Morning Coffee Is Ready For Some Aggie Jokes
by Peter Bean on Nov 17, 2008 10:12 AM CST
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Another record for McCoy. When pressed on the radio this summer to make season predictions, the answer I settled on was something like, "Texas will win 10 games once again--9 in the regular season and an impressive 10th in a bowl romp, setting up a great run in 2009." Though that prediction was meant to be a positive one, it obviously sold short greatly the 2008 Longhorns, assuming Vince Young's career wins record was out of reach until next year.
Wrong, wrong, wrong--and barring an unthinkable collapse to A&M in Austin on Thanksgiving, Colt McCoy will become UT's all-time wins leader before Texas even plays in its bowl.
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Speaking of which... I was raised not to kick a collie when it's down, but the meltdown at TexAgs after A&M's blowout loss to Baylor has been impossible to ignore. A sampling of the post titles gracing the front page of the football forum on Monday morning include:
- We are Mississippi State
- Please God make it stop
- I'm done
- I know we are stuck with Sherman for a few more years...
- Pumpers need to open their eyes
- Death Penalty Bad
And my personal favorite: "Start Stephen McGee." I expect Will Muschamp, Colt McCoy and the Longhorns to rock the Aggies no matter who starts the game, but there is nothing I would like more than to send Stephen McGee out of College Station with a humiliating loss. A little revenga for the last two inexplicable losses to A&M that came with McGee as the starting QB.
2007 Recruiting Class shines. I remember celebrating at BON when Dallas Skyline safety Christian Scott officially announced his commitment to Texas, becoming the final member of what was already a strong 2007 recruiting class. And in fact, should Scott become a consistent contributor for Texas, he'll join a long list of players from the '07 class who have already made notable contributions to Texas: Michael Huey, Kyle Hix, Blaine Irby, Cody Johnson, Fozzy Whittaker, Malcolm Williams, James Kirkendoll, Brandon Collins, Sam Acho, Curtis Brown, John Chiles, Keenan Robinson, and Earl Thomas.
What will it take for Christian Scott to play more? Coach Boom gave us a hint after Saturday's game:
"Christian’s been a guy that we’ve felt has been there ability-wise all year. We base so much off practice and how they prepare. That’s something he’s got to improve on. It’s great because he’s going to build some confidence. He’s got all the physical tools, he’s just got to have the opportunity."
(emphasis mine)
Practice; we're talkin' about practice. Get after it Christian.
Gazelles in the hunt for #1 seed. Junior Ashley Engle's 24 kills helped the Gregory Gazelles pull out a tough 3-2 road win over Kansas State this weekend, improving the #4-ranked Longhorns to 22-6 overall, 12-5 in Big 12 play. Though the Gazelles looked like they gave away a shot at a share of the Big 12 title when they slipped up at home to Oklahoma, a Colorado upset of Nebraska has kept the door open, putting Texas in the same position as it was a year ago--playing at home with a shot at the conference title and, perhaps, a #1-seed in the NCAA Tournament.
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The Aggie season speaks for itself.
From The Talmud… Live well. It is the greatest revenge.
Or in UT’s case, our great season is the best revenge. And all the fear resonating on TexAgs.com.
need to keep Colt from getting hit too much...
Colt is having a great year. He is our only running game that amounts to anything. He will run against agro. Colt is bigger, stronger, faster this year but we need to keep him from getting hit too much against agro. He has not faired too well the last 2 years after getting hit a bunch…
I wouldn't be terribly concerned about that...
TAMU is playing contact-free football these days.
by Stuck in the Plains on Nov 17, 2008 11:33 AM CST up reply actions
Hard to tell
A&M hasn’t been on TV much and when they have it was usually a less than marquee matchup. I think this game will be the first time a lot of people see A&M.
Idunno.
It almost seems as if Colt is getting off on delivering hits. He seems to be more than willing to take the punishment. Colt’s dark side?
Space for rent.
by Brian.HalcYoN on Nov 17, 2008 2:05 PM CST up reply actions
We are Mississippi State...
Miss. State has a defensive unit that shows up (occasionally) for games.
NEVER wander into the texags political forum
i can’t even joke at them anymore
they’ve completely disgusted me and it’s not even funny
so at this time i’d like to thank PB for this site
and it’s non political affiliation
Great find, PB,
on the Christian Scott/practice issue. I’ve wondered where he went and why he didn’t get at least some meaningful field time. My fear in recent weeks has been that he or Ben Wells, freshmen playing two more freshmen, might transfer.
One quibble: Why hope we beat up on Stephen McGee? Guy played good ball in two Aggie-Longhorn games; isn’t that what he’s supposed to do? If we need to kick someone, shouldn’t it be Texas’ effort and performance in the two games?
One thing to consider regarding transfers
Both Scott and Wells have already redshirted so if either transfer they’d not only have to sit out a year, but they would lose a full year of playing eligibility.
So this Aggie goes into a bar...
Wait, I just remembered a better one. A bunch of Aggies go onto a website after their initial loss this season to discuss their chances of making the MNC game. You couldn’t make up a better one than that.
by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 17, 2008 12:28 PM CST reply actions
Yes, but
they would have had to beat Baylor.
by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 17, 2008 4:32 PM CST up reply actions
WARNING...Jinx Alert!
We’re a long way off, and a lot of football to play, but anyone else find it amazing to fathom that Colt could end his career as the winningest QB in history. If we win our next two (assuming we don’t play in the Big XII Championship game,) he ends the season with 32 wins. 10 wins next year and he ties David Greene—11 wins and he breaks the record. Again, lots of ball yet to play, but pretty damn impressive that he’s 12 wins away from the record as of today…
"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who are good at math, and those who aren't..."
--GA Horn--
My old time aggie buddy and his wife turned off the aggie game Saturday when it was 41-7.
He went there two years (‘46-7), then transferred to West Point where he graduated. But he has always been an aggie, even when they play real Army. His level of disgust is off the boards. And he expects the worst on T-Day but he’s particularly sane.
The young ones chomp at the bit, but the old ones know how it is, how to take it. They’re already cringing and somewhat sad.
With spread teams increasing, some of those safeties
may be the hybrids we need at outside LBs and for 4-1 and 3-8 formations. Those are the key to defensing such teams straight up, so, to me, we’re stocking up at the right positions.
that occurred to me early in the season
notably with true freshman Nolan Brewster (if he doesn’t transfer to dad’s program; and he has a RS season possible). He weighs 210 and Scott 205, so a hybrid is possible there. Wells is much lighter.
One thing that’s become HUGELY obvious: Horns gotta recruit more DBs. Program like this one should never have a season with one senior (Palmer) and one junior (Beasley, plus the injured Oduegwu).
Oldie but Goodie
Still a Blaine Irby fan
by patienthornsfan on Nov 17, 2008 4:02 PM CST reply actions
Do you know what happens to Aggies who are caught molesting the sheep?
They have to stand up during the football games.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. If they get mad, you're a mile away AND you have their shoes.
by Caradoc on Nov 17, 2008 4:31 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Why the Aggie signed up for Animal Husbandry
He wanted to make his girlfriend an honest ewe.
by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 17, 2008 4:39 PM CST reply actions
the sad thing about texas fans making animal husbandry jokes
is that they don’t know what animal husbandry is, so they make themselves look stupid
Yes, the point was
the Aggie didn’t know what Animal Husbandry is. Get it, now?
BTW, I come from a long line of farmers and ranchers. My mother graduated from Texas Tech Hell, I even have a cousin who married an Aggie. He, at least, appreciated Aggie jokes.
by Longhorn in Canada on Nov 18, 2008 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
I was driving the Colt Bandwagon long before anyone else...
While I did think that Texas would finish with 2 losses in the regular season, I did poise the question if Colt won 11 games after the bowl games were over, how would this rank him among UT players all-time? While I believe that a National Championship and/or a Heisman will be the only thing to vault him over Vince in most Longhorns’ eyes, I think that Colt is better than Vince in leadership and passing. Moreover, I believe we are living in special times much like the years when Earl played, the brief time that Vince graced our presence, and now with Colt guiding our team. Potentially, Colt will finish his 4-year stay at Texas owning every quarterback record and most every non-RB record at UT. He will more than likely finish with no less than 40-42 total wins and will have guided UT to bowl dominance as he is 2-0 so far. Next year’s schedule pretty much duplicates this year’s except that Harrell and Daniels will be gone. Look for the state of Oklahoma to be the only thing that stands in the way of Colt taking the 2009 Longhorns into the BCS bowls. While he might not win the National Title or the Heisman before he leaves, I guarantee he will create more excitement and optimism than any player before him. And if he does win one or both, look for Disney to make the movie about a small school quarterback who ends up winning it all!
"I think that Colt is better than Vince in leadership and passing"
Passing yes, leadership though?
by BoddickerIsClutch on Nov 17, 2008 7:09 PM CST up reply actions
May God help us on Thursday.
I think we (A&M) are potentially looking at a potential 77-0 drubbing at the hands of you guys. It will get ugly fast, real fast. If the game isn’t over by half time I will be shocked. We can’t block anybody and the strength of UT is their d-line. We have made the likes of Robert Marve, Cody Hawkins, Josh Freeman, Iowa State QB look like All-Americans. Its going to get real bad, real fast. The only thing that will prevent this from being really ugly is the fact that Mack is a nice guy and will call off the dogs. But then again he doesn’t do that when he has a score to settle like against OU in 2005 or against KU in 2005 when Mangino baiscally said that you guys bought the game.
You guys should be really thankful that you have a coach of Mack Brown’s caliber and class. I would give anything if Bill Byrne can hire somebody of Mack’s caliber and character.
by PrimeTime2012 on Nov 17, 2008 9:08 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I never want to underestimate this rivalry.
I may be naive but you never know who is going to show up to this game. I won’t celebrate unless there is a 4 touchdown margin.
yes and no...
a drubbing? Yes (hopefully!!!). But 77-0? No way. I don’t think Mack would do that – much as I might want him to…
You need to remember that those outlandish scores in 05 were mostly in the first half. He’d shut it down pretty quickly in the second and call off the dogs. Of course… so did Stoops. The one thing that I think will mitigate against a score like that is that this year’s team is not nearly as explosive as that 05 bunch. Back then, our scoring drives were like one or two plays. This year, we drive down the field a lot more, take more plays, more time… unless you guys just start turning the ball over every series like you did vs. OU that year, you should get out with a score in the low 50s. Unless Colt lobbies Mack with videos of Heard, or shows him a year’s worth of “two in a row!” emails and gets Mack pissed off.
This is the one game a year where Kellen Heard plays hard
I’m hoping that means we’ll have a semblance of a defense and won’t roll over.
If Trent Hunter is healthy, that will help a lot.
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