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Breakout Players: Big 12 South
Posted by dedfischer on February 15th, 2010 under Football
I've heard some recent complaints about Ivan Maisel's breakout player picks for the Big 12. I can understand your frustrations, but I didn't think those were too bad of picks outside of Dixon possibly never making it to campus. Here are a couple of guys from each South team that I've got my eye on headed into the season:
Texas Longhorns
Offense - OL Tray Allen - I'm not sure if he's an inside or outside guy this year,
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Two Loops & a Hooey – Valentine’s Day Edition
Posted by dedfischer on February 14th, 2010 under Football
I got my Valentine's Day wrapped and slapped two days ago, so I've got the rest of the day off. I've mentioned in passing that my neighbor, Panama, has claimed to be a relative of Vince Young's by marriage. Now, I've never really questioned his claim as everything he has told me over the last 4 or 5 years has panned out.
On Friday night, Panama bangs on the door about 7:30, pops his head in, and
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Two Loops & a Hooey – Pioneer Edition
Posted by dedfischer on February 7th, 2010 under Football
This is a new feature I'll try to do a better job of keeping up with this offseason. The Cheerleader of the Week gig kind of got old. I still looked at pictures, but I ran out of material quickly. Since I can't sleep past 6:30 anymore, Sunday mornings will serve well for the matter.
It's kind of a stupid, interesting or funny story how I came up with that name. I'll tell you how it
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Horns Lose Mason Walters for Spring
Posted by dedfischer on February 5th, 2010 under Football
The Barking Carnival reports Frenship native Mason Walters will miss spring practice after undergoing foot surgery.
Walters was expected to compete for a starting job, possibly at left tackle to replace Adam Ulatoski. RT Kyle Hix will most likely be given a shot at the left side in the spring. Serious competition will come from the next best option on the Longhorn bus, an empty propane bottle, which showed promise in fall practice while redshirting.
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Earl Thomas Spots Tech 7 Points in Lubbock
Posted by dedfischer on January 10th, 2010 under Football
Redshirt Sophomore safety Earl Thomas of Texas has declared for the NFL Draft, thank God. Dude was fearless and the best route recognition player I've seen play at the college level. Got a lot of respect for this little guy and I'll remember him as one of the best I've seen come through the Texas program. I'm expecting an announcement from Von Miller any day now.
Steven Sheffield told me he's ready for the Kenny Vacarro
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Texas Tech Head Coach Tommy Tuberville
Posted by dedfischer on January 9th, 2010 under Football
I made up my mind this was the right hire 1 year ago during the contract dispute with Mike Leach.
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Alamo Bowl Post-Mortem: Ruffed Up
Posted by dedfischer on January 4th, 2010 under Football
What a weird feeling without the Crazy Pirate on the sidelines. This team looked a lot different to me on offense and I'm not sure we could have exploited the Spartan safety personnel in the fashion we did, if he was calling the plays. But, this was just one game and Leach, more than anything else, proved to be an outstanding teacher of his system. The guys who learned and embraced it always turned out to be good players for
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The Cycle Prick
Posted by dedfischer on December 11th, 2009 under Uncategorized
In the most entertaining and bizarre celebrity scandal since Richard Gere shoved a gerbil up his ass, Golf Prick icon Tiger Woods has been busted performing Craig's List gangbangs across the globe. I'll set the over/under at 6.5 days for a Bangkok tranny to make an appearance in this story. Nothing will surprise me at this point. His wife has banned him from golf, and if you think it's simply a coincidence that this event transpired
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Measuring Success
Posted by dedfischer on November 23rd, 2009 under Football
Most defensive coordinators of quality, I believe, will spend the majority of practice time preparing to stop the tendencies of an opponent's offense. These tendencies are typically classified by down and distance.
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Texas A&M Post-Mortem: Revenge Exacted
Posted by dedfischer on October 27th, 2009 under Football
Hope glistened in the eyes of Aggie fans after a 52-30 dismantling of the heavily favored Red Raiders. The worst thing that could have happened for Tech coming into this game was a 62-14 Aggie loss to K-State. It's not as if we've been out-recruiting Texas A&M over the last decade, we've simply been getting better players than what we had in the past and executing better schemes. The Aggies still get good talent littered