From the Austinist.com:

"Colt McCoy Wedding Song With Bonus Tim Tebow Lyrics

From all available reports, Colt McCoy's wedding last weekend to Rachel Glandorf was a first-class affair. For a peek inside, check out this video from the reception as singer Aaron Watson serenades the couple with a special song, "When I Grow Up, I Want to Be Just Like Colt McCoy". The song features McCoy's former teammate (and best man) Jordan Shipley on backup vocals. The high point comes around the 1:55 mark, when the crowd explodes at the line about folks "rubbin' elbows with Tim Tebow". Congratulations to the newlyweds."

 http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=eb756531-f452-4ebc-8aeb-94cd38075e04&isShareURL=true

Playa Hataz unite! We got ourselves a little tussle down in the Lone Star State.

You see, the boys over at the TCU sports blog (www.spitbloodtcu.com) got themselves a problem with Craig James. This entry covers everything Craig James from his days with the Pony Express, his involvement in the Leach firing, his irrational AP voting, and HIS POSSIBLE RUN AT THE SENATE (you read that correctly). Take a big ole sip of haterade and enjoy:

"A lot has been said throughout the state of Texas about Craig James, although the mood of said sayings has taken a pretty dramatic shift over time. James, who was once revered as the white part of the Pony Express with Eric Dickerson and a former standout at Stratford High in Houston, is now almost entirely known for his dickheadery in the Mike Leach scandal, although people should’ve caught on much earlier based on his performance as an ESPN announcer. No matter what you think of Leach, he would still have a job today if Craig James had not set in motion the events that snowballed into his firing. Now, in James’ meager defense, Texas Tech officials are GD morons and place their personal pride over athletic and monetary success and, despite Mike Leach being the only thing keeping Texas Tech relevant, he was pretty much a dead man walking after his contentious off-season contract discussions. And, in the school’s defense, they had a right to be bitter – Leach was, by all accounts, a disloyal dickhead who would’ve been on the first flight out of Lubbock had he had any semblance of interviewing talent. However, that’s neither here nor there, and since this is a direct vehicle for SMU hate, I’ll get to the point:

Thesis: Craig James is the biggest douchebag in America, and this baggedness is directly derived from his time at SMU."

Continue hatin' here. It only gets better: http://www.spitbloodtcu.com/2010/02/lessons-in-smu-hate-craig-james_19.html

This is by no means a solid commitment but it's pretty clear where this kid is going to attend college.  Time to move on Horn fans.

http://blog.al.com/rapsheet/2009/05/auburn_recruiting_target_lache.html

About a minute into this video from the Opelika-Auburn News, as someone is announcing the name of Bessemer linebacker Ladarius Owens, Seastrunk yells, "Hey, tell Nick Saban, he's S.O.L!" That means, Saban is, um, apparently out of luck for Owens' recruitment

At the very end of this video from AuburnSports.com, Seastrunk says into the camera, "What's up, Nick Saban? Wait 'til we get here." (You may need a subscription for this one.)

An email I received from a Tech fan:

I dearly love college football. Unequivocally, unconditionally, and yes, at times, even irrationally. I love the history, the pageantry, the traditions, the sights, the smells, the sounds. I love it all.  Part of that history involves the Texas Longhorns and their mascot 'Bevo'. 

In 1915, Texas A&M University defeated the Texas Longhorns 13-0.  Bevo wasn't even around to witness that defeat, because he didn't show up until 1916.  But in 1917, some members of the Corps kidnapped the steer and branded the rascal with a '13-0' on his side. One story holds that UT changed the brand to read 'BEVO', and the rest is history. Whatever the truth is, I know this: BEVO has become a proud symbol of not only the University of Texas, but the State of Texas, as well.

Regardless of college affiliation, many Texas ranchers display a longhorn steer in their highway pasture - mainly as a tip of the Stetson to those who came before us. Three years ago, for Christmas, my brother gave me a full-blooded, papered Longhorn yearling steer, and delivered it to our ranch in Borden County. He now weighs 1530 pounds, and sports an impressive rack. On November 1 this year, my Texas Tech Red Raiders knocked UT from the #1 spot in the national rankings, by a score of 39-33. For the Longhorns, it remains the only blemish on an otherwise stellar, close-but-no-cigar, season. It was a magical night in Lubbock, and it was in the aftermath of that event that I decided what to give all of my UT friends for Christmas.

I commissioned a local ironsmith (Gary Hightower) to fashion a couple of large (10") branding irons in the shape of a three and a nine. Gary delivered the irons on December 15. On the 17th, I drove to Borden County with my son Chris, who is a freshman at Texas Tech. When we arrived at the Ox Bow Ranch, we were joined by my cousin, John Anderson, his son Clay John, and our cousin Brooks Bland. Western artist Wayne Baize was also on hand. The cowboys penned the steer, and then headed and heeled the beast and stretched him out by the mesquite fire. At first, my Bevo was feisty, even defiant; but when convinced of superior strength, he seemed to accept Clayton Williams' advice: "If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it." John is a much more practiced brander than I, and being a graduate of Texas A&M University, he relished the honor. He applied the 39-33 brand quickly and expertly. I had decided that if the steer bawled and wailed during the branding, that I would rename him 'Little Mackie Brown', but he took it like a (neutered) man, and so he will remain 'Bevo'.

My most outspoken UT friends are receiving 8 x 10 glossies of the event. The rest are getting this e-mail. I also have given some of my Raider buds a copy. I have a few 8 x 10's left, and all it'll cost you is a visit to my office for telling of tales; first come, first served. It's been a great year to be a fan of college football, especially if your team toils in the Big 12 South. I'm sure we'll get hosed in Austin next year, but when UT returns to Lubbock in 2010, I'm thinking Bar-B-Que!

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Open letter from a guy who is a rabid Tech fan.  I'm actually starting to feel for the Red Raider faithful.  He makes some legitimate points:

"This whole deal just infuriates me, and obviously I'm not a huge Harrell fan, but has a team ever been dismissed this much after one game.  Harrell and Crabtree were clear favorites before the OU game and after a 330+ yd game with 3TDs and 1 Int, he gets dismissed.  Our team, despite being in a tie for the South is never mentioned again.  If we were UT, would we have been dismissed? Hell no.  I'm not excusing the game but the way money plays into it just makes me sick.   

 We go 11-1 in the toughest division ever (per many media outlets).  We beat the #1 team in the country and dominate a top 10 team the following week.  We have three prime time games on national television and the Heisman frontrunner through it all.  All this and we are written off after one bad night, against a team that would have killed anyone in the country that night (given the circumstances).  Everyone is quick to excuse UT for their tough 4-game run but what about ours?!

 USC loses to a 4 loss team that Penn State and Oregon kill, and yet are completely forgiven.  Florida loses to a 4 loss team at home and yet are the favorites in the MNC.  Ohio State, the biggest joke of all, gets embarrassed and then beat on it's home turf and yet we're supposed to look the other way again.  The NCAA is turning into a joke and might as well only include about 20 teams." - Anonymous Red Raider Fan

FFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!  That makes the Big XII and the Big XII North much better.  The article below is from http://kansasstate.rivals.com/ :

Texas Christian University coach Gary Patterson has been hired as Kansas State's 34th football coach, multiple sources have confirmed to GoPowercat.com. Patterson replaces Ron Prince who was fired Wednesday.

GoPowercat.com has confirmed that K-State has offered Patterson a five-year contract in the range of $2 million per season. Talks between K-State athletics director Bob Krause and Patterson's representatives began in the past two weeks. Initial discussions centered on the K-State graduate's interest in the job and demands to be lured to K-State.

Those issues were apparently the coach's ability to have complete control over the hiring of his coaching and support staffs, and when he would leave TCU to take over at K-State. A sticking point of coaching his team through a bowl may have been lifted with Thursday's 13-10 loss to Utah, however. That defeat certainly dropped the Frogs out of contention for a BCS bid, and possibly as low as playing in the Armed Services Bowl on TCU's home field in Ft. Worth, Texas, on New Year's Eve.

Patterson's Horned Frogs entered Thursday's game at Utah ranked 12th in the country, but fell to 9-2 with the loss. After a bye in the schedule next week, TCU will wrap up its regular season with a home game with Air Force on Nov. 22.

Known as one of college football's great defensive coaches, Patterson's TCU teams have made dominant defenses a hallmark of his program the past nine seasons.

Heading into the Utah game, TCU ranked this season second nationally in total defense at 214.5 yards per game, only behind USC. The Frogs' defense also ranked first nationally in rush defense (38.9 yards per game), ranked 22nd in pass defense (175.6 ypg), first nationally in sacks (3.8 pg) and third nationally in turnover margin (plus-1.5 pg).

Patterson is a K-State graduate who began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach on Jim Dickey's 1982 KSU staff at K-State. Since that first year, Patterson has had 10 stops along the way as an assistant coach before taking over the head coach duties at TCU in 2000.

Beginning with the 1996 season, Patterson was reunited with former Pittsburg State coach Dennis Franchione at New Mexico for two seasons as the defensive coordinator then moved to TCU when Franchione took over the Horned Frogs beginning with the 1998 campaign.

Patterson is 71-27 as TCU's head coach. His teams have four 10-win seasons in the past six years and he was the fastest coach in school history to reach 50 wins.

For anyone who listens to The Ticket in Dallas you know the morning guys like to rib McConaughey when they get the chance.  Apparently, M.M. was selected to do some voiceover stuff for Team Baby: Baby Longhorn and let's just say hilarity ensues.  These are the outtakes:

(will play in Microsoft Media)

http://cumuluspodcasting.com/media/KTCK/KTCK174/KTCK_091108_Muse-McConaughey.mp3

Let me know if the link doesn't work.  Also, heading up to Norman next weekend for the first time to see the juggernaut go against TCU.  Will give a brief synopsis of what I see given I make it out of there alive.

Hook'em,

Sexual Chili

For those unfamiliar with G.O. here is a blurb from wikipedia about the band."Ghostland Observatory is an American music duo based in Austin, Texas. Their music is difficult to classify, but has fittingly been described as "electro-dance soul rock."[1] Front man, Aaron Behrens, provides unique, energetic vocals and stage performances in addition to occasionally playing the guitar.[citation needed] Thomas Ross Turner, who often wears a cape on-stage, plays the drums/synths."

Anywho, they played at the Austin City Music Hall last week for their CD release party and the UT Marching Band joined them for their track "The Band Marches On."  I highly recommend attending a show if you can.

There is an article and a youtube video.

http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2008...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-9T...

You can listen to their first two albums (better than the newest one in my humble opinion) on http://www.trashymoped.com/