Archive for: college football

 

What We Can Learn From Missouri

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Daron Roberts is the founding director of the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a former NFL coach and teaches...

 
 

Gridiron Girl Game Preview: Oklahoma State

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Greetings, gentle readers! Join me for our first weekly shade-throwing session. Up next: the Oklahoma State Cowboys, coached by Mike Gundy. The ’Horns travel...

 
 

Longhorn Football Ranked 15th in NCAA Coaches Poll

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With the season just less than a month away, Longhorn fans are putting on their best Hank Williams Jr. impressions. We are definitely “ready for some football!”...

 
 

Every Game Counts

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Beauty Contest Standings (Week 12, 2011) In college football, the whole season is a playoff. Every game counts. That’s one of the pretexts provided to cover for...

 
 

Mad Hatter Defeats Prince of Darkness

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Beauty Contest Standings (Week 10, 2011) The Mad Hatter defeated the Prince of Darkness. And we waited all year for this? A 9-6 game decided in overtime? Sunday,...

 
 

Halloween in College Football

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Beauty Contest Standings (Week 9, 2011) Halloween in College Football: you are there. Everybody is in costume. Wisconsin went to the party as Aggies. For the second...

 
 
Where Is Football’s Cinderella?

Where Is Football’s Cinderella?

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Beauty Contest Standings (Week 7, 2011) Ho hum. Take away conference realignment, and this has, thus far, been the most predictable season in years. The teams you...

 
 

As the Conferences Realign

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Beauty Contest Standings (Week 3, 2011) With the score tied at 13-13 in the fourth quarter…(sfx: beep, beep, beep) Announcer: We interrupt your BCS for this installment...

 
 

Introducing the Beauty Contest Standings

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Our own version of the BCS college football rankings, the Beauty Contest Standings (Week 1, 2011) The takeaway image of Week One was Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly...

 
 
 
 
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