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What Is The 2009 Texas Longhorns Football Starting Lineup?

Admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:32:40 +0000

what is the 2009 Texas Longhorns football starting lineup?

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Is There Good Live Streaming Available To Watch Ncaa Football (specifically Texas Longhorns) Games In Canada?

Admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:30:44 +0000

Trying to watch Longhorns football live and in good quality, not talking about p2p or justin. tv type of broadcasts, wondering if there’s any direct streams available in Canada. . . Thanks!

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Admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:36:42 +0000

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How Many Guys Think College Football Is More Exciting Than Pro?

Admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:37:27 +0000

I love college football for it’s genuine fans and colorful traditions. Plus there are over 500 college teams in every part of the country, and they are affordable.

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Where Can I Get A Texas Longhorns Football Tee In California?

Admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:47:33 +0000

i live in california but i want a texas longhorns football t-shirt. . where can i get one without ordering it online?

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NCAA Football Tickets – Betting On Bowl Game Blowouts I

Admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:30:26 +0000

The bowl games are all decided, so fans are scrambling to secure NCAA football tickets from http://www. stubhub. com/ncaa-football-tickets to the bowls they most want to see. Needless to say, there is no dearth of options out there for interested football nuts who want to see a great game. Several bowls portend to be very close matchups- such as Virginia Tech-Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl, or Ball State and Tulsa in the GMAC Bowl. However, this article is going to focus on some of the bowl games that have the highest chance of being a blowout. Not only are blowouts bad for ratings and general entertainment, they can sometimes leave sports gamblers feeling the holiday blues. So here’s how to navigate the blowout bowl game minefield. Fiesta Bowl Ohio State – Texas: Spread: Texas by 9. 5 Do you dare chance a wager on this one? Yes: Texas will be about 20 points up by halftime, so you can spend the rest of your January 5th evening listing the credit card companies you will pay off and in what order, after your money comes back to you. While the investment won’t get much return, it’s a bad market to be trying anything funny, and you should be glad to get anything this holiday season, considering the choices you’ve made on college football bets this year. I know I will be. Texas is ranked ninth in the nation in total offense this season. They average 43. 9 points per game. Ohio State averages 28. 2. There’s your spread. There it goes. Out the window and right into the lap of your average neighborhood bookie. Play it safe at the end here and bet on the Longhorns. Remember your resolution: Do NOT chase your bets. Also, you should remember to purchase more NCAA football tickets at cheaper prices. Might we suggest finding them at StubHub in the New Year? Rose Bowl Penn State – USC: Spread: USC by 10 Do you dare chance a wager on this one? Let me put it this way. Many cultures believe that the way you spend New Years Day is the way you will wind up spending the rest of the year. As such, most cultures spend the early part of the year wandering home drunk in the cold, sleep until June, when they are woken up by the bright summer lights, and then proceed to watch college football on Advil until winter time, when it’s back to hibernation. Do you want to spend the entirety of 2009 with a hangover the size of Charlie Weis while wallowing in abject, American auto industry-style poverty? Or do you want to spend the entirety of 2009 with a hangover the size of the late Rodney Dangerfield while wallowing in wealth the likes of which Rodney Dangerfield character Al Czervik from Caddyshack (who would make for another aptly sized hangover) has never even dreamed of? Here’s the facts. USC is the nation’s best scoring defense, allowing a mere 7. 8 points per game. Penn State ranks 4th in the nation, at 12. 4. So quit hyping up the USC defense, because both teams play some excellent D. The real factor here is home field advantage, and, playing essentially a home game, the Trojans ought to be unstoppable. At home they beat Ohio State 35-3, Oregon 44-10, and Cal 17-3. So they will be in top form at the Rose Bowl. Bet of the Trojans here.

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College Football Wrap-Up Week 2 – Ohio State and Notre Dame Both Lose Big Time Games

Admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:51:29 +0000

Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley(Editor’s Note: All of the team rankings are based on the Top 25 Coaches’ Poll, and the Sagarin Ratings, Jeff Sagarin’s factual, mathematical ratings among competition between all 245 Division 1 teams. )Only 7 teams remained on top and on track at 2-0 during the second week of the college football season—Florida, USC, Alabama, California, Boise State, Brigham Young and Kansas. No. 1 Florida crushed Troy 56-6 behind Tim Tebow’s career-high 4 touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. No. 3 Southern Cal saved the best to last against No. 7 Ohio State to win, 18-15, on the road as freshman quarterback Matt Barkley led the Trojans on a 14-play, 95-yard drive to score with 1:05 remaining. The Buckeyes of Ohio State have now lost 7 straight games against top 5 teams, including two national title games and last season’s 35-3 drubbing by USC in Los Angeles. No. 4 Alabama took down Florida International 40-14 as QB Greg McElroy completed a school-record 14 straight passes. Remember that Alabama was the same school that Joe “Willie” Namath led to a National Championship in 1964, and Kenny “The Snake” Stabler led to another National Championship in 1965. Both Namath and Stabler played for the Crimson Tide’s legendary coach Paul “Bear” Bryant. No. 10 California routed Eastern Washington, 59-7, behind Jahvid Best’s 144 yards rushing and 2 touchdowns, one rushing and another on a 22-yard reception. No. 11 Boise State shut out Miami of Ohio, 48-0, as QB Kellen Moore went 16-for-26 for 307 yards and 4 touchdown passes. No. 12 Brigham Young, following up on its 14-13 upset of Oklahoma a week earlier, kicked Tulane sideways on the road, 54-3, as QB Max Hall threw for 309 yards and 2 TDs and Bryan Kaiya scored twice. No. 25 Kansas whipped UTEP, 34-7, on the road behind Jack Sharp’s 104 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. There were 4 genuine upsets as Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Tennessee and Michigan State all hit the turf hard. No. 20 Notre Dame allowed Tate Focier to throw a 5-yard TD pass to Greg Matthews with 11 seconds to go to give unranked Michigan a 38-34 victory in the Big House at Ann Arbor. Focier, a freshman, went 23-for-33 for 240 yards, 2 TDs, one interception, and ran for 70 yards and a score. Notre Dame’s star QB Jimmy Clausen, now a junior, went 25-for-42 for 336 yards and 3 TDs, but did miss some throws that proved costly. You can argue about who was the better QB on this day, however, nothing counts but the final score, and Notre Dame again came up a loser in a big game. After taking down Georgia last week, No. 6 Oklahoma State, a 15-point favorite, let it all slip away while losing to Houston 45-35 at home. The Cowboys need to learn how to ride again; they seem to always have more offense than defense. UCLA quietly went to 2-0 by upsetting Tennessee on the road 19-15. The Volunteers, a 10-point favorite, are not making much of an impression in the SEC anymore. The Michigan State Spartans, favored by 14. 5, let Central Michigan totally embarrass them with a last-second 29-27 defeat on their home turf. The Spartans had an excellent schedule this year that offered them a chance to run the table (go undefeated) since they drew both Michigan and Penn State at home and did not have to play Ohio State. Instead, Michigan State was out-coached, out-played and deserved to lose. Five teams went 2-0 and scored good wins to cement their position as up and comers to watch:No. 18 Nebraska, favored by 21, beat Arkansas State 38-9. No. 23 Cincinnati beat 1-AA SE Missouri State 70-3. Unranked Pittsburgh, favored by 10. 5, beat a good Buffalo team 54-27 on the road. Unranked Iowa beat in-state rival Iowa State 35-3 on the road. Unranked and unbeaten Southern Methodist upset UAB 35-33, and they did it on the road. Now don’t laugh at SMU, give the Mustangs and coach June Jones some credit; after all, if you are a fan of Virginia Tech, Oklahoma, Rutgers or Georgia, your team is not 2-0, you are 1-1. Another unranked team that went 0-12 last year finally won its first game in 16 tries as new head coach Steve Sarkisian and new defensive coordinator Nick Holt put together an impressive 42-23 victory over Idaho. Yes, Idaho is no big deal, but Washington is going to start winning and beating better teams than Idaho. You read it here first. Here are 19 teams who have gone 2-0 to start the season, but their victories have been no big deal considering the competition they have been playing:No. 2 Texas, favored by 32. 5, beat Wyoming on the road 41-10, but could not cover the spread. No. 5 Penn State, favored by 28. 5, beat Syracuse 28-7, but could not cover the spread. No. 9 LSU, favored by 14. 5, beat Vanderbilt, 23-9, but could not cover the spread. No. 17 Utah, favored by 14, beat San Jose State 24-14, but could cover the spread. No. 19 North Carolina, favored by 4. 5, needed 12 last quarter points to barely beat Connecticut 12-10, but could not cover the spread. No. 24 Oregon State, favored by 7, beat UNLV 23-21, but could not cover the spread. So seriously, why are Texas, Penn State, LSU, Utah, North Carolina and Oregon State rated so high? Answer: Do not ask anyone who bet on them to not only win, but cover the spread. Here are the other 13 teams that are 2-0 in no particular order because frankly, it is too soon to tell if they are really good at all:Missouri over Bowling Green 27-20, Tulsa over New Mexico 44-10, Hawaii over Washington State 38-20, Auburn over Mississippi State 49-24, South Florida over Western Kentucky 35-13, West Virginia over East Carolina 35-20, Texas Tech over Rice 55-10, Boston College over Kent State 34-7, Minnesota over Air Force 20-13, Southern Mississippi over the University of Central Florida (UCF) 26-19, and Northwestern over Eastern Michigan 27-24. Also Arizona over 1-AA Northern Arizona 34-17, and Colorado State needed a 4th quarter touchdown to beat 1-AA Weber State 24-23. Here are 5 teams that won their first game, but really need to play a good team and win to think they are doing anything worth talking about:No. 14 Oklahoma beat 1-AA Idaho State 64-0, No. 16 TCU beat Virginia 30-14, No. 21 Georgia barely beat South Carolina 41-37, Virginia Tech beat Marshall 52-10, and Rutgers beat 1-AA Howard 45-7. Every week in college football there are games and victories that cause you to do a double take when you read the score and check out the teams. Here are 3 from this week:Toledo beat Colorado 54-38 at home, dropping the Buffaloes to 0-2. This caused me to wonder if there have been sinkholes developing in the State of Colorado. Much more and the Buffaloes will fall off the radar screen. Maryland needed an overtime to barely beat 1-AA James Madison 38-35. Louisiana Lafayette upset Kansas State 17-15. Put a wrap on it Benny, and throw it in the archives; it ’s time to get ready for college football’s third week of competition.

Read more of my football coverage, including:
Check out “Ed Bagley’s Top 25 Poll” for Week 4—you get rankings plus humor.
“College Football Wrap-Up – Week 3 – Dream Season Ends for Southern Cal, Brigham Young, Utah and Georgia Tech”
“Dawgs Show Their Fangs, Washington Upsets 3rd-Ranked USC Trojans, 16-13″
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Oklahoma Sooners Endeavor a Better Offensive Against Texas Longhorns

Admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:30:53 +0000

The Sooners will attempt to obtain an important win this Saturday against their archrivals, the Texas Longhorns, who are still to know what defeat tastes like so far this season. Oklahoma has already lost its matches against BYU and Miami, but they do not seem to lose their edge. This would be the second time in the 11 seasons since Stoops is Head Coach, that Oklahoma arrives to the Big 12 South game versus Texas with more the two losses. Mack Brown, Head Coach for the Longhorns, knows very well that OU will desperately fight for a victory in the Red River Rivalry this weekend. Although his players have proven a much better performance this season, he is also aware of the Sooners’ quarterback, Sam Bradford, recovery from his right shoulders’ injury. Bradford already proved himself vital to OU’s winning game this last weekend when they defeated Baylor – he passed 389 yards. It is quite evident, had Bradford played against BYU and Miami, his team and their rival would have arrived to Saturday’s game with a 5-0 record. There is a lot of pressure over the Sooners. A win at Houston would significantly open up the chances for the team to take their fourth Big 12 South title, an unprecedented feat in the league. Nevertheless, the Longhorns have moved the cards on their favor these last seasons, taking three of the last four games. Stoops, however, insist that they need to focus on the big picture: win the Big 12. Yet, the bottom line is, if his team does not claim a victory this Saturday, the chances of taking the Big 12 would be greatly hurt. Bradford injury brought some bad news both for the Team and for the talented and ambitious player himself. Anyhow, the harm has been done. It is quite evident that OU will not be one of the contenders for the National Championship Game, as it is also evident that Bradford will not be repeating his feat of taking the Heisman one more time. Even with Bradford on the field, and all the implications this has, Oklahoma is still to prove this season a strong solid offensive. The squad’s problems in the goal zone forced the team to rely upon four field goals to obtain a victory against Baylor last weekend; their offensive line dropped the ball on 11 occasions, with three in the end zone. Oklahoma cannot afford to repeat this kind of mistakes with Texas because the Longhorns are not going to be so merciful and will certainly take advantage of any misstep OU takes. Sooners’ fans wish their QB could repeat the spectacular game he had last year when he completed 21 of the 32 passes he threw for 244 yards and three touchdowns and no interceptions. Now the Texas-OU game promises to be one of the most exciting matches of the season. More than 90. 000 fans are expecting to rush into the streets of Houston to support their team in this year’s rivalry game. Players rise to the occasion. There is a good vibe surrounding this game. Players know it. Fans know it. “I would not change it for anything in the world”, says Trent Williams, Oklahoma’s offensive tackle. “The tunnel seems like a mile long. It’s so exciting, you just want to get out there and play. ” There is not much left but to wait for the game to start and see what Oklahoma’s offensive can do against Texas’ well-organized defense.

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College Football – Last Season’s Final Statistics Show How the Nation’s Top Five Teams Can Be Beat

Admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:51:04 +0000

Copyright © 2009 Ed BagleyIt is not often when the coaches and the media agree on their opinion of who should be in the preseason Top 25 college football polls, but this year at least their Top 5 picks are mirror images—Florida (1), Texas (2), Oklahoma (3), Southern California (4) and Alabama (5). Of a possible 60 first-place votes in the media’s AP Top 25 Poll, Florida collected 58 votes and Texas 2, setting a record (96+%) for the most first-place votes since the poll was first started in 1950, long before there were ever Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games. Florida is such an overwhelming favorite that one might think there is no need to play the games this year, since the Gators will probably run the table (go unbeaten). This, of course, is sheer nonsense. Florida won the National Championship for the 2006 and 2008 seasons and, if it repeats during 2009, the Gators would become only the second team to do so since Nebraska won the National Championship 3 out of 4 years, winning the title outright in 1994 and 1995, and splitting the title in 1997. However, going unbeaten to do so is entirely another matter. It is tough to go undefeated in a major conference, and then win the national title. For openers, only one team (Utah at 13-0) went undefeated last season, and that happened because Utah does not play in a major conference. It the Utes played in the SEC, Pacific 10, Big 12 or Big Ten Conferences, there is no way they would be undefeated. Florida, Southern Cal and Texas all lost a game last season. Oklahoma and Alabama were beaten twice. You may be interested to know that the best team in the nation statistically last year was not Florida, which won the National Championship by beating Oklahoma 24-14, but rather Southern Cal. That’s right, USC. Maybe that is why Florida won; they were playing Oklahoma and not Southern Cal for the title. Oklahoma had a great offensive team—ranking 1st nationally in scoring (51+ points), 3rd in passing offense (349+ yards per game) and 3rd in total offense (547+), but the Sooner defense was nothing to get excited about. They were 99th in pass defense, 68th in total defense and 58th scoring defense. There are only 119 BCS (Division 1-A) teams. Florida’s pass defense was ranked 20th, and the Gators held Oklahoma to only 14 points, despite Oklahoma having the No. 1 scoring offense in the country. Shoot, the Sooners scored 51 points a game but gave up 24 a game, exactly what Florida scored to win the title. The Gators were ranked 4th in scoring defense, giving up only 13 (12. 93) points a game. That shows you how accurate averaged statistics can be over the course of a season. Texas was horrific in passing defense, ranking 104th of 119 teams. You may recall that Texas Tech beat Texas last year 39-33 on a pass play by NFL first-round pick Michael Crabtree. Texas A&M got swamped by Texas last year 49-9, in part because Texas A&M’s passing defense was ranked 95th, only slightly better than Texas, which had the 7th best passing offense. Alabama was 7th in scoring offense last year, but its passing offense was 97th (yikes) and its total offense was only 63rd. The Crimson Tide defense won most of their games, ranking 2nd in rushing defense, 3rd in total defense and 7th in scoring defense. Sounds a whole lot like their coach Nick Seban. So what is the big deal with Southern Cal? Well, its offense was pretty balanced, ranking 22nd in rushing, passing and scoring. The defense was the best in the nation, ranking 1st in passing defense and 1st in scoring defense, 2nd in total defense, and 5th in rushing defense. Think about it, leading the nation in 2 defensive categories and being among the top 5 in rushing and passing defense, total defense and scoring defense. USC’s one loss came on the road at Oregon State, 27-21. Was USC unfairly penalized by the pollsters when selecting the BCS title game participants? I think so. Heck, Alabama lost 31-20 to Florida on the road, so the Gators deserved a shot. But Oklahoma? Get real. The Sooners lost to Texas at home, 45-35. Just the score of the game itself makes you shiver, 80 points between them, as opposed to 48 points between USC and Oregon State, and USC was on the road. If Oklahoma thinks Oregon State (9-4 last year) was a pushover, they should play the Beavers at home, where they were 5-1, losing only to Oregon. So what does it all mean? Well, Oklahoma was the best offensive team in the country last year, and Southern Cal was the best defensive team; there is no argument when you look at the statistics. Despite being the best offensive team in the country, Oklahoma could not beat Florida, losing 24-14. Southern Cal, which dispatched No. 6 Penn State 31-16, in the BCS Rose Bowl Game, might well have held Florida to fewer than 24 points. We will never know. What we do know is that Southern Cal had a better passing offense, a more balanced offense, and a much better passing defense than Florida. There is a reason why the Sagarin College Football Ratings show Southern Cal, not Florida, as the top team in its 2009 preseason poll. That reason is because the ratings are based on last year’s actual statistics and results, not opinion. As I see it, Florida was fortunate that it faced Oklahoma, which has lost 4 of its last 5 BCS games. In other words, lame like Ohio State, which has lost two straight BCS National Championship Games to Florida and LSU in 2006 and 2007, and then lost again to Texas in its BCS game last year. Let’s just say it—the East Coast bias among coaches and media is really bad. Two factors drive this inequity. One is population as 58% of the people (approximately 175 of 300 million) live on the East Coast. The second is the time difference as the West Coast is 3 hours behind the East Coast. When media types get done watching football games Saturday around 10:30 p. m. EST, key games are just beginning on the West Coast and are never seen by poll voters. They are overwhelmed with watching East Coast football, and remain a servant slave to it. If the powers to be had any size grapefruits at all, when Florida got rid of Oklahoma, their next assignment for the national title should have been Southern Cal, and then we would have seen the rubber hit the road.

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College Football Picks of the Year!

Admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:30:20 +0000

Football is truly the National American sport. Everyone loves it, from your best friend, to your uncle. Even your pet loves to join in the fun during football night with you and the rest of the family. College Football games are just as famous and exciting as its pro brother, the NFL games. The college football season is starting in less than a month away, and everyone is excited. Since September is fast approaching, you may have started placing your bets as early as now. College football picks is a favorite topic, whether you’re an amateur or a professional bettor. You usually support and bet on your college’s team, or if you are a serious gambler, get college football handicapping services for game predictions and insider information. These services are plenty and not hard to find in the net, thus it is obvious that there is great demand for them. If you prefer to not spend a dime for these services, here are the top predicted college football picks of the year, based on their conditions from the previous season, present coaches and training, and their outgoing and incoming players. 1. The Florida GatorsOf course, the Florida Gators is expected to make it big this year. The Florida Gators were the defending champions of last year, and is expected to be even better this year. This year, the Gators will return 19 of its previous 22 starters. Brandon Spikes is coming back, so this team is expected to have a solid and strong defense this year, probably among the best of the nation. 2. The Texas LonghornsThe Texas Longhorns will return 14 starters, but there are a lot of questions to address this year. Can they find a solid replacement for McCoy so he doesn’t have to run? Can they replace Cosby and Shipley? These are questions they should address to assure of a ticket to the championships. 3. The Oklahoma SoonersThe Oklahoma Sooners still has Sam Bradford, a great offensive player, but the team lost four of five starters on the offensive line. Even if the team has a great defensive line and solid linebackers, losing four of five starters will probably make quite a dent in this team. 4. The USC TrojansThis power team has amazing offense, returning with nine starters, however the defensive only returns with two starters. USC may have lost a lot of talent yet again, but this won’t be a problem for USC Trojans is known to never go short when reloading on talent. Let us wait and see. 5. The Georgia BulldogsA ton of starters will return on both the offensive and defensive, which is good news. Hopefully, if Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno stay this season, the Georgia Bulldogs will make a good competitor this season. These are the best college football picks, the teams most likely to make it to the championships, although college football is a surprising and unpredictable game. Who knows who’ll make it to the championships? Learn to love the game, and the surprises that go with it!

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