SBNation.com User Blog: Silentjay

Texas Independence?

Silentjay — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:42:04 -0000

I have seen this said just about everywhere there is talks of Aggies leaving. That they go SEC, OU/Okie Light and Tech go PAC and Texas gets what they want, Independence. But that brings something up, where has UT ever said that they want to go Independent? Yes, they want a network, but that does not equate Independence. Even with the ESPN contract it does not really look like Independence unless that is what you are looking for. I honesty have never seen the University mention or even hint at wanting Independence. The only place this is ever seen is from the fans of other schools, mainly Aggies, who keep saying that is what we want. I think if push comes to shove, UT will be willing to adapt to get into any conference of their choice if the conference was dying, and not go Indy.

So Is there any place where Texas has said they want to go Indy or is it just others trying to put words in UT's mouth?

Goodell is thinking of banning 3 point stance

Silentjay — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:36:44 -0000

Goodell is considering banning one of the quintessential things about American football. His reasoning is that it will make line collisions less brutal, and cut down on concussions. Banning the 3-point stance would just seem, well off. Yes some players do not allways go into it. But to outright ban it would loose something to the sport. I do not want to know how much they will change the sport over the next few years.

Yahoo story

Raw Computer BCS for 10/25

Silentjay — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:18:36 -0000

http://www.tellshowbcs.com/CP.html

So the Raw computer rankings of this week are out. And Texas is ranked number 5. The average of the polls is 6.00. Part of it is due to Jeff Sagarin's poll which has us at 14. Only one of the computers has Texas at 3, the rest are between 4 and 14.

The top 5 are

1)Iowa (avg 1.25)
2)Florida (avg 2.25)
3)Bama (avg 2.50)
4)Cinci (avg 6.50)
5)Texas (avg 6.00)

What will it take for the computer's to actually give the nod to Texas? I know that the OU game was mainly a Defense game, but so was Iowa's game this week. And the style points for Texas should have pushed them a bit higher.

http://www.tellshowbcs.com/CP.html

The top 5 are

1)Iowa (avg 1.25)
2)Florida (avg 2.25)
3)Bama (avg 2.50)
4)Cinci (avg 6.50)
5)Texas (avg 6.00)