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September 15, 2009
Five Reasons Notre Dame Will Win The BCS This Year And Texas Won't: Part 2
I admit, there will be Tuesday mornings when it will be difficult to write this item each week. Luckily, today isn't one of them.In Week Two of the college-football season, Notre Dame continued effortlessly along its well-planned path to the BCS title, while UT stumbled badly.It remains to be see ... More >>
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October 6, 2009
Five Reasons Notre Dame Will Win The BCS This Year And Texas Won't: Part 5
College football's Top Ten this year has been a holy mess -- some crummy teams have been ranked highly (Ole Miss, Cal), others haven't (Miami, Iowa).UT has stayed steadily in the number-two spot, mostly by playing no one of any worth whatsoever. (Even UH beat Tech, and UH couldn't even beat UTEP. ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS And Texas Won't: Part 7
We're a little late getting up this week's analysis of why Notre Dame is destined to win the BCS, but that's only because we have such a cornucopia of reasons to choose from we found it difficult to limit it to our standard five.But five it shall be. We are, after all, traditionalists.So why shou ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS And Texas Won't, Part 8
We didn't watch the Longhorns this weekend, we have to admit. Subjecting the country to a prime-time match-up of UT and Missouri seemed unnecessarily cruel, but such is the heartless world we live in these days.But we're assuming two things: First, UT won, because come on, it's Missouri. And seco ... More >>
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October 30, 2009
Game Time: Friday Broken Glass
Just cleaning up some random broken glass in my "Blog" folder on a Friday ... Can You Guess This Team? Channeling my inner Cosmo Kramer... WHO WANTS TO HAVE SOME FUN?! Ok, well, I'm going to describe a fairly well known football team to many of you, and after I'm finished describing them, s ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS Title And Texas Won't: Part Nine
We have documented weekly just how Notre Dame is moving inexorably towards a BCS championship while UT is deluding itself that it is doing so.Today, though, we discuss why ND's road may be harder.We have discovered, shockingly, that the pernicious influence of the KKK and other such anti-Catholic ... More >>
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November 9, 2009
Game Time: Kick In The Junk...Wide Left
I woke up Sunday morning thinking that things had to get better. After a week that started off with a right cross from Kobe, a left hook from the Yankees, and a sucker punch in the junk from Notre Dame, I thought surely these events were just karmic balance for what was going to be the biggest w ... More >>
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November 10, 2009
Game Time: The Larry Johnson Situation
Every spring I bring my kids to the Blue-Gold spring football game at the University of Notre Dame. Most seasons, we purchase tickets to that event that allow us (and several hundred other Notre Dame fans) to have breakfast with the team, and then meet all of the players in an exclusive autograp ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS Title Next YearAnd UT Won't, Part 10
It's been a fun nine weeks, watching the slow, tortuous slide into mediocrity of the Longhorn football program, even as its deluded fans continue to fantasize about a BCS title, completely unaware that Notre Dame is breathing down their back ready to take that title away.Next year.It turns out we ... More >>
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November 17, 2009
Game Time: In Defense Of TCU, An Open Letter To The Chron's Richard Justice
Dear Richard,I'm not sure if you are aware of this but your Monday column entitled "10-0 TCU Not Equal of 10-0 Texas" has caused quite an uproar among the Horned Frog faithful. I am going to assume you are aware of this because the only logical explanation for your outlandish premise and its su ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Game Time: Charlie Weis Getting Canned; Business Is About To Pick Up
I remember my tenth grade Economics teacher Mr. Amstutz telling our class one time about how, whenever there's a recession or a depression, one thing that can "pull the economy out of the dumper is a good ol' fashioned WAR." Keep in mind, this is in 1984, when the United States versus Russia ri ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Pop Rocks: Long Live The BCS
By the slimmest of margins, America was spared the unthinkable horror of seeing a (*shudder*) mid-major team contend for a national championship last Saturday. And if you don't think there were some urgent calls made from the executive office of the BCS to the replay booth in Jerry's World (Cowbo ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Shoulda Stayed Away: The 10 Worst Comebacks Of The Decade
The Oughts, or whatever the hell people are going to call them (The Hell Years?) Are quickly drawing to a close; meaning it is a time to reflect on the 10 years that we've endured.Hair Balls and our sister blogs, Rocks Off and Eating...Our Words, will be putting together various lists delineating ... More >>
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December 11, 2009
Game Time: Sure Thing...Betting The Opposite Of The Village Idiot
If you're keeping track, you know that I've been sucking on my football picks since I started posting here at Hair Balls. My sincere hope is that all of you are doing the smart thing and running to the pay window with picks the exact opposite of mine, and laughing gleefully while doing so. I dese ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Kevin Sumlin Didn't Leave (This Time), But Unlike His Players, He Could
There was much panic among the Houston Cougar faithful when head coach Kevin Sumlin's name was mentioned in regards to the open University of Cincinnati coaching job. And that same panic was seen as well at Stanford when coach Jim Harbaugh's name was mentioned in connection with the Kansas job. & ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Game Time: Review Of ESPN's 30 For 30: The U
Whenever people ask me what the best sporting event is that I've ever been to, the answer is always an easy one: October 15, 1988...Notre Dame 31, Miami 30. It had all the critical elements of a personal "best sporting event ever" --- Heated rivalry? Check. Brawl before the game in the tunnel? ... More >>
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December 22, 2009
Game Time: My Plea To In-N-Out Burger...Let Me Speak For You
I host a sports talk show for a living, four hours a day, five days a week. That's a lot of air time to fill, so you can imagine the number of hotly debated topics that arise during a regular twenty hour broadcast week. Just over the last few weeks on our show, we've seen John Harris and Rich ... More >>
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December 25, 2009
Game Time: The Decade's Five Most Lucrative Miracles
First, I want to wish everybody out there a very happy holiday, and thank all of you who have read my stuff here on HoustonPress.com since I started up a couple months ago, especially those of you who leave comments (even if you think what you've just read is utter drivel, and you're telling me ... More >>
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January 4, 2010
The Triple Option: 2-For-2 Against Disinterested Bowl Teams
Photo by John RoyalThe not-so-filled stands at the Texas Bowl.The Texas Bowl and the Armed Forces Bowl featured two teams in Houston and Missouri who felt they should have been playing in better games going up against two teams who employing the triple-option run offense.The Cougars have had trou ... More >>
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February 3, 2010
Game Time: National Signing Day, The Creepiest Day In Sports...And I'm Part Of The Problem
It's all a matter of how you look at it -- if you're a diehard college football fan, then today is December 25. You woke up this morning and ran over to your computer to pull up ESPN's Recruit Tracker the same way you ran downstairs to see what was under the Christmas tree when you were a kid. (" ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Game Time: Realignment's "Seven Year Itch" Sending Longhorns Up North?
Well, it's about to happen again. Collegiate athletics are getting that "seven year itch," more specifically college football, which let's face it, is the petroleum that makes the whole athletics engine go. For it was in 2003 that the last real salvo of college football realignment was fired when ... More >>
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May 10, 2010
Game Time: An Open Letter To Texans Linebacker Brian Cushing
Three clean guys. Way to go, USCDear Brian,I won't even start off this letter with some colloquial phrase like "How was your weekend?" I know your weekend probably sucked, and the truth of the matter is I hate it when people ask how you're doing and don't really want to hear the answer. Along w ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Game Time: Longhorns & Notre Dame -- The Last Two Independents
Irish & Longhorns, together again"in·de·pen·dent (nd-pndnt) - adj. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of another or others; self-reliant"For 123 years, the adjective "independent" has been as intertwined with Notre Dame football as the word "Catholic" has been to describe the u ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Game Time: New Pac-10 ALREADY Making Southwest Conference Look Like The Ivy League (...and revised PRS rankings!)
Welcome to the Big Ten!The winds of change yesterday went from cool breeze to Hurricane Tom (as in Osborne, as in "adios", as in "How's that taste, Kansas?"), with Nebraska apparently accepting an invitation from the Big Ten to become its twelfth member.It remains to be seen if Nebraska is ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
One Man's Entry For Five Worst Houston Sports Moments -- Where Are Yours?
A UH lowlight, an ND legendI couldn't help but notice that the bosses are soliciting suggestions for the best and worst sports moments in Houston history.So I thought I would make a few suggestions.I'll do my top 10 moments when the issue comes out with the winners, but here are my five worst mom ... More >>
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July 27, 2010
Best & Worst Houston Sports Moments: What Didn't Make The Cut
A great moment, but not great enoughTomorrow we officially reveal the unimpeachable, inarguable list of the Ten Best Sports Moments in Houston History, not to mention the five most heartbreaking ones.There were plenty of candidates for both lists, thanks to readers, and winnowing it down was a ta ... More >>
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July 30, 2010
Top Ten Sports Moments: Four Personal Stories
Different kinds of heartbreakWe've identified the absolute, unarguable Top 10 Sports Moments (and five worst) in Houston history. Everyone has at least some personal stories connected to events on the list. I have four.1. UH-LouisvilleI was the quintessential cub reporter, having lucked into a j ... More >>
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August 2, 2010
Game Time: Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman -- Five Thoughts
Photo by groovehouseActually enjoying a game at Minute Maid?I know it's only three games. I know they were playing the Brewers. I know my judgment may be clouded by the fact that they actually won all three games, getting great pitching in the process. But I actually enjoyed going to an Ast ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
UT-Notre Dame Football Series: It's Coming, Longhorns
Fear the leprechaun. Fear it!!!It's not often that the University of Texas steps up to play major college football programs -- they seem to prefer the Sam Houston States and UL-Monroes of the world for their out-of-conference schedule -- but that may be changing.Rumors are flying that the Longhor ... More >>
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August 19, 2010
Sam McGuffie, Ready To Fly At Rice
Sam McGuffie was a HS YouTube sensationSam McGuffie wasn't very comfortable while playing football at Michigan. He suffered several concussions. He was a bit of a loner. He missed his family. He was a long way from home. All of this was written in various stories after the 2008 college football s ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Why ND Will Win The BCS Title And UT Won't: 2010 Edition
This is the year, we're sureCollege football season FINALLY begins tonight. Our long national nightmare is almost over.With the kickoff comes the revival of our popular weekly series from last season, Why Notre Dame Will Win the National Title and UT Won't.Technical difficulties caused some glitc ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Why ND Will Win The BCS Title And UT Won't 2010 -- Part 2
Watch out, Wyoming!! UT is comin' at ya!!Our second annual weekly explanation of why Notre Dame will win the BCS title this year and the University of Texas won't got off to a predictable start this weekend: The Irish manhandled a savage opponent while the Longhorns struggled mightily to eke out ... More >>
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September 7, 2010
Game Time: College Football Week 1 -- Ain't No Party Like a Boise Party
Boise State is ready to rumbleLast night, as Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore gathered the Bronco offense in the huddle to concoct one final haymaker in their prize fight with Virginia Tech, guaranteeing we were going to see some sort of fantastic finish -- either a game-winning touchdown or ... More >>
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September 14, 2010
Why Notre Dame Will Win The BCS And UT Won't, 2010 Edition: Part 3
Montana: He's back!! KindaTime for another of our weekly efforts at explaining to you benighted Longhorn fans why UT won't win the BCS this year, but Notre Dame will.It's going to be difficult to limit the discussion to just the traditional five reasons, but ND fans are all about tradition. So le ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
College Football & NFL -- This Weekend's Best Bets
Reggie Bush has always been a cheaterI'll get to the Best Bets of the weekend in a second, I promise, but first some venting.Reggie Bush is rapidly moving up my most hated list.Not because he chose to attend Southern Cal instead of Notre Dame. Not because the defining play of Notre Dame's decade ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Texas A&M Aggies: Care To Make The Rest Of The Season Interesting?
Headed for a life of disappointmentI had other things I wanted to get to today, other anecdotes and information I wanted to share with all of you. Really, I did. But this one is time sensitive.If I wait even 48 more hours, the impact is lost because by then Notre Dame will have beaten Boston Co ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
Best Sporting Event I Ever Attended -- 10/15/88
ND-Miami: No love lost"This game was won by the Notre Dame spirit." -- Notre Dame head coach Lou Holtz after Notre Dame's 31-30 win over Miami, October 15, 1988 Fact. Those eight words uttered by Lou Holtz encapsulate so much. In specific terms, it pays homage to the tradition and magic that wa ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Houston Texans -- The Green Mile, 5 Winners and 5 Losers
Texans fans: Enjoy it today, resume griping tomorrowThe Texans beat the Chiefs on Sunday afternoon 35-31 to move to 4-2 for the first time in the history of the franchise, and I for one am going to enjoy it. Seriously, try to stop me. You can try and bring me down with your texts and tweets and ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
NFL & College Football -- Weekend's Best Bets
When it comes to college football, I'm not a staunch traditionalist. I believe the season is more compelling when the longtime powers are strong (Translation: Texas, Florida, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Miami all being mediocre is, to me, a bad thing.), and yet I picked Boise State before the season ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Ticket City, New Era Pinstripe? What Happened To The Real Bowl Games?
What kind of name is New Era Pinstripe Bowl?It's possible that I'm getting old and becoming one of those grumpy old dudes who think that everything was better during his day. That caveat out of the way, I've got to ask: am I the only one around here who remembers when the New Year's Day bow ... More >>
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December 31, 2010
College Football Bowls -- This Week's Best Bets
The color, the pageantry of college footballSince it's Week 17 of the NFL season, we're changing it up a little bit this week. I don't know about people who actually know what they're doing when it comes to wagering, but my experience with the NFL in Week 17 is that it's a good time to stay ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
NCAA Sweet 16: So, How Are Your Brackets Looking?
There's still a chance I sit courtside next to Ashley Judd at the Final FourAs we prepare for the Sweet 16, here are some of the things we learned from the first weekend of games of the NCAA Tournament. 1. Maybe Seth Greenberg's supporters should have been bitching about too many schools fr ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Cam Newton Flunks Camp Gruden (w/ VIDEO)
Cam Newtown: We got a 36 play, a 37 play, all kinds of plays.While ESPN has become a bit of a safe haven for literally dozens of retired players and terminated coaches who have no business on television, occasionally they come up with a gem. If you cast the net wide enough, you have to, righ ... More >>
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June 28, 2011
Cruel Summer -- Andre Jones (1969-2011)
Notable deaths: They do come in threes sometimeIn a recent blog post about Major League Baseball realignment, I expressed the following sentiment: The best memories for most sports fans are the ones that took place from their mid-teenage years through their late 20s. Generally, for most of u ... More >>
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September 2, 2011
Prediction Mania! -- Weekends Best Bets and 2 Bonus Season Bets
Yes, big things are predicted (again) for NDI've never been one to just dip my toe in the water on anything. If there is a job to do, a party to attend, or a giant calzone to eat, you can count on me to go "all in" on whatever the task may be. So when we have our first full weekend of colleg ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
College Football Week 1 Recap: 10 Things
Coming up roses, againCollege football is back, and probably for the first time I can remember, the feeling that the return of football brought with it more than anything else was relief. Finally, we can stop obsessing over agents, runners, tattoos, memorabilia, and Nevin Shapiro. The games ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
Merry Christmas! This Weekend's Football Best Bets
Santa's offering up some money-line actionBefore I get into this weekend's best bets, a couple paragraphs on the Texans' 19-16 loss to the Colts last night: Was that officiating crew terrible last night? Yes. But good lord, I've never seen a bigger bunch of whiny babies than Texan fans last ... More >>
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December 26, 2011
6 College Football Coaching Changes: From Shadiest to Slimiest
UH's departed skipper makes the cutFrom status-seeking coaches to wheeling-and-dealing athletic directors, the post-season shake-up of college football head coaches has been a bit curious. The top (lowest?) six moves are ranked here on a scale of shady to slimy ("mildly shady" being a 1 whi ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Deontay Greenberry: A Texans-Related Grain Of Salt For College Football National Signing Day
Deontay Greenberry: No way of tellingThere was a time not too long ago when the last-minute defection of wide receiver Deontay Greenberry from my alma mater Notre Dame to the University of Houston would have sent me into a mental funk that would have taken me a week from which to recover. Af ... More >>
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