The Trial of Roger Clemens: So Help Me, God.
by Scipio Tex on May 16, 2012 8:04 PM CDT
in Texas Longhorns and Other Baseball
This is a work of imaginative fiction. Courts determine guilt or innocence.
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A gavel pounds out its steady cadence, the sound echoing through a packed courtroom nestled between two clouds and presided over by a dignified man resembling Morgan Freeman. A thin layer of swirling mist covers the floor.
Do all of you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you Me?
It depends on how you define those words and nebulous concepts. We kinda do.
If you don't, your torments will be eternal for bearing false witness.
Whoa.
Seriously. It's real. Look around. You know where you are. This is it.
We'll tell the truth. Can you lower the volume a bit, Big Man?
365 Days Later - Comparing our Personnel to Last Year's (Offense)
by nobis60 on May 16, 2012 3:13 PM CDT
A combination of Scipio's What Could Go Right post and listening to Madonna's Ray of Light album on a loop have imbued me with a sense of unbridled optimism. Can I shake it off to deliver an unbiased assessment of the Longhorns' likely offensive starters for 2012?
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Texas Longhorns Football: What Will Go Right
by Scipio Tex on May 15, 2012 2:20 PM CDT
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Consider this the optimist's companion piece to my friend Peter Bean's What Could Go Wrong post in which he lays out the plausible worst case scenarios for the 2012 Texas Longhorns. His list makes a lot of sense, but I can imagine scenarios for a successful season even with one or two of his concerns eventuating. Like Eric Idle, I'd rather look on the bright side of life. With the right improvements and a smidgen of luck and good health, the 2012 Longhorns are fully capable of not only winning 10 games and contending for the Big 12 title, but perhaps putting together an unanticipated special season - which is the most enjoyable fan experience you can have. See the beloved 2008 squad.
Ride with me (side-saddle!) on a herd of unicorns shitting jellybeans through a meadow of licorice and penny candy as we explore what goes right in 2012.
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Take a ride on THE RELEGATOR: Would the English Premier League's system work in college football?
by Vasherized on May 15, 2012 11:25 AM CDT
in Texas Longhorns and Other Football
Let's acknowledge up front it's highly unlikely that we ever see a relegation system in college football like the English Premier League's top-3-move-up, bottom-3-drop-down format.
But if you caught the waning moments of the EPL season on Sunday (Fox broadcast eight games live), you now know the possibilities are infinitely awesome and it is our job in the off season to indulge each and every fantasy that could potentially improve the game we love dearly from its currently handcuffed (and quite boring) system.
Conference Realignment: The Big 12 Should Swing For The Fences
Bill Connelly wants Bob Bowlsby to grab Savoy Special.
Texas Longhorns Still #1 in the Game of Moneyball
by srr50 on May 15, 2012 10:58 AM CDT
in Texas Longhorns and Other Football
In 2001, the University of Texas reported revenue from athletics of almost $54 million. Football brought in $26 million of that amount.
Just ten years later those numbers resemble monopoly money as football jumped all the way to $95 million in revenue, with UT reporting bringing in over $150 million in the 2010-11 school year once again making the Longhorns the highest-grossing athletics department in the NCAA.
The EPL Comes Down to 126 Seconds: Man City Are Champions
by HandofDog on May 14, 2012 7:44 PM CDT
in Other Sports
Even if you don't appreciate soccer, it's hard not to appreciate the closing minutes of Sunday's final round of English Premier League matches. Manchester City and Manchester United went in to the games tied on points, with City holding the advantage of a better goal difference. United took care of business at Sunderland, winning 1-0. Their match finished with the team and its fans thinking they'd won the league, with City down 2-1 at home to QPR, a team just a hair away from being relegated into the lower division. But there were a few more minutes of injury time to be played at Eastlands...
Marquise Goodwin's Role in 2012: Making Incomplete Dangerous
by Scipio Tex on May 14, 2012 2:50 PM CDT
in Texas Longhorns and Other Football
The Longhorn leaper broke the conference championship record this weekend on his first jump with a 26'10.5".
Goodwin is the only athlete in Big 12 history to win the indoor and outdoor long jump for two years running, but he has bigger fish and chips to fry in late summer and this Fall.
Qualifiers for the Olympic team begin June 21st in Eugene, OR for the right to compete for Team USA in London and Goodwin should do just that after a solid Spring track season. The games conclude August 12 and that gives Goodwin a little time to prepare for football if he can avoid English cooking and other distractions.
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