I urge those who have any degree from UT in Austin to put that excellent education to use as applied to the Barking Carnival prediction--and similar claims bathed in bravado.
Anyone who claims that a kid who hasn't verballed prior to the start of the season is 100% X or Y loses much credibility (also applies for kids who have verballed, for that matter). The only person who could come close to a 100% assurance is Malcolm Brown himself, and that could change even if he thought he was 100%.
This type of prediction reflects the same naivete as the young BU football player who 'guaranteed' a win over UT this year. Guaranteed! My first question is, what does a 'guarantee' mean? If I buy something and am guaranteed $ back if I don't like, that's pretty clear. It's not like one of these kids can follow through with a guarantee of any sort if they're wrong. And we seem to get a similar guarantee from a BU player about once every 3 years. One of these years, they'll win, and someone will look like Nostradamus. No one--from Waco anyway--will consider the countless failed predictions from prior years.
So a penny for your thoughts, Barking Carnival--and BU afficianados! I don't know where MB is going, but it seems like UT has a chance. And it also seems to me that this would be a match made in heaven for both parties.
Hook'em!