When the Swedes gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, satirist Tom Lehrer said that he could no longer perform. “It was at that moment that satire died,” Lehrer said. “There was nothing more to say after that.”
Where am I going with this?
Well the NCAA has appointed OU athletic director Joe […]
When we left off, college football recruiting was relatively violation-free, because there really weren’t any rules to violate. More precisely, conferences set their own rules (I assume independents did as well). Ivy League schools favored no athletic scholarships and no special jobs for players. Big 10 and PCC (precursor of the PAC-10) schools had no […]
Four of them are/were on scholarship. And let’s face it, there is a difference.
The players who graduated this weekend were Coy Aune, Rashad Bobino, Todd Bondy, Michael Flath, Stephen Lane, Mark and Matt McCoy, Chris Ogbonnaya, Jaicus Solis, Michael Taylor, Freddy Torres and Clayton Tefteller. Former Longhorn players Roderick Babers and Dakari Pearson also graduated.
“It […]
Mack Brown is getting a chair endowed in his name. The University of Texas is going to endow the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs to be part of the university’s Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
Global Affairs? Dude doesn’t even recruit out of state. Why not the […]
Tate Forcier is a high school quarterback in California who is being recruited from coast to coast. His family has a website, and on it he put the actual letters he has received from colleges offering scholarships.
We’ll suspend disbelief at this point and pretend that college coaches actually write their own letters. It will […]
srr50 tipped us off to the fact that Texas led the conference with six selections — four on the first team and two on the second. More here and here.
Congrats to First Teamers Connor, D.J., Damion, and Dexter and Second Teamers Justin and Ian.
There’s also a video - Success in the classroom.
The loss of Russell Shepard got me a-wonderin’ about how good a team full of guys that rejected us (or vice versa) would be. So, I’ve done my best to make a list. Just imagine how good the team of OU or A&M misses would be. Epic.
Augustin named to ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team.
This is a real accomplishment. You can tell because the other first-teamers all play for Universities that many people have never heard of.
Congrats DJ.
DJ reading Trips’ game grades.
Phillip has had quite a week.
In which we discuss some legitimate issues with which the coaching staff must deal.
CA makes a list.
TaylorT’s multi-part series on the history of shady college football recruiting.
Scipio breaks down this pre-season’s rags.
Dedfischer on the Tortilla Curtain.
CA’s controversial take on the top 10.
TaylorT looks at longevity.
Bragg’s talented crystal ball.
Eyes’ positive 2008 outlook.
Scipio goes skaldic.
ChrisApplewhite is drinking some of the Kool Aid.