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Grinch Football Season

My least favorite Texas Longhorn season in recent memory combined with an upset infested regular season that accentuated the need for a never coming football playoff has taken some of the glitter from the seasonal happiness.  Therefore, I am dedicating today's post to the top 10 things the Grinch stole from my beloved Horns football season:

10.  Dean Smith Award to Greg Davis
Who is the only person who could hold Michael Jordan under 20 points per game?  - why the beloved Dean Smith and his arcane four corner offense.  So who is the only person who could keep a beast like Jamal Charles from destroying the likes of UCF, K-State, TCU?

9.  The "My Starting OL Transferred Because of Playing Time" Spin Cycle
J'Marcus Webb - if you are still looking for playing time - I think there is some still available in Burnt Orange.

8.  It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
Limas Sweed worked too hard to lose his senior season.  It highlighted how important he was to the offense, as the anticipated aerial show never developed as anticipated.

7.  The Misoverestimation of Colt McCoy
I love Colt.  For his toughness, for his humility, and for his leadership.  But he regressed.  There - I said it.  The best thing you can say about his season is that he was inconsistent.  At worst, he had happy feet and made terrible decisions.

6.  The Tastes Awful vs. More Filling Debate
For all the conjecture of the young LBs were better or worse than the "experienced" group it distracted from the obvious.  Neither group got it done.  1 QB sack says it all - and adding insult to the statistic is that 1 sack was by Robert Killebrew.  This senior has a brighter future whipping soufles rather than NFL QBs.  Not good for the Texas tradition.

5.  Bad Break for Hills
Seeing a guy who provided such leadership and overcame so much go down with a broken leg just hurt.  While Limas should not be hurt significantly on draft day - praying the same can be said for the big guy.

4.  Hot Knife Through Butter
If there is anything worse than getting torched for 450 + yards it has to be doing over and over again.  Or maybe it is letting mediocre teams like Nebraska, A&M, and Okie State do it.  

3.  Duane Akina and Larry McDuff Blitz Packages brought to you by the movie Dumb and Dumberer
We are going to blitz em when they think we're not.  Were not goin to blitz em when they think we are.  Gene Chizik was holding us back!  Want to hear the most irritating sound in the world?

2.  Flat in Hill Country
Still smarting how lethargic and unprepared the team was for certain games.  How are you not ready to play A&M?  Or how doesn't revenge get you geeked for K-State?  Some just terrible stretches at the start of TCU, Nebraska etc.

1.  Honor Roll - as in yes your Honor - No Your Honor
There are so many class guys on this team that the fanbase and University can be so proud of.  Guys like Okam, Lokey, McCoy, Derry, Griffin, Kelson - and the list goes on.  For the University be stained by a few thugs - that cut the deepest of all.

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