Everyone here should be....well, except USCLink & TrojaninDC.

Nebraska has one of the classiest fan-bases in the nation.  They are a great group, and every story I've heard does nothing but elevate my respect for them.  Kudos to my tailgating buddies last season, and their great story from the '96 Big 12 Championship.....needless to say, Texas fans were slightly outnumbered at that one.

My advice is simple.  Root for the Huskers on Sept. 15.  Root against them on Oct. 27....but treat their fans well in Austin.

since there's a reasonable chance the top 25 will look a lot different at the end of the season than it does now, i don't give a lot of credence to the comparisons at this point. how many top 10 teams usc (or tx or ou or lsu, etc.) plays/played is more relevant when the season has actually started to play out a bit, as opposed to this hold-a-finger-to-the-wind-and-come-up-with-some-rankings mode.

The problem with your argument, is if you are going to assume a loss to the tough out of conference team and that you are then the best one loss team, that means that you did not lose any of your conference games.
If you had not scheduled the tough out of conference team, you would have been undefeated.

Why do I get the feeling that you were actually disappointed that Texas won the MNC because it set back your "Fire Mack Brown" campaign by a couple of years?

Does it give you pleasure to be the BON member who takes every opportunity to rain on every parade, march or stroll down the Drag? Because honestly, it brings me no joy. And worse yet, it causes me to want to come to this site less often because every time I read the newest installment of your vendetta against the management of the Longhorn football team I want to describe in no uncertain terms how much I disagree with you, but I know that's exactly the kind of dialogue PB doesn't want or need around here.

So I reiterate my question, which others have asked before me: What is it you are gaining from trolling this website and community? Is it the debate you are looking for? Because it seems that most of us have grown tired of the monotony of your argument. And if not, I'm sure there are several OU and aTm sites you could frequent where they would agree with you until the cows come home. Are you hoping to eventually beat the rest of us down with your inexorable "logic" until we finally just yield and lobby PB to change the name of the site to "Fire Mack Brown.com"? Because I can assure you that it won't happen as long as I'm around. But that leads to a third possibility: Are you trying to drive off those of us who actually derive some enjoyment from reading this site and participating in this community out of some twisted misanthropy? If that's the case, you may actually be winning and that's the saddest end-game of all.

I don't know what else to say. Your extended diatribe against Mack Brown tires me out and makes me somewhat sad. If you'd take a break, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

what you want. And to some extent I agree on the scheduling issue. What I don't understand is why every topic (recruiting "bad seeds", offensive philosophy, etc.) that arises on BON comes back, in your eyes, to "Mack Brown is the problem". Take that back. I do understand, after reading countless comments by you, why you think Mack Brown is the problem. What I don't understand is why you continue to spend your days harping about it here, in what is otherwise a generally friendly and optimistic Burnt Orange Nation community.

Have you considered a letter-writing campaign to Mack and DeLoss? Or to the Board of Regents if you really think those two need to be replaced? Some constructive way to express your opinion? Because bombarding us with it isn't going to change anything.

All I'm trying to point out here is that you are continually and unabashedly negative about the Longhorn program and it's wearing me out. I'm not sure what strange logic you're referring to or what flawed conclusions I came to. I made some guesses as to why you're always so negative that were somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Then I made a personal plea for you to lighten up a bit.

Anyway, I'm just looking forward to enjoying the season and I'd ask that you try to do the same.

In response to your ongoing campaign regarding OOC Scheduling, allow me to offer the following:

I would be willing to bet that out of about 2000 registered BON community members, you can't find 5 who (unsarcastically) support scheduling a team like SHSU in Austin.  In other words, we all agree that was a bad idea last year....and one that should not be repeated.

Rice won't disappear from the schedule for a long, long time.  I'm not going to pretend to understand everything behind the scenes of this particular situation, but I do know that this game is great for Rice (sports & finances)....and they always look forward to their game against the Horns.  It is a long-standing tradition.

From 2003-2011, our OOC opponents include:
Arkansas (4 games)
 *Note: I love scheduling this old SWC rival*
Ohio State (2 games)
TCU (1 game)
UCLA (2 games)

While it is only 1 "major" OOC opponent each year, there were only 3 OOC games per year until 2006.  That's 2 "warm-up" games, and 1 game against an SEC, PAC-10, Big-10, etc. opponent.  That is how it has been done at most (not all) universities for many years.  

Now, of course, there are 4.  I wouldn't mind seeing that 12th game scheduling another Big 12 North opponent....but that's just one season ticket-holder's opinion.  Assuming that won't be happening, ive the AD/Coach more than 1 year to adjust to 4 OOC games, before crucifying them.  Change always takes time.