The Duke and the CPA

From the Duke of Blandia to All-American in one night? We’ll see. I for one am taking it under advisement which is good advice for Longhorn Fans and Longhorn Homer talk show hosts and sports writers who are proclaiming David Ash to be  as good as Colt McCoy. I really did hear an Austin radio guy say that today.  I guess he wants to make sure he has a seat on the David Ash bandwagon.  Ash was named the Davey O’Brien Quarterback of the Week—to  go along with his green participation ribbon—and has, finally, shown that he can play on the major college level, at least against a bottom of the rung SEC team.

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I’m proud that the three Longhorns that I have singled out for praise last week, Malcolm Brown, Marquis Goodwin and D.J. Monroe all played well against Ole Miss. I’ll go to my grave wondering why D.J. Monroe’s number hasn’t been called more often during his career at Texas. He made his one carry against Ole Miss count with another tough, instinctive touchdown run. If you’re a connoisseur of running backs as I am you’ve got to be enjoying Malcolm Brown. If there’s any daylight he finds it.  If there has been one thing we haven’t seen in his performance it’s the long break away touchdown run.  I’m not sure if that’s because he lacks break away speed or if the opportunity hasn’t been there for him yet.  As for Goodwin I can’t recall ever seeing a player with his sprinter’s speed that was such a tough hombre. He’s consistently creamed defenders with his down field blocking the last three years.

Unfortunately, on the flip side, two of the three players that I’ve called out for being over rated, Kenny Vaccaro and Quandre Diggs, continue to be just that. The supposed bad ass Vaccaro continues to miss tackles and Quandre Diggs, though he made an interception continues to consistently be beaten on deep routes. You can bet the upcoming Big 12 opponents will be picking on him.  The third player, Alex Okafor played well with 2 sacks.

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Willie Earl has received reports from Oxford that a fifty something former Sig Ep Song Leader was tailgating hard on Saturday.  After starting the celebration around 9 a. m. the reports have him taking a nap from 3-5pm and upon waking leading Texas and Ole Miss SPE Brothers in raucous renditions of “Lets All Go Down and Piss on the Theta House” and “Drink Beer.”   I wish I had been there.

Over/Under Results

Before I reveal the winner of the Ole Miss Over/Under I have to give the Shout Out of the season up to this point.  A newcomer to Over/Under, Frances Steffensen, in her first attempt, finished alone in second Place this week.  OMG!  Frances, is it your accounting background or did you flip a coin 10 times?  Anyway Frances, congratulations and don’t be a stranger to Over/Under.

That’s not the only big Over/Under news of the week. The previously unheralded David Frink follows up his perfect 10 win last week with his second win in a row this week posting eight correct answers.  No post birdie #%&* for David. He Kind of reminds me of Steve Sticker.

Willie Earl will take the rest of the week off along with the Longhorns. The launch of the blog site and W.E.’s personal appearance schedule that has taken him from San Antonio to Lubbock has been exhausting.

HooK Em,

W.E.