<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!-- generator="Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management" --> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <channel> <title>Blatant Homerism - Unobjective Analysis of Oklahoma Sooners Football</title> <description></description> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/</link> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:25:13 +0000</lastBuildDate> <generator>Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management</generator> <language>en-gb</language> <item> <title>Obligatory Super Bowl Pick</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/obligatory-super-bowl-pick.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/obligatory-super-bowl-pick.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Aaron Rodgers" src="https://ufrsports.com/review/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/AaronRodgers.jpg" /><br />The Pittsburgh Steelers have already played the most played-out of cards this week. We'll certainly hear it again Sunday night, no matter who wins Super Bowl XLV.</p> <p>"Nobody believes in us. Nobody respects us."</p> <p>Please, man. Everybody respects these talented teams, which are two of the NFL's most-storied franchises. In fact, my respect for the Steelers and what they've accomplished in the last six years is all that's keeping me from going all-in with the Green Bay Packers in this game.</p> <p>Pittsburgh has a quarterback who can't help but win and arguably the premier coach in pro football right now. The Steelers also tipify a physical brand of football that enables them to simply "out-tough" opponents. With Blitzburgh's track record, how can you go against the Steelers?</p> <p>Well, I'm going to hang it out there.</p> <p>Pittsburgh has a poor offensive line, made even worse by the loss of Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey for this game. As good as Ben Roethlisberger is at avoiding the blitz, he can only evade untouched pass rushers for so long before they start getting to him.</p> <p>Meanwhile, have you seen the numbers Green Bay has put up in dome games in the last few years? The Pack is built to put beatdowns on opponents indoors - ask Atlanta. Playing on the fast track of JeryWorld sounds ideal with all that speed on both sides of the ball for Green Bay.</p> <p>I hate going against the Steelers in a game like this, but Green Bay and its quarterback Aaron Rodgers appear to be peaking at just the right moment.</p> <p>Packers 28, Steelers 23. Who ya got?</p>]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 02:20:54 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Podcast: The Read on 2011</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/podcast-the-read-on-2011.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/podcast-the-read-on-2011.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,32,18" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="60" width="173" style="vertical-align: top; float: left;"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#EEF9C1" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-448109.mp3" /><embed height="60" width="173" src="https://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-448109.mp3" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#EEF9C1" quality="high" allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </object> </p> <p>Paul Myerberg runs one of Homerism's favorite college football blogs out there, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.presnapread.com">Pre-Snap Read</a>. Now that we've had a couple weeks to digest what happened in 2010, Paul drops by for a podcast to look back at a season full of hard feelings and hot-button controversies.</p> <p>Paul and I cover:</p> <ul> <li>the animosity that defined the 2010 college football season;</li> <li>the underrated storylines from the past season, including a down year in the SEC;</li> <li>the massive TV deal between ESPN and Texas;</li> <li>the next dominoes to fall in the ongoing conference realignment saga;</li> <li>the coaching carousel, including an all-new staff at Texas; and</li> <li>the "sustainability" of college football going forward.</li> </ul> <p>(<a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/blatant-homerisms-podcast/id383270654">Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes</a>. Rate the podcast with iTunes, too, if you get a chance. Thanks.)</p>]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:21:10 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Williams, Metoyer Headline 2011 Sooner Signees</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/williams-metoyer-headline-2011-sooner-signees.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/williams-metoyer-headline-2011-sooner-signees.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Christmas Presents" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_p8yf82bGb3s/TRLb9mhzE5I/AAAAAAAAAZk/eZS8-rJrN6M/s1600/ChristmasPresentsUnderTree.jpg" /><br />For most hardcore college football fans in the Internet age, National Signing Day feels like those Christmas mornings when you were a kid and had already found your gifts a week earlier. It's still fun opening presents, but the anticipation just isn't there.</p> <p>Plus, with family coming over in the afternoon for dinner, you know you won't be breaking out the G.I. Joe with the kung-fu grip until sundown. That's if you're lucky.</p> <p>Coach Bob Stoops and his staff essentially <a target="_blank" href="http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/2011_signing_day.html">wrapped up the 2011 class eight months ago</a>, so that left plenty of waiting around for today. Now, everyone has seven months to wait around to see possibly catch a glimpse of the new Sooner standouts.</p> <p style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/williams-metoyer-headline-2011-sooner-signees.html"><strong>Continue...</strong></a>)</p> ]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:53:36 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Sporting News Analyst Breaks Down Sooners' 2011 Recruiting Class</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/sporting-news-analyst-breaks-down-sooners-2011-recruiting-class.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/sporting-news-analyst-breaks-down-sooners-2011-recruiting-class.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Bob Stoops" src="https://media.2news.tv/images/fiesta_bowl_stoops.jpg" /><br />Brian McLaughlin covers recruiting for Sporting News and runs <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/TheRecruitnik/">The Recruitnik</a>, SportingNews.com's recruiting blog. With National Signing Day just hours away, Homerism caught up with him to get his take on the incoming crop of Oklahoma Sooners and the year that was in recruiting for coach Bob Stoops and his staff.</p> <p style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/february/sporting-news-analyst-breaks-down-sooners-2011-recruiting-class.html"><strong>Continue...</strong></a>)</p> ]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 03:13:01 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>10 Bold Predictions for the Big 12 in 2011</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/10-bold-predictions-for-the-big-12-in-2011.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/10-bold-predictions-for-the-big-12-in-2011.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><br /><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Crystal Ball" src="https://nittanywhiteout.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/crystal-ball.jpg" /></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2010-articles/february/10-bold-predictions-for-the-big-12-in-2010.html"><br /></a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2010-articles/february/10-bold-predictions-for-the-big-12-in-2010.html">Last year's edition of way-too-early bold predictions for the Big 12</a> had some prescient hits:</p> <ul> <li>Blaine Gabbert was – in my opinion – the best quarterback in the conference;</li> <li>Dan Hawkins got the axe and didn't even last the whole season;</li> <li>Texas A&M beat Oklahoma for the first time in a while;</li> <li>the Sooners reclaimed the league throne.</li> </ul> <p>Of course, there were plenty of miserable misses, too:</p> <ul> <li>Mike Gundy still has a job;</li> <li>Kansas State was closer to oblivion than the top of the Big 12 North;</li> <li>Turner Gill... Um, well...</li> </ul> <p>What does 2011 have in store for the most unstable league in college sports? Let's peer into our cloudy crystal ball.</p> <p style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/10-bold-predictions-for-the-big-12-in-2011.html"><strong>Continue...</strong></a>)</p> ]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:42:01 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Podcast: Signing Day Approaches for Sooners</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/signing-day-approaches-for-sooners.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/signing-day-approaches-for-sooners.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,32,18" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="60" width="173" style="vertical-align: top; float: left;"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#EEF9C1" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-445057.mp3" /><embed height="60" width="173" src="https://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-445057.mp3" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#EEF9C1" quality="high" allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </object> </p> <p>National Signing Day is just days away. Josh McCuiston, recruiting editor for <a target="_blank" href="http://oklahoma.rivals.com/default.asp">SoonerScoop.com</a>, joins Homerism to preview what college football's version of Christmas Eve has in store for the Oklahoma Sooners. Rivals ranks the Sooners' class No. 12 in the nation.<br /><br />Josh fills us in on:</p> <ul> <li>early enrollees <a target="_blank" href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/football/recruiting/player-Brandon-Williams-105895">Brandon Williams</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/football/recruiting/player-Marquis-Anderson-90852">Marquis Anderson</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/football/recruiting/player-Kendal-Thompson-88079">Kendal Thompson</a>;</li> <li>what happened with Brandon Carter's decision to spurn the Sooners for TCU;</li> <li>the sleepers in OU's 2011 class;</li> <li>the lack of highly touted players coming out of the state of Oklahoma; and</li> <li>exciting 2012 prospect <a target="_blank" href="http://rivals.yahoo.com/oklahoma/football/recruiting/player-Dorial-Green-Beckham-98834">Dorial Green-Beckham</a>.</li> </ul> <p>(<a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/blatant-homerisms-podcast/id383270654">Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes</a>. Rate the podcast with iTunes, too, if you get a chance. Thanks.)</p>]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:54:42 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Lone Star State of Confusion</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/lone-star-state-of-confusion.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/lone-star-state-of-confusion.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="ESPN Logo" src="https://www.sportstvjobs.com/sports-jobs-news/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/ESPN-logo.jpg" /><br />Nearly a week has passed since <a target="_blank" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6037857">ESPN signed the University of Texas to a 20-year, $300 million contract</a> to create an exclusive TV network, and I still can't make heads or tails of what it all means for the Oklahoma Sooners, the Big 12 and the college football world in general.<br /><br />Thankfully, I don't think I'm alone.<br /><br />My initial reaction: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/bevotv-should-bring-end-to-big-12.html">The Big 12 really is finished this time</a>. Texas is maneuvering to go independent and BevoTV will give them all the money the Longhorns need to do it. Time for OU to grab a few partners and get proactive about the future.</p> <p style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/lone-star-state-of-confusion.html"><strong>Continue...</strong></a>)</p> ]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:26:04 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Schedule for Next Few Days</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/schedule-for-next-few-days.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/schedule-for-next-few-days.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The outcry from Homerism's faithful readers over the lack of posts in the last couple days has been deafening. Homerism's no robot, fools. I promise to resume regular posting later this week.</p>]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:52:36 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>BevoTV Should Bring End to Big 12</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/bevotv-should-bring-end-to-big-12.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/bevotv-should-bring-end-to-big-12.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="Texas Longhorns Network" src="https://cache.comcorpusa.com/436/0/crop/ketk/media/sports/TEXAS%20LONGHORNS.1271817676.png" /><br />While the sports world has been well aware of the imminent television marriage of the Texas Longhorns and ESPN since the fall, it didn’t make the figures released in Wednesday's announcement any less staggering: <a target="_blank" href="http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6037857">$300 million over 20 years</a>.<br /><br />With the ‘Horns set to net between $13 million and $15 million per year from its new network alone, UT’s eventual resistance to hopping conferences this summer now makes even more sense.<br /><br />Of course, the news also underscored a point that was made clear back when news of BevoTV first broke. Texas has little use for the rest of the Big 12, and the rest of the conference may not have much to gain by staying tied to UT, either.</p> <p style="text-align: right;">(<a href="https://www.blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/bevotv-should-bring-end-to-big-12.html"><strong>Continue...</strong></a>)</p> ]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:27:55 +0000</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Podcast: Capping with Crick (BCS Futures)</title> <link>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/podcast-capping-with-crick-bcs-futures.html</link> <guid>https://blatanthomerism.com/2011-articles/january/podcast-capping-with-crick-bcs-futures.html</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,32,18" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="60" width="173" style="vertical-align: top; float: left;"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#EEF9C1" /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <param name="src" value="http://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-441614.mp3" /><embed height="60" width="173" src="https://www.talkshoe.com/resources/talkshoe/images/swf/lastEpisodePlayer.swf?fileUrl=http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-72457/TS-441614.mp3" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#EEF9C1" quality="high" allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </object> The 2010 college football season may have come to an end, but that doesn't mean we can't talk handicapping. Homerism and Crick of <a target="_blank" href="http://bankruptbookie.com">BankruptBookie.com</a> review the <a target="_blank" href="http://sports.bodog.com/sports-betting/football-futures.jsp">2011 BCS championship futures released by Bodog.com</a> and rank the major contenders based on odds of winning the title. We also delve into a couple intriguing value bets.<br /><br />The contenders include:</p> <ul> <li>Alabama Crimson Tide</li> <li>Florida State Seminoles</li> <li>LSU Tigers</li> <li>Ohio State Buckeyes</li> <li>Oklahoma Sooners</li> <li>Oregon Ducks</li> <li>South Carolina Gamecocks</li> </ul> <p>(<a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/blatant-homerisms-podcast/id383270654">Subscribe to the podcast through iTunes</a>. Rate the podcast with iTunes, too, if you get a chance. Thanks.)</p>]]></description> <author>ak@blatanthomerism.com (Allen Kenney)</author> <category>frontpage</category> <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:41:19 +0000</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss>