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Craig James -- Multitasking in the ESPN Booth
Mike Leach's legal wranglings with Texas Tech, Craig James, ESPN et al may be at a standstill right now, but his high profile lawyer is busy making sure it stays in the public eye. Leach attorney Steve Heninger was on Paul Finebaum's radio show this week and said that James, while working Texas...
Rah, Rah, TCU!
Probably most Longhorns between the ages of 30 and 65 have a hard time not thinking of TCU as a doormat. That’s due to the UT record vs. the Frogs of 27 – 1 from 1968 to 1995. That notion is misleading. TCU has a great tradition in football, and has had long periods of bedeviling Texas. This...
Report: Mack Brown to Get Contract Extension
The Austin American-Statesman is reporting on its website tonight that the UT Board of Regents will extend Mack Brown's contract through the 2020 season. The Board of Regents are scheduled to meet this Thursday by telephone to consider the contract extension. The new deal would add four years to...
Texas Basketball: Previewing the Big 12 Murderer's Row
As Scipio Tex pointed out in his Texas A&M post-mortem, the Texas Longhorns basketball team faces a brutal six game stretch starting Saturday. @Mizzou, @KSU, KU, ISU, @Baylor, Mizzou On the plus side, all of those games (save for ISU) aren't being broadcast on the Longhorn Network. So you can...
Stoops Brothers: Together Again
Mike Stoops will be re-joining his brother's staff at Oklahoma. Stoops, recently let go as Head Coach at Arizona will return as Co-Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Backs coach. Stoops will replace current secondary coach Willie Martinez -- who technically hasn't left yet. Martinez is expected...
BCS Championship Ratings Down -- Changes May Be Coming
Over 24 million viewers tuned in to watch Alabama bludgeon LSU in the BCS championship game, a number that works for ESPN. Meanwhile Conference Commissioners are thinking about making some changes to the BCS System. The final rating for the Championship game was 14.0, which means that 14% percent...
RG III Is Off To The NFL
He informed Art Briles today that he will enter the NFL Draft. The deadline for entering the draft is this coming Sunday, and reports indicate that Griffin is in the process of selecting an agent this week. Right now the first five teams in the draft are: Indianapolis, Minnesota, St. Louis,...
Mike Gundy Gets A Pay Raise
Mike Gundy is about to become the third highest-paid coach in the Big 12. Gundy has agreed to an eight-year extention that will boost his yearly take to just over $3.7 million. The new contract runs through 2019. Right now only four D-1 football coaches make $4 million or more: Mack Brown ($5.19...
Disney-Comcast Enter 10 Year Agreement: Longhorn Network Not A Part of It
Comcast and the Walt Disney Company announced a 10-year, multiplatform distribution deal Wednesday that brings the "TV Everywhere" concept one step closer to reality. The Longhorn Network however, is not a part of the ESPN channels included in the agreement. The deal brings the national family of...
The Sooner Network: Coming To A TV Near You
sort of. The Sports Business Journal is reporting that Fox Sports Southwest and OU are close to reaching an agreement where the regional network will televise 1,000 hours of Sooner programming on its FS Southwest and FS Oklahoma regional sports networks. It would be available on the basic sports...
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