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...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight...

...Anticipation for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight... I just re-watched Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. It's been three years since Tarantino released a movie. I needed a break from revising stories, and decided to delve into his last read more...

Swampland's Daily Duo of Reviews For 8/1/11: Josh T. Pearson and Damon Fowler

Monday's pair of reviews come from a couple of releases from earlier this year. Texan Josh T. Pearson's initial band, Lift to Experience, made one well regarded record a few years back, and he released Last of the Country Gentlemen, his first official solo album, in read more...

Texas Judge Aims For Willie Nelson

Texas Judge Aims For Willie Nelson This morning Texas judge Becky Dean-Walker said she would not accept Willie Nelson's mailed-in plea read more...

A Memorial Day Tribute: An Early Salute

A Salute To All The Veterans An early salute for the upcoming weekend... In honor of Memorial Day, and all the read more...

The Art of Will Johnson

The Artwork of Will Johnson In preparation for the Texas band Centro-matic's upcoming release--Candidate Waltz--on June 21, I thought I'd shine a light on the artwork of the band's leader read more...

Never A Pal Like Mother

Happy Mother's Day 2011 Happy Mother's Day to Everyone! Since it's Mother's Day weekend, I thought I write a dispatch around the great Atlanta label

Upcoming Buddy Holly Tribute Album Features My Morning Jacket, Justin Townes Earl & The Black Keys

Buddy Holly Tribute Album Due Out June 28 On June 28 a Buddy Holly tribute album--Rave On--will be released. The 19 Holly songs on Rave On read more...

Southern College Football – Can the Big 12 Survive?

The world of college athletics was almost turned upside down last summer when possible conference realignment(s) seemed to be rumored on a daily basis. Would the Big 12 still exist in 2011? Texas and Oklahoma to the Pac-10? Texas or Missouri to the Big Ten? Texas A&M to the SEC? read more...

Merry Christmas From Swampland

Merry Christmas From Swampland Ho, Ho, Ho…I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas from Swampland. Thanks for all the support. A Happy New Year to you all! Don’t let the Devil get you down. I’ve included a couple of read more...

Ryan Bingham Headlines ‘Stand Up For Kids’ Benefit On Dec 5

Ryan Bingham Headlines ‘Stand Up For Kids’ On Dec 5 Oscar-winning musician Ryan Bingham and his band The Dead Horses will headline LA’s first annual benefit concert on Dec. 5. This one-day festival raises funds and promotes awareness concerning youth read more...

Dylan, Petty & Drive By Truckers Participate In ‘Back To Black Friday’

Dylan, Petty & Drive By Truckers Participate In ‘Back To Black Friday’ In support of independent record stores, November 26 stands as ‘Back To Black Friday’. Artists such as Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, The Drive By Truckers, Iron & Wine, U2, read more...

Nobel Peace Prize Campaign For Willie Nelson

Nobel Peace Prize Campaign for Willie Nelson A Nobel Peace Prize Campaign has been launched for Willie Nelson and his FARM AID efforts. For the last 25 years Nelson has assisted the American farmer through FARM AID as well as raised awareness of healthy foods.

Southern College Football - Week 6 Themes

LEAD STORY Florida State and Miami meet Saturday night in South Beach for their usual heated clash. This rivalry has lost a little luster read more...

Ryan Bingham & Willie Nelson: Double-Barreled Americana Show On The Road

Willie Nelson & Ryan Bingham: Double-Barreled Americana Ryan Bingham serves as Willie read more...

Southern College Football - Week 3 Themes

LEAD STORY After last season, we wrote how the ACC would look for improvement in 2010. Last year’s campaign was summed as read more...

42 Years Later: Buffalo Springfield Reunites At Bridge School Benefit

Buffalo Springfield Reunites At Young’s Bridge School Benefit Buffalo Springfield will reunite for the first time in 42 years at

Ryan Bingham & Willie Nelson Hit The Road Together

Ryan Bingham & Willie Nelson Tour Together Ryan Bingham’s new CD, Junky Star, hits the streets on Tuesday. A few days later, Bingham and his band The Dead Horses will open shows for Willie Nelson read more...

Jim Thompson's Killer Inside Me Adapted To Film

Killer Inside Me Adapted To Film Oklahoma-born writer Jim Thompson—known for books such as Killer Inside Me, The Getaway, The Grifters, Savage Night and A Hell of a Woman—wrote over 30 novels. Thompson’s read more...

Ryan Bingham's Junky Star On The Rise

Ryan Bingham’s Junky Star Set For Fall Release In the swirl of T-Bone Burnett produced projects such as Robert Randolph’s We Walk This Road (released today), Crazy Heart as read more...

T-Bone Burnett Produces Robert Randolph's We Walk This Road

T-Bone Burnett Produces Robert Randolph’s We Walk This Road On the heels of a Grammy for Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett’s latest production stands as pedal steel wizard Robert Randolph’s latest CD, We Walk This Road. In

Conference Realignment: Gene Stallings Has A Texas-Sized SEC Vision For A&M

Consider us here at Swampland Sports a bit ahead of our time. In September of 2007, we published an article about realigning southern college conferences so that read more...

Producer Daniel Lanois In Intensive Care

Daniel Lanois In Motorcycle Accident Producer Daniel Lanois seriously injured himself Saturday in a motorcycle accident. Lanois has been forced to cancel his Black Dub read more...

The Latest On Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson

Merle Haggard’s New Album & Willie Nelson’s New Tour Dates The great Merle Haggard released a new album this week. Look for the Swampland review soon. The album—I Am What I Am—released on Vanguard retains an old read more...

Celebrate Record Store Day 2010!

Record Store Day 2010 is read more...

Billy Joe Shaver Acquitted

Billy Joe Shaver Acquitted On Friday, April 9, Billy Joe Shaver read more...

Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett Win An Oscar For Crazy Heart

Texas Songwriter Triumphs With Oscar

Big 12 Teams See Recruiting Success

We’re used to seeing Texas and Oklahoma at the top of the Big 12, and nothing was different on last week’s National Signing Day. The “Big 2” have won the last six conference title games, and they were both ranked in the nation’s Top 10 with their read more...

National Signing Day: Christmas Morning for Southern Football Fans

It’s finally here- a virtual holiday in our Swampland Footprint.

The Early Recordings of Waylon Jennings

The First Six Waylon Jennings Albums Reissued Last week I received Texas-born Waylon Jennings’ first 6 albums—Folk read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech and Tuberville make an Interesting Fit

What a winter it has been for the Texas Tech. From the firing of Mike Leach to the inspired Bowl victory to the coaching search, Red Raider fans have had quite the ride in wondering what’s next for their football program.

Big 12 Daily Fever: McCoy Injury Overshadows Title Loss

It wasn't supposed to end like this. Texas fans could probably deal with a loss to Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game if they had their entire arsenal, but it just seems different after

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Looks for Another National Title in Pasadena

It's finally here. Over a month after surviving a Big Red scare against Ndamukong Suh and Nebraska, Texas will take on another Big Red (techinally crimson) when they meet Alabama in tonight's BCS National Championship Game.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech Loses More Than a Coach with Leach Firing

What a Texas-sized soap opera going on in Lubbock with the Texas Tech football program. Mike Leach has been fired from the program he took to new heights, and Red Raider fans are left with anger, confusion, and frustration. The Leach ouster has so many interesting angles; read more...

Big 12 Fever: Leach Outcome Will Have a Huge Effect on the Conference

A college football coach suspended for a game? That’s definitely something we’re not used to seeing, and there’s no doubt the Mike Leach-Texas Tech administration conflict is very unique. The school’s brass announced their outspoken coach

Big 12 Daily Fever: Conference Bowl Ties in Texas Work for Fans and Teams

Both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State did not quite reach their football goals this season. The Sooners were riddled with injuries to top players and were never a factor in the league race. The Cowboys looked like the second best team in the conference, but still could not get over the read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Oklahoma State out in the cold on Indoor Facility

With temperatures below freezing in Stillwater much of last week, Oklahoma State had to brave the elements in their preparation for the Cotton Bowl against Ole Miss. Meanwhile, the Rebels practiced in their indoor facility when the weather was cold or raining. It turns out that OSU read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Can McCoy be the next Brees?

Colt McCoy has done almost everything at the college level. He has won major awards, put up huge statistics, set the NCAA record for wins by a quarterback, and led the 'Horns to the BCS Title Game in '09. But what about the NFL level? In recent years, we've seen many Big 12 read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Missouri Defection Would Shake Up the League

We mentioned yesterday that the Big Ten Conference was looking at possibly adding a 12th team, and that Missouri would be high on the list of choices. These types of decisions and read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Hears In-house Criticism of Brown's Salary

Texas coach Mack Brown has the Longhorns playing for their second National Title in four years, and he has led the program to four BCS Bowls in a six year span. Those accomplishments, combined with the UT tradition and massive fan base, mean that the Texas football team brings in as read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Gill Makes his Priorities Clear at Kansas

Kansas made huge news in the conference this week with the naming of Turner Gill as head coach. The former Nebraska star recived a 5-year deal worth $10 million to continue the momentum on the field of the Mark Mangino regime, but without the off-the-field issues.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Conference Watches the McCoy-Suh Split Hand Heisman to Ingram

While Alabama fans celebrate, Big 12 followers are crying foul over college football’s most controversial award. With Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh finishing third and fourth, many league fans believe 2009 is just the latest chapter read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: The Heisman is the only Award left for McCoy

Colt McCoy will need a new trophy case after a postseason filled with accolades. He set the NCAA record this season for wins by a starting quarterback and led the Texas read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Mack Brown Handsomely Rewarded

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that now certainly applies to coach’s salaries. Much like the theme in our SEC story today, the University of Texas read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Suh's Dominant Season Being Recognized

Could it happen? A defensive tackle winning the Heisman? That surprising development seems to be growing more and more possible

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Adjusts to Underdog Role

Texas rolled through most of the conference season before being challenged mightily by the Nebraska defense in the Title Game. Now the Longhorns face a tougher obstacle in read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Survives Big Red Scare

Texas only got 13 points in their 13th victory, but it was just enough to get by Nebraska for the Big 12 Championship. The ugly defensive battle ended 13-12 on read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Mangino Resignation Could Create Domino Effect

With Texas set as a two-touchdown favorite in the Big 12 Championship, the biggest story in the conference becomes the ouster of Mark Mangino at Kansas.

Big 12 Daily Fever: League Titles Have Been Scarce for Texas Lately

Texas has become a superpower once again during Mack Brown's tenure, winning more games than any other school in the country since 1998. Ten victories in a season read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: North Division Needs a Power Team

With much of the media attention on Atlanta and the SEC this week. the Big 12 Championship at Cowboys Stadium is receiving much less national fanfare. The fan read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas and Nebraska Prepare for Title Clash

Much of the attention this week before the Big 12 Championship Game will be on the matchup between the Texas offense and the Nebraska defense. Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy has been read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OU Dominates Bedlam Game

While most of this season has been frustrating for Oklahoma fans, their counterparts in Stillwater have enjoyed a pretty successful year. But as far as Oklahoma State taking read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: McCoy leads Texas with Heisman-like Performance

Although Texas A&M gave them quite the game, Texas took care of business 49-39 over the Aggies and Colt McCoy vaulted himself to the front of read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: A&M Hosts Texas for Thanksgiving

Texas wrapped up the South Division last week, and Texas A&M became bowl eligible with their win over Baylor. So there's not much to play for at Kyle Field on read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech Crushes Oklahoma in Lubbock

What a game Mike Leach’s club had against Oklahoma . Texas Tech outgained the Sooners by 239 yards on their way to a convincing 41-13 victory. After getting throttled 65-21 last read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Unlikely Candidate Leads OSU Comeback

What a wild win for Mike Gundy's Oklahoma State club on senior night in Stillwater. With starting QB Zac Robinson unable to play and backup Alex Cate struggling, read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Special Game Tonight For OSU Seniors

As Oklahoma State prepares to host Colorado tonight, Mike Gundy will be focused on the game and the injury status of quarterback Zac Robinson. read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OU's Murray May Return in 2010

Oklahoma received some potentially big news this week when star tailback DeMarco Murray said he was “pretty sure” of returning to Norman read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Kansas State-Nebraska Clash Will Decide The North

Kansas State travels to Lincoln on Saturday, and they will battle Nebraska for the North's berth into the Big 12 Title Game. Bill Snyder has returned to the Wildcats sideline read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: McCoy Ties QB Wins Record As Texas Remains Unbeaten

Many of the stories for the Big 12 Fever during the 2009 season have been negative in nature. Whether it was the injuries to Oklahoma's stars or the struggles of the North read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OSU-Texas Tech Should Create Fireworks

The league's best game of the week looks to be a potential shootout when Texas Tech travels to Stillwater to meets the Cowboys. The last time Oklahoma State read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: '09 Teams Succeeding With Less Passing, More Running

Last week, Nebraska relied on the running game to beat Oklahoma while the Sooners threw five interceptions. Oklahoma State won at Iowa State by running for 331 yards while only throwing for 142. Kansas State beat rival Kansas by rushing for 266 yards and passing for 66.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Does It Matter Which North Team Plays Texas In The Title Game?

A Nebraska writer has penned an interesting column that suggests the Cornhuskers would be the better opponent for Texas in order to have a competitive Big 12 Title game. We can surmise that fans in read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas A&M's Late Collapse Endangers Postseason Hopes

Mike Sherman’s club entered the Colorado game having won two in a row and seemed ready to make it three with an eleven-point lead at the half. However,

Big 12 Daily Fever: Nebraska Shuts Down Oklahoma Offense

Oklahoma’s season went from frustrating to worse Saturday as Nebraska’s defense controlled the battle of the ‘Big Reds’ for a 10-3 win.

Big 12 Daily Fever: The OU-Nebraska Rivalry Should Happen Every Season

Berry Tramel of 'The Oklahoman' writes this week about something that just seems obvious to most college football fans: the Oklahoma-Nebraska game should happen every year.

Big 12 Daily Fever: K-State ascension could hurt league's image

Bill Snyder has returned to the sideline in Manhattan, Kansas, and the Wildcats are sitting in first place in the Big 12’s “little brother” Division. The read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OU-Nebraska has lost a little luster

It’s still the battle of the “Big Reds”, but this one doesn’t have quite the significance of past Oklahoma-Nebraska read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Sherman Has Aggies Thinking About A Bowl Berth

Texas A&M started the season by winning their first three games against rather weak opponents. That was followed by losing three in a row, including an embarrassing read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Clearly the Conference's Best

Texas versus Oklahoma State was built up as the game of the year in the conference, but the Longhorns separated themselves from the rest of the league with a read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OSU-Texas Could Decide the Big 12

The biggest game in Oklahoma State history? It's starting to feel that way around Stillwater as the Cowboys prepare to host #3 Texas on Saturday night. OSU enters the game 6-1 overall and unbeaten in the conference, and the ramifications of beating the Longhorns would be read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Sam Bradford Shouldn't Be Second-Guessed

Sam Bradford had successful surgery yesterday, and he now will rehabilitate his shoulder in preparation for the NFL Draft. The read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OSU-Texas Should Be a Barnburner

Texas and Oklahoma State will meet in Stillwater this Saturday night in what looks to be the Big 12 game of the year. The enthusiasm of the Cowboys fan base was read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Nebraska Must Rebound For Conference Balance To Return

We've been very critical of the North Division and for good reason. As the conference tries to catch the SEC in national perception, the North has become an anchor read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas A&M Gives The Big 12 South Even More Depth

While many consider Iowa State winning 9-7 over Nebraska the league's biggest surprise on Saturday, the divisional disparity in the Big 12 becomes cleraer when taken in combination with what occurred in Lubbock when

Big 12 Daily Fever: Could Bradford Return In 2010?

There was much debate last winter on whether Oklahoma's Sam Bradford should enter the NFL Draft. He had won the Heisman Trophy, and many thought he would be the read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech's Profile Continues To Rise Under Leach

As Texas Tech prepares to host Texas A&M this week, this game looks like two teams headed in different directions. After two tough losses to Top 20 teams to read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Gundy Has OSU in Big 12 Contention

It’s been quite the rollercoaster for Mike Gundy’s Oklahoma State team. The renovated Pickens Stadium played host to a huge opening week victory over Georgia, read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: North Division coming up short

We have written many times that for the Big 12 to catch the SEC in power, the North Division was going to have to pull its weight.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Bradford Knocked Out Again, Texas Squeaks To Win

The nightmare for Oklahoma fans continued Saturday as their Heisman-winning quarterback was laying on the turf for the second time this season. Sam Bradford read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Oklahoma-Texas should be a Classic

This one has it all-Tradition, Star players, Conference and National Title implications, and good old-fashioned hate. The Red River Rivalry will kick off read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Beyond The Red River Rivalry

Most of the attention in Big 12 country this week will be on the Red River Rivalry, but there are two other league games that will go a long way in defining the conference season.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Wants A Red River Win To Lift Their Season

Maybe it’s just gamesmanship before a huge rivalry battle, but the Texas Longhorns say they are glad to see Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford back on the field and ready to go read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech Has QB Decision To Make

In ten years at Texas Tech, Mike Leach had never seen one of his starting quarterbacks miss a start because of injury. That changed last Saturday when Steven read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Bradford Back Just In Time For The Sooners

Oklahoma fans received some comforting news the weekend when Sam Bradford was announced as the starter. The Heisman winner threw for 389 yards and a score in read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Mizzou Suffers Loss With Brutal 4th Quarter

It looked good for three quarters. Missouri was up 12-0 over Nebraska in a game that saw a torrential downpour throughout the night in Columbia. Unfortunately for read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Tonight's Missouri-Nebraska Clash May Decide the North Division

A key game in the Big 12 North will take place Thursday night when the surprising Missouri Tigers host Nebraska. Gary Pinkel’s team has been one of the nice surprises read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Both With QB Issues, OU and Baylor Prepare To Face Off

When Oklahoma travels to meet Baylor, all eyes will be focused on the quarterback position-for both teams. Obviously the whole nation is waiting to see if Sam read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas In the Driver's Seat

The early story in the conference has been the decline of injury-riddled Oklahoma and their two non-conference losses. Meanwhile, the

Big 12 Daily Fever: Bradford-less Oklahoma loses at Miami

It started well enough. The Oklahoma defense got two early interceptions, but Landry Jones and the offense could only turn them into seven points. Miami eventually got read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Jones, Not Bradford, Will Lead OU At Miami

The mystery is over for Oklahoma: Landry Jones will start at quarterback when the Sooners travel to Miami to meet a hungry Canes squad.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Baylor's Once Attainable Bowl Bid Seems in Doubt After Injuries

We’ve written this week about the tough blow Baylor suffered when start quarterback Robert Griffin was lost for the season. Based on his stellar freshman read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: An Undefeated Texas A&M Relies on Youth

Lost in all the Big 12 buzz has been Mike Sherman's quiet rebuilding job in College Station. Most were wondering how A&M had sunk so low before Sherman's hiring. It looks like it's the same old story - not enough recruiting of talent.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Bradford Creates A Tough Dilemma for Stoops

The decision of the season is rapidly approaching for Bob Stoops: does Sam Bradford play against Miami read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Tech loses late at Houston

It was a fairly solid week for the Big 12 as most of the conference beat up non-BCS opponents. But the one that got away was the read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Rival Abilene QBs Match Up in Houston vs Texas Tech

The talk of Texas this week continues to be the high octane matchup of Texas Tech at Houston. Second year HC Kevin Sumlin has read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Mizzou's 3-0 Start Bolsters Northern Half of Conference

One of the best developments for the Big 12 North this season has been the solid early start of the Missouri Tigers. With the departure of Chase read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Tech and Houston Provide A Weekend Shootout

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. In what promises to be a Wild West offensive onslaught, Texas Tech will meet Houston in a game that sees these two teams in unfamiliar roles.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Bradford Back on the Practice Field

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Bob Stoops and the Oklahoma doctors will have an interesting decision to make in the upcoming weeks.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Longhorns Looking Like The Class of the Conference

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Texas was able to take care of business against Texas Tech this year, and it looks like

Big 12 Daily Fever: Mike Leach Tries To Downplay Tech vs Texas

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Texas is ready to tackle a key step towards their goal of a Big 12 (and National) Title when they host Texas Tech Saturday night.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Nebraska Hopes Maturity Will Lead To Win Over Virginia Tech

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The game of the week nationally may be the Nebraska-Virginia Tech matchup.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Texas Says Revenge Not The Goal Against Texas Tech

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It was the signature highlight of the 2008 season- Michael Crabtree’s catch and score as Texas Tech upset undefeated Texas.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Nebraska Battles Big 12 North Credibility, Virginia Tech

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. As the North Division strives to catch up with the South, the need for big non-conference wins becomes paramount.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Oklahoma State Fails To Handle Success

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. After a thrilling 24-10 win over Georgia, the fans in Stillwater were on Cloud 9. With a Top 10 ranking and the cross-state rival Sooners loss, the potential of read more...

Big 12 Weekend Fever: OSU Puts Fans Ahead of Money

Big 12 Weekend Fever Previews Top Stories for the Upcoming Weekend What a tough decision for Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder: Dallas vs. Stillwater for the huge opener agianst Georgia.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Aggies Early Schedule Helps To Build Youth and Momentum

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Injuries Quickly Put A Damper On OU's 2009 expectations

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top ACC story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The young season just keeps getting worse for Oklahoma.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Devastating Opener for the Sooners

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. There was the nightmare-with less than ten seconds to go in the first half. It was Oklahoma’s worst fear;

Big 12 Daily Fever: Can Mizzou Show That The Big 12 North Isn't Just The Big Ten?

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. A very meaningful game for the Big 12 North will happen Saturday when Missouri meets Illinois in the opener.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Oklahoma gets a Scare

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Nervous Sooner fans are still waiting for official confirmation from Oklahoma, but apparently

Big 12 Daily Fever: OSU Battling Distractions Before Georgia Opener

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. It’s been an interesting week in Stillwater as Oklahoma State prepares for their huge matchup with Georgia.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Sherman Hopes Personal Example Inspires Aggie Players

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. After going 4-8 in his first season in College Station, Mike Sherman knows how hard he must work to turn things around.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Led By Griffin, Baylor Looks Ready to Surprise

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. When looking for candidates to challenge the “Big 2” in the South Division, most experts see Oklahoma State playing the role this season that Texas read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Does Taylor Potts Represent a New Era of Texas Tech QBs?

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The same question always hangs over the Texas Tech program- is it the quarterback or the system?

Big 12 Daily Fever: Longhorn DB Earl Thomas Looks To Help Revive Defense

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. In the conference currently known for offense, the team that plays the best defense may be the one that advances to the Title game.

Big 12 Daily Fever: Will Missouri run the ball more in 2009?

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. With Chase Daniel at the helm, Mizzou fans got used to seeing the ball tossed all over the field.

Big 12 Daily Fever: A&M leading WR changes positions

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Texas A&M coach Mike Sherman has made an interesting decision

Big 12 Daily Fever: The Big 12 Makes Comparisons to the SEC - Should They?

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. The Big 12 conference was well represented in the initial AP Top 25 Poll with

Big 12 Daily Fever: Fans Are Lining Up In Stillwater

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. As a highly-anticipated season approaches for Oklahoma State, we know about the preseason Top 10 rating, the renovations to Boone Pickens Stadium, and the read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: OU Linebacker Sues NCAA

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. We wrote earlier in the week about read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Red Raiders get RB back

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Texas Tech got some welcome news as it appears that

Big 12 Daily Fever: Big Recruiting News for Mizzou

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Missouri got some huge news read more...

Big 12 Daily Fever: Sooners Await Status of Key LB

Big 12 Daily Fever is the top Big 12 story of the day. Disagree? Let us know. Oklahoma is still read more...

Brooks & Dunn Going Out On Top

All good things, they say, must eventually come to an end, even if it’s a mega-star country music act like Brooks & Dunn. Louisiana man Kix Brooks and Texan Ronnie Dunn have announced that they are parting ways as a duo following a farewell read more...

Orrin Hatch's Folly: Senator, College Football Is About Conferences, Not Teams

After concluding Senate hearings about the BCS, Senator Orrin Hatch wrote an op-ed piece that appeared on ESPN.com. Here's a selection of that article: During the June 7 read more...

Dylan, Nelson & The Dead Rock Rothbury

Mystery And Manners’ Summer Tour Notes Volume 2 This

Summer 09 Tour Notes: Dylan & Willie at Summerfest

Mystery And Manners' Summer 09 Tour Notes

Time Flies Like An Arrow

“Time read more...

Ryan Bingham Talks About Marc Ford

As I transcribed my recent interview with Texas songwriter Ryan Bingham, I came across this bit in the interview where Ryan talks about

Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson On the Road Again

Dylan & Nelson Hit The Road Together Luminaries Bob Dylan read more...

Ryan Bingham's Roadhouse Sun Arrives

Ryan Bingham’s Roadhouse Sun Arrives Yesterday I received my advanced copy of Ryan Bingham’s highly anticipated sophomore CD, read more...

For Ole Miss and Arkansas (and Nutt and Petrino), It Looks Like a Win/Win

We've all witnessed the media firestorm surrounding Auburn and Tennessee's respective head coaching hires of Gene Chizik and Lane Kiffin. Like they tend to do, the media took some minor fires of controversy and poured gasoline on them, leaving any remnants of logic and reason read more...

SEC Dominance - From the Field to Recruiting (And It Isn't Stopping Soon)

The reaction to Signing Day is always interesting as every coach in America is thrilled with their class while fans have mixed reactions to their school’s ranking and new players. Everyone that followed Wednesday's coverage saw plenty of ESPN's favorite big-market teams read more...

Xmas in February for Southern College Football Fans (SEC, Big 12, ACC, Big East)

It’s finally here! National Signing Day is upon us, and this is the time where quality programs establish themselves for the upcoming years. The welcoming of a new recruiting class energizes fans and provides coaches with the opportunity to show that their school will be-or read more...

Mack Brown and the Longhorns Must Judiciously Draw Talent from their Texas Base

Water is wet, the sky is blue, and the University of Texas is working on another top-notch recruiting class. The Longhorns Mine Their State's Natural Talent Base Most BCS schools try to comb their region (if not the read more...

To Stewart Mandel, We Say, "SEC Coaching Dollars Make Sense"

Chalk SI.com's Stewart Mandel as the latest member of the national media that just doesn’t understand the culture of the SEC football landscape. Mandel's latest involves

In Defense of Bob Stoops, the BCS (again), and the Big 12 (and a Look at the 2009 Season)

Proof, in college football, always comes over at least a two year period. This means that Heisman winners and BCS Championship opponents almost always have to have a strong previous season leading into their big year.

SEC and Big 12 Championship Game Reax

The college football regular season ended by giving us the matchup that made the most sense--the SEC Champion vs. the Big 12 Champion. The BCS title game should be a high-scoring, exciting affair and one that all of the fans in our Swampland footprint will appreciate. Florida will read more...

Saturday's Slate: Conference Championships

Here we are, after a week off due to technical difficulties, to find ourselves on the verge of crowning some conference champions and setting up the BCS Title teams. It has been a long and exciting year. Luckily for us, today's games have the potential to live up to the read more...

Swampland Footprint National Title: Big 12 vs. SEC

So it’s Oklahoma that gets the chance to represent the Big 12 South in Kansas City, and they will probably get a shot at the National title with a victory. Of read more...

Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday

1. It has finally happened. For the first time since 1982, the Vanderbilt Commodores will be eligible to go to a bowl. Vandy rode D.J. Moore read more...

Saturday's Slate: SEC vs. Big 12 South Looking Good!

After a season of many a wild ride, a little clarity emerged from last week's games. The SEC has their championship game set. The Big 12 is now down to three (maybe four) potential BCS participants. The rest of our TF conferences have a ways to go, but none of read more...

Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday

1. After all of the Nick Saban drama last week in Baton Rouge, we finally got a close game from a SEC marquee matchup. Alabama and LSU staged a very hard-fought battle, but as we’ve written about so much this season in the SEC, the quarterback play was the difference. Alabama read more...

Saturday's Slate: The November Home Stretch Begins!

College football remains the Footprint's most compelling and spectacular sport. The 2008 season has delivered us yet again a roller coaster ride of sporting goodness. The stakes have been high all season. So far, at least two key programs (Tennessee and read more...

Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday

1. Wow – what an instant classic in the Lonestar State. Texas Tech pulled off an amazing upset of #1 Texas with one second to go and sent their raucous fans read more...

Saturday's Slate: Top Games in Each Conference Will Decide Champions

Georgia and Florida in Jacksonville The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party has more at stake than ever – read more...

Snowman's Six-Pack of Reax from Saturday

1) The biggest difference between teams in the SEC this season is simply quarterback play. Alabama, Georgia, and Florida came into the season with experienced/quality signal callers, and they have been the class of the league. Lack of experience or just poor play at quarterback has read more...

Saturday's Slate: A Bit of Relative Calm Before the Storm

Although you can't take a week off in college football, this week seems like a palate cleanser before some of the biggest homestretch games are played. November will feature great game after great game and next week's

Saturday's Slate: BCS Busters vs. Disciplined Talent

Last week was a lesson in symmetry. Many teams met on the field that looked like mirror images. Something had to give, and it did. 3 of the top 5 teams lost giving the nation a new number one, Texas, who beat Oklahoma in what was probably a top 10 of all time Red read more...

Saturday's Slate: Symmetry Saturday

We've already been treated to upsets throughout the Tribal Fever landscape, but let's not forget that upsets require a precondition of disparity between teams, etiher real or imagined. This Saturday's games are of a different sort. It seems across the board that all read more...

Saturday's Slate: Picking Up The Pieces

Last week had USC losing on Thursday which appeared to set up big things for Georgia and Florida. Then, both stumbled last week, but both have a chance to redeem their season. This shapes up to be another great season filled with surprises as another team with destiny read more...

Gamecocks Destruction of Wolfpack Serves Notice to Clemson and the ACC

Last night was the glorious kick off to the 2008 college football season. Teams from almost every conference had games allowing us some very early previews of what might be coming in the weeks ahead. Everyone now knows about the

A Humorous Comparison of College Football Between the South and the North

As our beloved college football season nears, we at Tribal Fever thought everyone should read this comparison between college football in the South versus our Northern counterparts. (This has been making the rounds via email so many of you might have already seen it - read more...

With Leadership In Flux, the BCS Proves Its Worth to the Big East

Tribal Fever will never stop its defense of the greatest sport in our Footprint - college football. How a sport that has record ratings and revenue would ever be under scrutiny is beyond us, but we believe the heart of that line of criticism lies in its "limited" read more...

South Dominates College Baseball

by Patrick Snow There is one more week of college baseball before the conference tournaments, and the teams in our Swampland footprint are looking very strong. I had the pleasure this past weekend to attend a great 3-game series between Vanderbilt and Georgia. The Bulldogs read more...

Why Swampland Sports Loves the BCS

Despite winning back to back national titles in football, the SEC susre seems to hate the BCS. Lately, this hatred has been reaching a new level. It all started when University of Georgia President Michael F. Adams announced a proposal for

Shooter Jennings Rocking On Video

I just spent an hour on YouTube listening to some mighty great music. In keeping with my recent post about the remarkable Shooter read more...

The Lost Shooter Jennings Interview

Shooter Jennings rocks. There's no doubt about it. Shooter represents everything GRITZ is about, blending classic Southern read more...

Snowflakes: Big 12 Tourney as Expected, but Change on the Horizon

The least surprising of all conference tournaments this March has been the Big 12 Tourney in Kansas City. Both Texas and Kansas have been Top 10 teams for most of the season, and they have maneuvered their way to Sunday’s Championship game with a probable #1 seed on the line read more...

Snowflakes: Big 12 Hoops

* The Big 12 is looking quite solid as the postseason approaches. There is a strong possibility that half of the league gets an invitation to the Big Dance, with both Kansas and Texas still having a shot at a #1 seed. If either the Longhorns or Jayhawks win the Big 12 Tournament, read more...

Snowflakes: Big 12 Hoops

* Texas’ stellar play throughout the season has put them into great position for a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Winners of read more...

Chris Cagle Debuts at Number One on Country Charts

My LIife's Been a Country Song, the fourth album from Capitol Records Nashville artist Chris Cagle, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s “Current Country” chart, with 36,600 in

Snowflakes: Big 12 Hoops

* What a great game Monday night between Texas and Kansas. In my opinion, it was ‘highest quality’ contest I have seen all year. While some other games had crazier finishes, KU-Texas looked like a Final 4 matchup with two heavyweights slugging it out. Although the read more...

Snowflakes: Big 12 Hoops (Bobby Knight Retires)

There are many good stories in the conference, but one of those stands out this week and that is the resignation of Bobby Knight from Texas Tech. One of the most polarizing figures in the history of sports, Knight said he was tired and that it seemed like the right time to hand over read more...

New Willie Nelson Album Out January 29, 2008

New Nelson CD, Moment of Forever, Hits Streets Early 08 12/19/07 Great American read more...

John Sayles Interview

Mystery & Manners John Sayles Interview 12/8/07 On Thursday I interviewed John Sayles. Sayles' new movie Honeydripper was filmed in Alabama. Honeydripper read more...

...Into The Deep...

Mystery & Manners Dispatch 12/05/07 Today marks the birthday of southern writer

Willie Nelson: Dogs Best Friend

Dogs Best Friend: Willie Nelson 11/24/07 Willie read more...

TF Rivalry Week Preview

Rivalry games define college football. More than bowl games or even conference championships, a win against your rival means bragging rights for a year. That is why this weekend's game can often be the hardest to call. A team with a losing record can suddenly make read more...

TF Saturday Preview: The Year of Transition Nears An End

The wild year continues. In many ways this was just a sign of the transition college football around the Footprint has experienced. In some ways, it shouldn't be as surprising as it has been. Nick Saban's arrival lit a fire under everyone. The ante was read more...

Jerry Wexler Talks Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals

Jerry Wexler Talks Dylan, Doug Sahm and Muscle Shoals 11/15/07 In these interview clips, the great Jerry Wexler discusses recording

Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film

Coen Brothers Adapt Cormac McCarthy's Book No Country For Old Men Into Film 11/11/07 A new Coen Brothers movie, based read more...

TF Saturday Preview: Everything's Still To Be Decided

Patrick Snow has it right. This year's season of college football has shown that it is one of the most compelling sports to follow as a fan, especially in the Footprint.

TF Saturday Preview: Pole, er.. Bowl Position

If you aren't a Florida or Georgia fan, this weekend might be a good one to spend with the kids. This is a pretty thin weekend for good games in the Footprint. That's why Athlon's college football preview spends most of its time previewing games outside our read more...

TF's Saturday Preview: Act Like You've Been There Before!

It's the old saying when a player celebrates a little too much - act like you've been there before. This rules seems to also hold true to some of our Footprint's winning neophytes. When programs are new to winning, they don't know how to handle themselves. That's read more...

Ryan Bingham And The Drive By Truckers Hit the Road

Ryan Bingham and The Drive By Truckers Hit The Road 10/17/07 Ryan Bingham and the

TF's Saturday Preview: The History Behind SEC Dominance

Tribal Fever would like to start this weekend's festivities by directing everyone to a fantastic series on ESPN.com about the SEC. Which leads us to this week's focus - the historical read more...

Tribal Fever's Weekend Slate (10/6/2007)

Let's start with this week's College Football Preview from Athlon. Swampland's own Patrick Snow hosts each week. (Read Patrick's new column on the state of baseball in read more...

CD and DVD releases for week of July 10, 2007

New Releases Chris & Rich Robinson Brothers Of A Feather [Live] (Eagle)

CD and DVD releases for week of July 3, 2007

Reissues Asleep At The Wheel Western Standard Time/Big Wheel (Evangeline) Buddy read more...

The Killer Plays Classic Boogie Woogie

4/2/07 After legend Meade Lux Lewis died in a 1964 car crash, Jerry Lee Lewis recorded this tribute to the boogie woogie purveyor titled The Killer Plays Boogie Woogie Classics

New Johnny Cash DVD's On The Street

2/9/07 Two new Johnny Cash DVDs are on the market. Johnny Cash-Live From Austin, Texas, and Live In Ireland 1993 showcase Cash's fine performances from 1987 and 1993 that include diverse setlists. June Carter Cash and Kris Kristofferson appear as read more...

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