Barking Carnival

Many are asking the question right now:  When was the last time The University of Texas hired a head football coach who had no prior head coaching experience at the collegiate level?
The answer to that question is:  Ed Price.
So why does the name Blair Cherry appear in the title to this post?  Because the circumstance of […]

Ratings Update
As always, both the All Teams and the Division I-A only ratings have been updated. And Texas’ rating continues to get more and more absurd with the potential to get even more out of hand. In both sets of ratings, Texas has defeated the #2 and #5 teams in consecutive weeks. […]

We have had some great information this week and two weeks ago when we were first slated to roast the pigs, so here is a recap for you.
Arkansas at Texas
2:30 Kickoff
Televised on ABC
ABC Regional Coverage Map
Also available on ESPN360.com if you don’t have a TV but do have a computer and the right high speed […]

My father-in-law, Gary, is a true orange-blooded Texas Longhorn. He is the only child of two graduates of the University of Texas. He graduated from the pharmacy school the year of our last national championship (pre-Vince), married a Longhorn, and raised two daughters – both Texas graduates and both Texas Angels while […]

ESPN announced yesterday that Chris, Kirk, Lee, and Desmond (how does he still draw a paycheck?) are going to be in Gainesville for the Miami-Florida match-up. That should tell you how shitty this week’s games are since this is not 2001 and Florida is favored by 3 touchdowns.
That will be Florida’s 28th appearance on […]

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 […]

The Oklahoman is burnishing the Stoops mythos as he enters his 10th season as head Mack Brown antagonizer.
They do have a salary calculator tool that compares Bob Stoops salary to your own, but I didn’t see one for Bomar or Peterson. I did really enjoy this article on Joe C and the interview […]

I had previous entry about the idea of a college football title belt. Usually when the belt falls into the hands of the SEC it stays there for a while because the SEC teams 1) are pretty good and win a fair share of their bowl games and 2) like to schedule patsies for […]

I’m back with more riveting statistical analysis for the world. Try to stay calm and please, do not mob me when I go out in public. Just be patient as I have never refused a photo or autograph request from a fan.
This newest list will once again be based on my ratings, which […]

I hope this series helped you with the dead season withdrawal pains. I learned a lot in researching it, and wanted to finish it with some conclusions drawn from the case studies.1. There are very, very few coaches who can overcome significant talent deficits with superior scheming. I can think of none who have done […]

In this series, I have made very few claims that couldn’t be supported by readily accessible independent info. One of the primary sources is the NCAA database of major violations. Here’s the link:
https://goomer.ncaa.org/wdbctx/LSDBi/LSDBi.MajorInfPackage.MI_Search_Inp
Note- this only works if you use the “pulldown menu” for a school’s name (it is very sensitive to formatting).
I have read a […]

This is the one I’ve dreaded writing.This is the one about the Longhorns.
All through these posts, I’ve adhered to the idea that if a school were penalized by the NCAA, it was breaking the rules. I’ve also subscribed to the idea that if a school were not penalized, it’s not fair to say it was […]

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite
and furthermore always carry a small snake.
One hundred years ago, Barking Carnival would have been blogging enthusiastically about America’s three obssessions: baseball, boxing and horseracing. Blogging back then largely consisted of standing on a street corner crate shrieking incoherent opinions about immigrants while backed […]