What fun!

Just for joshing around I figured I would check to see if I could buy "albums" by one of my fave Austim bands, Javelin Boot, on iTunes. 

Yup, they were available, both The Schwa Sound and The Mauve Album. 

What fantastic fun! Javelin Boot were a pop trio, guitar/bass/drums, where all three wrote and sang lead.  They recorded their original material for their "records" (my original copy of The Schwa Sound was on cassette) but earned their wages by being a fantastic cover band, playing the nine million University of Texas Frat Parties.  Their Frat shows and their Club shows (where they played mostly originals) were both great. 

So, I have been listening to The Schwa Sound over and over again non-stop, lately.  If I can figure out a way to share some of these tracks w/ you folks, I will.



Hmmmm, great old Austim Pop Music! Those were the days, kids.

 (And, btw, for Dave Barber, Kristin, Kate, Allison, and other residents of the Smoking Lounge at the University of Texas Drama Building, one of the songs on The Schwa Sound, Alone, -- so the rumor goes -- is about our fellow student, Jennifer Beautiful Hair.  Where is Jennifer Beautiful Hair these days?)

Well, (OU/Texas, Part Deux)

I was right about the point differential, and pretty close on the over/under but I got the schools wrong.

The Sooners survive.  You gotta feel for the kid who muffed the punt.  This has been a tragic, awful week for the UT campus.  (& I absolutely do not support conceal carry on our campuses.  Ever.)  


For the 'Horns it just gets tougher.  They get a week off to prepare for a trip to Lincoln.  The Cornhuskers are a much better team than the Sooners at this point of the season, so it is going to be v tough for the 'Horns, and they could be looking at a four or five loss season.

As for the Sooners, I will see their next game, in Norman, against Iowa State.  It is the first time I have seen the Sooners live in over thirty years.  It will be great fun and I will post some pictures. I am still underwhelmed by this 2010 team, though.  I keep waiting for them to be exposed.  Heck, I thought UT was going to expose them.  They could get it together and finish like monsters, like they did two years ago.  I hope they do.  But Landry Jones is still scary and their defense struggles with good offenses.  (Baylor hung half a hundred on Kansas yesterday.  That OU at Baylor game could be interesting.)  The Sooners do have Tech at home.  But they finish at College Station and Stillwater.  Those will be v tough games for a school that has struggled mightily on the road the last few years.

Meanwhile, Josh Hamilton is back.  We'll find oot today if we face Tampa or New York.  Playoffs start Weds.

And check this oot:  If the Padres and Braves win today then the Padres and Giants will meet in a 1 game playoff for the West title and the loser of that game would then face the Braves on Tuesday to decide who gets the Wild Card.  Crazy.

But this is

Real cool.  That Roy Williams/Chris Simms play is one of the greatest in football history, pro or college.

It is v obvious (OU/Texas)

To me that the Longhorns were looking past a, let's face it, not so good UCLA team.  And the Sooners, though undefeated,  have played just one good game and have not looked v good themselves.  Do not get me wrong about winning, though.  (I have a game that I play w/ my sweetie every college football Saturday, in which I ask the all-important question, "What ya gotta do on Saturday?" And Renee replies, "Ya gotta win!") And the Sooners had not won a road game in eons, so I'll take the Cincinnati win (but I'm not thrilled w/ the Sooners' performance.)  


The OU/Texas series runs in cycles.  It has ever since the Sooners got good in the 50s (before then a Sooner victory was nearly always seen as an upset.)  We are currently in a UT cycle, they have won four out of the last five.  The century started in an OU cycle, incl a five game winning streak, 2000-2004, which was the longest winning streak for either school since the Switzer days when the Sooners also reeled off five straight, 1971-1975.  Occasionally, a school will win a game against the run of play, as it were.  The best example of this would be the Marcus DuPree show where OU beat a ranked Longhorn team 28-22.  It was OUs only win against the 'Horns in a six-year stretch.  


Also, considering that the 'Horns generally get the benefit of the doubt re turnover questions, penalties, etc, whatever, I do not see the Sooners winning this game.  UT will not turn it over like they did last week, Landry Jones will.  The Sooners should have some success running the ball but UT will not be shredded again like they were against the Bruins.  UT is ready for this game (so ready they forgot about last week!) and the Sooners are still struggling w/ their identity, and a new defensive co-ordinator, and serious defensive issues, particularly in the secondary, and will Jones become a great OU QB, like Bradford, White, Heupel, yada yada yada, ...

The Sooners certainly can win this game, and they are favored by about a FG right now, but, as much as I hate the Longhorns, UGH! I'm calling it here, now:

UT 31 OU 23.