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The Lesson

I've got just a couple points to make right now. We'll do official post-game reaction in a bit.

  1. Texas is winless in its last four conference games and that needs to be said. Loudly.
  1. Texas played good football today and, if you ask me, was the better team on the field. Last year against OU, the 'Horns benefited from five turnovers in winning an otherwise tight game. This year? Oklahoma got the breaks. You win some, you lose some.
  1. I was proud of the football team I saw out there today. We missed opportunities to win the game, and I'm damn pissed off about it, but at least we looked like a real football team.
  1. With (3) said, the other losses during this losing streak were inexcusable. In that sense, today's good showing was both good and bad. Nice to see the Longhorns show up and play a good football game. Frustrating as hell to wonder why we had to hibernate in between good games.

WHAT'S THE LESSON HERE, PB?

Sadly, it's a simple one: you can't pick and choose where you put in your max effort as a coaching staff and as a team. Sometimes, you play and coach pretty damn well and come out on the wrong side, as we did today. But if you play and prepare to the best of your abilities every time out, there's no way you lose all four of the games that Texas has lost.

I'm very proud of our team today.

I'm also damn sad that we haven't seen this kind of performance from the team with regularity.

Four. Straight. Conference. Losses.

--PB--

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post looks lonely.

I agree though. If we put forth the same effort on the field as well as in coaching/practice preparation, we definitely don't lose all 4 of these games.

That's my last comment about a negative record. We're Texas.

-flo

by bleed burnt orange on Oct 6, 2007 8:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Jaamal Charles Proposal

Next fumble... sit a quarter. After he comes back in, he plays until the next fumble. Then he sits a quarter.

by Longhorn13 on Oct 6, 2007 8:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

i'd agree to that...

but if he fumbles again inside the 10, he sits the rest of the game. I don't care who we're playing.

-flo

by bleed burnt orange on Oct 6, 2007 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah...

That's fair.  He's got to take this seriously.

1 Peter 2:17

by HornsFan87 on Oct 6, 2007 8:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Anyone but me remember this quote from Charles?

"I'm gonna make Texas fans forget all about Adrian Peterson."

   -Jamaal Charles.

I'm still waiting....

by DreadedOne on Oct 6, 2007 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Peterson gets injured...

...at the same rate Charles fumbles.

by Longhorn13 on Oct 6, 2007 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dont' forget the laps...

....lots and lots and lots of laps at practice. Holding a medicine ball even.

by Hornbud on Oct 6, 2007 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

WOW!!!!!!!!!!

USC lost 24-23 to STANFORD!!!!

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

by FreedomDip on Oct 6, 2007 9:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

goin??

nah, they WENT down!!!

it's [check your watch] o'clock and ou still sucks....

by ut fan in ok on Oct 6, 2007 9:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

LSU trailing by 10 in the 3rd

Florida looks damn good tonight. Good game to watch.

#1 and 2 could both go down at home tonight

"Excuse me while I whip this out."

by FreedomDip on Oct 6, 2007 9:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Beano

Seriously, we played just an OK game.

That's it.

Our whole team was not there.

I'm calling out Jamal. Right now. Bullshit that he is the cause of two TOs.  Hold on to the freakin ball.

Remember he said, "My starting position doesn't matter b/c of fumbles."  Umm,....bullshit. Give me McGhee.  At least he was playing hard on special teams.

What happened to the TE over the middle? ? ?

Answer that.

Decent game horns!!! Please continue this effort.

Yo

by jimmer on Oct 6, 2007 11:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

reason #4 ...

and the bottom line conclusion would seem to be a stinging indictment of Mr. CEO. Why not just come right out and say it: Mack's done a fairly shitty job over the past year (since last year's RRS). It is what it is. Why not simply call it what it is.

by mento on Oct 7, 2007 12:15 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

JC

Looks like talks with Earl Campbell and having him carry a shoe around didn't help.  Given his history, why did they give the ball to him near the goal anyway?  Can someone tell me when the last time was we lost 4 consecutive conference games?

"Only angry people win football games." --DKR

by OBdoc on Oct 7, 2007 1:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

97

The year we changed coaches.

by Wells on Oct 7, 2007 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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