TxHoops

  In referencing "better days when they were the power brokers in Texas college football," are you talking about roughly 90 percent of the years since they first started playing football?  And so shall it be soon...probably sooner than you would want to admit to yourself...

Great list.  Tough to make a top pick in Rounds 1-3.  An argument could be made for all of those guys.

I'm not sure about the situation with WOS coaches. They have always been very pro-Texas. But trust me when I tell you at that school, the players will talk to and take advice from Earl Thomas about UT before Cornell Thompson.

Dalton will thrive under Strong. Know his family well. But he is still a 20 year old who probably shouldn't share his thoughts when he is exhausted after a long week of football. FYI, he would be someone you would want recruits to talk to about Coach String.

Cumbie is going to end up being one heck of a coach. He is probably the brightest QB Leach ever coached. Extremely intelligent and also has some charisma.

I don't think you can characterize yourself as a "little boy" when you were 19 at the time... 😉

  Not likely.  The scouts/teams prefer the combine anyway.  Less "controlled" environment for the players and thus, a better gauge as to their abilities.

  My bad, I meant I didn't know if Deion got any snaps at RB, but he did play some WR.  I didn't doubt you on Mel!  I know the pre-facemask era is your specialty ;)  

  Not true!  I was young (younger than you!) but I remember ol' #20 well.  As far as running punts, kickoffs, and interceptions, I think #21 was more than a bit better than Mel.  I don't know that he ever played RB, but he did get some snaps at WR.  Renfro was a beast, Primetime was the best.  

  Which is why the SEC is perrrrfect for the Ags.  They can join the Mississippi schools of the world by claiming the accomplishments of others.  It's an SEC tradition.   

See, now you're minimalizing an awesome 9-4 season and a jaw-dropping 18th place finish in the polls. I mean really, who doesn't commit to memory the country's 18th best team each season? And let's not forget the two MNCs they found from the pre-prohibition era last summer. Maybe, just maybe, they will find another before next fall and catch big brother! (Unless, of course, we go ahead and claim the 11 or so we haven't become pathetic enough to add to the banners...)

  No, no!  They didn't suck.  They almost finished in the top half of an elite conference.  It's quite an accomplishment.  Then again, being mediocre at best in a conference is old hat to the Ags.

  Yet a ways back from Mizzou, you know that former Big 12 juggernaut?

  Congrats??  

  I can respect that evaluation.  Do you think that the "jury is still out on Sumlin"? 

  Not really.  Actually my point is the pride the Aggies seem to have over a 7th place conference finish and an 18th in the country ranking.  If Sumlin continues to get less with more, will he be on the hot seat?  As I know you know, we had a similar situation with Mack getting top classes who underperformed.  Kevin's young; maybe he will find the formula on the field.

Does the insider known as ozensfinest know that Dr. Chargois was ready to resign a couple of weeks ago and some board members talked him out of it? 

Yep, I double-checked.  Tied for 7th with mighty Vanderbilt behind Auburn, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, LSU, and Georgia. 

  Umm, didn't they finish tied for 7th in the SEC?  Not fourth?  

  +1   I don't know what more the kid could have done since offseason to elevate his draft stock.  The Wonderlic score is pleasantly surprising to me - goes to show you that you should never stereotype someone for anything.  I realize there are question marks with Manziel but isn't that true of virtually every kid?  I can think of two locks at QB over the past 15 years and Indianapolis drafted both of them (and were they really locks or kids most thought were locks and turned out to be what they were forecasted).  The more I see and read, the more I think this kid is going to be a star in this league.  I pray he stays healthy because he is poised to continue to be a superstar in this game for years to come.  And really, even as a Longhorn, it's been a long, LONG time since I've seen a QB as entertaining and exciting to watch as Johnny.  

I like Murray and Mettenburger. To me, there is a lot more value to either one of them as a 3rd rounder than any of the so called top 3 as a #1 pick. I would also say that if the Texans go QB with that pick, it has to be Manziel. The other two aren't worth the risk and don't have the upside. Then again, I'm not an NFL GM so what the hell do I know. I'm not even particularly good at FF.

Fair AND balanced!  :wacko:

And, by the way, not taking anything away from UConn.  Quite the contrary, they stepped up and knocked them down and deserved the win.  Calipari was correct in his postgame explanation that their best chance to win was trying to get stops at the end - those guards weren't going to miss FTs.

  My thoughts exactly.  I had been really impressed with the way they knocked down the freebies throughout the tournament.  In the same type games that went down to the wire (the last 5 anyway).  Even Randle was very proficient from the line.  I tend to agree with you BG; nerves, not fatigue, may have gotten the best of them last night.

Puhlease. To put it another way, swap the FT percentages and UK wins by double digits. But I guess UConn was playing in a different game with a different pace. Again, this one is pretty simple to dissect. You can point to different things and be correct, but the FTs were GLARING.