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Reliving the Wishbone: Now and Then
I'm still curious about what else HarsinWhite 2011 has in mind for our Wildcat packages this season. The Jesus was dead on about having 2 different operators for those schemes (Shipley and Fozzy so far) and the scrimmage videos at MackBrown-texasfootball suggest that the zone-read is being utilized...
A Remembrance of Things Past, and a reminder that things don’t last
I wrote the following in the Jones Top Ten this week: Texas and Florida are headed to the same place for very different reasons. While I fully believe that Urban Meyer has lost his passion for the game, in Mack Brown’s case, the evidence mounts that the game has simply passed him by....
Why Texas Stomps a Mudhole in Alabama
For the third consecutive game in a row, the collective Texas fanbase has wrung its hands and bawled all over itself in anticipation of a dangerous matchup against a worthy opponent. In this instance, led by none other than this site’s esteemed primary writer, ScipioTex. He’s done his...
1982 Texas-Alabama: Drawing Up One Perfect Play
In 1954, Junior Quarterback Charlie Brewer threw two touchdown passes as Texas defeated Bear Bryant and Texas A&M 22-13. Twenty eight year later Bryant was still coaching and this time Charlie sat in the Cotton Bowl stands and watched his son Robert help Texas pull off a 14-12 upset of...
1973 Texas-Alabama: Walking The Line
Stan Mauldin, more than most, can fully appreciate the intensity of the upcoming BCS Championship battle between Texas and Alabama. Mauldin's older brother, Dan, was a letterman on the 1963 National Championship Longhorn squad, and Stan was a sophomore letterman on the 1969 title team. After...
Texas vs Alabama: An Historical Perspective
For Longhorn fans the history is short but sweet: Texas holds an all time record of 7-0-1 against Alabama. It's been 28 years since the Horns and the Crimson Tide played, and of course they will renew their infrequent rivalry in the BCS Championship game next Thursday. These two preeminent college...
Pundits Cannot Beat A Grizzly!
Why Barking Carnival will always have a readership. Aside from the outstanding bear attack metaphors, I derived the greatest enjoyment from the posters commending Hu with "Good post!" I AM TEH FANATICAL OKLAHOMA ST COWBEAR! DO NOT THROW TEH BOWIE KNIFE AT ME!
1965 Orange Bowl, Texas vs. Alabama: College Football Goes Primetime
The combination of the unscheduled off-week, along with Taylor TRoom's outstanding look at the incomparble Bobby Layne brought out a note of nostalgia for me as well. Tommy Nobis will have his jersey retired along with Layne's at the Arkansas game. Among all his other accolades, Nobis was a star...
The Legacies and Lessons of Bear Bryant and Joe Paterno
On this very day 29 years ago, Paul W. Bryant passed away at the age of 69. It is with particular sadness we note this anniversary so soon after the death of Penn State’s own legendary head coach Joe Paterno. In the sphere of college football there have been but a handful of men who can boast...
Joe Paterno Dies at Age 85
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno died of lung cancer at 9:25 am ET, according to a Paterno family spoksman. Paterno, who was dismissed in November after revelations of child abuse by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly thereafter. He's been...
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