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One of the biggest shots in Texas basketball history…

Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon spent some time on yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption discussing Vince Young and his draft stock. They think it’s completely ridiculous if he’s dropping and Wilbon thinks it’s all misinformation and that he’s not dropping at all.

It’s amazing what happens when people base their opinions on ability and on-field performance instead of their preconceived notions of what an NFL quarterback should be. The last couple of seconds of the video includes a classic exchange between the two hosts:

Kornheiser: “I don’t understand how you would not want Vince Young.”
Wilbon: “You don’t want to win.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself. (Which is probably why they have a TV show and I have a blog.)

I have always enjoyed their “Never Graduate” series of commercials…

This is so funny because it is so true.

Video of very good interview from Dallas’ NBC5.

I got chills watching this again yesterday. Hearing the crowd erupt is just awesome, much better than the barely awake play-by-play from Keith Jackson:

Be sure to also check out his videos of the infamous VY pitch to Selvin Young touchdown and the final play of the game. I may have had a better view at home watching it in HD, but man I wish I could’ve been there.

(Videos from hookem81 on Orangebloods)

Well, we definitely found out that they do some weird stuff down in College Station. And apparently the Aggies’ musical prowess does not stop at singing old chick music…they can also rap.

Seriously, what can be going through your head to produce something like this?

As if deciding to attend Texas A&M wasn’t bad enough, Aggie forward Chris Walker and his friends decided to film themselves singing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in their dorm room.

If they weren’t shirtless, it would only be really ghey but three shirtless dudes and puka shell necklaces put it over the top. Nice work guys but you have a long way to go to match these guys.

Update: And don’t worry, apparently Aggies can also rap. Hilarious.

Update 2: Holy crap, I should have clicked “More from this user” before. There’s a total of six videos from Chris and his friends including “Till I Collapse” and “Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong.” Their version of “What a Wonderful World” looks like it took way too much prep time but does prove they own shirts. I really think this all would’ve been okay if they had just worn shirts.

(Hat tip to Bradthehorn on Orangebloods)

Longhorns blow a lead but freshman [tag]Kyle Russell[/tag] comes up with his first collegiate hit at just the right time. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth Russell drove a fastball into Minute Maid Field’s Crawford Boxes for a walk-off, 2-run home run and the win. (Video of the homer is below.) Big time hit in an important situation for Russell, who has big time potential. Though the offense came alive a little this weekend, hopefully Russell will get a few more at bats and an opportunity to prove what he can do.

Kyle McCulloch pitched seven strong innings but Kenn Kasparek’s wildness and poor defense let Rice tie things up in the eighth inning. Kasparek definitely has the stuff to be a closer, but he’ll have to grow into the role as the year goes on. Longhorn pitchers struck out fourteen batters during the game. Left handed freshman Kyle Walker came in the 8th, got the win, and looked very good doing it. He got all four outs via strikeout, didn’t give up a hit, and had unhittable stuff.

The offense didn’t exactly light up the scoreboard but some of the newcomers like Preston Clark and Brett Lewis have started to produce. Drew Stubbs is going to have to hit in the middle of the lineup for this team to make a run in Omaha, but right now he’s scuffling. He has to learn to lay off the curveball in the dirt.

The team has already come a long way in two weeks.

Sure am glad I didn’t actually try to watch this whole thing. Longhorns were only on for about a minute, but still some good PR for the Horns with the female/unemployed market segment. A little bit of video of Matthew McConaughey and the team before the Rose Bowl and celebrating the win, and then some short stuff from Mack Brown, Rashad Bobino, and Limas Sweed. Bobino seems like a fun kid.

Video including Craig Way saying “the Texas Longhorns are college football’s national champions” in front of ten million television viewers is below.

Video removed by YouTube. The DMCA is dumb.

The Longhorns struggled to put away the Aggies on the court Saturday but the Texas student section certainly came prepared. There was a milk man/yell leader wearing his pink belt giving some love to a sheep. The Seattle Seahawk made a special trip the day before Super Bowl XL to weigh in on the 12th Man™ trademark controversy. Funny stuff.

Also check out video of all three here. (Photo and video courtesy Hornfans.)