Well, another game that ends with a Drew Bledsoe INT. And man, the Eagles’ D was fanastic in the 2nd half. It was a dramatic game, to be sure.
Ah well, at least Texas beat OU.
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Well, another game that ends with a Drew Bledsoe INT. And man, the Eagles’ D was fanastic in the 2nd half. It was a dramatic game, to be sure. Ah well, at least Texas beat OU. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
While it isn’t over, but it’s over. The Texas D wasn’t up to the task and we did miss Terrell Brown. And Colt McCoy looked like a Redshirt Freshman. Of course, that funmble in the 1st half wasn’t the QB’s fault (but that INT in the 2nd half was egregious). Sphere: Related ContentFiled under: Sports, College Football | Comments Off |
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Traditional is nice and everything, but I think it is time for PSU and ND to put the names of the players on the backs of the jerseys. There’s a point where “tradition” equals refusing to improve something just because “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Update: the second sentence has been fixed–it was garbled when posted yesterday, and I just noticed. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
How stoopid can one be? Via the Austin American-Statesman’s Bevo beat: Top cornerback Tarell Brown arrested on marijuana, weapon charges
Sheer genius. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via Yahoo Sports: Montana State Bobcats 19 - Colorado Buffaloes 10 I guess the Buffs haven’t recovered from the pounding Texas gave them in the Big XII title game last December. I mean, gee whiz, Montana State is a IAA club. Sphere: Related ContentFiled under: Sports, College Football | Comments Off |
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Ok, so I was curious as to whether Texas’ new starting QB’s first name was, indeed “Colt” or whether it was a nickname. In consulting his bio page at the UT sports and I find that it is his middle name (full name: Daniel Colt McCoy). Just a reminder that pretty soon all of students will have been born while I was an undergradute myself. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
The NYT has a lengthy, depressing and yet (unfortunately) not especially surprising tale of grades and athletes from Auburn University: Top Grades and No Class Time for Auburn Players. The surprising part has nothing to do with Auburn, per se, but with the whole “student athlete” situation in general. The basics of the story have to do with football player taking guided readings courses with a specific member of the sociology faculty and receiving high grades, to the point that it helped the overall academic ranking of the football program. Specifically, the interim chair [!] of the Sociology Department was offering a remarkable number of directed readings: The number of directed readings that Professor Petee offered had jumped to 152 in the spring of 2005, from 120 in the fall of 2004. Professor Gundlach described them as fake courses and said they were undermining the department’s integrity. That is an insane amount of students and it is difficult to imagine that they were being adequately managed or instructed. Further, the pattern of grading is suspicious as well: Also after the confrontation in the faculty meeting, Professor Petee’s grades for the football players dropped sharply. Professor Gundlach found that before the meeting, the players received 81.1 percent A’s and 16.8 percent B’s in directed-reading courses with Professor Petee. After the meeting, those numbers fell to 40.9 percent A’s and 51.7 percent B’s. And even with the shift, that is a highly unusual mix of combined percentage of As and Bs–certainly not one wold consider normal. And then there is this example of the academic rigor in question: In the fall of 2004, Mr. Langenfeld found himself in an academic bind. More than two months into the fall semester, he realized he had been attending the wrong class because of a scheduling error. Such a tale is hardly the academy at its finest. One sometimes wonders why schools don’t just design majors in football and be done with it. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via ESPN: Texas RB Taylor charged with felony drug possession Texas running back Ramonce Taylor, who scored a touchdown in the Longhorns’ Rose Bowl win over Southern California, was arrested early Sunday by Bell County sheriff’s deputies who said they found marijuana in a backpack in his car. Ok, so you play for the National Champions, are getting a free education at a premiere state university, and you have a real shot at playing in the NFL. So, what do you do? You decide that marijuana is better than a shot at a very good life. My word. What is it with weed and stupid UT running backs? (And yes, Ricky Williams, I’m looking at you). Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via the AP: New contract keeps Texas-OU rivalry in Dallas until 2010 The Red River Rivalry is staying in Dallas until 2010. On the one hand, cool, as the game should be in Dallas. On the other, while an extension to 2010 sounds like a lengthy one, the sad fact of the matter it isn’t. Sphere: Related ContentBy Dr. Steven Taylor
Via Yahoo Sports: Homeowner alleges Bush family paid no rent: Michael Michaels, who owns the Spring Valley, Calif., home in which Reggie Bush’s family lived for nearly a year, said Thursday he will file a $3.2 million lawsuit for fraud against the Bush family Friday to recoup unpaid rent and other finances given to the USC star’s family. Not good. However, I can’t imagine that this will effect Bush’s draft status one iota. It could come back to bite the USC program, however, if Bush is declared ineligible retroactively. Sphere: Related Content |
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Comment by Mark — Saturday, September 9, 2006 @ 10:37 pm
What heresy are you promoting there, Taylor?
I like it. But then, I’m a Penn State fan. I’m glad I didn’t see that game - I think I would have popped several arteries.
I love the fact that the uniforms haven’t changed since the two programs last met over ten years ago. Heck, even one of the coaches hasn’t changed.
Comment by B. Minich — Sunday, September 10, 2006 @ 3:29 pm