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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Rice

[I apologize for all the spacing issues in this post.  This software just baffles the hell out of me.] 
I’ve been betting on college football games off and on for about 30 years or so.  Never put too much money on the line - it’s just something I’ve done for fun, and to increase the interest level […]

Swimming in the Talent Pool

Just before Signing Day, we talked here about the Recruiting Rankings analysis that SMQ performed and he concluded how accurately Rivals was predicting winning percentages.
“Rivals was very, very good at picking the top teams – of the top 25 winningest teams of the last six years, all were either pegged in or very near their […]

The Babelfish Recruiting Translator

I typed in lines from some recruiting interviews and it gave me some useful insights. Thought I would share.

Translation in italics.
For me, it’s all about getting a good education. Seminole. Bank on it.
I want to major in finance or petroleum engineering. sociology, holla!
I value a family environment. I’m going to […]

Top 5 Posts This Week

Scipio Tex - Texas / UCF Post-Mortem
Scipio Tex - Aggies @ Canes Liveblogged
HenryJames - Texas @ UCF Liveblogged
ChrisApplewhite - Texas @ UCF Breakdown
BraggonUT - Texas @ UCF - TiVo Film Room

Liveblogging Texas A&M vs. Miami

Pre-game
This is an important game for Texas A&M and Dennis Franchione. Two Big 12 teams already have scoreboard on the Canes - OU by virtue of a 51-13 homefield rout, Texas winning by landslide on the police blotter. For the Ags to maintain some degree of parity, they’ll need to come out of […]

Bash Your Bookie Bets: Week 4

Well, I’m 9-8-1 overall but 3-0 on double unit plays for a decent +4 units for the year. It’s been a below average run, but I’m still making money. The good news is that I really, really like this week’s card. I like it more than Chooky likes frosted tipped boy bands, […]

Scouting The Competition: OU & A&M Football

I watched both of their games from whistle to whistle yesterday. I saw some things that raise eyebrows with respect to A&M and some things to cause sphincter puckering with respect to OU.
A&M
Offense:
In my A&M pre-season preview, I asked if Stephen McGee was a running QB who can throw a little […]

Miami vs Oklahoma

It’s been almost 20 years since Oklahoma and Miami have played each other. They played each other in 1985, 1986 and on New Year’s Day 1988 with every game having national title implications. OU went 33-3 during that time with a national championship in 1985. Their only 3 losses were to Miami including the 1988 […]

  • Groundhog Day: CJD, Are you as concerned about our D next year as I am? You don't easily re...
  • CrazyJoeDavola: My biggest gripe with Colt had nothing to do with his throws, but rather his poc...
  • RolloTamasi: I don't know about giving up but we didn't pick up the blitz consistently well f...
  • Buzzard Lips: Rollo... I just don't understand our running game. We can blame it on execution...
  • Buzzard Lips: It's not in ESPN's interest to have a strong Big 12... and it lessens their inve...
  • RolloTamasi: I'm assuming Tanner doesn't start next year. Surely two of our young talents on ...
  • Buzzard Lips: What is ireonic is that they lost on a blitz play with no over the top help. ...
  • gringo salado: From the stands I thought they blitzed quite a bit....
  • CrazyJoeDavola: "Jim Tressell would rather play a 6 deep zone than blitz." How very, very iro...
  • exuLt: Bottom line, I'll take it. Handicaps and all....

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