HFF Tomlinson’s ‘Surreal’ Day for Career, Family

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

Sunday was a very special day for TCU Horned Frog Forever LaDainian Tomlinson and his wife LaTorsha. And for … LaBaby? The San Diego Chargers running back moved past Thurman Thomas and Franco Harris on the NFL all-time rushing list, running his total to 12,145 yards.

Better yet, he passed Marcus Allen to now rank behind only Jerry Rice and Emmett Smith on the all-time touchdown list. He’s at 146. And counting.

Best of all, however, was the message LT received before the game. Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News tells the story.

See the full post and exciting news at The TCU Horned Blog.

ESPN, Nation Impressed With TCU Football, Fans

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

Even before TCU’s number four ranked football team dominated Utah Saturday night, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit was impressed. Especially with  TCU’s fans.

After finishing the broadcast of GameDay before a rabid TCU fan base, Herbstreit said the energy from the fans was “as good as we’ve had.,” according to Richard Durrett at espndallas.com.

Durrett provides a good view of how the fans reacted to having ESPN on campus for several days. And he has several nice video clips, including a profile of All American Jerry Hughes, who shows how he utilizes his former-running-back speed to dominate at defensive end.

See original post at The TCU Horned Blog.

ESPN GameDay at TCU

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

ESPN GameDay finally decided it was time to highlight the TCU Horned Frogs, the team playing the best all around football in the NCAA. Nationally the Frogs are ranked 4th in every poll including the BCS. Friend of The HornedBlog, Bob Goode, took some pix the day before the game as ESPN The Roadies were setting up their traveling city.

See the full post, with more pix, more about Bob Goode, and mentions of TCU’s first two national championships, at The TCU Horned Blog.

ESPN GameDay at TCU

Yankees to spend $72 billion this offseason

Posted by TheBigTrain

Yankees to spend $72 billion this offseason
By Billy O’Douchebag
Staff Writer, New York Post

Last year the Yankees spent $423 million to sign big free agent names like C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Mark Teixeira. But this offseason, their plans are even far more ambitious.

According to Yankees front office sources, the Yankees plan to sign every free agent on the market this year, thus leaving the other 29 teams in baseball scrambling to find enough warm bodies to field a team.  ….

Once the Yankees have signed every free agent on the market, the team will have some difficult personnel decisions to make. The team has already informed outfielders Johnny Damon and Nick Swisher that they will be sent down to AA Trenton.

See the full post at Natinals Natin.

A Cobra Destined To Be a ‘Skin

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

Here he is ‘Skins. A guy who can tackle. And he’s perfect for a team that keeps beating itself. He tackles his own teammate. Sign him up.

He plays for the Las Vegas Cobras. Hmmm. Gotta wonder what the spread was on this game.

And when they talk about the spread in Vegas, they don’t mean the quarterback running the option.

See the full post at Surrounded by Skins.

Redskins in Trade Talks for Raiders’ Pigeon

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

According to a Redskins source, Daniel Snyder is negotiating with Al Davis in an attempt to trade for the Raiders’ special teams pigeon who was the star of yesterday’s Eagles-Raiders game.

Without a playbook in his language, the pigeon lined up on the 20 for the kickoff and flew perfectly  in formation with the Raiders to the 20 at the other end, watched to be sure the tackle was made, and then went back to pecking the turf.

See the full post and the video at Surrounded By ‘Skins.

What Was That Purple Blur? And Where’s My Jock?

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

Jeremy Kerley confirmed his ticket to the NFL with this punt return for the TCU Horned Frogs in their 44-6 win over Colorado State Saturday. This clip doesn’t show it, but a lot of Rams were looking around for their jocks after they pulled their embarrassed butts off the turf.

See the full post and the video at The TCU Horned Blog.

Week 5 NFL Picks: Me vs. a Two Year Old

Posted (for) SuckaFish

Each week I’ll be picking games in a head-to-head competition with an intellectual equal, my two-year-old daughter. I put the logos of the two teams playing each other on the screen and she pointed to (or said things like “helmet” for the Browns or “Tiger” for the Jaguars) the team she prefers.

See the picks for Week 5 at Surrounded By ‘Skins:

Best Stats Game: UTEP 58-UH 41

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

1,549 all-purpose yards; 99 points, 78 first downs; 106 passes, no INT’s

My nomination for Best Stats Game of the Day – without even reading about the other games: Goodbye BCS bowl possibilities for the 12th ranked Houston Cougars after they lost to the UTEP Miners, 58-41.

• The teams combined for 1,245 yards offense
• With 304 kick return yards, the all-purpose yards totaled 1,549
• 183 plays from scrimmage (counting five punts and four field goal attempts)
• 812 yards passing — 70-106, 7 TDs, 0 INTs

• UH ran 105 plays from scrimmage
• Case Keenum completed 51 of 76 passes for 536 yards, 5 TDs
• UH: 42 first downs, 664 total yards from scrimmage, 812 all-purpose yards

See the full post at The TCU Horned Blog.

Nats’ Magic Number Stalled at One

Posted by KilgoreTroutIII

With a Nats victory last night and a Pirates loss, the Nats’ magic number in the Bryce Harper Sweepstakes Race remains at one.

See the full post at Natinals Natin.