I heart Bill Little
Anybody who can write an article titled ‘The chess game’ about Saturday’s Nebraska-Texas game is a national treasure.
“Football, by its nature, is a lot like chess, which is sport’s version of a war battle. The coaches are the architects of the battle, and the players are the warriors who execute. The strategy begins long before the game, as coaches and players view films and check tendencies to plan their attack, or their defense.
And that is why Saturday was, in its own way, a masterpiece.”
If this was war, Mack Brown would be George McClellan and Bill Callahan would be Braxton Bragg.
October 29, 2007 at 8:36 am
Bill Callahan is Chemical Ali and Mack is Commander-in-Chief W.
October 29, 2007 at 8:39 am
You need a George McClellan tag.
Also, Braxton Bragg is the great-grandfather of BraggonUT, no?
October 29, 2007 at 8:42 am
Would that make Bill Little the Iraqi Information Minister?
October 29, 2007 at 9:04 am
Greg Davis is Custer
October 29, 2007 at 9:18 am
Mack and Greg are the world’s worst jenga players.
October 29, 2007 at 9:58 am
George McClellan is a perfect comparison to Mack Brown. Awesome.
October 29, 2007 at 11:03 am
and greg davis is bobby fischer…after he became insane..
October 29, 2007 at 11:05 am
“When earth’s last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted and dried,” wrote Rudyard Kipling, “when the oldest colors have faded, and the youngest critic has died….”
He goes on to tell a spectacular tale of the future life of an artist who will paint for the joy of the painting. Somewhere high above Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday, ole Rudyard must have smiled.
On a sun-splashed canvas before more than 85,000 people and a national television audience, the match of the famed helmets - the Longhorn silhouette of Texas and the “N” of Nebraska - took place. The 2007 versions of both teams may have been searching for their identities, and the pre-game chatter had been more about other things than a contest between two of the winningest programs in college football history.
But when the two teams kicked off Saturday, a classic college football game broke out, and they played the game for the fun of it.
October 29, 2007 at 11:30 am
“And that is why Saturday was, in its own way, a masterpiece.”
in its own way?? Other than the lone bright spot that was Jamaal Charles, who on God’s green Earth would call Saturday a masterpiece? Nebraska is in the midst of a year they hope to forget including giving up more rush yards to a single player on Saturday than at any time in their history. Then there’s Texas…
October 29, 2007 at 11:49 am
“Greg Davis and the Longhorns offense had anticipated some changes, and had dusted off the “zone read.” a play where the quarterback reads the defense and either keeps the ball or hands to his running back. Earlier in the year, the play had not been effective, but with the evolvement of Colt McCoy’s running ability, Davis figured it was a viable option to the traditional things Texas had done over the last several games, so he included it in the preparations”.
This is perhaps one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
October 29, 2007 at 11:50 am
The Bill Little story was a lot over the top but I enjoyed it (it was better than the first three quarters of Greg Davis’ playcalling). It was not all true but it does not have to be.
Is there something wrong with me?
October 29, 2007 at 11:51 am
Who would be me? I kicked ass until my own me accidentially shot me.
October 29, 2007 at 11:52 am
Did Rudyard Kipling coach?
October 29, 2007 at 12:11 pm
You guys can come up with all the general comparisons you want, and snark away, but really, truly:
There. Are. No. Words.
October 29, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Bill Little needs to lay off the Purple Drank.
October 29, 2007 at 12:40 pm
That guy is a poet, and he really knows it.
October 29, 2007 at 3:28 pm
The analogy worked better when he called Seneca Wallace a queen.
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/bill-little/article.aspx?id=15178
October 29, 2007 at 4:49 pm
I just knew Bill Little was a chess fag.
October 29, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Holy crap, Milkman.
Bill Little is plagerizing himself.
Perhaps in his next analogy he should use the game of Clue.
October 30, 2007 at 7:45 am
I guess this would make Mike Leach the equivalent of Hooker. Great on paper and appears to have some kind of a threatening strategy……but, at the end of the day, he’s on the wrong end of a route. I enjoy this game of comparing Big 12 coaches to inept Federal commanders.
October 30, 2007 at 7:59 am
This reads like some parody right out of Lil’ Bush.
October 30, 2007 at 9:35 am
Mark Mangino is Winfield Scott.
Coach Fran is Gideon Pillow - didn’t want to be known as a failure, so he had his 2nd in command surrender Fort Donnelson while he ran away on a river boat, thus abandoning his men to their fate.
October 30, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Which commander concocted the plan to dig the tunnel underneath the Rebel lines and blast a hole for them to all run out to flank them? Happened during the Richmond seige. They proceeded to get stuck in the hole coming out, surrounded, and killed. Someone in the Big 12 has to be that guy, maybe Chizik.
October 30, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Our blitz is the football analog of Pickett’s charge: Massive and massively stupid frontal assault against prepared positions; without any attempt at deception.