burntorangenation.com - 7/5/2009
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You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish. -Darrell K Royal
Darrell K. Royal. What does the "K" stand for ?
Born July 6, 1924, Darrell K. Royal has a middle initial but no middle name. The "K" is in ...
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 ...
Bevo's Daily Roundup - June 29, 2009
burntorangenation.com 6/29/2009 —
67 days until the Louisiana-Monroe game.
Now we know we are getting close. Media days . July 29th is the big day for the Horns. The schools do not announce what players they are bringing to the media event, but ESPN's Tim Griffin has his wish list .
KU Sports muses over the ...
Bevo's Daily Roundup - July 13, 2009
burntorangenation.com 7/12/2009 —
53 days until the Louisiana-Monroe game.
ESPN's Tim Griffin looks at the age old question: Which conference has the best tandem of quarterbacks?
Athlon Sports has the best 2009 units: Wide receiver/Tight end .
The best offseason news the Longhorns received had to be the ...
Bevo's Daily Roundup - June 22, 2009
burntorangenation.com 6/21/2009 —
The thrilling run has led some to label them a team of destiny. Excuse the Longhorns if they don't quite see it that way.
"We haven't done anything yet," reliever Austin Wood said. "We expect to get here every year, whether we do or not. That's not the point. The tradition at Texas is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 " ...
Bevo's Daily Round Up - June 25, 2009
burntorangenation.com 6/26/2009 —
We'll be back. Augie Garrido believes the young Horns have a great future .
Texas lost to LSU in the College World Series finals, but coach Augie Garrido has a hunch his Longhorns might be back soon.
"This is the beginning of a new era of Texas baseball in Omaha,'' Garrido ...
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 ...