40 Acres Sports

Things are heating up this week for Texas/OU weekend here in Dallas. You have already heard some great OU Sucks songs, and now we have a rap battle for you to listen to hosted by QuickDFW.

“Two of Dallas’ finest MCs, Steve Austin and Knesecary, battle it out for Quick’s Red River Rap Battle crown. Stream or download the Hydroponic Sound System-produced track, then vote for Steve or Knes.”

Red River Rap Battle

So head on over to QuickDFW and vote for you favorite MC (it better be Steve Austin).

Continue reading to check out the lyrics.

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It doesn’t get much better than listening to some OU sucks songs during the week leading up to the [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] game. And Chance McClain from Sports Radio 610 down in Houston has hooked us up with some nice OU suckage songs from his band Apollo XVIII.

Some background on Apollo XVIII. Chance McClain and Frank Bullington comprise the band and both went to UT for a total of about 5 semesters. Chance went on an academic scholarship in the Plan II program and failed out spectacularly. Frank had equal success. But both of them left the 40 acres with our horns up, forever bleeding burnt orange. If you want to hear more of their stuff, check them out on MySpace.

So here are the songs, None Suck Better and OU Sucks. Both equally great. The lyrics to None Suck Better are available after the jump.

Apollo XVIII – None Suck Better

Apollo XVIII – OU Sucks

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Yes, it is real and that is really how you spell it. Go and get some at Central Market.

Our Thoughts

Brian – TCU pulled their annual massive choke job right after a big win on Thursday night by losing to BYU and went from a top 10 team to a team out of my top 25 for good. I don’t care how many games they win this year or next or any year, they play a bad schedule and still manage to drop a couple of games per year. The Iowa Hawkeyes lost to the number one team in the country pretty soundly and fall five spots because of it. I think they may be one of the country’s best one-loss teams and with their schedule have a pretty good chance to finish the year with only the one blemish.

Matt – Again, I have no change in my top 6. I did adjust my 7-10 spots, moving Michigan up and dropping Georgia down a couple spots with their second straight week of boring football. I dropped Iowa and Va Tech way down, mainly because I think I had them overrated to begin with and they each got beat handily this past weekend. Boise State could be this year’s BCS buster. If they win the rest of their games I think they will have the opportunity to jump up to the #12 spot by the end of the year.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• AP Top 25
• USA Today Coaches Top 25
• Master Coaches Survey

The premier episode is tonight on NBC at 8/7c.

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I had always thought some of the Aggie traditions were crazy, but I really have no words to explain what is going on here. Someone told me it is some thing where they bunch together real close in a square and try to protect their dog. Apparently the corp members crowd together at critical times during a game and squeeze their testicles in order to feel the pain of the players and inspire the team. (thanks Mick) Sounds Aggie-rific to me. Maybe they just knew they were going to lose.

And what is the deal with the guy in the front? Is he friends with Aggie basketball legend Chris Walker maybe?

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Update: Click “more” below to see a sweet animated .gif and YouTube video of the squeezin’.

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Just randomly naming names not based on first-hand knowledge.

The Tennessee Titans announced today that former Longhorn quarterback Vince Young would make his first career NFL start on Sunday against his homestate Dallas Cowboys. The Titans picked up Kerry Collins right before the regular season started but he was awful in their first three games. Six interceptions and three losses from a quarterback who won’t be your future starter is kind of pointless.

Young has seen limited playing time through the first three games, playing in a couple of series in each of the first two games. He hasn’t been lights out but he hasn’t been any worse than Collins either. Vince is their future and they’re going to lose anyways there’s no reason not to start the VY Era now. The only concern is whether he’s prepared to go out there and not suffer any setbacks. Young has never known failure and he’s probably going to have to deal with a lot of it both individually and as a team this season.

One of Young’s strengths are the intangibles he brings to the huddle, and it sounds like the Titans’ coaching staff believes he’s ready for the big time:

Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow said Young has made great strides, “mainly because he’s very determined to be a great football player. He studies, he works, and he’s disciplined. He has great leadership skills. If you’re willing to work at it like he is, you continue to get better.”

One of the more interesting tidbits from this story is that Young had been taking first-team snaps all week long and the media kept their mouths shut about it:

But it became clear during practices that the Titans planned to go with Young, who worked with the starters and handled the majority of the reps each day. Collins, meanwhile, worked primarily with the scout team.

Practices are open to the media, but Fisher threatened to close them if any outlet reported the division of practice-field work between Young and Collins before Saturday.

I don’t know how I’d feel about that information if I was a Titans fan. Is the media in Nashville reporting only what they’re given permission to report on? What’s the point of having open practices if you can’t report anything you learn by watching them? Interesting side story there.

The Dallas defense is a pretty stiff one, but the fact that Young makes his first career start against them is good news for Longhorn fans. No Titans games have been on TV here in Texas this season and they probably won’t show too many more, but Sunday’s game should be on throughout the state.

See the game on your local Fox affilliate at noon.

In case you’re too cheap/poor to get the game on pay-per-view.

Status updates on Young and Robison.