SB Nation User Blog: kriess

Bowl Season is Upon us. --Open Thread for New Mexico and St. Petersburg Bowls--

kriess — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:40:07 -0000

Ah, finally. Bowl season is upon us fresh after a beautiful win over North Carolina in Arlington on the court. Two of our past opponents (victims) are playing tonight. Wyoming will take on Ryan Matthews and Fresno State on ESPN currently in progress, and UCF will take on Rutgers tonight in the St. Petersburg Bowl. Apparently the winner gets free cover to the various late night "dancing" studios throughout the Tampa Bay Metroplex. Totally not worth it. Open thread below.

Brother of Chris Simms commits to UT

kriess — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:54:57 -0000

Brother of Chris Simms commits to UT

The "other" UT that is. I felt bad for Lane Kiffin for a little bit, but one look at his wife made me change my mind.

Gerry Hamilton--great ESPN article on 2011 targets in Texas.

kriess — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:38:32 -0000

The main article is based upon Herschel Sims, while not only does he have the best name for a RB ever, but he's having the best production out of any RB in the state right now who is not named Traylon Shead. Sims is only 102 rushing yards away from having 1000 yards in the playoffs alone on the ground. He's excelled at kickoff returns as well this postseason and is going to be quite a recruit come next year.

Hamilton also reports on Brandon Williams from Pattison, Texas who is a very talented RB, however from a very small school. He runs a recorded 10.6 in the 100m and has attended mini camps for Texas this past year. According to Hamilton, Texas recruiters came by Pattison this week to check him out.

Hamilton then dives into the seemingly large pool of Defensive Backs in the Houston Area for 2011.
The list:

Leroy Scott from South Houston
Sheroid Evans from Sugarland Dulles (very very fast)
Kolby Griffin from St. Pius X
Charles Jackson from Klein Collins

For those who want to read the article, here is the link.

Enjoy and discuss below.

Bobby Bowden expected to retire this year, per ESPN

kriess — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:30:21 -0000

Bobby Bowden expected to retire this year, per ESPN

As someone who has always been a Seminole fan, this is something I will not want to watch Tuesday, when he oficially announeces his retirement at a press conference. I do realize, "its about damn time!", but then again...its Bobby Freaking Bowden!

Alot going on in the world of college football coaches today.

Charlie Weis apparently out at ND per ESPN

kriess — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:31:44 -0000

Charlie Weis apparently out at ND per ESPN

Also, the players are having a team meeting to discuss whether they will attend a bowl game this year.

Texas moves up to #2 in the latest coaches poll for College B-Ball

kriess — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:42:12 -0000

Sparty drops out of the top 5 after losing to unranked Florida. Kansas received all of the votes save for one, which went to 5th ranked Duke. Kansas out gained Texas by 44 points (774-730). This is certainly looking to be one hell of a season for the Big 12 in Basketball as there are about 5 teams who stand a chance to pull an upset and take the throne away from either the Jayhawks or the Longhorns.

Here is the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4700669

Discuss...and hook em!

Non-Texas Saturday Gameday Open Thread

kriess — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:39:29 -0000

Ole Miss vs Miss St. in the Egg Bowl. OU vs. OSU in Bedlam. UNC vs NC State and alot of other plenty game on this Rivalry Saturday. Enjoy.

I'm watching the Ole Miss and Miss St game on SEC Network (lovely), and Bedlam on FSN (even worse).

Lets hear your predictions and we'll see if Tebow tries to out-do Colt's Heisman bid later on against the Noles.

Also, later on tonight we get to see Baylor play Tech in the stadium that I'll be gracing with my presence next Saturday.

Hook em!

Tre Newton gets the start at RB for The A&M Game

kriess — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:57:24 -0000

Tre Newton gets the start at RB for The A&M Game

Seems our RB carousel contines. I have to admit, I'm glad to see this. Thoughts?

Earl Thomas is a Thorpe Award Finalist

kriess — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:05:33 -0000

Earl Thomas is a Thorpe Award Finalist

Wow. I can't really say that I didn't expect it, but I'm truly proud of him and the way Muschamp is getting our guys to play lights out defensively.

I cannot find confirmation on this except for shaggybevo and Barkingcarnival, but when I do, I'll post it in the comments.

Eric Berry and Joe Haden are the other finalists. Berry should win on name recognition alone. He's absolutely amazing for the Vols and has been for 3 years.

Circus music plays between Greg Davis' ears.

kriess — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:10:29 -0000

This is a joke. I'm not trying to start 500 comment thread/debate/bitch session about Greg Davis. I know he has his faults, but he's our OC and we're stuck with him until he rides off into the sunset, most likely the "little spoon" in front of Mack.

Just thought I'd share. I know he's gotten a little bit better the past few weeks. Our running game has seems to have taken a step foward against Baylor and that is a good sign. I know everyone is saying, "but but but...its just Baylor". Bite me. Two RBs gained over 80 yards a piece makes me happy regardless of who we've played, but I'm getting away from the joke at hand.

Hook em and lets go Hawk Hunting!

Enjoy.