Archive for 'Texas Football'
Westlake’s Drew Brees
Of course, he’s New Orleans’ Drew Brees now. But there was a time, when he was the star QB of the Westlake High School Chaparrals on the western edge of Austin. And few here have forgotten.
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints, Westlake High School
Comments: 4
That last Tide touchdown
The daily’s sportswriter Kirk Bohls has it right. That last Alabama touchdown, with 1:48 left to play in the BCS championship game last week, was a classic example of running-up-the-score. They were already ahead by 10 points.
It was a classless gotcha statement by the Tide’s humorless, arrogant coach Nick Saban: unnecessary, mean-spirited and disrespectful to [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2010 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Alabama's last touchdown, Crimson Tide, Texas Longhorns
Comments: 2
Miles Austin’s girlfriend
It’s funny. This is one of those Roberta Vasquez moments. I hardly know who Miles Austin is. Okay, he plays for the Dallas Cowboys. But his girlfriend? Beats me. Yet, today alone, “Miles Austin girlfriend” has brought me 45 visitors.
I’m sure they leave disappointed. There is no picture of his girlfriend here. There is a [...]
Posted: January 9th, 2010 under Blogosphere, Scribbles, Site building, Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Aaron Ross, Dallas Cowboys, Miles Austin, Miles Austin girlfriend, Sanya Richards
Comments: 4
Horns’ loss vs Tide’s win
Funny thing about that game. Just about everywhere, except maybe in Bama itself, it’s liable to become known as the game Texas lost because its QB was lost, rather than the game that Alabama won because it’s an SEC powerhouse or whatever.
Or, as the local sportswriters call it: The Game That Might Have Been. It’s [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2010 under Scribbles, Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: 2009 BCS Championship, Alabama Crimson Tide football, Texas Longhorns football, The Game That Might Have Been
Comments: 3
Garrett Gilbert’s promise
Not many people had ever heard of nineteen-year-old Garrett Gilbert when he was rushed onto the field last night at the Rose Bowl to substitute for the injured Colt McCoy. Garrett is better known here where he led his Lake Travis team to two state championships.
His father Gale played QB in the NFL, for Seattle, [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2010 under Sailing, Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Gale Gilbert, Garrett Gilbert, Lake Travis
Comments: none
Colt McCoy: injury prone
Colt’s injury last night, which probably cost Texas the BCS championship, was hardly the first time.
Not even the first time for the shoulder he said after the game had no feeling. He’d hurt it before, in 2006, followed a few weeks later by a severe pinched nerve in his neck. Then, in 2007, he suffered [...]
Posted: January 8th, 2010 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: 2009 BCS Championship, Colt McCoy, Texas Longhorns football, Tuscola Kid
Comments: none
Texas-Alabama
Have to laugh to see that Rasmussen has a poll out showing 55 percent of “fans” expect Bama to win tonight at the Rose Bowl. I laugh because that was almost exactly the prediction level in 2006 when Texas played USC for the national championship and won. Then, people would say, Texas would be nothing [...]
Posted: January 7th, 2010 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Colt McCoy, Rose Bowl, Texas Football, Texas Longhorns, Tuscola Kid, Vince Young
Comments: none
Tech 41, Michigan State 31
Very satisfying game. Glad to see Ruffin McNeil win it. Gutsy decisions, going for it on fourth down several times and, especially, switching QBs near the end.
Pflugerville’s own (Steven Sheffield) passed for the go ahead touchdown and then handed off to RB Brandon Batch for the second one.
The only problem I foresee for McNeil is [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2010 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Mark Mangino, Michigan State football, Mike Leach, Ruffin McNeil, Steven Sheffield, Texas Tech football
Comments: 3
School science project experiments
Whew. The six experiments for Mr. B.’s school science project took four hours. Not counting an hour’s worth of breaks, one of them a trip to the grocery for more supplies.
I hesitate to explain the thing until it’s turned in later this month and the grade is given. Who knows whether the competition might pass [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2010 under Mr. Boy, Mrs. Charm, Rancho Roly Poly, Science/Engineering, Texas Football, Weather/Climate.
Tags: AGW, Big 12, data collection, experiments, global warming, methodology, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, school science project, Texas, Texas Tech
Comments: none
The pirate walks the plank
Something tells me we’ve seen the last of Mike "The Pirate" Leach. The flamboyant lawyer-coach, whose QBs put up high-flying numbers but never seem to make it in the NFL, claims to have a doctor’s okay for making that player stand in a closet for two hours. Hardly matters that the player had a mild [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2009 under Texana, Texas Football.
Tags: Adam James, Craig James, Lubbock, Mike Leach, Red Raiders, Texas Tech
Comments: none







