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Reliving the Wishbone: Now and Then
I'm still curious about what else HarsinWhite 2011 has in mind for our Wildcat packages this season. The Jesus was dead on about having 2 different operators for those schemes (Shipley and Fozzy so far) and the scrimmage videos at MackBrown-texasfootball suggest that the zone-read is being utilized...
A Remembrance of Things Past, and a reminder that things don’t last
I wrote the following in the Jones Top Ten this week: Texas and Florida are headed to the same place for very different reasons. While I fully believe that Urban Meyer has lost his passion for the game, in Mack Brown’s case, the evidence mounts that the game has simply passed him by....
November 1960
Gunsmoke was the top-rated TV show on the networks. John Wayne's latest film hit the screens. And on November 14, 1960 the AP College Football Poll appeared without Texas, USC, Penn State or Notre Dame in the Top 20. That wouldn't happen again for almost 50 years. This week's AP poll is the...
We Are Witnessing History
What is a "Great Coaching Rivalry", in your opinion? Is it a rivalry between great coaches, like the one between Darrell Royal and Frank Broyles? Or is it a great rivalry with close, exciting games, such as between Joe Paterno and John Cooper? I was pondering this, because this is the 12th year...
RBR Reading Room: Turning of the Tide
USC running back Sam Cunningham’s standout performance in the 1970 season opener against Alabama has become the stuff of legend. More than four decades on, the significance of the 42-21 victory by the Trojans has swelled immeasurably and the misconceptions surrounding it have blossomed...
Big 10 Countdown 68: The Hoosiers' Only Run for the Roses
January 1, 1968 Indiana football diehards will remember this date as the first and, currently, only Rose Bowl appearance for their beloved Hoosiers. (And believe me, while they may be few, I'm betting Indiana football fans represent a level of die hard incomprehensible to us spoiled rotten types...
USC Week: A Brief History of USC Football
We could analyze the Wake Forest game, but I'm not going to do that. All that matters is we went on the road and came out with a tough victory. USC's 1888 Team It's USC week, and in order to better know your enemy we present a brief history of USC football. Most of the information...
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