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Item 1 How bad was Texas recruiting on the offensive side of the ball from 2006 to 2009? This bad. In that period Texas recruited 40 offensive players, a number 50% larger than the defense had (27). Here is what an offense made up of the best 11 recruits from that era looks like: WR John...
2011 Texas Longhorn Defense in Review
Since I've primarily focused on Diaz and the defense this year I thought I would review the year, what we accomplished, and how. I've broken down the review into pieces: the stats of our play, our strategy, and individual performances. The Results We finished first in conference in yards per play...
Coaching Carousel: Fedora, Sumlin, Tressel More
According to several sources, Southern Miss. coach Larry Fedora, who has said in the past that Texas A&M was his "Dream Job" could accept the North Carolina job by the end of the day. Fedora attended A&M Consolidated HS and has been an assistant at both Baylor and Oklahoma State. He has been the...
Big 12 ADs to Support Plus One Model
According to Andy Staples at SI.com, the Big 12 Athletic Directors have voted to support the adoption of a plus one playoff model. A few thoughts come to mind. 1. F the other ADs that support it now but didn't before. 2. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! at Oklahoma State for supporting it now if they didn't...
Alex Okafor: All-American
UT Junior defensive end Alex Okafor has been named to the American Football Coaches Association All-America team. Okafor is the first Longhorn named to the team since the trio of Colt McCoy, Chris Hall and Earl Thomas back in 2009. Okafor had a team-high 7 sacks this season along with 17...
How The Coaches Voted
Just click on the coach and see who (and where) he voted teams. As expected, the SEC coaches held together. Nick Saban had Oklahoma State 4th behind Stanford. Iowa State Coach Paul Rhoads had the Cowboys as #2 -- Missouri's Gary Pinkel gave the league a nice parting gift by putting Oklahoma State...
Big 12 Games Preview – Bedlam and Baptists
Time for the weekly look at the upcoming Big 12 games based on ratings and adjusted stats to date. As always, keep in mind that personnel matchups, coaching decisions, injuries, etc. will not play into the numerical predictions and are all important information that will still need to be...
If Mike Leach Isn't Coaching Somewhere in 2012
Then his Pirate Ship has probably set sail for good. The number of coaching vacancies continues to multiply faster that Aggie complaints about the officiating in last Thursday's game. There are the usual suspects like Akron, Memphis, Tulane and Idaho, but the number of openings or potential opening...
So In Summation
I don't know if Case McCoy is the long-term solution at QB, but today I just don't give a damn. He made a play when the opportunity presented itself. He karmically paid back the Aggies for "Cart" MCcoy. And he sent them skipping off into their own personal hell AKA the SEC. All in all a pretty...
Big 12 Games Preview - Thanksgiving Weekend
Time for the weekly look at the upcoming Big 12 games based on ratings and adjusted stats to date. As always, keep in mind that personnel matchups, coaching decisions, injuries, etc. will not play into the numerical predictions and are all important information that will still need to be...
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