You Stay Classy, Chris Berman

Wow, this adds to the "Why I dislike Chris Berman" list I've slowly made. This happened 8 years ago and is probably NSFW due to language.

Deadspin.com

Big 12 Recruiting Review

Tom Dienhart at The Sporting News wrote a piece on Big 12 overachievers and underachievers in football. Texas Tech comes in as an overachiever while or favorite team comes in as an under.

Welker's New 'Stache

Found this picture of Wes floating around the intertube. Seems like he's a new spokesperson for Milk. Thank God he got out of Miami.

Wreck 'Em, Wes!

Here is an article on Wes from the Austin American-Statesman and one from the Houston Chronicle

Down Goes Kansas!

#22 Kansas State pulled off the upset of the day today when they beat the #2 Jayhawks in Manhattan, 84-75. It marked the first time in TWENTY FOUR years that Kansas had lost a game on their rival's home court. Michael Beasley and Bill Walker led the Wildcats with 25 and 22 points. Kansas managed to out-shoot their in-state rivals .481 to .429, but the 12 made 3 pointers by KSU proved to be too much in the end.

This marked the first loss of the year for Kansas, leaving #1 Memphis as the only remaining unbeaten team.

In College Station, Texas lost to A&M. A&M was helped out by the refs, and Texas' inability to shoot the ball. It sucked, but proved the Texas Triangle right once again. Tech beats A&M, Texas beats Tech, A&M beats Texas. It's a vicious cycle.

Spurs to sign Damon Stoudamire

Just heard on ESPN that Damon Stoudamire is going to sign with San Antonio tomorrow. That should help a lot with the injury problems (Parker).

ESPN

Tech football nabs two new commits!

On Monday, Texas Tech football welcomed the news of two players ready to set foot in Lubbock next fall. One was a welcome addition in Dallas Skyline S Keanon Cooper, while the other, Camden, Arkansas DE Brian Christopher was a totally unknown to me (I don't follow recruiting close enough, apparently).

Don Williams has the write up in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.

I really like the addition of Cooper. He brings a much needed talent to the secondary, and this class. Not to take away from early-commit Cody Davis, but Cooper could be a great addition for the future. It is also important for Coach Leach to continue his presence in the Metroplex. One of his last trips inside Dallas landed Michael Crabtree, afterall.

Like I said earlier, I have nothing to add on Brian Christopher. I hadn't heard his name before reading the article. The interesting thing is that two of his teammates at Fairview happen to be targets for Texas Tech, who are currently listed as "soft verbals" to Arkansas. Either Mike really liked what he saw in Christopher when he was looking at the other two, or he is hoping to pull a fast one on Bobby Petrino. Can't really criticize the Coach since he has been a wonderful evaluator of talent (see Wes Welker).

This brings the total number of verbals up to 16, with 10 being listed on the defensive side of the ball. Texas Tech recruits

Welcome!

So I started a sports blog, finally. Right now I have no goals with this other than to get the hang of it. "Bear" (cut, print, gay) with me. I'm not sure if the aim will be original or informative or both, but as it goes on, I will know.

Right now I plan to focus a lot on college baseball since the season is just around the bend (February 15th, holla!) and it is all I will care about for a while (mid-June). I'll also focus on news regarding Texas Tech and the University of Texas (t.u., tee hee), since I'm familiar with their goings-on.

Sit back, and enjoy the trainwreck.