At Long Last, the Gray Lady Speaketh
burntorangenation.com 1/19/2009 — A sign of life from the Lady In an article best described as "not timely," the New York Times admits that the wild party reported on by Thayer Evans in his "piece of journalism" about the Jamarkus McFarland recruitment was completely fabricated, ...

Texas gets revenge in Lubbock
40acressports.com 1/19/2009 — Texas bounced back from their road loss in Norman with a win in Lubbock over Texas Tech on Saturday. The Longhorns did it with defense, which continues to be the strength of this team. Texas pressures the ball as well as any team in the country.

GameNight: Baylor vs Texas
collegehoopsnet.com 1/27/2009 — The Bears need a marquee win to stay in the thick of the NCAA Tournament race

Review: Texas Escapes Boulder with OT Win
burntorangenation.com 2/15/2009 — Game Recap: The Texas Longhorns improved to 17-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big XII play by outlasting Colorado, 85-76, in an overtime game that had no business going to an extra period. The good news is the Longhorns are now alone in fourth place in the conference, a half game ahead of Kansas ...

2009 Texas Baseball Preview -- Part I
burntorangenation.com 2/2/2009 — Has Augie lost it? The question which was unthinkable 3 years ago has very slowly crept to the forefront following three consecutive early exits from the NCAA tournament. In the past 7 seasons Texas has: 7 postseason appearances, 4 ...

Texas Outslugs A&M, Improves to 3-1 in Big XII
burntorangenation.com 1/26/2009 — Game Recap: The #15 Texas Longhorns (14-4) improved to 3-1 in conference play, with a 67-58 win, as they ran away from Texas A&M in the second half. The home court victory was the 19th straight, registering as the fourth longest in the nation.  ...

Texas Rolls Texas Tech in Second Half
burntorangenation.com 1/19/2009 — Game Recap: Behind a strong second half offensive performance and an entire game of lock-down defense, Texas (13-4, 2-1)  ran away from Texas Tech, 71-49, for their first conference road win of the season. For the first time in weeks, the ...

Game Recap: Texas 73 Oklahoma 68
burntorangenation.com 2/22/2009 — Note 1: For those perhaps disinclined to read a recap beyond the jump, the piece concludes with some thoughts and a question on where this game ranks on the all-time great hoops games during the Rick Barnes era. Note 2: The actual "what happened" recap is normally the most insignificant ...

Review: Disappointment Revisited, This Time in College Station
burntorangenation.com 2/18/2009 — Game Recap: If you missed last night’s 81-66 loss in College Station, consider yourself lucky. There was nothing remarkable or new about this loss. We’ve seen this inconsistency before. The Texas Longhorns (17-8, 6-5) fell flat on offense but more importantly didn’t show up on ...

Game Preview: #2 Oklahoma at Texas
burntorangenation.com 2/21/2009 — Next Game #2 Oklahoma Sooners @ Texas Longhorns ESPN COLLEGE GAME DAY GAME OF THE WEEK Saturday, Feb 21, 2009, 8:00 PM CST Frank Erwin Center  *  Austin, TX Television: ESPN Radio: 98.1 FM / 1300 AM (Austin) Game Day Show: 10-11 a.m. ESPN Las Vegas Line: Texas -1 ...

Texas defeats Iowa St. in Big 12 opener (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News 1/10/2009
Damion James scored 19 points to lead No. 7 Texas to a 75-67 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 opener for both teams on Saturday. Gary Johnson added 17 points and had nine rebounds for the Longhorns (12-3), who are undefeated in 11 conference home ...

Packing for Vegas: College Basketball Betting Picks, Jan. 11 — Bleacher Report - College Basketball 1/11/2009
It's no secret I was slumping heading into yesterday, so going 3-2 and, more importantly, winning my two-unit bets was critical. If Villanova didn't blow it yesterday against Louisville (how bad did both of those teams look?) I could've been 4-1. ...

The BCS's Five Biggest Oops — Bleacher Report - College Football 1/11/2009
As the Florida Gators continue celebrating their second BCS National Title in three years, you have to wonder about the BCS and how they seem to still not get it quite right. I do believe that Florida is the rightful champion this year, but the BCS ...

Tebow: 'I'm coming back' — Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs 1/12/2009
Florida junior quarterback Tim Tebow kept it dramatic. He was walking off the stage at the school's national championship celebration in Gainesville, when he came back and grabbed a microphone to make an unexpected announcement. "Oh, by the way," ...

How Do College Football Fans Feel About Running Up the Score? — Bleacher Report - College Football 1/12/2009
I was having a comment conversation with another BR member at the end of an article on Oklahoma about whether or not they ran up the score for numbers' sake this year.  As I was posting this, I thought it would be interesting to put it out there ...