tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2900082793962476832012-02-02T22:01:32.747-06:00All the (Longhorns) News That's Fit to Print...and more!JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.comBlogger3651100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-77706205906121704962009-03-03T20:27:00.001-06:002009-03-03T20:28:31.182-06:00

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-16348781897838339752009-01-28T20:24:00.002-06:002009-01-28T20:25:29.054-06:00

This internet thing is full of many sick, twisted, disgusting things, but this one may take the cake. What say you, Jaybro? How could you let something like this happen?

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But he can ball.

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Note--This piece, recreated from BON because JBrater doesn't read anything on the non-anarchist side of the internet beyond this site, is the opinion of Jeff. Spell checking and grammar were Abram's department, so any mistakes in that category are his alon.eThis post is not a defense of the BCS. It is not an argument with any depth for or against any form of playoff. It is simply a defense of the

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It's been slow, so we figured we would post one of our favorite Onion articles to celebrate 2009.Who Do You Think You Are -- Former New Orleans Saints Linebacker Pat Swilling? Do you think posting above-average sales numbers for two months means you are a versatile, savvy defensive player with excellent lateral motion? It's a rhetorical question, Swilling—you don't need to answer it. I feel like

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We've had a few myths broken this week:Jeff does not suck at softball, evidenced by his clutch hitting and solid defense including the speediest 14 second inside-the-park home run in Jacobs Camp history.The Saints are not doomed to lose to the Lions. Moreover, the Lions probably will go 0-16 unless they beat the Packers in what would go down as one of the worst losses in that franchise's storied

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-12013707893138468912008-12-19T20:35:00.003-06:002008-12-19T20:40:36.552-06:00

Apparently we choose our name smartly as there is now a 40AcresSports.com. A real site legitimately dedicated to Texas sports, by 2 friends who are apparently smart about the intraweb. Our name was originally going to be that, but a typo in the creation stage, combined with our laziness and the fact that we kinda liked the name to produce 40 Acre Sports. Not to mention the fact that we wanted to

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-52314367085762102352008-12-14T20:13:00.003-06:002008-12-14T20:41:27.202-06:00

We're calling it, the 7-7 Saints are going to spoil history by losing to the 0-14 Lions. The reasoning is as follows:The Lions at 0-14 have nothing to loseThe Saints at 7-7 and out of the playoff hunt have nothing to gainThe Lions have played opponents closer in recent weeks including Indy last week and the Vikings the week beforeThe Saints have been awful on the road, holding an appalling 1-6

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Reading a fantastic biography of Robert E. Lee by Douglas Freeman, I (the one of us reading the biography) came to the section about the end of the Army of Northern Virginia. As Lee was surrounded near Appomattax (in Virginia) he knew there were two options: fight his way through the vastly superior Federal forces, or surrender. Around 1 AM on the day of surrender one of General Gordon's staff

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-11835102615274219562008-12-01T14:33:00.002-06:002008-12-01T15:04:16.915-06:00

We all know how the final regular-season BCS standings came out. We all saw Barry Switzer's stupid smiling face on Fox declaring how "Bob took the high road," insinuating that somehow Mack Brown's lobbying on Texas's behalf was more whiny than Bob Stoops's exact same lobbying on OU's behalf. Not that Switzer would know the "high road" if he got run over by a truck on it (and then backed over, and

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-56200329370919440312008-11-02T17:39:00.002-06:002008-11-02T17:41:31.422-06:00

Words can't sum it up, but this video does nicely.

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-63785897007953138002008-10-25T00:11:00.003-05:002008-10-25T00:12:38.551-05:00

Brought to you by the people who decided Abram should get married, we are happy to present:Hannah and Abram's Wedding Blog!Enjoy!

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THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-62787010002979461032008-10-04T23:20:00.001-05:002008-10-04T23:20:30.832-05:00

Just thought you'd like to know.

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It's been a month. We know we've said it before, but...our bad. To make up for it, here's an awesome story about how Kevin Durant is handling being in **shudder** Oklahoma. According to the article (really the only part you care about):Kevin Durant, the reigning Rookie of the Year took in Oklahoma's football game against TCU on Saturday, and the former Texas start said he wrote "Hook 'Em Horns"

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-30069885054317929532008-09-03T14:38:00.004-05:002008-09-03T18:43:17.551-05:00

We were pretty excited about the beginning of college football last week. The problem was that we didn't really get much chance to enjoy it. Hurricane Gustav ended up occupying most of our limited TV time through the weekend, but one of us did make it to Austin for the Texas game (hint: it was Jeff) where the most entertaining moment appears to have been the Vince Young jersey retirement. Have we

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Today, we will both put on our Burnt Orange #32 Ced B jersey. One of us will watch on PPV while the other heads to beautiful Austin, Texas to watch Vince Young's jersey be retired. Word has it that a football game will be played afterwards. It is football season.Ich bin ein Longhorn.

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JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-19755213377887937802008-08-21T09:47:00.007-05:002008-08-21T12:04:46.106-05:00

Check out our counter (go ahead, scroll down, we'll wait).........By now you've noticed that we're within 500 hits of the big 50,000 on our little blog. We're honored after just under 18 months to be hitting 50,000, especially considering our blogging peer and mentor over at ZiggyBackRide is yet to hit 20,000. Through our first 49,500 hits, we've had the following people visiting our site:48,000

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-6511884442767141422008-08-20T15:44:00.001-05:002008-08-20T15:45:56.165-05:00

Sorry...but ESPN the Magazine has a really cool article about student sections.It's. Almost. Football. Season.Woo!

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-15836629697844215072008-08-20T10:37:00.001-05:002008-08-20T10:39:48.918-05:00

There are:This many days left until Texas football starts again.

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-5322322836049913082008-08-19T13:08:00.002-05:002008-08-19T14:54:06.131-05:00

A look around the ol' webernet shows hours of football-related entertainment that should be very helpful for those college gridiron fans like ourselves who feel that we can make the season start quicker if we think about it a lot. The fact that it's never worked before doesn't change a thing.First, one of our favorite (and arguably most underrated) college football sites is

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-85044575821414760742008-08-16T08:38:00.002-05:002008-08-16T12:09:49.061-05:00

This post is (shockingly) all over the place, so please forgive us.The Olympics have been fantastic, just fantastic. The glory includes Michael Phelps captivating the nation, the tragedy of the men's volleyball team, women's gymnastics taking the individual gold and silver, the men's basketball team teaching us to love (USA basketball) again, 13 year old Chinese gymnasts, and a real medal count

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-66994044244595697292008-08-14T22:51:00.004-05:002008-08-14T23:00:53.824-05:00

It's almost that time for football to start again, and with that comes a tradition as old as 40AS itself, our Annual Guide to Getting the Most Out of Football Season. You can read last year's guide here, and while it isn't quite as new (much of the material is the same as last year's because football season never really changes) or as detailed as the Eyes of Texas 2008, we think it's still an

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-87791610968339548732008-08-11T10:44:00.000-05:002008-08-11T13:55:24.505-05:00

Just when you thought the collapse of the French army in 1940 was as bad as you can get, here comes the 4 X 100 freestyle relay. The French are favored, the French are expecting to win, the French are talking smack. The race began well for the US, but anchor Jason Lezak found himself trailing by a half-body length as the race entered the final 100 meters. Just to his right was French jerk Alain

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-40248523766158120342008-08-08T11:08:00.002-05:002008-08-08T11:36:39.237-05:00

Let's start off with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Redbirds are in a perfect storm of almost-awesomeness this season: a bullpen not good enough to hang onto medium-sized leads, and an offense not quite good enough to give mediocre pitching performances adeuate run support to bail them out. Of course, were St. Louis located on either coast of this great nation rather than in the middle, then we'd

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-58916064621662147052008-08-03T18:37:00.004-05:002008-08-03T18:47:30.635-05:00

The light that appears in the east just before dawn is known as the "false dawn." Tonight begins roughly a month of false dawn for the sport we love so much. Sure this looks a lot like football: 22 players on the field at a time, Saints fans have hope, and Les Miles is hanging out with Snoop Dogg. But preseason football, which begins tonight with the Hall of Fame Game between the Colts and

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-31286307282842247632008-07-22T10:08:00.006-05:002008-07-22T14:19:46.485-05:00

Ok, our bad. It has been a while, and, as we said, that's our fault. You see, starting in mid-May: one of us graduated, one of us got ready for the busy part of the year, then both of us were at camp, then one of us left camp to go to Europe while the other stayed busy at camp. And here we are, two months later, and finally getting back to this whole blogging thing. Luckilly we didn't miss a

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-30317997882173364692008-05-12T09:26:00.002-05:002008-05-12T09:44:35.638-05:00

*"America" in this case should be interpreted to mean "the 5% of America that cares about college baseball"While the Longhorns will always be our first and foremost college athletics concern, we each had a first love that has been referred to frequently around here. For one of us, the first love was/is LSU sports and every time we think one of their teams is going to suck long enough for us to

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-89848624710038315402008-05-08T10:08:00.007-05:002008-05-08T17:37:37.928-05:00

OK Guys. We're really sorry. It's almost summer, so Abram is crazy busy, and Jeff is caught in the euphoria of almost being done with school forever. But here is a fun, bullet-pointed post to address and start a conversation about all the stuff that Adam has pointed out we should have been talking about lately:Cedric Benson: DWI offender or victim of a DWB imposed by Lake Travis police? ESPN is

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A hearty congrats to whoever comes up with the best caption of the photo below.

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JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-82904003579112940452008-04-17T15:59:00.005-05:002008-04-17T17:11:08.592-05:00

This was going to be a post about where all the Deadspin commenters can stick Kevin Durant's 42-point finale. Instead, it's going to be something more tasteful.Apparently Royal Ivey has something in common with Chris Paul.Clearly Royal With Cheese is thinking that Chris Paul is the best PG in the game, Royal Ivey is not. Chris Paul once punched a dude in the nuts, Royal Ivey should do just

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-69482088821068286452008-04-16T16:14:00.002-05:002008-04-16T16:47:09.983-05:00

The St. Louis Cardinals, picked to finish fourth or fifth in the NL Central by most people who do predictions, share the Majors' best record with Arizona at 10-4. They have begun the season by winning their first three series and splitting a four-game set with the Giants. Tony La Russa is is always talking about just trying to win series, because if you consistently take 2-of-3 you're going to

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-51476757541855166822008-04-08T16:48:00.005-05:002008-04-08T17:02:00.149-05:00

Well, we're less than 5 months away from football, with only baseball and summer football to keep us busy. Before we forget about this previous basketball season (STAY DJ! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STAY!!!), let's review why it was a memorable one:5) Texas played some elite competition, and beat some elite competition. KU, UCLA, Tennessee, Baylor, the list goes on. There have been years with

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-82429727033871065842008-04-05T12:17:00.004-05:002008-04-05T15:55:07.878-05:00

That's right, we're a year old today. We've been through four Deadspin cameos, three fun but title-less major Texas sports seasons, two jobs which don't always make blogging easy, and one year of 40 Acre Sports.We know we know haven't been all that responsible in posting since moving the majority of our Texas posts over to Burnt Orange Nation, but you've stuck with us and rewarded us with 40,000

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April 4 to April 6, 2008 at New Busch Stadium in St. Louis will see a showdown between the team one of us has loved since he was a tiny tot and the team of which the other of us is a Jeffrey-Come-Lately fan since he moved to Washington, DC.That's right, the 3-1 Nats visit the 2-1 Cardinals as the Birdos try to stay above .500 for as long as their mediocre roster will allow. It's on like Donkey

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-79270960047666235812008-04-03T18:33:00.004-05:002008-04-03T18:52:44.788-05:00

The 2008 MLB payrolls were announced a few days ago. Not suprisingly the Yankkes were #1 at almost $210 million. After looking at the Yankees we looked down the list and were shocked (shocked!) to see that jbrater's 0-3 Detroit Tigers were #2. This is so shocking because we just assumed the Red Sox were just like the Yankees. Sure the Yankees are spending $70 million more than the nearest

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The Cardinals have started the season. Stop right there: no matter what comes next in this post, getting to type that first sentence makes us really, really giddy.But then, there's also the fact that the mighty Cards seem to be on the brink of completing their collapse that began last season and we hope will lead to the long climb back up next season. But there are some reasons to be optimistic:

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-34242788445350512832008-03-23T20:52:00.002-05:002008-03-23T20:53:13.394-05:00

Enjoy :-)

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As many of you (as if our readership can be characterized as 'many') know, one of us lives in the DC area. As at least two or three of you know, frequent pro-Michigan poster jbrater also lives in your nation's capital.As probably only one of you (jbrater) knows, he and the one of us that lives in DC have spent that last few Wednesday nights at a favorite meeting place to enjoy beverages and

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-90182129029274503602008-03-14T23:51:00.002-05:002008-03-14T23:53:00.128-05:00

But this was too good to pass up and too immature for BON.Heh.

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-38298064888208598222008-03-06T09:30:00.006-06:002008-03-06T12:27:15.682-06:00

We'd love to give credit to whomever first gave us the memorable quote that is the title, but we can't remember. We started this blog almost a year ago basically so that we would have a reason to talk almost every day. Is that pathetic? Does that play right into the theory that we're not really friends, but in fact an old married couple? That's for others to judge.The point is, sometime in the

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-34191927724574477262008-03-05T11:10:00.003-06:002008-03-05T11:14:31.315-06:00

We apologize for having two of our last three posts be in direct reference to other blogs' work, but this fictional dialogue from Burnt Orange Nation's email-response post this morning was too good not to share:Fan 1: Saw you havin' a heated argument with your t-sip friend over thar. Whatchy'all arguin 'bout?Fan 2: We can't decide whether our Top 10 basketball coach or Top 10 football coach is

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-35919362126744191842008-03-04T20:55:00.009-06:002008-03-04T21:34:09.658-06:00

That's right. We said it. Recently we've been seeing an increase in criticisms of our favorite rookie, which we'd like to try to put to rest. To begin with, let's remember that he is a rookie on one of the NBA's youngest and worst teams. Moreover, he's pretty much the only scoring option, with only Chris Wilcox averaging double digits now that Wally's World is in Cleveland. So what kind of rookie

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-48680090071507686912008-03-04T14:03:00.003-06:002008-03-04T16:50:13.271-06:00

The only classy sports fan in Tuscaloosa, AL has come through with a nice piece on new LSU commitment Russel Shepard. As Texas fans, we're certainly disappointed the kid chose not to come to Texas, but obviously for us LSU is the next best place. But the reason for this quick post is to compliment Geaux Tuscaloosa for the down-to-earth, classy way he wrote today about this big news for Tiger fans

WAOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08764028464377665606noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-83486530374519603452008-03-04T09:51:00.004-06:002008-03-04T15:08:36.744-06:00

Sometimes you just feel a need to post things. We'd been thinking for about a week that this needed to be posted. You've probably read it before, but if you read it now you will have good luck for at least the length of time it takes to read. Pardon the crude language, but we firmly believe that true literature should not be censored.Anyhow, while you wait on the phone to purchase your tickets

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-42629491750356585182008-03-03T22:30:00.001-06:002008-03-03T21:32:32.227-06:00

It was a tough weekend for Texas baseball, dropping two games to Tennessee and Rice, and nearly blowing a third to Houston. Luckily the Horns pulled out an 8-7 victory in 10 innings. The last freshman to have a game-winning hit in Minute Maid Park turned out to be a good one (Kyle Russell in 2006).As we said yesterday, the errors are by far the most distressing aspect of the weekend. Through

JMAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06570323948226446497noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290008279396247683.post-86996797949952017802008-03-02T19:50:00.005-06:002008-03-02T21:49:56.721-06:00

Well, folks, it was a busy weekend in the 40AS world, which held a number of important lessons for all of us. First and foremost: DO NOT HIT on 13 when the dealer is showing a five. And if you're going to do it, don't do it after a minute of deliberation with three of your buddies watching. Looking back, that actually pretty much sums up the weekend. There was some good (dealer showing 5) and a

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A while back we compared this team with the most successful team in Texas history (the 02-03 Horns). At that time, Texas was 10-0 with huge wins over Tennessee and UCLA already in the bag. The post was one of the more controversial posts in 40AS history (read: not very controversial), with one poster suggesting that the thought of even discussing that comparison was "sacrilege."On this date in

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That's right, Texas baseball returned to the diamond this weekend. The last two seasons Texas has been a combined 1-5 after the first weekend of baseball. This opening weekend, however, was different, as Texas swept a pretty solid Virginia Commonwealth club (6-2, 17-4, 10-2). One of us was lucky enough to attend two of those games and had a few observations:1) The biggest surprise of the weekend

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Apparently this intersection in Russia has a traffic camera but no traffic signals...interesting.

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As Ray Patterson said after Homer's failed efforts as Springfield's trash commisioner -- "Oh...oh, gosh...you know, I'm not much on speeches, but it's so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye." Well, we really aren't much for speeches, but seeing Perrilloux fail makes us happy. We argued during this season amongst ourselves whether Lyin' Ryan

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2nd Half:20:00 -- Digger Phelps continues to make wardrobe and "analysis" decisions that make us wonder why the person who keeps him on the air hasn't been fired.19:00 -- On the first possession Damion got mugged with no call, then on the other end aggy gets a ticky tack call (albeit after Texas allows a ridiculous offensive board). Then they called an offensive foul on aggy. Oy.18:21 -- Connor

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What a great weekend.A great NBA All-Star weekend, summed up amazingly by Bill Simmons hereRyan Perriloux reminds the Texas fans in us of the majesty of unanswered prayers by getting suspended from the LSU football teamOur old friend Ben Dorfman is finally back to blogging, although with significantly more hair and far fewer Little Vince's. With a business plan of "I can't promise anything

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We know it wasn't likely to happen, but damn would it have been nice to see this picture with all burnt orange. Either way, great for the program to see KD, D-Gib and Lamarcus all on the same court.

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The Daily Closer over at Deadspin notes that "this has become the preeminent rivalry in the Big 12, but it is conducted on a strangely hate-free level." And you know what? He couldn't be more right.Playing Kansas is completely different from any other game on the UT schedule. Oklahoma we hate because they suck. Oklahoma State kind of hates us because they think we get some joy from pushing

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Hey everyone,This is Abram and I just wanted to shamelessly use the blog to announce that Hannah and I got engaged yesterday. We are really excited about it and especially appreciate how the Longhorns helped us celebrate by beating Kansas last night!So if you see a girl walking down the street in New York today who isn't watching where she's going because she can't take her eyes off her own ring

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With Vince Young in attendance, Texas scored its third win over a top ten team on Monday defeating Kansas 72-69. A loss would have been okay, but the win could bump Texas back into the "this could be a Final Four season" category. Texas moves to within a half-game of Kansas State for the Big XII lead and could have regained its mojo that has been gone since UCLA. More on this later, but for now

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Much credit goes to Hornfans for finally posting the screen shot below that we've been trying to find since about halfway through the second half when ESPN made this guy famous in our minds. Luckily for Texas bloggers, Sooner jokes usually write themselves.

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Do you remember the moment that Mack Brown began to show adaptation? We do.The year was 2003. Texas had suffered through humiliating losses to Arkansas in Austin and Oklahoma by a score that continues to expand even today. The criticism against Mack after 4 straight OU losses and a lackluster season was as loud as we have heard, before or since. FireMackBrown.com had joined the internet bubble.At

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Texas basketball went into Norman last night, struggled shooting the ball in the first half, but then recovered nicely in the second to end up with a 10 point victory that was admittedly closer than the final score indicates. One observation we couldn't help but make is that we are not looking forward to potentially playing seven more games against Blake Griffin. The freshman sooner is a beast

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Darrell Scott has chosen Colorado over the Longhorns. Some posters over at BON are suggesting that all reports from the last two weeks that he was leaning Texas were, in fact, true--but that his mother stepped in over the last few days and essentially insisted that he go to Colorado. Whether that story is legitimate or not, we're unlikely to ever know--and it doesn't really matter. As we stated

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Based on this BON diary, the collective wisdom of third-hand internet sources seems to be pointing that Scott is leaning toward Colorado now. Without reading every internet rumor out there, the summary of the rumors are this:Everybody has a source with some sort of access to somebody associated with Darrell ScottDarrell Scott may go to Texas because he loves Mack's programDarrell Scott may go to

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Interesting story from a Colorado news station. To sum it up:FOX 31 Sports has learned through a reliable source close to the Colorado football program that it’s “unlikely” the Buffs will land prized recruit Darrell Scott. After going through the whole Perriloux recruitment, we aren't going to even begin to celebrate until he announces. But it's not looking bad right now.

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Karma. Is. A. Bitch.Really, after watching the best Super Bowl of our lifetimes (note: it gets the nod over Rams/Titans because a) the underdog won, b) 19-0 was on the line, c) one of us went to high school with Eli), that's what it all comes down to. The Patriots deserved this one. Their fans know it, their players know it, and the fact that Bill Belichick probably doesn't know it is proof that

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We'll try to get more in-depth coverage to answer hard hitting questions (like which move was more classless by Bill Belichick, running off the field with :01 left or that cut up sweatshirt he was wearing) later, for now, enjoy the greatest win in 1972 Dolphins history.

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#8--Hodges Mitchell, 2000Stats: 11 games, 224 carries for 1118 yards (5.0 ypc) and 8 tds.The season: Micah Hart once described the fans reaction to Hodges Mitchell as pretty much being pissed off that he wasn't Ricky. That pretty much sums up everything we know about Mitchell's two years. 2000 was the last time Texas finished with under 10 wins in Mack's tenure. It included a loss at Stanford, a

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#9--Cedric Benson, 2001Stats: 12 games, 223 carries for 1090 yards (4.7 ypc) and 12 tds.The season: Ced B came to the 40 Acres as one of the highest ranked running backs in his class. Texas went 11-2 with one of the more disappointing endings of the Mack Brown era, losing to Colorado in the Big XII Championship game with a potential thwacking from Miami in the national championship game on the

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We're sorry that things have been so slow of late, we've been busy. To sum up the last week: Texas won twice, the Hornets are good, Wes Welker is going to play QB in the Super Bowl, Aggy lost to Baylor, and Oklahoma still sucks. There, we're all caught up.A little something we've been working on is a review of running backs in the Mack Brown era. Mack has been at Texas for ten years now, and

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The answer to the question is: probably a little bit. The question is, how much has taking a week off played a factor in Texas basketball's recent struggles? As you can see below, when Texas has played its best (Tennessee, UCLA, St. Mary's) it has had fewer days of rest (1, 4, 3 respectively). When Texas has played its worst (Wisconsin, Mizzou, Colorado) it has had a full week off each time. In

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Another great video for your enjoyment, ahead of Texas-Colorado at 7 PM CST.

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We will readily admit that we've never seen this before. We've heard of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, but had no idea the musical had this in it. Poor aggies indeed:

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Meet Paul Rhoads. He's 40, a native of Ankeny, Iowa and Missouri Western grad. He's also likely to be the Texas defensive coordinator before all is said and done. That's right, Paul Rhoads is Auburn's new defensive coordinator. He ran a stout Pittsburgh defense and should do pretty well at Auburn. In a few years, when Mack comes calling, Paul will come to Austin because the air is fresher, the

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Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman is reporting that Major-to-Texas is as good as a sure thing. News 8 Austin also reported that the UT Athletic Department has removed the open Running Backs Coach position from its website, indicating that the position has officially been filled. Texas policy requires that at least 5 business days pass between posting an available position and filling it

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Word is that there's a serious chance that Major Applewhite may return to UT for next season as some sort of offensive coach, with an understanding that he will be the next offensive coordinator for the Longhorns.Bama fans are all over the internet in disbelief that anyone in their right mind would even CONSIDER leaving the Great Crimson Tide for any other program, alma mater or not. But here's

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Holy Crap...There's a Tulane Blog!Benji won the caption contestThis sucked. DJ played awful, the defense was atrocious, Gary Johnson was nowhere to be found. We remain upbeat but cautiously so.Will Muschamp, welcome to Austin! " I think the players take the personality of how they are coached, and that's what I have believed for a long time. I want the kids to play hard, I want them to play

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Note: this is a continuation of a conversation being held in the comments section of our latest "What We Learned" post.Abram's esteemed Michigan cousin (jbrater) and Abram have agreed pretty clearly in conversation that the SEC-Big Ten thing is overstated in the media often...but, we can't imagine that he seriously believes that there is a "Southeastern Media Bias." That's crazy. All this region

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That's right, this post is entirely about the NBA with only the one mention of Kevin Durant's awesomeness. We know that all afternoon you've only been talking about the Hornets and state of Louisiana reaching this deal. We'll get to what the deal means in a bit, but first let's take a quick look at why the Hornets are in this situation.Something happened back in 2005 which caused the Hornets to

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Congrats to the LSU Tigers for winning their second BCS national title. One of us is ecstatic (probably Abram) and one of us is happy for his home state (probably Jeff). Before we hit the offseason in stride, here is what LSU's victory over Ohio State taught us:The Big Ten sucks. We get the feeling that Georgia, West Virginia, or USC would have beaten this Ohio State team. LSU used more speed and

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Ok, maybe we shouldn't be so melodramatic, but this is the last day of the college football season. A part of us will die tomorrow as we go from college football to basketball fans. All that stands between us and the abyss that is the offseason are 5+ hours of LSU and Ohio State and several thousand Allstate commercials. Luckily there are only 232 days left in the offseason before Texas beats the

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Exactly two years ago today we were waking up in Los Angeles, about to experience the greatest performance in football history. Happy VY Day to all!

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Will Muschamp for defensive coordinator?Darrell Scott to replace Jamaal Charles?Football season to mercifully end?A whole bunch of older Texas fans to descend on San Antonio for the Army All-American Bowl to convince high schoolers significantly younger than them from various states throughout the country that Texas is the correct institution for them to continue their educational pursuits?We're

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Of all the content that we need to publish, this gets the nod.Texas junior running back Jamaal Charles, who rushed for 1,619 yards this season, has decided to leave the Longhorns to enter the NFL draft.If true (the shortness of the article and lack of quotes from JC himself leaves some doubt in our minds), then we wish him nothing but the best. He could have stayed and might have become one of

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Here's to a happy and healthy new years celebration and a good start to 2008 from the staff at 40AS. Let's all hope 2008 brings more crying Aggies (see below), arrested Sooners, and Gary Johnson. Hook 'em and happy new year!

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We've always said (actually, somebody else has always said, but not remembering who, we're going to take the credit) that a team's bowl game is the first game of the following season. The only time it really isn't true is when a team loses its identity in the offseason and has to start over.To prove our point, take a look at Texas' recent bowl history and compare them to the seasons that followed

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Before getting into the continuation of our bowl preview, we'd just like to say: WOW. We know that Texas' performance in last night's essentially meaningless Holiday Bowl was also, in many ways, essentially meaningless. But last year's lackluster (albeit victorious) Alamo Bowl performance set the stage for an often-frustrating 2007 season. Hopefully, this fantastic Longhorn showing against

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For the final time in the 2007 season, the Football Longhorns will lace 'em up and toss the pigskin around tonight. The Holiday Bowl is being called "the most exciting matchup of the non-New Year's Day bowls," "the REAL start of bowl season," and other such terms of backhanded praise in the national media. And, all in all, those are pretty accurate assessments. This is the first game of bowl

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Last night, the Trail Blazers and Sonics played a Christmas night ballgame in Portland wherein the home-standing Blazers wore their road unis and the visiting Sonics wore their...road unis. The result was a red and green combination on the court that we found hideous and unnecessary until Benji pointed out that it was Christmas, and red and green are generally accepted as Christmas colors. We

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Many people are going to give you a lot of baloney with their "analysis" of which bowls you should watch and why. We, on the other hand, will give you exactly what you want: a ridiculously brief synopsis of each bowl game, including each game's big storylines, players to watch for, and why you should (or shouldn't) watch--all provided in the form of comparing each game to a characteror reference

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" Rrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"Back by popular demand is the 40AS Caption Contest. Remember, use the comment feature to add your caption. Winner will get a crappy prize...probably.

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We know that much of the media has been waiting for our response to accurately frame the Mitchell Report's identification of NINE Yankees who 'roided. The most shocking revelation from the report, however, was easily that Nationals outfielder Nook Logan appeared on the list. Talk about destroying our trust in the game.Other than Logan, the biggest revelation of the Mitchell Report was clearly

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Editor's note: in an effort to improve the quality of our comments, we have given jbrater a different forum to exhaust his opinions. So, without further ado, here's jbrater:Eat your heart out, RalphieI will try my best not to make fun of the South in this post. So i'm enjoying my afternoon caffeine fix when this doozy comes my way via the good 'ole series of tubes we call the internets.My initial

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TJ taken off the court on a stretcher following a late fourth quarter flagarant foul by Atlanta rookie Al Horford. You can watch the video on the ESPN link. Gutwrenching and sad...get well TJ!

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Who would have thought that Olindo Mare would turn out to be one of the better free agent acquisition of the offseason? Think about it for a second...Eric Johnson just dropped a TD pass and really hasn't done much.Robert Meachem has not played a down.We can't spell Kaesviharn.Jason. David.Amongst that group, Mare doesn't look so bad. Obviously David Patten (31 catches, 505 yards) was a great

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We're now 9 games into the 2007-2008 basketball and we can only imagine how good this team would be if Rick Barnes could coach (note: kidding). This start is clearly better than any Texas basketball team we've ever followed, so we thought it would be fun to compare the '07-'08 Horns to our favorite Texas basketball team.DJ Augustin vs. TJ Ford:This is by far the most difficult comparison. Both

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That's right, we're back together again. We just wanted to let you know, and to get jbrater's post off the top of the blog. We'll be back later this week with posts about basketball, football, and everything in between.

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(Editor's note: we welcome back occasional guest columnist and regular commenter jbrater with a word on why his Detroit Tigers may now compete for the right to lose to your defending world champion Boston Red Sox in the ALCS in 2008) Hannukah came early this year! Wait, actually, it came right on time. We interrupt this regularly scheduled reality to bring you a world in which the Detroit Tigers

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