Barking Carnival

If you are a Longhorn fan, have the internet, and can read, you no doubt saw this article by CBS Sports columnperson Dennis Dodd. It is a shameless knob slobbering of an almost embarrassing degree, but goddamn if it doesn’t get the blood racing. I dare you to read that and not openly weep.

And we’re back.

Boy, I hope you like animation.

There is an age old debate on the Longhorn interwebs, ten years old at this point. One man, a renegade, will exclaim dissatisfaction with our offense. Another man, an august guardian, will tell that man that if he is so smart, why don’t you do better? Point taken, sir. I can’t actually do anything, but […]

The most important strategic decision a head coach makes, whether new to a team, or established, is which offense to run. His choice of offense determines what kind of personnel he needs, how practices should be organized, and how he should scheme for different opponents. All decisions come after this decision.
There are […]

The conventional wisdom on Duane Akina is that he is a damn fine defensive backs coach who has proven to be a horrid defensive coordinator. I don’t think the latter is debatable for most sentient beings. The former may be more debatable than most would think at first blush.
I’d contend that […]

Coach Akina is now faced with stopping the Aggie option and it should be interesting to see how he defends it. Most DC’s completely scrap their foundation schemes and revert to teaching assignment techniques with a revamping of alignments in order to give their group an even opportunity for success against an attack that has […]

The first thing I would gameplan is to take the WR Pearl Harbor screens away from them with an identified spy that bluffed rush and peeled down the line with any pulls. On third downs I would use one to both sides of the formation.
The second must would be to have multiple options on eliminating […]

You gotta love the next three weeks of UT football if you like defensive football. We get the opportunity to see how coach Akina plans to stop the option while defending a strong passing attack against the Cowboys in the first week, slow down the air show complete with circus acts against Texas Tech the […]

I have a work colleague whose husband is a manager at the Venetian in Las Vegas. It might surprise you then, classy joint that the Venetian is, to learn that it is the site of the prestigious Adult Video Awards. Aside from the enjoyment of seeing porn stars being led through the lobby […]