And on the seventh day, the Hoops were Hot.
March 8, 2010 – 11:56 am | One Comment

Western Kentucky and North Texas both flirted with disaster. But in the end, it was only Middle Tennessee that decided to rest on the Sabbath.

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And on the seventh day, the Hoops were Hot.
March 8, 2010 – 11:56 am | One Comment
And on the seventh day, the Hoops were Hot.

Western Kentucky and North Texas both flirted with disaster. But in the end, it was only Middle Tennessee that decided to rest on the Sabbath.

Saturday evening HOTHOOPSinHOTSPRIIINGS!
March 7, 2010 – 12:45 pm | 2 Comments
Saturday evening HOTHOOPSinHOTSPRIIINGS!

It’s Saturday night in Hot Springs… Do you know where your hot hoops are?

Hot Hoops 2010 - The Reckoning
March 7, 2010 – 9:10 am | One Comment
Hot Hoops 2010 - The Reckoning

Day One of Hot Hoops 2010… In HOT SPRIIIIIINGS 2010!!!

Many photos, little context or explanation. Just how you like it.

Super Mega Search and You Shall Find Us - November 7th, 2009
November 6, 2009 – 11:11 pm | One Comment
Super Mega Search and You Shall Find Us - November 7th, 2009

Every time we check to see how people are finding their way here, it’s a new lesson on the sexual perversion, moral depravity, or jaw-dropping stupidity of the internet populace.
Tons of fun to share since …

Sun Belt Basketball Season Preview
November 6, 2009 – 9:05 pm | No Comment
Sun Belt Basketball Season Preview

It’s Sun Belt Basketball season, and the Take A Knee family couldn’t be more excited. Brace yourselves for a season preview so obsessive, Wright Waters should probably file for a restraining order.

4th Time’s the Charm?
October 28, 2009 – 10:39 pm | 5 Comments
4th Time’s the Charm?

A new sexy fun analysis in our proud tradition of meticulously researched, occasionally inflammatory, but always lengthy research projects.

How often does a D-1A NCAA football coach make it through his first three seasons at a school without managing to finish .500 or better at least once?

And if a coach can’t manage at least one .500 season in his first three years at a school, how likely is it that he’ll ever manage the feat?

For North Texas football fans, these are not idle questions.

4TtC? - Methodology
October 28, 2009 – 8:19 pm | No Comment
4TtC? - Methodology

The purpose of this study was to determine:
1) How often does a coach who fails to make it to .500 in any of his first three seasons get retained for a fourth year?
2) When the …

4TtC? - The Success Stories
October 28, 2009 – 8:18 pm | One Comment
4TtC? - The Success Stories

Every coach who, after failing to reach .500 in any of their first three seasons, managed to break that threshold during or after year four their tenure at that school:
1. Lee Owens - Akron - …

4TtC? - The Failures
October 28, 2009 – 8:17 pm | One Comment
4TtC? - The Failures

All coaches hired since 1990 who failed to break .500 in any of their first three seasons at a school, were retained for at least a fourth year (and as long as an eighth year), …

4TtC? - The Undetermined
October 28, 2009 – 8:16 pm | No Comment
4TtC? - The Undetermined

Every coach who has failed to reach .500 in any of their seasons with their current team, but remain employed by those schools and may still qualify as “successes” in the future (or have not …