Much belated congrats and thank you to the Horns

by Beatuofa on Jan 13, 2008 12:56 PM CST

Congratulations from this ASU Sun Devil on your deserved victory in San Diego. Your team came in focused and ready to play and it showed. There was no "big-timing" about how mighty UT was too bored with the Holiday Bowl and as a result, my Devils got throttled. In all truth, ASU is probably a year or 2 away from having the horses to compete with the Longhorns, but I had hoped for a better showing than we provided. But didn't I tell you that we'd manage to make your defensive woes go away? ;)

Also, I just want to say that I hope you guys don't take the community and the writing here at BON for granted. Having the chance to have interesting, nuanced, passionate, and above all INTELLIGENT discussion about your team is a rare, rare thing on the internet -- the ASU message boards are almost entirely free of the sort of high level discourse you guys get daily here. Trust me, you don't know how lucky you are to get the chance to interact with other fans of your school without constantly rolling your eyes while muttering "Geez...morons!"

And while there are a couple of interesting blogs on the Devils, they are still in their infancy and it's still up in the air whether they will have the quality content on a daily basis that is found here, much less the active and engaged community of contributors.

UT is one of the few other schools I actively root for, having 3 good friends all as graduates (one of whom won a national title for the Texas swimming team a couple years ago) and I've had a great time on 3 visits to Austin. The Texas fans who came over to the various ASU sites that I frequent were largely knowledgeable and friendly pregame, and gracious and classy in victory. I've even got a UT shot glass sitting in front of me on my desk at work as I type this. So while it sucks to lose we did, at least it takes the sting out when it's to a program and a university that I respect and hope mine can emulate in athletics and across the board. BON has a permanent place in my RSS feed, so I hope you won't mind if I stick around and put my two cents in every so often.

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Many thanks

For the congratulations and the kind words about the site. I think most everyone here likes that fans of other schools read and chime in the discussion.

--PB--

by Peter Bean on Jan 13, 2008 1:18 PM CST reply actions

Glad to have you here

I always like getting the view of UT from outside of the Big 12. When you don't compete against or root for a program, you get a much better idea of where it is, and so your overall opinion is a very welcome departure from the detail-obsessed rantings of some of the more diehard orangebloods around here, myself included.

From watching the game, I have to say that your self-assessment seems correct. A few more years of this kind of success under Erickson and you'll have recruited the talent to compete even on a national level. Best to you guys.

Growing up, I only fed Jared Norton paper. That's why he eats plays.

by Horn Brain on Jan 13, 2008 3:23 PM CST reply actions

QB controversy

I know he came in late and UT had backed off a bit defensively, but Sullivan was impressive with his accuracy. He didn't mess around like a lot of backups tend to do - he knew exactly where he wanted to throw the ball and did it, time after time. Could he make a run at the starting job in the spring?

And I want to echo your sentiments about the community on this blog. PB does a great job with his own posts, but when he has to take some time off for his actual life, interesting discourse continues on through the diaries. The blogosphere award for "Best Community" last year was well deserved. You should all pat yourselves on the back, and take a share from petty cash.

by beast in bama on Jan 14, 2008 10:17 AM CST reply actions