SB Nation User Blog: JohnsonUT

Battle of UT greats

JohnsonUT — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:33:01 -0000

TJ Ford and the Indiana Pacers played Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Neither team is very good this year.

Durant had 37 points and 8 rebounds.

Ford has 24 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds.

Hopefully Durant continues to improve and hopefully TJ can make it though a full season. They both are great representatives for the university. I fully expect Texas to keep producing top notch talent for years to come.

Box Score

Some media getting behind Texas

JohnsonUT — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:57:44 -0000

The Big 12 Tie-Breaker: The Hottest Cheerleaders

By Pete Fiutak

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Along with strength of schedule, home field advantage needs to be a part of the overall mix far more than it is. Winning a game on the road deserves more love than winning one at home, and close losses on the road should be viewed differently than losing at home or at a neutral site.

Therefore, if Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma, that will mean the Sooners' part of the tie-breaker is based on a home win, while the loss (to Texas) will have happened at a neutral site. They didn't play a true road game in the tie-breaker mix, so, theoretically, they had the easiest path of the three teams.

Texas Tech will have lost to OU on the road, and the win will have come to Texas in the final seconds at home.

And then there's Texas. The loss in the equation came on the greatest play in the history of Texas Tech football on the road in Lubbock. The win came at a neutral site, beating Oklahoma in Dallas. Therefore, Texas, didn't have a home game in the mix and ended up having the hardest path of the three in the three-game round-robin tournament.

I still think Oklahoma is off to play for the national title if it wins out, but by who deserves to be playing for the Big 12 title, go with 1. Texas, 2. Texas Tech, 3. Oklahoma. Or else just hold a rock-paper-scissors playoff and you'll probably have the right answer.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/810112.html

Saw a link to this in ESPN's article about best BCS bowls.

JohnsonUT — Mon, 19 May 2008 22:53:32 -0000

Saw a link to this in ESPN's article about best BCS bowls.

MNF

JohnsonUT — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:53:37 -0000

UT will be represented tonight.

VY
Selvin
Michael Griffin
Bo Scaife
Tim Crowder

Ryan Perrilloux, Suspended

JohnsonUT — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:06:02 -0000

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...

Backup Louisiana State linebacker Derrick Odom was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday, accused of smashing a car window after a brawl at a nightclub last week.

Coach Les Miles kicked Odom off the team.

Odom faces one count of simple criminal damage to property, according to Baton Rouge, La., police. He was involved in a fight at the Varsity nightclub near LSU's campus early Friday, left the club and was caught on video when he returned an hour later and smashed an SUV window, police said.
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A call to Odom's lawyer, Anthony Bertucci, wasn't immediately returned.

Miles said Odom was dismissed, as was walk-on linebacker Jeremy Benton.

Odom and backup quarterback Ryan Perrilloux, who also was in the fight, were barred from practice this week. Perrilloux, meanwhile, will remain on the team but will not play Saturday when No. 3 LSU faces No. 17 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Miles said.

He said that decision was made because Perrilloux has missed the "lion's share" of practice this week.

Perrilloux wasn't charged in the brawl.

UT Basketball Freshman Out Indefinitely

JohnsonUT — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:09:48 -0000

http://www.texassports.com/basketbal...

AUSTIN, Texas -- University of Texas freshman guard Dogus Balbay will undergo knee surgery on Tuesday, Oct. 30, UT athletic trainer for men's basketball Fred Burnett confirmed on Monday. Balbay, who suffered the injury to his right knee during a pick-up game on Oct. 4, will be out indefinitely.

As a senior at Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.), he averaged 13.5 points and a team-best 7.5 assists per game while leading Brewster to a 29-6 record and a runner-up finish at the NEPSAC Class A Championship. Balbay paced the Under-19 Turkish National Team to a seventh-place finish at the 16-team Under-19 World Championships this summer in Novi Sad, Serbia (July 12-22), leading his team in scoring (12.4 ppg), rebounding (5.8 rpg), assists (3.3 apg), steals (1.9 spg) and minutes played (26.7 mpg).

WR Screen

JohnsonUT — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:48:09 -0000

Did anyone see the Florida WR screen just now?

They faked a WR screen and the "blocker" ran down field to receive a wide open pass. Maybe Texas coaches will see this and add a counter when teams load up for the screen.

USF

JohnsonUT — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:49:28 -0000

Do they use The Eyes of Texas for their fight song? Do some of their cheerleaders wear chaps? I am guessing starting a new football program is tough in a tradition rich sport. Do they use things from other schools?

Nebraska pushing for five years of football eligibility for college football players

JohnsonUT — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:05:06 -0000

The Link

Big 12 Conference officials will consider a significant player-eligibility change in college football when they convene this week for their annual spring meetings in Colorado Springs, Colo.

A top Nebraska official is helping push for the major change.

Husker athletic director Steve Pederson is chairman of the NCAA football issues committee, which is advocating a proposal that would give athletes five seasons of playing eligibility. As it stands, players are allowed to play four seasons in a five-year window.

"We’ve asked that it be put on the agenda of every conference in the country at their spring meetings so it can be discussed," Pederson said of the proposal. "As a committee, we believe it has validity. And now we want to find out if other people believe like we do."

As for the player-eligibility proposal, Pederson said he hasn’t heard any convincing arguments against allowing players to play for five years.

"Some people might wonder about the costs," he said. "Well, you have 85 players on scholarship, so the cost isn’t going to be any more if you have 85 scholarships spread over five years. The reality is a high percentage of players are here (at Nebraska) for five years anyway. That’s the situation at most schools.

"So why not let the players play the whole time?"

Best/Worst outcomes for tourney teams

JohnsonUT — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:07:12 -0000

Pretty entertaining article about the best and worst scenarios for each team.

TEXAS (4)
Best case: Kevin Durant continues his absurd career trajectory, averages 30 points and 15 rebounds in four straight wins, drags the Longhorns to the Final Four and outperforms all available adjectives. Along the way, Durant continues to play along with the charade that he might come back to college.

Worst case: The Durant family's close brush with Celtics moron-in-residence GM Danny Ainge rubs off on the big fella. He shoots 9-for-30 against New Mexico State, which runs out to a 22-point first-half lead and holds on for dear life, winning when Rick Barnes draws up the last shot for guard Craig Winder. CBS mourns. Horns fans mourn even more when Durant signs a deal with an agent, a shoe company, a financial adviser, a video-game company and three urban clothing outfits within 14 minutes of the final horn.

TEXAS A&M (3)
Best case: Billy Gillispie becomes the first coach since Steve Fisher in 1989 to win a national title after entering the tournament with one or fewer NCAA victories. Aggies beat Texas in the Final Four to add to the merriment. In a fit of ecstasy, A&M signs Gillispie to a 10-year, $35 million deal and names its court after him.

Worst case: Aggies are trapdoored by the Lexington draw against Louisville and sent home early, still lacking the first regional final appearance in school history. Back home in College Station, they watch Texas win it all.

TEXAS TECH (10)
Best case: With trademark precision offense and passionate defense, Bob Knight caps record-setting season with an upset of BC in the first round and a noble loss to Georgetown in the second. Knight treats the NCAA news conference moderator with tender mercy, answers questions with reasonable civility and keeps his hands to himself the entire weekend.

Worst case: Eagles beat Tech as badly as Kansas State beat the Red Raiders in the Big 12 tournament (21 points). Knight grabs a player by the back of the neck and delivers a paternal Vulcan nerve pinch, gently suggesting that the player improve his &*$%^$% focus. TV analysts stress that this was a teaching moment, that if this were any other coach we wouldn't be talking about it, and that 200 other coaches went Vulcan on their players at various times this season (while failing to name a single one). News conference moderator quits before Knight arrives for postgame interview.

KANSAS (1)
Best case: Red-hot Jayhawks go all the way, getting from coach Bill Self what they never got from Roy Williams: a national championship banner. And at least half of Kansas' eight pro prospects come back to defend the title in '08.

Worst case: Big Dance klutzes get from Self what they never got from Williams: just a single NCAA victory in a three-year span. Jayhawks narrowly avert a one-and-done threepeat by holding off Niagara, then choke in the second round against Villanova in a spoiled Chicago homecoming for Julian Wright and Sherron Collins. Everyone goes pro but Self, whose return is met with mixed emotions.