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"Why, those sorry bastards"
During football season, two Clear Thinkers favorite subjects are the annual Texas-OU game and former Texas head coach Darrell Royal (here, here, here, here and here). So, this Barking Carnival post on the epic 1976 game -- Royal's last...
Are you ready for some football?
The football rivalry between the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners is one of the most passionate in college football. The intensity of that rivalry has led to some highly competitive recruiting battles between the two schools for the best...
Longhorn trepidation on the eve of Texas-OU Weekend
It's the annual Texas-OU Weekend in Dallas and with two straight Red River rivalry victories under their belt, one would think that the Texas Longhorns would be feeling reasonably confident coming into this year's game. Don't count on it. As...
Now that's a low blow!
This earlier post regarding the Texas-OU rivalry noted Jay Christensen's clever college football digital billboard contest over at the sporting Wizard of Odds. The likes of Texas and Oklahoma have pretty thick hides, but now the competition has generated this...
UT's favorite billboard
It's still five months until the annual Texas-OU Weekend in Dallas, but the Texas-OU rivalry is big news any time of the year. So, this billboard from the Wizard of Odd's ongoing digital billboard competition will definitely warm the hearts...
Runnin' with the Dogs at Texas-OU Weekend
The greatest annual rivalry game in college football is renewed this Saturday in Dallas as the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma Sooners strap it on at the Cotton Bowl, and this year's game is highlighted by a new book about...
2006 Weekly local football review
Texans 17 Dolphins 15 Well now, that's a relief! In an entertaining but not particularly well-played game, the Texans (1-3) won for only the third time in the past 21 games as the Dolphins (1-3) could not convert a questionable...
The latest suicide bomber?
Maybe it's due to the distraction of Texas-OU week or perhaps it's just a sign of the times, but the fact that a suicide bomber nearly entered the University of Oklahoma's football stadium last Saturday night while 84,000 people were...
The Stoops Curse
On the surface, all things look rosy in Texas Longhorn football land these days. The Horns are the second-ranked team in the U.S., dramatically defeated Michigan in the Rose Bowl after last season, have already beaten mighty Ohio State on...
Houston Texans, Year Three
Lest you think that the only baseball and the Stros are the only sports subjects addressed on this blog, we bring you a review of the first weekend of college football. I generally ignore football until the National Football League...
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