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Why UCLA Bothers Me
UCLA pisses me off. And not for the reasons you think. It's not because they're 3-0 against Texas in our last three contests. They were the better team in 1997 (Route 66 trauma flashback) and 1998 (5 foot 8 inch walk-on Jeremy Jones manned up on 6 foot 5 inch Brian Poli-Dixon and volleyball pro...
Pac 12 Gets Record-Setting TV Deal
Timing is everything -- and for the Pac 12 timing means over $3 Billion in future TV revenue. The league has reached a 12-year agreement with ESPN and Fox that will be worth $250 million a year beginning in 2012-13. That number surpasses the yearly total for every other BCS conference. The Big 10...
Pre-conference ramble
I'm doubtful that anyone is looking forward to the conference season in college basketball more than I. I keep seeing things that confuse me. (I know, I know, easily confused, so what?) But the music from that Corona Light commercial that keeps running on the games I watch is now running through my...
Oh. My. GOD.
This Longhorn co-ed sums it up nicely. It's the gif that keep on giving. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff30/BarkingCarnival/Barking%20Carnival%20III/neau4z_medium.gif It is the new Torbush. A few observations: - Note the thousand yard stare in her blue eyes. An innocent was lost that day. ...
Texas-UCLA 2010 Post Mortem- Offense
They showed Greg Davis in the press box during the game - as the announcer solemnly intoned that he was "our outstanding offensive coordinator" (being extirpated by a Top 75 defense) - and I was struck by the idea that I was looking at a tortoise. A great Galapagos tortoise with light sensitive...
Texas-UCLA Football Preview 2010
The first thing that strikes you when you watch UCLA is their size. The third thing that strikes you about UCLA is their acronymness. The second thing that strikes you about UCLA is how the Pistol offense forces you to think out of sequence and puts you off balance. We're facing our first true...
Memories of Rout 66: Texas vs. UCLA 1997
It was my first year as a season ticket holder. I remember the surge of pride when I received my season tickets and how I would take them out of the crisp envelope that housed them to lay them across my coffee table in sequential order, fanned out like a peacock's plumage. Their glossy...
UCLA Football Losing Starters
They've already lost two starters - guard Jeff Baca to academic ineligiblity (which can be appealed) - the other their best D-lineman to a broken foot: DE Datone Jones. I still expect UCLA to be a reasonable team this year as they have playmakers in the secondary and at linebacker and Kevin...
John Wooden, RIP
A gentleman has passed. John Wooden was 99 years old. Ten NCAA basketball championships in twelve years will never be matched again, but Wooden's legacy is best realized in his teachings, in how one should live a considered life with respect and decency. Despite his team's achievements, Wooden...
Sticky Notes
As May marches on, the NCAA baseball picture continues to come into focus. Even from last week to this week, fans can now flex a bit more certainty when looking toward Omaha. And by the way…that Garrett Wittels guy (the one with the hitting streak) that was mentioned last week? He’s...
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