Are you like me? Have you been searching the internet and your favorite blogs to find out what has been going on in the first week of college football practices? It’s August in Texas, and it is hot. Two-a-days in Texas have begun from El Paso to Fort Worth, to Texarkana. If you need a cool off, and you still want football, I have an article for you. Da Wiz posted an article that tells the story of the first football game of the season anywhere, in Alaska. And, it was cold. Check out the article.
Ever woundered what happened to Wendell Barnhouse. Barnhouse covered college sports for years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He was a veteran, and was well respected around the country. Well, he left the Star-Telegram to write for, of all things, a website. Barnhouse now covers the Big 12 full time at Big12Sports.com. He is the Big 12 Insider, you’ll find the link in the navigation bar on the top right. Right now he is doing a Bottom 25 at The Wizard of Odds. Guess who is number 25? SMU. It doesn’t seem that Barnhouse thinks the Ponies will stay there.
“Is there hope?: Yes. Jones proved at Hawaii that he is capable of resurrecting losing programs. Phil Bennett, Jones’ predecessor, did a good job of recruiting and the school’s stringent academic guidelines have been softened. The pass-happy run-and-shoot (mostly shoot) offense Jones prefers is similar to the schemes used by most successful high school programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.”
