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Kansas State and Other Thoughts
BCS Standings I'm intrigued by the possibility of LSU losing a game (SEC championship game, Georgia, or Arkansas) and then losing their chance at a title to Alabama or Oregon. One common argument you hear for the strength of the BCS is that it "makes the regular season matter." How in the world can...
Losing the Point of Attack
Texas has won the battle in the trenches against the Sooners for the last several years. Generally, the defensive line on each side tends to have the advantage and I'm suspicious that both schools are/were prioritizing pass protection both in recruiting and in player development. This year OU...
Texas-Oklahoma Post-Mortem: Defense Special Teams
Like much of last year, our offense never gave the defense a chance and this defense needed all the help they could get. Statistically, our performance was poor, even without the offense gifting scores and field position (21 points without the defense on the field, another 6 to 10 pretty much...
Ground and Pound: How Texas Can Beat OU
The Sooners under Bob Stoops have made their hay with an aggressive, quick strike offense and physical defense that exploits known tendencies -- a combo that has led to some humiliating final scores. The offense has gone further in this direction since Kevin Wilson and Josh Heupel installed the...
Weekend Developments
No screen shots for you this week, instead I'd like to hit on a bunch of themes from the weekend. This should not have have happened. 768 yards of total offense, 600 of it rushing. Such futility is inexcusable. Kansas is not building much of a case for their program in the midst of major conference...
The Harsin Offense: Making Complexity a Single-edged Sword
We've heard a lot in the practice reports about how Harsin's strategies include installing a large variety of formations and looks that put too much on tape for opposing coordinators to be able to prepare for in a game week. Belichick uses this practice at New England on a regular basis and loves...
A Scene From Inside The Switzer Center
All-everything linebacker Travis Lewis has his injured foot in an ice bucket. Sooner Director of Sports Enhancement Jerry Schmidt ambles over... How you feeling, big man? Sore. Here you go... Schmidt offers Lewis a cup of steaming broth. Here's some Chicken Soup For The Toe, son. This...
Texas vs. the Big 12, Pt. II
We're back from the Dallas Zoo where the mountain lion hides in the shade and the tattooed handler feeds mice to the bearded lizards before your eyes! In part I, we examined the lesser squads of the league as well as some of the more troublesome teams. Tim's anointing of the Red Raider defensive...
Bob Stoops Blames Dungeons Dragons Loss on Fictional Character
Norman, Oklahoma - University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops has drawn criticism for his behavior at a recent Dungeons & Dragons tournament. After failing to advance past the preliminary round of the Central Oklahoma Fantasy Questers Association's QuestFest 2011, Coach Stoops...
The BC Mailbag
Believe it or not, we receive a lot of mail here at Barking Carnival headquarters (BCHQ). So much, in fact, that we maintain a growing staff of unpaid interns - you'd recognize them by their khaki pants, shaved eyebrows, iron-clad 7,777,777-year Cosmic Labor Contracts (CLCs), and ceremonial...
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