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Scipio is a mook

Scipio’s 2008 All-Big 12 Team: Defense

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 […]

Here come the Tacklin’ Baptists

Raise your hand if you’ve seen more than a quarter of Baylor football this season. Yeah, me neither. Hopefully some of our NCAA fantasy football geeks who have been paying closer attention can fill us in, since other than Art Briles and Robert Griffin I’m hard pressed to name anyone on the squad. I think […]

Liveblogging the Mack Brown press conference

I got in late, didn’t hear the opening question. Based on the length of the monologue it must have been a doozy. Okay, just checked, it was “Good morning.” Here’s the last part of the response:

… feel like it’s a really fun time. It’s a neat deal for college football and for the kids, […]

Your Week 3 Big 12 Weekend

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? […]

Quick Scouting Report on Texas Basketball Newcomers

I know it’s football, football, football the week of ou, but with the recent commit from Jordan Hamilton and his other brother Jordan Hamilton , I thought it would be a good time to get an unbiased, straight talk assessment. So naturally, I called up my AAU coaching friend to get an unwashed scouting […]

Jordan Hamilton commits to Texas

Forward Jordan Hamilton of Los Angeles Dominguez committed to Texas today. Huge pickup. He’s ranked #5 in Rivals 150 for 2009, and Texas already has commits from #8 Avery Bradley and #64 Shawn Williams.
Rick Barnes is putting together a monster class.

  • High School Football Coach: Dear CTJ, I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast....
  • Trips Right: Because they constantly pee on their balls?...
  • CloseToJumping: Against USC? It would have probably finished the same way. USC has a great defen...
  • scagnetti: my beef with the kicking game is the complete lack of a kickoff going anywhere n...
  • Calhorn: Clarification: TTech game was not a W for Texas, of course, but the last secon...
  • Calhorn: My comments on the Fiesta Bowl: 1) FOX coverage was so bad it made me wince, ...
  • UTHornFan014: I am just glad the we played OSU last night. I hate to think how it would have t...
  • EyesOfTX: "Inside the 50, the rugby kick makes less sense because it is hard to down the b...
  • Black Scholes: I heart "bile filled post(s) of hate" directed towards G. Davis....
  • Kafka: Eyes: thanks for all the great write ups this year. My high school football t...

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