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The National Championship on the Line Right Here
This one's for all the marbles. It all comes down to this. Winner takes all. To help tide us over until gametime and get through the workday, here are some videos of the runups and the final games of our athletic department's last three chances to take home a national championship with one more...
Northwestern Dwarf Toss
Yeah, I know Mizzou won, but... Final statline: 27 of 44 for 200 yards and 3 ints. You owe Weatherspoon a beer, Chase. Congrats to the Tigers.
Revisiting the defensive stats that matter
Back in September I made a post about the defensive stats that mattered to the Texas coaches. It caused an immediate sensation. And by 'immediate sensation' I mean a blogger from Missouri liked it. I knew the Texas defense was better than it was a year ago, but the defensive stats had not borne...
Big 12 Betting: Week 5
Last week, I went 4-1-1 ATS. For the year, I'm currently 14-9-1 ATS. A record of consequence that demands your attention and respect. This week I will take that attention, respect, and your wagered money and treat it like Charmin Double Soft after a chili cookout. ENHANCE! As always, I must pick...
Getting it done when scoring opportunities arise
Do you remember when we struggled mightily when we got to Goal to Go situations a few years back? Well, no longer. In 8 games this year, Texas has had 24 FIRST AND GOAL situations (3 per game). We have scored 23 touchdowns (16 rushing and 7 passing) in 44 plays. That is an amazing 96% scoring...
Liveblogging the Mack Brown press conference
I got in late, didn’t hear the opening question. Based on the length of the monologue it must have been a doozy. Okay, just checked, it was "Good morning." Here’s the last part of the response: … feel like it’s a really fun time. It’s a neat deal for college football and for the kids, and it’s...
Tim Tebow ain't clutch
Finally someone said it. What got lost last year among the Heisman Trophy hype and all those huge four yard rushes was one simple fact. When the game is on the line, don't look to Tim Tebow to win it. He didn't lead Florida to a single fourth quarter comeback last year. He had his chances against...
The More Powerful the Hitter, the Less Clutch They Are. No, Really.
A while back, our own Julian Levine noticed something odd when perusing the leaderboards at FanGraphs--historically, power hitters seemed to be worse when it came to their Clutch score. I took a quick look at roughly 800+ players (≥3000 plate appearances for their career), and sure enough, the...
Slaughter-ing the Myth of Clutch
Last Monday, in "What a Difference a Year Makes (in Run Distribution)," we took a look at why the 2010 Cardinals ball club wound up with only 86 team wins despite having a Pythagorean Record of 91-71, which was the exact same Pythagorean Record and actual record of the 2009 incarnation of the...
Big 12 - Who is taking the final shot for your team in 2010-11?
The Big 12 conference has seen its fair share of clutch performers and clutch moments both in conference play and out of conference play. Most everyone can remember Acie Law of Texas A&M draining a 3 pointer versus Kansas to give the Aggies their first and only win ever in Allen Fieldhouse or...
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