A&M Basketball: 48 Hours of Pure National Spolight
a treatise on the current state of Texas A&M Athletics (aka: Football & Basketball)
Bill Byrne's campaign to move the Texas Tech game to Dallas
the obligatory youtube filler video:
our triumphant heroes return from Lawrence, KS. my favorite part: "Kentucky is terrible!!" screams some guy, in reference to the rumors that Kentucky (and EVERY big program looking for a new coach) is attempting to woo Gillispie.
we Texans are a peculiar breed. We'll beat your ass for littering, we singlehandedly defeated Santa Anna, and we'll gleefully drive our 4-door trucks over your Prius..
..but when the roads get icy, HOLY SHIT STATE OF EMERGENCY ALERT THE NATIONAL GUARD OH LORD HELP US WHERE THE HELL IS SOME ROCK SALT HONEY WHERE DO I BUY TIRE CHAINS!1?!?!
so yeah, today was supposed to be the first day of classes for the spring semester, but seeing as how the apocalypse is upon us (in the form of Wintry Mix), classes and more importantly student ticket pull for the sold-out A&M-OSU basketball game this weekend are postponed until further notice.
i guarantee you, somewhere in college station a similar exchange is taking place
been waiting for this to show up YouTube since before Christmas... (seriously, i've checked every day since the night of the game)
NSFA (Not Safe For Appetite)
In the Texas 5A DI State Championship game, Southlake QB Riley Dodge (son of Todd Dodge, new UNT HC) gets violently ill before taking the snap. He gets the snap, throws the game winning TD, and then is helped off the field as he continues to vom uncontrollably.
As much as I hate Southlake Carroll, i have to give this kid props. Showed some very McGee-esque toughness in leading his team to victory.
Apparently Desmond Howard "misspoke" during last night's bowl preview on ESPN. He didn't mean to say Cal was playing Texas in the Holiday Bowl, nor did he intend to say that he was looking forward to the key matchup between Cal's WR DeSean Jackson and Thorpe Award winner, Aaron Ross. He certainly didn't mean to throw in the added drama about Texas backup QB transferring to Ole Miss with Colt McCoy's status still in doubt. According to Dez, his mouth had a well-informed mind of its own for about 23 seconds last night.
That wasn't just a little confusion between the two Texas schools or a bad teleprompter. No, Dez did his homework for this game. Droppin names and awards left and right, not to mention Snead's transfer to Ole Miss the night before.
The funniest part of it all:
between the time he FIRST said it (before start of Poinsettia Bowl) and the SECOND time (during halftime)..no one corrected him. Maybe they just didn't have the heart.
When playing Cal: for the love of God (Danny Ford?), GO FOR IT!
DeSean Jackson: making punt teams look special all year long.
(from punt returns alone)
Yards: 455 TDs: 4
sorry for being MIA lately. finals and the obligatory 48 hrs of slumber that followed are to blame. look for further Cal previewage and an exchange with Cal Blog, Tightwad Hill, later this week.
i'm tired of the incessant discussion/whining about ONE play during last week's game.
Longhorns need to realize that despite what was shown on their TVs and despite their natural and historic inclination to blame a bad game on a single individual, Kellen Heard's hit on McCoy wasn't dirty.
Was it late? Yeah, no question. Was it cheap/dirty/malicious? no.
Heard was just doing what every defensive player is taught since middle school: during an INT (does "Bingo, Bingo!" bring back any HS memories for anyone else?), you go find someone and clobber them. especially the quarterback.
the non-ABC footage of the hit:
yes, the hit is late. but not absurdly late. Heard never..heard..the whistle, nor was he in a position to see the result of the play. While his actions were too aggressive on that play, it was his & the entire team's aggression that allowed A&M to absolutely manhandle both of Texas' lines. In other words, if it were my defense, it's the kind of problem i'd like to have.
Coach Fran's hand written apology to Mack Brown early last week:
To: Coach Brown, the Texas coaching staff, Longhorn football players, and Colt McCoy and family
From: Coach Fran, Texas A&M coaching staff, Aggie football players, and Kellen Heard
We regret and apologize for the late hit on Colt by Kellen Heard. We do not teach this type of play or condone it. After meeting with Kellen, I know he feels badly that this happened, and he expressed that he did not want to display malicious intent.
We will handle this situation as a coaching staff with consequences for the action. Kellen is in complete agreement and said that he wants Colt to know that he certainly regrets it and he apologizes for the incident.
Our game is one of the great days in college football and we want it to always be a class day for both universities.
Good luck in your bowl game.
Sincerely,
Coach Fran, staff, Kellen Heard and teammates
satisfied? now, let's move on. you have a lot of work to do before facing Iowa.
with the exciting finish of the West Virginia vs. Rutgers game earlier tonight, it's looking likely that the Gator Bowl will choose West Virginia, relegating Texas to the Alamo Bowl.
To say that Texas' finish to their regular season was "unexpected" might qualify you for understatement of the year. It's safe to say that your local Wal-Mart will prolly have plenty of burnt orange t-shirts in stock this year.
Less than a month ago, Texas was not only gunning for the Big XII title and a BCS bowl, but a shot at the MNC itself. How quickly things change. Fiesta Bowl -> Fiesta Texas.
and because i never wrote a recap of the texas game:
we're getting destroyed over at BevoSports, and all i can find to fight back with is this adorably small town commercial of some high school kid masquerading as a future Heisman contender...
