by Travis Normand
In all the years that I have been receiving promotional material on different award candidates from around the country, I have never received anything from Texas A&M. I was under the impression that, unlike other schools, they didn’t bother sending anything out and didn’t campaign for their players.
However, here is the recently launched award campaign website for Johnny Manziel (and yes, it was launched by Texas A&M).
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by Travis Normand
Doug Flutie: November 14, 2012 – TexAgs Radio Interview with Gabe Bock and Homer Jacobs
“I love watching him play, primarily because he reminds me of myself in some of the things he does.”
— Doug Flutie
Nick Saban: Head Coach University of Alabama
“Look, I’ve been around longer than most, and most of our players cant relate to this, but this guy reminds me of Doug Flutie.”
— Nick Saban
by Travis Normand
Click HERE to see the BCS standings as of November 11, 2012. This is the fifth BCS ranking of the 2012 season.
A few of my observations from this week’s BCS standings:
by Travis Normand
Before Alabama and Texas A&M faced off on November 10, 2012, someone in Alabama decided they needed t-shirts made specifically for that game. I have no clue why the nation’s number one ranked team, or anyone affiliated with it, would feel the need to make a special t-shirt for that particular game but they did.
Alabama was ranked number one in the country at the time of kick-off, and they were also the defending national champions. Alabama had also won the national title as recently as 2009 as well.
by Travis Normand
Tommy Tuberville is still the head coach at Texas Tech and might be for a long time. On the other hand, there is plenty of speculation that Arkansas may have Tuberville at the top of their wish list and we know that the Hogs will be making a change at season’s end. While there is no guarantee that Tuberville would take the Arkansas job if it was offered to him, he does appear to be an SEC guy — he was the head coach at Auburn for ten seasons (1999-2008) and was head coach at Ole Miss for four (1995-1998).
With Arkansas,Tennessee, Auburn, and even Kentucky all (possibly) looking for a new head coach, there is a good chance that Tuberville will not be in Lubbock much longer.
by Travis Normand
I just received these via email from the University of Alabama. Despite the Tide’s loss to Texas A&M this past weekend, Alabama is still loaded with amazing talent and deserves all of the awards that these guys will be picking up this season.
by Travis Normand
[CFB Daily Week 11 #AwesomeBoard Nominees]
The two hosts of this segment on ESPNU make a pretty big deal out of Texas A&M WR Ryan Swope saying that the Aggies just “beat the hell outta [Alabama].” After hearing their comments I thought I would share my thoughts about what they said.
by Travis Normand
I found this over at NDFootball.Wordpress.com (Strong and True, The Notre Dame Football Blog) and wanted to share it. I am not yet making a case for Notre Dame to be in the National Title game, but this visual representation of how well the Irish defense has played this season is very impressive.
Some people will argue that Notre Dame hasn’t been impressive enough (overall) this season. However, one cannot argue that the Irish defense has been anything less than amazing against the competition it has played.
The next measuring stick for Notre Dame’s defense will come on November 24, when the Irish face USC. Of all the opponents that Notre Dame has faced thus far, only one of them has a scoring offense ranked in the top 50 (by points per game) — Oklahoma is ranked 13th at 39.78 points per game. USC’s offense is currently ranked 26th (tied with Georgia) scoring 36.9 points per game in 2012. Most pollsters will probably wait and see what Notre Dame is able to do against this USC offense before they decide whether or not the Irish have a legitimate claim to one of the two spots in the BCS Championship game.
by Travis Normand
Here are two Bama fans watching the game last Saturday night (November 10, 2012) in which Texas A&M upset Alabama 29-24. They are watching the game on what appears to be an outdoor projection screen. I am guessing they were somewhere just outside the stadium. As you can tell from the video (or the headline above) the guy in the video is named Larry. I have no idea what the girls name is.
by Travis Normand
In 1970 Dartmouth went undefeated and won the Ivy League Championship
(and the Lambert Trophy).
On June 28th 2006, one of the trophies from that team sold on eBay.com for $230.50.
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