Oklahoma-Texas mailbag!
rivals.yahoo.com 11/25/2008 — A couple arguments from the inbox on everyone's favorite logjam. [Subject: easy to figure out the big 12 south ...] Quality of wins and losses. ... Wins: OU's win over Tech was impressive, but Texas has the only win among the three on a ...

2008 Season Send-Off
burntorangenation.com 1/9/2009 — Texas fans would be celebrating Sooner misery no matter the circumstance, but tonight's rerun of Choke was especially sweet for 'Horns fans who feel like the wrong Big 12 South team got to play for it all. 45-35 aside, I objected to the pro-Sooner ...

Disappointing Execution as Longhorns Fall in Maui
burntorangenation.com 11/26/2008 — In the first true test of the season, Texas failed. The Longhorns fell to 3-1 with an 81-80 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame in the second round of the Maui Invitational. Failure may be a bit harsh for just the fourth game of the season; however, elite teams ...

Attention Human Voters: The Case for Texas
burntorangenation.com 11/23/2008 — OU has just delivered a beatdown of Texas Tech that is going to be tempting to use as reason for moving OU ahead of Texas on your ballots.  This is a reasonable instant reaction.  OU played well.  Of course, Tech played terribly, and ...

So You Wanna Go BCS Bowling...
burntorangenation.com 11/11/2008 — Apologies for going dark this weekend; traveling has kept me from a computer until just now. I've yet to see Saturday's victory over Baylor. Solid enough win, though--certainly good enough to keep the BCS dreams alive. Especially now that the single ...

Coaches showing Texas no love
statesman.com 11/12/2008 — So why exactly are many of the 61 head football coaches who vote in the USA Today top 25 poll showing Texas no love and ranking Oklahoma above it?

Texas' Loss in Lubbock: Not The Same As OU's Loss in Dallas
burntorangenation.com 11/25/2008 — I'm working on a longer set of notes on this mess, but I want to lay out first--all on its own--why Tech-OU-Texas is not an equilateral triangle, so to speak. Why head-to-head works for Texas, but not Tech. While Texas fans have very ...

Longhorns Open Maui Invitational with St. Joe's
burntorangenation.com 11/25/2008 — After two easy home victories to start the season, the competition stiffens as the Longhorns head to Hawaii for the Maui Invitational. A tournament title will not be easy for the No. 7 Longhorns as No. 1 North Carolina and No. 9 Notre Dame have also ...

There Is No Right Answer
mgoblog.com 12/3/2008 — On Monday I posted my blogpoll draft ballot and, I guess, in it is contained my opinion on who should play for the national championship: the SEC champion and either Oklahoma or Texas. This is not controversial. My exact ordering of the teams , ...

How Texas And Oklahoma Fight For Football Recruits [College Football]
deadspin.com 12/26/2008 — Everyone knows recruiting for big time college football programs is a shady business, but it's instructive to occasionally be reminded what schools and players go through on the road to a letter of intent. For the last six months, Jamarkus ...

No. 7 Texas stifles Tulane in easy win (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News 11/19/2008
Texas forward Dexter Pittman fondly remembers the late Pete Newell's kind words. "He told me I was a beast," Pittman said. For a 6-foot-10, 300-pound basketball player trying to use his body to his best advantage against smaller opponents, it was a ...

USC opens 2-0 for first time in 8 years (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops News 11/19/2008
Taj Gibson tied his career high with 22 points and had a career-best 10 rebounds as No. 19 Southern California defeated New Mexico State 73-60 on Tuesday night for its first 2-0 start in eight years. Dwight Lewis added 16 points and Daniel Hackett, ...

B/R Top 25 Texas Comments Week 13 — Bleacher Report - College Football 11/19/2008
Tom Grant #1 Nick Martin #2 Scott Pusich #3 (previous: 3) 10-1; beat Kansas 35-7 The only weakness Texas has shown is losing too late; Oklahoma lost earlier, and has had more time to impress the voters, if not the computers. The remaining game vs. ...

B/R Top 25 Oklahoma Comments Week 13 — Bleacher Report - College Football 11/19/2008
Tom Grant #2 Scott Pusich #4 (previous: 4) 9-1; BYE Oklahoma has bounced back admirably since the loss to Texas; well enough that the Sooners stand to benefit immensely should they be able to lay a smackdown on No. 2 Texas Tech this week in Norman ...

Gimmie Some Sugar: Why The USC Trojans Don't Want The Rose Bowl — Bleacher Report - College Football 11/19/2008
Blasphemy! The USC Trojans not in a Rose Bowl? Yes, you heard me. The Trojans have owned the Rose Bowl in recent years, spending four out of their last five bowl season games in Los Angeles. And it’s time for change. Sure, the Trojans lost ...