No sooner do I joke about UT’s interest in Matt Eberflus is it reported that he is being considered for a job.  Amazing. 
UT Hopes to Hire Coach by December
Good luck to Matt.  If you need a reference, you know you’ve got one from me.
If he goes, does Pinkel hire from within or go back to […]

Although there are two exciting weekends (or at least one) remaining in the Big XII season, the 18 regular season games between North and South teams have thankfully concluded.  The results can simply be described as a severe ass pounding:
 
BIG SOUTH - 15 WINS
little north - 3 wins
 
As you probably guessed, the big four in […]

Offline conversation made me briefly stop and consider my own personal most crushing sports defeats (non-participating division).  Fortunately, being a Missouri fan has provided me with a veritable buffet of potential selections.  But let’s not limit this to just Mizzou catastrophes.  So, here are mine with some commentary.
10.  1998 at Nebraska, 20 - 13.  We […]

We all know Will Muschamp has been named Prince of Texas, the heir to King Mack’s throne.  And we know Texans largely agree that the move is totally awesome, that burnt orange is a primary color, and that Cub Scouts should be able to earn capital punishment merit badges.  That’s what we know.  But, is […]

I’ll admit it, I have a Kansas license plate.  It has a “JO” sticker.  This means I’m surrounded by the very worst kind of Jayhawks on a daily basis.  The self-righteous, wheat-waving 913-Johnson County kind.  It gets worse.  My sister and wife (not the same person, thankyouverymuch) are both graduates of the University of Kansas.  […]

ESPN confirms today that it is taking over production of the BCS games come 2011.  I find this pleasing.  I am not the biggest fan of ESPN, as I find its highlight shows mostly focus on fellating athletes, “reporters” yelling at each other, and something called a Budweiser Hot Seat, which often includes the aforementioned fellating and reporters yelling.  […]

It’s an abbreviated week for college football which means we’re nearing the end of another season.  Tough times lay ahead for all us junkies.   But, as long as there’s action to be played, laid, and paid, there are lines about which we all care.   Here they are for the week.

Only three weeks of games left and things are still very much up in the air for the FedEx National Championship Game.  It has really come down to a three horse race between the SEC, Big XII and USC (Penn State remains alive but requires much help…).   We are once again the only place on […]

Question:  Who threw the greatest TD pass in the history of Mizzou football?
Answer:  Not who you think.
Not Chase Daniel. Not Brad Smith. Not Phil Bradley.  Not Kirk Farmer.  Not even Phil Johnson.
As I watched the Tigers celebrate their second consecutive Big 12 North Championship, a feat that 10 years ago I never thought possible in […]

Last week after seeing that College Football News had Mizzou projected to the Sun Bowl and NU to the Alamo Bowl, I sent a sternly worded email to their writers demanding a retraction, or at least, suggesting they give the bowl scenario some real thought.  Well, they listened!  And how!
New projections have Mizzou going to the Cotton […]

The Cyclones, consistent with their stature as Northmen, put up little resistance as the Tigers rolled again.  This is getting ridiculous.  There’s the South, then the Tigers, then the rest of the North.  Let’s look at a few numbers.
In 2007, the Tigers went 5-0 v. the North, winning by an average score of 45-21.  In 2008, […]

Week 11 was just about average for us.  We are 61% for the season and we were 61% last week.  We are hanging in there just above Vegas break even.  Things are tightening up for the season lead as well. 

This week sports only five games with four of those featuring road dogs and our group continued […]

Chase’s quest to completely expunge our one-time hero, Phil Johnson, from the record books has been well documented on these pages.  Phenom’s fascination with this elusive record inspired me to put my team of offshore programmers to work.  In the latest incarnation of our proprietary best-in-class interactive multi-media predicting software tool, we have taken on Chase […]

Am I afraid of the Cyclones?  Like a Burmese monk living in a coastal monastary, I am.  I agree that it’s not entirely rational, what with the Cyclones sucking like a Roomba in a crack house and with the Tigers dominating the North like Tarvol.  Still, I can’t shake the ghosts of Cyclone games past.  […]

It is not easy to write a feature about interesting statistics when you are playing Iowa State.  This is a very bad football team.  Nontheless, here we go:
3 - Each of the last three games between these teams in Ames have been decided by 7 points or fewer.  The best thing I can say about […]