Barking Carnival

One will sing the National Anthem at the Las Vegas Bowl. The other two are rumored to be in the mix for the Iowa State job.
I’ll let you decide which is which.

 With all the talk of “style points” and strength of schedule being bandied about this week, and with the bowl season about to be unleashed, there no doubt will be more talk about the relative strengths of the BCS conferences. Before the bowl matchups between leagues get started, here are some basics
                                                  Overall                            BCS Opponents
Conference                                 W-L                                           […]

This will be very brief, because I didn’t watch much football yesterday.
It occurs to me that the Big 12 specifically, and major collegiate football in general, have a very big problem on their hands thanks to the outcomes of last week’s BCS formula tabulations and yesterday’s SEC and Big 12 Championship Games.  That problem is:  […]

S Nic Harris Oklahoma His last meaningful play was a high school production of Our Town. A pre and postseason All-America and 1st team All-Big 12 player who ranked 54th in the league in tackles, Nic was also a frequent recipient of violent bukkake in pass coverage. He fears DVR and […]

Also, be sure to see Defense and Overrated.
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1st Team Offense
QB Colt McCoy Texas Jr
RB Kendall Hunter Oklahoma St Jr
My apologies to a league full of good QBs, but Colt is the man. I give McCoy the […]

When coaches (ahem, SIDs) select these teams, there’s an understanding that they will reward seniors and program guys. They’ll even ask their colleagues who they should vote for to reward “the right guys” on their team. That’s how Jon Cooper - a bottom of the top 20 O-lineman - is awarded OL of […]

I see a lot of people parroting Stoops’ line about  how  you can’t use Texas’ head-to-head victory over OU in voting unless you also vote Tech ahead of Texas…but yet OU beat Tech.  OMG!  There is no solution!  I am surprised by how many people seem to buy this argument.  It’s an example of specious […]

The All Big 12 teams have been announced, and two coaches share the Coach of the Year honors. Bob Stoops and Mike Leach.
No Mack Brown.
In a year where two people in the Big 12 media picked Texas to win the South. Forty nine picked OU.
In a year when OU was picked #4 in the preseason […]

Objectivity’s handmaidens
You can lay blame for the upcoming Whipped By Texas Bowl on a number of institutions (the Big 12, the BCS, the Knights Templar), scientific phenomena (recency bias, Heisenberg uncertainty principle) or trends (our society’s bizarre fixation on fabricating novelty where there is none), but at the end of it all I point my […]

Well, that was interesting.
And not necessarily bad. OU’s destruction of Tech effectively removes the Raiders from the MNC picture entirely.
Yep, even a Texas Tech Big 12 Champion.
I’m going to assume a Texas win in Austin over A&M. The quality of that win has implications and Mack needs […]

Predicatron Lives!

This is an awesome tool. Many thanks to our good friends at Atomic Teeth for creating this. The customizable interface rocks.
Beware - you will end up spending at least 30 minutes on here tinkering with probabilities.
Phenomenal work, Euclid.

I love Mike Leach stories, even if they are a couple of years old. Like this one.  In 2006 Tech played Minnesota in the Insight.Com Bowl.  The company is on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and to help promote the game, then Minnesota Coach Glen Mason and Leach were brought in to ring the opening bell […]

We have already talked here on BC about Texas seriously considering putting together its own sports channel 24/7.
Apparently, the most important step in the process is well underway. Business Week says UT and its corporate partner, IMG College, are looking for distributors for the Longhorn Sports Channel and it may be as soon as next […]

Yesterday was a day for revelations in college football.  In the Big 12 and across the country, we found out realities about highly-rated teams that some had suspected might be true, but for which we needed some independent confirmation.
Yesterday was a day when the wheat of the college football elite began their November-long separation from […]

The Rivals’ Kansas State site is reporting that Patterson has agreed to terms with KSU to become their next head coach.
I haven’t seen it reported anywhere else yet, but that’s a good hire if true.
Update: Kansas State AD is denying it.

The ABC/ESPN conglomerate recently made a billion dollar deal with the SEC to lock up a large part of that conference’s TV rights through 2014. They also may be getting ready to jump back into the BCS Championship Bowl Series.
Right now ABC is enjoying a ratings jump of 33% for their Primetime College Football on […]

After a horrendous 2-4 Week 5, my record is now 16-13-1 ATS. I’m still batting over .500, but it’s time I put one out of the yard. This is that week.
OU - 26 @ A&M
No one - no one! - goes into College Station and beats the Aggies. Except for […]

The Wichita Eagle is reporting that Kansas State coach Ron Prince is going to resign.

When you get right down to it, no team can continue playing these nailbiters against very good football teams week after week and come away unscathed.  A combination of some poor catching skills, a horrific, brain dead first half by the Texas offense, and an outstanding game plan by Texas Tech Head Coach Mike Leach and Defensive Coordinator Ruffin McNeill […]

Forgive this rambling, but this was a heartbreaking loss. After spotting Texas Tech nineteen points, we clawed our way back into the lead only to lose on the final play. I haven’t watched the replay yet. Too much agony. Instead I think I’ll shove bamboo slivers underneath my fingernails.
This loss is on our offensive coaches. […]