odd ballots are scrutinized, with fellow voters urging each other to ...
Each week we'll conclude the post game reaction
with five things I liked and didn't like about
the game. You're encouraged to submit your own in the comments, as well. Five Things I Liked 1. Jamaal Charles is every bit as special as we think. The ...
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Four men in purple shirts enter a conference
room and take seats. In front of each chair
are coffee pots and a stack of ten legal pads. Head Coach: Men, this is a special, important meeting. Now, this all may seem odd. Coffee pots. Reams of paper. ...
It's been four terrific years, including a national
title and arguably the single most important reception in
Texas Longhorns football history. Take a moment to wish Limas all the best heading forward. I'll do what I can to make sure he sees all ...



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