i met her accidentally
THE SECOND DAY The first great encounter of this trip happened last night after I arrived at the City Center Hotel in Mankato, Minnesota. Upon checking in, I asked the […]
Category Archives: football
the road goes on forever
The First Day My extended, open-ended road trip to interview pro football players from Texas began at 1:15 on Saturday afternoon. On the strength of a quesadilla burger from Cafe […]
cutting the bs with a razor
Thinking about Baylor football coach Art Briles, as related to the rumors that Texas is interested in him and he would be interested in Texas, led me to Occam’s Razor. […]
baylor’s 20 most important plays (part ii)
Because this is the “20 most important plays” and not the “20 greatest highlights” or the “20 plays that show just how far Baylor has come since Art Briles took […]
baylor’s 20 most important plays (part i)
It’s the end of the year and that’s a good time for lists. For me, the chance to cover an important football team all season long sits at or near […]
getting up the courage
Since it’s about that time of year, this is who the 10 Big 12 football teams would be if you were a 10th grade boy and they were 10 girls […]
whatever makes you happy
This is a response to a response to a response. I jumped on board with the discussion via Chipper Things, my most uncharacteristic source of inspiration (but maybe my best […]
upon further review
Sometime Saturday evening after I had already lost interest in whatever was happening on the field at Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in Austin, one of those things happened that […]
no pressure, no diamonds part ii
Normally, I would prescribe more sympathy when dealing with a 9-year-old who’s just been hit in the face with a baseball. Not a soft, kiddie baseball, mind you. A baseball. […]
no pressure, no diamonds
“From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.” — Luke 12:48 NIV […]
The Live Ball 