Expectations Run High for Manny Diaz
Manny Diaz’s honesty is refreshing: “Overall, the feeling was I’d have to get my brain checked if I didn’t come here,” said the former Mississippi State defensive coordinator. Here is Texas, home of...
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Using a combination of various computer programs and the Internet — a task nearly beyond my limited computing skills — I selected 25 F.B.S. teams at random. Teams lucky enough to have been randomly...
View ArticleNo. 18: Texas
Don’t just become the villain: love being the villain. Adore the antipathy, throw it all on your plate, shovel it down and ask for more. More, please. Forget about being America’s darlings; you were...
View ArticleFuture Search Holds Promise, Fear
Where do the bottom 10 go from here? I’m not talking about the bottom 10 teams in the country, though the list of the bottom 10 teams in the F.B.S. and the 10 coaches on the hottest seats does often...
View ArticleThinking About Who’s Next at Arizona
Where does Arizona go next? Defensive coordinator Tim Kish will run the show for the rest of 2011, but we know the track record of interim coaches becoming the permanent replacement at the end of...
View ArticleEyeballing Center Stage; Q.B. Needed
The Texas you saw on Wednesday night was the Texas you saw all season, which was not necessarily surprising news. The defense, as it was for a strong portion of September through December, was...
View ArticleThe Year in Review: Texas (8-5, 4-5)
Bill Powers, DeLoss Dodds joint statement: “We want Mack Brown to be The University of Texas football coach for as long as he wants.”Tue Jan 24 23:21:03 via TweetDeckChuck CarltonChuckCarltonDMN...
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