Baconboy

Cue the shortsighted John Sharp quote

They only saw the light only once it made it out of committee and onto the floor where all of their votes would be seen by the public. Prior to that it barely made it out of committee passing by only two or so votes. It was a UT grad senator, Dawn Buckingham (R - Lakeway), that I believe had a lot to do with it getting passed.

Add The History Channel to the list. Might as well be The American Pickers Channel.

A loss in which he accounted for 3 TDs and over 400 yards of offense.

In his defense he played his tail off last night. You could see how badly he wanted to make it so it's not surprising he's in denial.

Ahhh yes - I must have been dreaming of being Futureman.

That tweet is from 9:09 AM yesterday. Had the event even started yet?

Which picture? His head is up and he didn’t launch himself into the other player. Watch it in real time - their helmets just happened to hit. Terrible call.

No, he was falling on top of a QB and their helmets happened to collide. Terrible call.

Anyone worthy of being in a P5 conference would be televised this weekend regardless of opponent. Wyoming vs New Mexico State is on ESPN2 tonight. ESPNU is showing high school football followed by a replay of last year's Alabama vs Florida State game. I love Rice and have a degree from there, but the fact that they can't get on TV on a Saturday when there are only 4 college games is pretty telling regardless of opponent. This is the entire reason they weren't invited to the Big 12 - their program relied entirely on their SWC opponent's fans filling their stadium.

This is revisionist history. Go watch the early games from last season, particularly the KSU game. He's all over the field doing just about everything but being given the ball (except the last play of the game when he had to carry half the KSU defense four yards into the endzone after getting hit two yards behind the line of scrimmage). Not sure what happened off the field or who to blame, but there was clear separation in ability and certainly equal effort during games between him and Porter the first half of the season. Lots of reporters were asking about it. Mensa is Mensa, but his response when asked why Warren wasn't getting more carries was just stupid: "Puzzling to some has been Texas’ reluctance to use junior tailback Chris Warren III , a 250-pound battering ram who averages nearly 6.6 yards per carry over his career and ran for 166 yards in a win over San Jose State. In losses to Maryland and USC, Warren got just 10 carries for 46 yards. Herman was asked why Warren didn’t get the ball more often against the Trojans. Against Maryland, an early 27-7 deficit forced Texas to abandon its running game, but the Longhorns never trailed USC by more than seven. Warren carried the ball just once in the second half against USC and caught one pass for 11 yards in the fourth quarter. Herman noted that Warren averaged only 3.8 yards on his four carries against USC. By that measure, Warren would have scored from the USC 3-yard line in overtime. Instead, the play call had freshman quarterback Sam Ehlinger try to power his way in over left tackle and his fumble set up the Trojans’ winning field goal . Texas’ first drive of the game was stopped on 4th-and-2 when, instead of testing USC’s strength with Warren, Ehlinger was dropped for a 3-yard loss. “We’ve got to find a way to get (Warren) more yards, but in the middle of a game when you see how that is shaking out, the definition of insanity is repeatedly performing the same act and expecting different results. To keep going back to 3.8 yards per carry, I think there would be some criticism there, too. ‘Tom, why did you give Chris Warren the ball 20 times if he only had 70 yards?'” Herman said."" https://wtop.com/ncaa-football/2017/09/texas-offensive-woes-start-with-absent-run-game/

For all those suggesting Rice be added to a major conference, think about this: They open their season today - a week ahead of almost every other school - and still aren't going to be on TV. That says all you need to know about how many people are interested in Rice football.

Agree 100%. Not sure why it hasn't been replicated more. Every seat is good and most are great.

Oh you mean like the standard language included in most contracts about abiding by NCAA rules and being subject to termination for cause if NCAA rules are violated? Kidding. Sort of. Maybe not?

This is a pretty ridiculous statement. Go back and watch some of the games from early in the season. Warren was all over the field doing everything asked of him (repeatedly blocking for the QB, getting downfield to block for receivers). What was rarely asked of him was to run the ball. Rewatch the KSU game. Without his downfield fumble recovery (can't remember which receiver of ours fumbled), and without him carrying half the KSU defense for 4 yards to get into the endzone after running into our shitty OL 2 yards behind the LOS, we don't win that game. For whatever reason the coaches clearly favored Porter, but their preference certainly wasn't based on in game performance. I don't fault Warren for leaving and wish him the best of luck.