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Ray Ray and his Brother

You won’t hear it many places, however the whining and complaining are mostly from the ignorant. Like this article from Sports Illustrated, about how heartless Clemson. Or from some truly clueless people at Sports By Brooks.

UPDATE: Ray Ray’s Mom gets it

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Today’s stories include: Child-eating Golfers, World Cup Soccer in the US.

Plus links to: Monica Seles retires, the man who brought you Daytona live on television, Terry Bowden discusses the recent signing day winners and loser, the piling on over Indiana’s Coach Sampson.

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UPDATE: Bottom of post — LAT says the guard “flashed” his gun. That is a threat, and a former cop should know that.

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This is outrageous. Is Bush just a complete tool?

Lloyd Lake walked out of a deposition with Reggie Bush after an unknown person brandished a gun.

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Mack Brown has some interesting takes on National Signing Day.

The kids that signed today with us, including the nine that have been here with us for the last month, were eight years old when we first got to Texas, so all they know about The University of Texas football program is us. When you start looking at their profiles, one of them had Roy Williams as their sports hero, one of them had Major Applewhite, another had Michael Huff, so it’s really interesting to go back and look at why kids sign and what they feel. After 10 or 11 years of this here, we feel like we have a pretty good idea what we need and who will come.

That is pretty heady stuff. To think that the class you are signing today is there because of you and what you have done in the past. Wow. It also puts some perspective on longevity. 10 years, is a long time for any coach anywhere. It’s especially a long time at Texas. Failure is not tolerated very well at UT.

If Mack Brown stays another 10 years, those 10 will say more about him than the first 10. If he signs his 20th class, all of those signees will not have been born when he took over at UT.

Makes you sit down a think a bit.

Beyond the time is fleeting aspect; Texas was ranked by Rivals as having the #16 best signing day. Only one player is technically from out of state. The rest are from Texas. The one, is the son of a coach for Mack Brown. Think about that; not one non-Texan (ok one technically) and it ranks in the top 20 for recruiting. Staggering the talent in Texas.

On top of that TAMU was actually ranked higher for it’s signing and they are HUGE rivals with UT. They only signed 2 non-Texans. Ironically one from Norman Oklahoma (home of the OU Sooners, rivals of UT.

Tags: texas, tamu, ut, national signing day, mack brown

The college football season is effectively over. Now begins the bitching season. That wondrous time when everyone who “knows better” complains about those that “run the show”; badly as most see it.

All around, most are not happy. The only people happy are the Bowl owners, the ‘fat cats’ that attend the games in private boxes ferried by limos, and the Conference ‘bean counters’. That is about 5000 people, ’round about. The rest of the football world is unsatisfied, filled with anger bordering on bitter resentment.

The Problem

This years BCS was particularly unsatisfying. The so-called National Champ had 2 losses; most would say backed into the title game and did not deserve to be there. Several teams, that many think should play for the Title didn’t even get a consideration. One team, Missouri was not even in a BCS bowl even though they were a better team than at least 2 of the teams that did make a BCS bowl game.

Georgia also stands out there. They were motivated in their game and were lucky enough to field an opponent not used to “big time ball”. Nothing against Hawaii, they were overwhelmed by their surroundings, under-facilitated (still are), and up against a team with lots — in their mind — to prove. Oh, did I mention that the Bulldogs didn’t even with their division much less their conference? Yet many will argue that they were playing the best of any team at the end of the year.

That points out why the system, as always has been is so hated. One loss early and you can recover. One loss late and forget it. Take a look at Michigan. They ended up far higher than they deserved, after starting the season with an embarrassing loss to Appalachian State.

Who is to Blame

The BCS exacerbates the issue. By attempting to create a system that made the most money while pretending to crown a champ; they did neither. Fans, Alumni, football watchers, coaches, and students are frustrated by lopsided blow outs in the “premier bowls”, and quality teams being ignored for the top bowls that could have been competitive. How can you say you have a champion when no one played their way to the finally game?

The BCS backers (big money bowl game admins, backers, and clueless ADs) point to the fact that the season determined who made it, and that there were playoffs. Not all conferences have playoffs, and those conferences fair better in the rankings. Once again playoffs were never about crowning a champ, but filling coffers. You could say the worst ADs and Conference Directors have actually helped their Conference to better poll positions. Look at the Big 10 and Pac 10. No Championship, and they play in big bowls always.

Now we have Conferences, College Presidents, and ADs attempting to pacify the angry mob with more fake playoffs. They are determined to keep the Bowl System, come hell or high water. Typical of entrenched power

So Whats the solution

In the past you could make a case for tradition, wrongly and stupidly; but you could do it. Had they ditched the bowls when the BCS started and gone straight to a playoff, the pain would have been minimal. Now it’s going to be very painful and they won’t like it. It’s going to happen, and they desperately hanging on to their power. Typical of those who time has passed by, and don’t realize it.

The conferences need to either be forced, or of their own volition decide to do what is best for the students, players, and staff. The alumni hold much sway and it must be brought to bear on College Presidents to force them to force their ADs to get on with a playoff. The NFL needs to drop it’s rule about not taking players out of high school. College should not be a training ground for the NFL. The problem is that the relationship is symbiotic. NFL gets a training program that it does not pay for, and the colleges makes tons of money with football to fund nonsense. Even better the colleges get a mention of their school on every broadcast of a NFL game. Sweet deal.

All you have to do is follow the money. The people who are getting paid, are exactly those who want the BCS. A few exceptions abound, but most of those who want are getting paid.

Tags: football, bcs, nfl, bowl games, draft, georgia, texas, florida, usc, ucla, cal, osu, uh, ut

CB Prince to transfer to Mizzou

Sounds like the rats leaving the ship to me.

Others however have not lost their faith.

Linebacker Maurice Crum Jr., a captain of last year’s team, defensive end Justin Brown and cornerback Terrail Lambert have applied to the university to return next season for their final year of eligibility. While other schools redshirt players, Notre Dame players who do not participate for a season must earn their degrees and apply for permission to return for another season.

Crum was fourth on the team in tackles last season with 84. Lambert had 34 tackles and Brown made 30.

Why transfer to Mizzou? Yes it’s a good team, and they went far last year, I just don’t see the reason for it. ND gets favorable press, and a sweet TV deal that puts you on the air every damn week. Trust me, most of us DO NOT want to see ND at all, much less every week.

The only reason I can think of him transferring is he thinks he is going to get to be a running back again, as he was his Freshman year at ND. He may have to compete with a hotshot from St. Louis though, if he does go back to running the ball. Tony Temple is a Senior and is gone, so someone has to step in. Problem is, that transfers have to sit out one year. Maybe he is trading bad for worse.

Tags: mizzou, missouri, notre dame, Munir Prince, Maurice Crum, justin brown

I have put the pics on the full post page so to save bandwidth. The question is simple, if you are going to play big time football which facilities do you want to play out of?

June Jones has proven that you can do great things with poor facilities. I hope he can do the same with the once proud and unfairly destroyed SMU program.

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It’s bad. UH AD fired . Locals are not happy. Some understand what June Jones did.

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UH Administration admitted today that they blew it with June Jones and the football team.

Too little, too late, but Herman Frazier is to go.

Good to see them taken the blame. Now let’s see them get their act together. This is a huge blow to UH. The department is in a shambles. I am happy for SMU, but I feel badly for the students and alumni of UH. They deserved better.

Tags: herman frazier, june jones, smu, uh, football

Herman Frazier. Fired today for failure to have a clue.

He is the man that let June Jones get away. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

This shot was taken in Sept of ‘07

Seems clear he was failure long before this calamity.

The fans are in shock, and disbelief after Jones opted to go to SMU instead of staying with UH.

The natives are pissed.

Tags: hawaii, june jones, uh, herman frazier, football, smu