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Next Years Schedule

Its pretty early and i'm already looking into our schedule next year. I'm thinking that it is going to be a two to three game season for us.

The only games that we can lose if Colt doesn't get hurt are OU, Nebraska, and A&M. It looks like OU will be bad next year and bringing in a scrub qb but still they will have a good "D" and it is a rivalry game. But stll with our O there is no way OU scores enough points to beat us.

I don't know about Nebraska but they will certainly be alot better next year and they will have a veteran qb in the Arizona St. guy. Their D is going to better and it's going to be tough but i see us winning that game to. I see us winning this game but i will take it of the list of maybe games depending on how Nebraska plays at the beginning of the year. The only reason this is on here is because they have a close talent edge with us and thats it. If we tackle we win the game.

The final game is the A&M game and this would be an automatic win if it was in Austin but since it is at Kyle Field it will be tough. It depends on how our "D" has played during the course of the year. If we play lights out or above average we win the game easily. If we don't than it will put pressure on our offense and Colt. We have to force McGee to beat us. The guy can't complete a pass to save his life. Duffman put nine guys in the box and take your chances with their slow scrub white guys on the outside. If UT forces McGee to win the game its a blowout without a doubt.

There are other games as well like Tech which always gives us problems but it is at home. With their offense it doesn't matter if we play on the moon they could still pull it off. This is the game that i sweat the most every year. Sooner or later they are going to get one again and it makes me nervous. Remember what happened 4 years ago when Chance came to save the day. Again its the defense if they play well coming into the game then we win it but if not look out.

There is also and Okie State and that game will also come down to our "D".

Some people are talking about the "BCS slayer" TCU but no chance. They can't score enough to beat us especially at home as well.

Pretty much our whole season comes down to our defense we play above average defense we go undefeated and earn a trip to New Orleans. If not we can still win all of our games, but it will to much to ask. Somewhere we might bog down and we need the "D" to step up. We can't rely on our offense to bail us out every time to much to ask. We are not USC of two years ago.

I'm predicting 13-0 and regular season victory and a trip to New Orleans. Who ever comes out of the Big 12 North is going to get crushed simple as that.

Its kind of ironic because every year since 2001 i have thought we would go undefeated. I think i am like an Alabama fan because every year i expect us to go undefeated. Hopefully i am right this year.

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You were right two years ago.
Wow it's been that long huh?

by bamfor on Jan 22, 2007 6:32 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nebraska and Tech at home
will help.

If Stoops is back, I would never take OU as a given, he gets the most out of his players, who ever he has at QB.  

At OkSt could be a trap game, just like K St was this year, and they don't have Les to lose the game for them anymore.  

Overall I think we can go undefeated, but it is way too early to put much confidence in that.

by Wells on Jan 22, 2007 6:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

LOL
Thats true. God i miss "Let er rip" Les. But still we wooped this years OU team with Peterson and people are saying they are better without him bullshit. They are going to suck but it is not a given.

That is the only game where i think our offense might stumble.

Vince Young is a beast.

by txlonghorn on Jan 22, 2007 6:56 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

My prediction- 12-2
A loss at Kyle Field and another one where Colt plays like crap.

Other than that it should be standard UT football and an Orange Bowl victory.

by Chalmersfan on Jan 22, 2007 9:17 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Orange Bowl?
So youre saying we're not going to win the Big 12 South, but get an at large bid?

I guess I'll take a BCS victory.

by the other Andrew on Jan 22, 2007 10:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

While colt is healthy
I doubt there will be too many days in his college career in which he will play "like crap"
41-38

by inVINCEable on Jan 22, 2007 10:51 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

2 years in a row?
to Aggie?  Doubtful.  I think we will go undefeated and get left our of the MNC because of our pussy-ass schedule.  

by kicker on Jan 23, 2007 4:43 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

BS
There is no way we go undefeated and get left out of the NC.  We have 1 ranked team and 2 bad, but not 1AA teams on our schedule, and are coming out of the Big 12.  Even with last year's reputation of the big 12, there is no way an undefeated OU or UT would have been left out of the NC.  Same with next year.

by Wells on Jan 23, 2007 4:52 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Well,
there's no way we go undefeated, so that settles that.  Going undefeated is extremely difficult.  Usually stars have to line up just right, or you just have to have a spectacular team that is head and shoulders above the rest.  In the age of scholly limits, it's rare that any one team will be that far ahead of the pack.  And about the only time that happens is when the red-shirts and fates coincide with a seniors dominating both sides of the ball.  

by Hornbud on Jan 23, 2007 4:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i hope you are right, Wells. BUT
I think there will be 3+ undefeated teams next year.  The twilight of the BCS is upon us.  

by kicker on Jan 23, 2007 5:07 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Does
Boise State count?
eh

by Rush8192 on Jan 23, 2007 10:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yea
Forgot about them, as will everybody by next year.

by Wells on Jan 24, 2007 4:39 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

TCU

Don't overlook them ...

by longhornie on Jan 23, 2007 2:09 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

TCU is why
I voted that we won't go undefeated. I see us expecting an easy game,which it won't be. They have way to much speed on defense. I hope I'm wrong. I live in Fort Worth, and the propsective recruits are given a scholarship after they run the 40. Damn they're fast.
Just Remember, No Matter What Happens, ou SUCKS.

by ouALWAYSsux on Jan 23, 2007 7:58 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Some info...
http://gofrogs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/011007aaa.html
The degree says TCU, but the heart says "Hook 'em"

by TCU Horn Fan on Jan 23, 2007 10:35 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Your preaching to the
choir TCU Horn Fan. You know as well as I do that TCU is a great team. We better not over look them. ou did in 2005 and got beat at home.
TCU kicked their ass all game long.
Just Remember, No Matter What Happens, ou SUCKS.

by ouALWAYSsux on Jan 23, 2007 10:54 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

For those not in the choir...
I just wanted to provide some info to those who whole-heartedly believe Texas is going to roll over TCU.  

For me, it is already dubbed the most bittersweet day of 2007.

The degree says TCU, but the heart says "Hook 'em"

by TCU Horn Fan on Jan 23, 2007 12:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I feel more
confident beating ou than TCU. ou whole heartedly thought they would beat TCU in '05.
Like I said, I hope Texas kicks their ass, I just have this feeling that it will be early in the season and you just don't know.
Hook'em '69
Just Remember, No Matter What Happens, ou SUCKS.

by ouALWAYSsux on Jan 23, 2007 1:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Youth and inexperience
Its easy to look at the schedule and say it should be at worst a one loss season.  However, at this point we will be fielding a team with either (at best) slightly inexperienced players (secondary, OL, and DE) or inconsistent players (RB & LB) at key positions.  

I fully expect next year's team to lose either the A&M or OU game -- not because of inferior talent, but because of the growing pains that we will likely experience.  

In addition, I expect we will go 2 for 3 against Nebraska, Tech, and Okie State.  I expect that just like in many seasons, injuries may mount and cost us a game during tough stretch late in the year.

Thus a 10 - 2 regular season (2nd or 3rd in the Big XII south) is the likeliest case.

That being said, I think '07 will set us up for a great run to a BCS bowl (dare I say BCS title game) in '08.  Think about it -- more cohesive defensively, Colt as a Jr, talented RBs (Jamaal as a Sr), an experienced OL with Webb, Hills etc, and studs all over the defense.

2007 will likely be another solid year for the Horns, but I think the real year Horns fans should set their sights on is '08.  Anything we do above 10 wins in '07 will just be icing on the cake.

by BMG on Jan 23, 2007 2:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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