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.

At least according to Iowa State player Darius Darks.
Darks posted his video response to Chizik accepting the Auburn head coaching job on Facebook.

“A lot of people asking me what I’m going to do with coach Chizik leaving. I understand business is business, but this man lied,” Darks said in the video. “At a team […]

Former Texas defensive coordinator that is.
ESPN, the same network that reported Auburn hired current Texas DC Will Muschamp two days ago, now says Auburn has hired Iowa State coach Gene Chizik as its next head coach.
What could go wrong?
The Cyclones went winless in Big 12 play this season, and their win total has […]

After a weak week, I’m 18-17-1. I blame the Big 12 North Division. I have no idea what to do with Conference USA Del Norte. Their games follow no logic and I have minimal ability to discern degrees of bad once you get past Missouri: is it offal that beats rubbish? […]

I am currently 8-4 ATS. This is solid work, explicable by basic probability theory. The law of large numbers will catch up with me soon and I’ll be unmasked for the fraud I am. Until then, let’s live the lie together, shall we?
Kansas @ Oklahoma (-19.5)
Will Bob Stoops allow a post-Texas hangover? […]

This is the segment in which a cattle gun is placed against my head by Anton Chigurh and I’m told to call it. I have to pick every game, even the ones I feel aren’t subject for righteous divination. I’m much better at picking winners than handicapping, but Anton has no pity. […]

The Wrap saw some great games and several more that were unlikely to make the cut for oral tradition around campfires.
Kansas - 34
South Florida - 37
I picked South Florida to win a close one in a game dominated by both QBs. I also said that despite USF winning, KU would cover the 3.5 […]

Kirby Freeman’s career at Baylor came to an end last night after one quarter of football. Freshman Robert Griffin is the present and future of Baylor football. Unfortunately, his immediate future is only going to lead to a single win over Northwestern State. Wait ’till next year, Baylor. Left tackle Jason Smith is a player […]

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 […]

Since I don’t really know anything about Iowa State football, besides that Gene Chizik is the coach, I began digging for information.  To give you an idea of how tough it is to come up with anything of substance, check out this link and see if you can make it through two sentences of a […]

I remember when I loved College Football News, and it was mandatory reading this time of year. Well, no more, as I missed their Big 12 preview for four days. I can see that I didn’t miss much.

Here are some news and notes from around Big 12 camps. For more detailed analysis of each team, please review our State of the Union pieces.
Injuries
The injury bug is showing up all over camps.
Knock on wood as Austin has been spared the loss of any starters. Back-up tight ends Josh Marshall’s […]

Here’s what the Big 12 Coaches said:
Offense
Pos; Name; School; Ht.; Wt.; Cl./Exp.; Hometown
WR; Michael Crabtree!; Texas Tech; 6-3; 206; So./1L; Dallas
TE; Chase Coffman; Missouri; 6-6; 245; Sr./3L; Peculiar, Mo.
OL; Duke Robinson; Oklahoma; 6-5; 330; Sr./3L; Atlanta, Ga.
OL; Phil Loadholt; Oklahoma; 6-8; 350; Sr./1L; Fountain, Colo.
C; Jon Cooper; Oklahoma; 6-2; 285; Sr./3L; Fort Collins, Colo.
OL; Louis […]

So AJ Abrams comes out from under the bus and shoots the Horns back into a game they had no business winning. That’s the good news. The bad news is AJ Abrams won’t get to play a team quite as unathletic as the Cyclones the rest of the year, and certainly won’t go […]

Iowa St football: a vortex of suck
In meteorogical terms, a cyclone is an area of low atmospheric pressure characterized by inward spiraling winds. In football terms, a Cyclone is a negligible football entity characterized by inward looking fans spiraling out of control with giddy optimism from a marginal hire. Aside from their WNBA […]