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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 58 minutes ago
Robinson is careless with the rock. Horns by 21.
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D W commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
Gustave, you are correct. Having an idiot for an OC is always a handicap. One I hope we can overcome.
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Phenomenal Smith commented on the blog post Who Wants to Win the North? 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
3 MNC, would you like to be banned?
I’m not optimistic, but that doesn’t mean I don’t root for the Tigers.
Re competing with the Longhorns, I haven’t been blown away by UT. I think if they play poorly and a team of Mizzou’s caliber plays very well, it could be a
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Glass Joe commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
I don’t know whether or not he can catch a football, but he has a similar body type to Michael Crabtree (who was also a QB in high school thought of as an Athlete). Cobbs is well built, has long arms, broad shoulders suggesting plenty of room for weight gain on his frame, shows
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The General commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
I say safety.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Tim Tebow = Vince Young 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
Magnus –
I don’t think race plays much of a role with the Heisman. I DO think it plays some role in the size of the collective sports media boner for Tebow, as versus the much smaller boner that popped up for VY.
I get your point, overall.
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Huckleberry commented on the blog post Tim Tebow = Vince Young 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
I think another huge difference is that most of you are UT fans. Before you freak out and talk about Vince Young being Babe Ruth or whatever, just pause for a second and think about how Florida fans probably feel about Tebow…..You think VY is transcendent because he helped your school win the NC, be
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BrickHorn commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
I’ve seen silverback gorillas that don’t have the arm length : body height ration as this guy.
Hell, I’ve seen a lot of animals, primates or not, that don’t have the same arm length : body height ratio as Cobbs. Snails are one example. And trout.
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Magnus Bleuveigner commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 3 hours, 15 minutes ago
We need a predictions forum where each topic is catalogued and we can come back years later and see who is right.
Sample question: Which position does Demarco Cobb play in college?
a. wr
b. safety
c. olb
d. other-write in.
I think you try and get him the ball, not take it away. If I had to guess today
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Phenomenal Smith commented on the blog post AT POWER RANKINGS – WEEK 8 3 hours, 18 minutes ago
These rankings actually make as much sense as they possibly could make.
Poor Baylor.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 3 hours, 32 minutes ago
I’m all for taking as many guys as possible classified as “ATH.”
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Who Wants to Win the North? 3 hours, 42 minutes ago
Couldn’t agree more. Well said, sir.
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Phenomenal Smith commented on the blog post Who Wants to Win the North? 3 hours, 52 minutes ago
As explained in my post, that’s a factor.
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t1climb1 commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 3 hours, 53 minutes ago
Man, I would love to get Gerry alone over a few beers and get him talking about his jump from Rivals. I bet that would be an interesting conversation.
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
“Damn. I never realized that Kurt Warner’s wife has manhands.”
well done.
“That asshole bought me a pineapple vodka at the Glass Cactus in the Gaylord Texan.”
Someone check coloradoag’s Mancard.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 4 hours ago
Gerry Hamilton’s write up is here.
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Sailor Ripley commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 4 hours ago
Gerry Hamilton’s write up is here.
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Bob in Houston commented on the blog post Tim Tebow = Vince Young 4 hours, 1 minute ago
Maybe so, Mike, but we started with the stats. Vince’s are demonstrably better.
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Bob Along commented on the blog post Dez Bryant cannot tell a lie 4 hours, 7 minutes ago
mr. sunshine, he was obviously just driving it for awhile, just exactly like every other college student with no family money would do, while the dealership got his loan info ready…. oh, wait…. right state, wrong school.
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CloseToJumping commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 4 hours, 14 minutes ago
Forget about him playing WR. It’s a tremendous get and a sign of changing tactics and management.
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Nordberg commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 4 hours, 22 minutes ago
Are golf pricks allowed to wear their hair that way?
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Sheriff Blalock commented on the blog post Who Wants to Win the North? 4 hours, 24 minutes ago
You just want to go back to Dallas to drink again, don’t you?
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Phenomenal Smith commented on the blog post Colorado Preview 4 hours, 43 minutes ago
Myself, I am discounting the Monsoon game, the UT game, and the second half of the Okie State game.
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Phenomenal Smith wrote a new blog post: Who Wants to Win the North? 4 hours, 44 minutes ago
We do, of course. I’ve recently become aware that there is a segment of fans, those who claim to love the lovable Missouri Tigers, that do not want to win the North. I am shocked, appalled, dismayed, and saddened by such a thought. Dave Matter, the Pied Piper of a large number
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srr50 commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
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srr50 commented on the blog post This is Oklahoma State’s coach 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
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Don't Call Me Bill wrote a new blog post: Try and tell Jeff Capel OU isn’t a Basketball School 4 hours, 57 minutes ago
He isn’t listening.
Dear OU FANS I have an announcement to make, the days of OU Basketball being viewed as something to do between a bowl game, the last six years a bowl loss, and spring practice is history.
Oh how far we have come in three years. To understand this amazing transformation and
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Sheriff Blalock commented on the blog post Colorado Preview 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
That’s pretty much how I feel. I’m not objective enough (like GC is, apparently) to be really confident. I’m basically discounting the Texas game completely, but it’s not like Mizzou moved the ball with any regularity in the previous two games.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Looks Like Demarco Cobb Committed to Texas 5 hours, 2 minutes ago
Seems like the 4.7 he ran was on a slow track in borrowed shoes, according to a bunch of other recruiting boards. He has also run quite a few 4.5s and rally fast 10.4 100s.. And he is a legit 6′1″ and 200 lbs. Sounds like a receiver to me.
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NorthDallasSooner wrote a new blog post: The Petri Dish that is the Rest of the Season 5 hours, 15 minutes ago
The performance last week against Kansas gives a good indication of what the rest of the season will probably look like. A DOMINANT defense that gives up very few points, takes the ball away a couple times a game and frustrates really good quarterbacks and an offense that struggles with consistency, doesn’t move the
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BrickHorn said:
November 27th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Nice post. I have a couple of suggestions for improvement, however: (1) the chart could use even more unexplained parentheticals and (2) I like that percentage values appear out of nowhere, but it might be more helpful to give these values in decibel units, expressed in Roman numerals.
kthxbye!
Trips Right said:
November 27th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Good post and certainly very encouraging. Those numbers should improve now that we’ll finally have a defensive system building on itself year after year. Self scouting and tendencies will replace defensive hobgoblins busted coverage and missed assignment. I’m okay with that.
beowulf said:
November 27th, 2008 at 8:43 am
This is when you are at your best. Offering up facts and stats. Along with your peerless C&P ability you are the master of the hard truth.
It’s only when you get into commentary, personal observations, and opinions that you suffer embarrassing moments. Or when you become “witty.”
Anyway, good job,and I like the 30 points you gave Tech. That’s what the defense gave up.
Texas is going to play balls to the walls defense for many many years now.
BrickHorn said:
November 27th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Thanks for adding the explanation. I figured that’s what you meant.
Anyway, like I said, nice post. I’d like to see a similar analysis for the offense. My biggest issue with GD over the years has been his team’s underperformance against top defenses. I get the sense that the Horns don’t have that problem this season.
lawdog13 said:
November 27th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Damn nice job illuminating what we’ve all sensed. Thanks for your efforts on this.
p said:
November 27th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I have been talking about this all year. The great part is we are able to improve this much, and we aren’t even close to the ceiling.
For a quick example, imagine how much better these numbers would be if we could have held on to the gazillion interceptions we had our hands on. I can think of at least 1 game that would be 7 points less.
exuLt said:
November 27th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I saw what you did there. If you take out the 3 weaker sister teams you added to this year’s tabulation to skew the results relative to last year, you get the following Average %s for 2008:
89% 93.9% 97.7% 64.7%
So even though category results are better than last year across the board, you can argue that 3rd down and red zone %s are still banging around statistical average, with YPA showing moderate statistical inprovement, and Points Allowed the telling Muschamp statistic for this year’s defense’s performance, with significant decrease against opposing team ppg average and improvement over last year’s results.
Parlin Hall said:
November 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Good post, but the stats prompt a question:
Why doesn’t Doperbo write more?
I’ll hang up and listen for your response off the air.
HenryJames said:
November 27th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
The ‘3 weaker sister teams’ I added are all ranked in the Top 30 in both total offense and scoring. One of them is ranked in the Top 10 in both.
exuLt said:
November 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Yeah, this year’s defense is stout, alright, in absolute terms, but for a valid pre/post Muschamp comparison with last year’s team, you need the data bases to be as similar as you can make it, ±revolving/evolving players.
Huckleberry said:
November 28th, 2008 at 5:35 am
As all good Barking Carnival fans know, my power ratings’ defense number is based on how many points you prevent your opponents from scoring on average. Although I won’t upload the new ratings until after Saturday’s games, after giving up only 9 last night to A&M, we are now #3 in the nation with a defense rating of 40.03; last year through the A&M game our defense rating was 28.46, which was good for #32 in the nation.
One way of looking at that information is that last year’s defense would be expected to give up over 30 points per game against the schedule we’ve faced this year.
Minnesotahorn said:
November 28th, 2008 at 8:11 am
‘Who wants a Muschamp ride?’ is pure excellence.
exuLt said:
November 28th, 2008 at 8:35 am
You know, thinking about last night’s A&M game and how style points are better defined by margin of victory instead of the more popularly perceived total points, one consequence of GD’s “controlled” east-west offense is that the opposing team has less time to be on the field to score, the defense is better rested, and total points for both teams is thusly skewed downward.
Hence I think the better statistical pointers for defense power rankings are yards allowed and points allowed per offensive play. Team offenses with more time on the field have more opportunities to progress and score against the defense, so that teams that employ quick-strike schemes to score in fewer plays allow the opposing team more time on the field, more plays, etc. Defensive performance per offensive play basis then becomes the equalizer.
CallKevin said:
November 28th, 2008 at 9:35 am
It’s worth noting that A&M was only held below 21 once this year, in their opener (14).
Last year they were held to 7 by Tech in Lubbock.
In 2004 they were held to 7 by Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl.
So in 5 seasons, they’ve been held to single digits only three times-and last night was one. Doesn’t suck.
horncasting said:
November 28th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Serious question. If Akina were our DC again this year and our stats and record were exactly the same, would you have the same perception of our defense?
I posted this on BON awhile back, but curious about the answer here.
Personally, I think we’d all be hung up on the first level stats (total yards, passing yards), not going this deep into stats, and crucifying the defense.
He Derso said:
November 28th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I am an Aggie-what is this thing called “Defense” to which you keep referring?
TaylorTRoom said:
November 29th, 2008 at 5:27 am
It’s funny to see that we aren’t meeting Muschamp’s goals on those metrics. With the regular season over, it’s obvious that Texas has the Big 12’s best defense. Pick your metric- yards allowed, points allowed, use all games or just league games…Texas has the best defense. That’s with us playing the league’s best offenses (OU, Tech, Mizzou, OSU, KU). Who would have expected that?