Afternoon Brewsky Bears Poor News For Baylor
burntorangenation.com 7/17/2009 — "Three-Ring Circus." On March 30, Ahmad Dixon told Burnt Orange Beat that he was  100% committed ($)  to becoming a Texas Longhorn. That all changed less than two months later, when Dixon  switched his commitment  to Baylor. Less than a month after that, Dixon was still " ...

Afternoon Brewsky Gears Up For Fall Practice
burntorangenation.com 8/3/2009 — Franklin still torn over decision. Marshall linebacker Aaron Franklin almost made his decision without ever being able to sit down with Mack Brown and company and tour the Texas campus. Almost. After a last-minute change of heart on taking a trip to Austin in an effort to give the Texas ...

Talent vs. Magic
andthevalleyshook.com 6/22/2009 — I live in Texas, so I am surrounded by Texas fans. To be honest, in the great UT-A&M debate, I tend to side with A&M because I am related to a few a Aggies and I sort of admire their completely unreasonable fanaticism.  But I ...

Championship Series Q&A With Burnt Orange Nation
andthevalleyshook.com 6/22/2009 — When it was looking like Texas and LSU would meet for the championship, the guys from Burnt Orange Nation contacted me about having some cross-pollination on the blogs. A couple of their guys do most of the baseball coverage over there, and they sent ...

Wait 'Til Next Year
burntorangenation.com 6/26/2009 — It's a refrain more worthy of a Chicago Cubs fan than a Longhorn baseball fan. As Augie Garrido says repeatedly, Omaha is the minimum expectation for his baseball team. His statements explain the massive disappointment felt by fans after Wednesday's loss to LSU in the CWS Finals, even though ...

Stoking the Fire
andthevalleyshook.com 6/23/2009 —   As persona non grata in the Texas blogosphere right now, I should take last night's classic as a chance to backtrack, give Texas credit, and back down from my "LSU is an unstoppable juggernaut" meme.  But I'd rather throw fuel on the ...

Afternoon Brewsky Goes to Summer Camp
burntorangenation.com 6/5/2009 — Or, it's hard to de-commit from Texas at a Texas camp. Rejoice, Longhorn fans -- the worst thing that can happen at the Texas camp on Sunday is that a couple of 2010 targets don't show up. While that certainly would be disappointing, especially in the cases of Darius White, Lache Seastrunk, ...

Wait, does Texas need more from its running game?
rivals.yahoo.com 7/3/2009 — Everybody loves Texas this summer, for obvious reasons -- namely, it's likely to take 35 points to beat the Longhorns, and the only two teams that hit that mark on them last season finished first and third nationally in scoring offense. (And it ...

Do You Believe In Magic?
burntorangenation.com 6/17/2009 — You can call it magic. The fickle Baseball Gods smiling benevolently down upon the Longhorns. Maybe it's just pure moxie. Perhaps simple, blind luck. Whatever the case, it's becoming increasingly apparent that this Longhorn baseball team has "it." True, there are still games to win before the ...

Why Texas Bunts
burntorangenation.com 6/10/2009 — Bunting is like Greg Davis, everybody has a (mostly negative) opinion. With all the hoopla surrounding the bunt the last few weeks, we thought we'd take the opportunity to defend the bunt as an offensive strategy which has helped make Augie Garrido the winningest coach in NCAA history. We ...

Texas Longhorns Football: Offseason Workout Report — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/15/2009
Scipio Tex writes at Barking Carnival and his archive can be found here. Some trusted friends and family took in the Longhorns 7-on-7 workout in the Bubble (there’s a cheerleading camp going on at the practice fields) yesterday and ...

Texas lineman, son of ex-NFL player, to join LSU's 2010 class — USATODAY.com College Football - Top Stories 7/15/2009
Evan Washington, a nationally ranked offensive tackle from DeSoto, Texas, became LSU's 17th football commitment for 2010 with ...

A Tale of Texas Tigers: A Tribute to Alexander Durley — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/15/2009
He was "The Coach."  Stocky and stern is the way I described him. Coach Alexander Durley was his name. He would stroll down the hallway of the Samuel Nabrit Science Building, at Texas Southern University (TSU), with his books in his arms, ...

Longhorns' Non-Conference Breakdown — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/15/2009
The Longhorns non-conference schedule begins with teams that will not challenge the skill or heart of this Longhorns team. The 'Horns begin the season by facing the University of Louisiana-Monroe, a Sun Belt foe, at home. The best ...

CFL: Ex-Red Raider Graham Harrell Signs With Saskatchewan Roughriders — Bleacher Report - College Football 7/16/2009
The Regina Leader-Post is reporting that ex-Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell has agreed in principle with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. During his collegiate career, Harrell was the 2006 Insight Bowl MVP, First Team All-Academic in the Big 12 ...