SB Nation User Blog: Xerxes

giving Tech some credit

Xerxes — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:06:19 -0000

Tech certainly gave good shlacking to Okie st.. The cowboys couldn't stop the Techie Offense. Every drive was a TD and two went over 95 yards.

This makes me feel better how much tighter the Horns played Tech, after spotting them one half of crap, the Horns clawed their way back and were as close as you can get but not win.

But even though tech has a much better team than they have during the past they still got those same old sissy spakley helmets. Does anyone else think they look like they were designed for the nieghborhood bowling league? maybe disco rollerskating protection or a Liberace Las Vegas extravaganza? Pirates might go for the black uniforms and some want to be praire pirates might wear black and red but playing football with a disco ball helmet is going to get you about as much respect as having Richard Simmons as a strength coach.

Unbeaten teams

Xerxes — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:27:04 -0000

watching Tech shred KU it looks like they are gonna be unbeaten going into next week.

Okie st is unbeaten going into today's game. So the question in my mind is what are the stats on playing unbeaten teams in a season.

The Horns will have three this year how many others teams have played that many?

(on top of that they are all conference games).

Another thing to remember the Horns have one more game against the best of the Big XII but

Oklahoma still has Tech and Okie St..

Tech has the Horns, Okie St. and Oklahoma.

Okie St. still has to get by Tech and Oklahoma.

The Horns have made at least a one loss out of our biggest rivals in the conference. So our biggest rivals have at least 2 more games against the best teams in the conference.

Whining is for losers

Xerxes — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:33:58 -0000

when I went to look at the Coaches poll I noticed Texas didn't get all the number one votes. that seemed odd to me, first as an underdog they beat the #1 team and then did what not many teams have done this year and proved they deserved being ranked #1 by beating a top ten team this week. Not only beat them but played almost 1 perfect half of football. Scored on every drive, stopped their opponent from scoring on every drive but one where they got a field goal. Didn't have a turnover and only 1 penalty in the half.I don't remember any team playing so flawlessly. This was against a team that never had to punt the ball until the 5th game of the season and was a top pick to get to the championship game and not some talentless cream puff.

I though maybe I should look at the schedules of the other two teams that got #1 votes maybe that was why they got the vote.

Texas the consolidated win loss record of the teams it played was 27-22 and it scored 337 points to 123

Alabama played against teams with a win-loss record of 24-25 and it scored 226-101

and Penn St. (what a joke it's the big X) it opponents were 22-35 but of course it beat them 363-94

Both Alabama and Penn St. played only 2 teams with winning records and 5 teams with losing records.

Texas had played 4 teams with winning records and 3 teams with losing records.

Texas has played twice as many teams winning teams as Alabama and still scored more than 100 more points than they have.

The quality of the Big XII is still underrated and the bowl season is sure going to be a shock to some writers.

Congrats for a pass rush

Xerxes — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:18:21 -0000

The Longhorns are tied for first place in sacks with 14 and losses of 144 yards.

Brian Orakpo is 2nd in country in sacks.

It been a while since the defence had a pass rush. Also 2nd in the country in stopping the run 52.5 ypg. not given up a rushing td yet ( only 3 passing) not bad.

On top of that CM is 2nd in the country in passing efficicency.

Points given up so far;

Oklahoma 38 points, 9.5 ppg

Missouri 34 points, 8.5 ppg

Texas 33 points, 8.25 ppg

the best passing in the Country

Xerxes — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:11:07 -0000

How things change.

Looking at the "Passing Efficiency" stat for Div I

Quaterback Ratings

you see something I dont believe has ever happened. John Davidson of Tulsa leads the country in passing rating at 225. Then you get to

Sam Bradford at 214

Colt McCoy at 206

Chase Mcdaniel at 193

If it is not amazing enough to have 3 QB's at 2,3,and 4 you look down the list at 8,9,and 10 you have,

Zac Robinson, OK state at, 179,

Robert Griffin, Baylor, at 171,

Josh Freeman, K state, at 170,

With this as evidence I would say the Big VII is now the Dominate passing Conference in the country.

15 minutes for Mooney

Xerxes — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:52:56 -0000

Ian Mooney gets gets his moment in the spotlight

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_...

I think it should be 3 days of drinking and then fell off the potato truck.

He's back in the Southwest.

Xerxes — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:42:38 -0000

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While watching Kansas vs Nebraska I flipped over to catch some of the Spurs play the Pistons. I had a terrible shock, I though I saw KELVIN SAMPSON's head on the bench behind Gregg Popovich. Like seeing a ghost, I was startled, I smelled sulfur and had a bad metallic taste in my mouth, it couldn't be. At the next time out there he was with the other coaches. Checking around I found out he some kind of adviser for the team. Now I am scarred to go down to the local watering hole, I might find Eddie Sutton sloppy drunk and harassing the wait staff.

Bring on the Donkeys, Seniors and 4th Grade Intramural Boys Team

Xerxes — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:11:31 -0000

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The level of cheap wins in the non conference schedules of some of the top teams is really alarming. So K.State holds some Schlub team to 4 points in a half, Yeah it's record! Take a gander
The team, Savanah St in a conference(?) where nobody has a wining record and the worst team in this crappy group is 0-17 NJIT (or New Jersey Institute of Technology). you don't believe me, Look!
Wow! K state player's families must be proud.

What the all these Div I teams need is a new conference like the Independents but with teams along the lines of the Washington Generals (maybe they already are?). This way almost every team in the top 50 or so can be 15-0 going into conference play.

This is the long way round to say it's good that Rick Barnes wasn't afraid to put some meat in the schedule. We get to see some good ball and the team gets a challenge.

The benefits of a high ranking.

Xerxes — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:47:36 -0000

After the Horns beat UCLA their was a little discussion about the value a high ranking this early in the season.

One real important benefit and one less important benefit. The important benefit is more of their games will be picked up and shown to a broader section of the country and the get better coverage, ie more cameras at the games, better grade of announcers and all around better quality broadcasts. The second is more and better coverage in the papers, on the web etc.

Having a higher ranking may not change much for the team till selection time for the tournament but the exposure means there is just that much more about the horns to watch and read about.

Are you ever too Good?

Xerxes — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:32:38 -0000

As we go in to Sunday and the game with UCLA, I was thinking the horns have a chance to win if they play well to beat UCLA.

That would be the first time I have thought that a Horns BB team has a legitimate shot at beating the #1 Team in the country. This made me think of all the players Rick Barnes has recruited and got to play for Texas. If he hadn't done such a good job and gotten so many extremely talented players that have left, you wonder what kind of team he could have built. If his best choices had stayed or been able to play the Horn's starting line could be Aldridge, Durant, Johnson, Abrahms and Augustin. That team could beat some NBA teams.

It just to bad that Barnes has done so well at bringing players with so much skills that they are to talented to stay in College. Which means UT and Barnes doesn't get the all recognition they deserve for finding and recruiting the best players in the country. The kind of gifted athletes he has attracted to UT could win a National championship if they weren't to talented to stay in college ball.