Showing posts with label college football. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college football. Show all posts
Friday, October 19, 2018

Some Friday fun

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Just because: Here's the abridged version: This is what makes college football so great -- bands that don't take themselve...
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Friday, October 5, 2018

Hoop dreams

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Christian Dawkins, James Gatto and Merl Code are on trial in federal court in New York for wire fraud and conspiracy. But the real question ...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Just win, baby

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Chris Del Conte, the new athletic director at the University of Texas, has been making the rounds trying to drum up financial support for ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

Same as it ever was

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Now that t he US Supreme Court has declared the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act unconstitutional and paved the way for legal...
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Saturday, December 6, 2014

The end of the season is nigh

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Today the college football regular season comes to a close. The end of the season will also bring us a brand new playoff format to determi...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Down, set, unionize!

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Today football players at Northwestern University outside Chicago will vote on whether or not to unionize . Ever since the Chicago office of...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Look for that union label! Rah! Rah! Rah!

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This morning in Chicago there will be a hearing before the National Labor Relations Board in which the NLRB will determine whether the foot...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Goodbye, Mack

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I just got back from seeing the sad ending to the Mack Brown era at Texas. I really wanted it to end differently than it did. I can't sa...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Book review - The System: The Glory and Scandal of Big-Time College Football

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College football is one of this country's favorite activities. Every Saturday thousands of students, alumni and ordinary fans pack stadi...
Saturday, October 12, 2013

Is today Mack's last stand?

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Today is being touted by some as Mack Brown's last stand. The feeling in some quarters is that anything short of a Texas win at the Cott...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Burnt ends

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For those barbecue enthusiasts out there, y'all know that the burnt ends refer to the tips of briskets that have been smoked for hours i...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Is this the end of the Mack Brown era?

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Ah, yes, the 2013 Longhorn football season is going up in flames. After the blow-out loss to BYU, Mack Brown sacrificed Manny Diaz to t...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Are y'all ready for some football?

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Well it's that time of the year again. Fall is approaching. Temperatures are falling (to the lower 90's). And the natives are back...
Thursday, November 8, 2012

The passing of a legend

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The University of Texas lost an icon yesterday with the death of coaching legend Darrell Royal . Coach Royal led the Longhorns out of the wa...
Saturday, November 3, 2012

Don't mess with Texas

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There is ugly . And then there's ugly . But the uniforms that Texas Tech will be wearing today when they host the University of Texa...
Monday, October 22, 2012

Problems on the Forty Acres

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36 points and 576 yards against Oklahoma State. 48 points and 460 yards against West Virginia. 63 points and 677 yards against Oklahoma....
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Swinging the sledgehammer

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In 1987, the NCAA leveled the heaviest sanction against a member institution in its history when it banned SMU from playing football for on...
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

And that's the way the syndicate rolls

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I'm currently in trial down on the island and my brain is fairly fried by the time I sit down to work after putting my girls down for th...
Monday, December 12, 2011

Coogs done in by a weasel

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Kevin Sumlin is the latest weasel coach in college football. While his charges, the University of Houston Cougars, were preparing to play ...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Just win, baby

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The Longhorns win the final installment of the Lone Star Shootout. And forever's an awfully long time. Texas Fight, Texas Fight, A...