Barking Carnival

I’ve put a lot of thought (and even more teeth gnashing and head-beating) into this post.  I’ve tried to support it with data, but by necessity a lot of it is conjecture, although well founded in my opinion.  If anybody can hack the numbers better, I would like to hear them.
The November 30 BCS, which […]

Texas is a unanimous number one.
Other Big 12 teams:
4. OU
7. Oklahoma State
8. Texas Tech
16. Missouri
19. Kansas

Here’s a piece of trivia that will only be good to use until Saturday (I think). The first game Texas lined up as the #1 team in the nation during the regular season  and the last regular season game that the Horns entered as the top team in the nation have both ended in a […]

Get used to it, SEC fans. OK, I actually think the Big 12 deserves a meaningful discussion with the SEC, but since every SEC blogger and bulletin board posse have set Google Alerts for all discussions regarding best conference, I figured I’d poke them in the eye so their dander would be up by […]

There is some fine football to be had this weekend, so fret not Carnivalers. Here’s your comprehensive game-watching guide to maximal gridiron enjoyment.
I’ve included all interesting national games and every Big 12 contest (even the dull ones) broken down by time slots:
Friday evening
Fri, Sep 12 KU at USF 7:00 p.m. ESPN2 […]

This post was prompted by the good discussion taking place on Scipio Tex’s Oklahoma Preview. The conversation starter was the fact that my ratings had 1971 as Oklahoma’s best team despite their loss to Nebraska. While you can read the rest of the discussion there, the short answer is that the 1971 season […]

Pollspeak has a cool feature called Pollstalker that allows you see how the voters ranked your favorite team in the AP Poll.
So I was naturally curious to see who likes Texas more than others. Or more accurately, who doesn’t like Texas enough.
Three dudes had Texas ranked seventh: Matt McCoy of WTVN-AM Radio (OH), […]