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That silver lining thing...

It is painful to write at this moment, after watching 6 dropped passes and two dropped interceptions, Deon Beasley playing like my five year-old, the entire Texas offensive line crying for mommy, and GD/McCoy showing the shivers until the third quarter to take the ball up top over some incredibly outmanned cornerbacks, we learned five things about this Longhorns team that bode well for this year and next.

 

Star-divide

 

1.Malcolm Williams is the TRUTH (and on special teams as well).

2. Sergio Kindle is the TRUTH squared - he single-handedly wreaked enough havoc on defense to keep the Horns in the game. He got the shell-shocked offense on the board by causing Michael Crabtree to fumble. He sacked Graham Harrell in the red zone to lead to a field goal. He caused Harrell to pass high on several open routes, and those incompletions led to field goals instead of touchdowns

3. Texas still has incredible heart, and the biggest one lies in the chest of Jordan Shipley, who once again delivered CPR to the Horns with his punt return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

4. The Horns were in position to win the game despite playing the entire game without Quan Cosby (ribs), more than a quarter without Brian Orakpo, who I'm guessing is out for the season with another wrecked knee, and also Roy Miller for a time. Houston and Melton, in particular, stepped up their games on the DL, and Williams stepped up as a WR.

5. Fozzy Whittaker exists, and makes the offense run better, and Colt McCoy will not get killed when he's in the game.

As much as the pain as there is of being one play away from victory, there is this to think about. Yes, the Horns need help, but...

It will be at least Wednesday before the Red Raiders remember there's a game against Oklahoma State on Saturday. Tech may not be ready for the punch in the mouth that is the Cowboys. For sure, the Riaders won't have the adrenaline they had for this game

Tech still has to go to Norman.

Oklahoma still has to go to Stillwater

If all those situations result in Tech losses and a Sooner loss, Texas is still Big 12 champion.

I don't see Penn State losing, and if Florida beats Alabama in the SEC title game, Texas will not be ranked ahead of them. But the Horns would still win a conference championship, and that would be far and above most expectations for this season.

 

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I am still trying to figure out a tie breaker.

Does it go to the highest rank team. I am going to start throwing some ifs in here, but lets say Tech beats OSU, but loses to OU. UT, OU, and Tech finish the year with one loss. Tech beat Texas, Texas beat OU, and OU beat Tech. Now how is that tie breaker taken care of. I am sure they do not do a coin flip like in Texas UIL. My guess would be it goes to the higher ranked team, but if anyone has any info please let us know whats up.

by HornsRiverine on Nov 2, 2008 12:13 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

The highest ranked BCS team gets the nod

and in that case, it owuld prolly be OU because they lost early. But if we win out, and tech drops two more games, we go to the big 12 because we beat OU, and OSU.

"There aint nothin' over till it's over. "
~Rocky Balboa

by Hook'em13 on Nov 2, 2008 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

do you really think OU would be ahead of Texas in the BCS?

They just had the predictions on Gameday Final.

1. Alabama
2. Penn St
3.Tech
4.Texas
5.Oklahoma
6. Florida

by HornsRiverine on Nov 2, 2008 12:23 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I only say OU may be ranked ahead of us

because their remaining schedule is tougher, and they lost early. If they beat tech and OSU, my guess is that they would jump us in the polls, even if undeserving. Remember, Polls are “what have you done for me lately.”

"There aint nothin' over till it's over. "
~Rocky Balboa

by Hook'em13 on Nov 2, 2008 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I know what you mean about that whole "what have you done for me lately."

Jeez I am tired, but just cannot seem to get the motivation to walk up the stairs and crawl into bed. My wife is asleep and I guess misery loves the company right now.

The next up and coming Longhorns QB!

by HornsRiverine on Nov 2, 2008 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The fact that we overachieved is soothing enough

yet I still cant wrestle my mind off Gideon’s drop.

I know I’’m asking a lot from a freshmen safety but, boy do I feel sad.

In any case we know we have a very solid team next year with majority of the team returning. Cheers to that

by boommotherfcker on Nov 2, 2008 12:25 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I know that

the drop will bother you for a while. But man, think about what he has to deal with. It bothers you as a fan, but as a player, this will keep him up at night for a long long time. I truly feel bad for him. He’s a freshman so he has a lot of opportunities to make it up. And he’s clearly talented or WM wouldn’t play him.

by Tech92 on Nov 2, 2008 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

i don't know...

Beasley played a lot and he has shown nothing of note recently. I’m just pissed right now. I know Gideon is good, but man that was some bad fundamentals out there. This is like the 7th time Earl Thomas could’ve had an INT, but didn’t. This time it was the easiest, not quite as easy as Gideon, but he was looking for the hit, and didn’t even look at the ball. sigh

by vy til i die on Nov 2, 2008 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

one qualm

Why is it assumed Tech will crap the bed after this game when texas played perhaps their best game of the year one week after the RRS? I dont think they’ll survive the tough stretch but its not because I dont think theyll be focused. Beating Texas is nice, but getting to the schools first ever big 12 title game is far more important. Still evertyhing in front of them, just like for Texas when we beat OU.

by Blitzburgh on Nov 2, 2008 2:38 AM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Turnabout...

For the same reasons that everyone expected our Horns to crap the bed after the RRS.

by HornsFaninCalifornia on Nov 2, 2008 3:42 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

right

but obviously thats just a theory that us fans like to spout. it wasnt even remotely true in the horns case, and i dont think it will be the case for tech either. in fact, i wouldnt be too shocked if tech beat OSU solidly. They could really be dangerous now that they think they have what it takes to finish in tight games against quality teams.

by Blitzburgh on Nov 2, 2008 5:26 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

good point

That’s a good point. We’ve spit the bit a million times when we’ve been in games like last night.

by Tech92 on Nov 2, 2008 8:00 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

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