Mack Brown's Annual Championship

Mr. Football: We're #1 (but only in February)!

Mack Brown has captured another "recruiting" national championship in college football, according to various sources. Since Mack Brown has been at Texas, February is a regular time for celebration. And then his teams underachieve and manage to lose games to less talented rivals in the fall. This fall, it may be even worse for Brown, with Big 12 road games at Nebraska and Kansas State. Not to mention Chris Simms's date with Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl.

Here's a fun little line from the Chron

Despite three previous highly-rated recruiting classes, Brown has yet to win a Big 12 title, let alone a national championship. Some critics have dubbed him "Coach February."

Of course, the Chron doesn't quite get it right. His nickname is Mr. Football or Mr. February, not "Coach February." But this is the line I liked most in the Chron:

"At Texas, you've got to win," Brown said. "I do think we get too much credit for recruiting and not enough credit for coaching."

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. He's joking, right?

Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma staff secured a consensus Top 10 recruiting class. A review of the Oklahoma additions may be found here.

Now that recruiting is done with, I'm looking forward to college baseball, as is Den Beste. UH had a very young team last year that squeaked into the NCAA tourney on the backs of some green but talented pitchers. Those guys are a year older now, and Rayner Noble has added some pop to the lineup. Rayner's teams are always top notch defensively, so if everything gels the Coogs could be a pretty good team by the end of the season. I think their preseason Baseball America ranking (#27) is a little low, but that's why they play the games. I'm hoping for some good weather this weekend for their opener, a round-robin style tourney against various old Southwest Conference teams at Enron Field.

[Posted at 18:47 CST on 02/06/02] [Link]