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Takeee it easy

I’m not admitting anything officially until tomorrow.

P.S.- Chase Daniels FUPA has lost it’s magical power

by Texas Shiv on Dec 6, 2008 10:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Sugar Bowl?

I’ve heard rumors…

by SuperHorn on Dec 6, 2008 10:48 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

To clarify

The rumor is that Fox is pursuing Texas and working to get them in. Which makes sense…put Utah closer to home. Put us closer to NO. The Sugar Bowl ends up being a huge game resembling the Rosebowl of ’04.

by SuperHorn on Dec 6, 2008 10:55 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Wouldnt suprise me

Utah in the Sugar Bowl makes about as much sense as Hawaii did and we all know how that turned out

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 6, 2008 10:51 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Utah actually played a Division 1 schedule, unlike Hawaii last year. Utah’s legit. Hawaii was not.

by SpartanDan on Dec 7, 2008 12:16 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm so pissed at Stoops. He has killed college football.

From here on out running up the score will be what gets someone to a national title. Makes me want to stop watching NCAA football.

by girlslikefootball2 on Dec 6, 2008 10:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Not really..

As douchy as it is, it’s been going on for years.. its nothing new.

by Texas Shiv on Dec 6, 2008 10:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe, but in years past we did equate it to unsportmanlike conduct. Now they're trying to make it acceptable behavior.

"When you pass, three things can happen and two are bad", DKR, why he chose to run instead of pass.

by gy2020 on Dec 6, 2008 11:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

you know that trophy they were talking about Bradford possibly winning

named after John Heisman?

He once beat a team 222-0. Running up the score is as old as the game itself.

by Beergut on Dec 6, 2008 11:03 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

This is a whole new range of running up the score

and all the brain dead talking heads are yammering how great the Land Thieves are for doing it and setting a record for doing it in consecutive games. What was the spread? Maybe there is some more to the story than it appears.

I felt sorry for all those other players on OU who could have got a chance to play in a big game but didn’t. Stoops and crew thinks that it is more important setting silly records than giving more kids a chance to play, this is still college ball. Well I guess we will see next year after he loses 4 out of 5 offensive linemen and the replacements have no real experience.

by Xerxes on Dec 7, 2008 12:33 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i may have missed this

what was with the oranges being thrown? the orange bowl and the nc are two different games.

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 11:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

i'm guessing

they wouldn’t have been so generous had it been pork rinds or moon pies

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 11:03 PM CST up reply actions   1 recs

eh dont bet on it.

The voters will want the SEC champ v. the BIG12 champ. Thats OU and Florida. The love we got last week from the humans will be lost as votes are “reshuffled”. With Texas effectivley eliminated not going to tthe Big 12 CCG, OU will be number 1 obviously, and Florida number 2. Bama will be 3 and Texas 4 as it loses the pity momentum it got last week. Now that there’s no cause to rally for texas, a lot of our support will evaporate.

by owenh on Dec 6, 2008 11:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I concur.

With the exception that I think Bama will be ahead of us in both human polls (my small margins) but behind us in the BCS.

by kellen on Dec 6, 2008 11:12 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I wouldn’t be so sure. Assuming Cincy wins (they’re up 10-3 at the half right now), Texas should have a small lead in the computers. If OU gets a unanimous #1 vote, and we assume that Texas and Florida get all the #2 and #3 votes (Bama could get some #3 votes, but for now let’s assume not), Texas would only need 1/3 of the #2 vote for the computers to pull them ahead. That’s somewhat unlikely but not entirely implausible.

by SpartanDan on Dec 7, 2008 12:20 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ugh we had better get Ohio State

Granted Utah and Boise are good in their own right and by no means are they not respected, but I want to play a NAME school, not some obscure team with nothing to lose and everything to play for. Its a no win situation. Lose, your are officially pantsed with everyone watching (see OU v. Boise St). Win and its no biggie, you were supposed to win. So glad freakin Ball State lost. Takes one wannabe out of the picture. Christ they lost to BUFFALO.

by owenh on Dec 6, 2008 11:03 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Boise is in the humanitarian bowl

They accepted it already didnt they?

"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."

by bendj on Dec 7, 2008 1:02 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

damn

a dozen or so years ago, i would have been thrilled with a bowl game. now, we go 11-1 and it feels lousy. i think it speaks well for the health of the program and what a job mack has done over the past ten years.

by zissou on Dec 6, 2008 11:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I'm with ya.

It’s good to keep all this in perspective…

…though it’s more entertaining not to.

by RuckusG on Dec 6, 2008 11:35 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Actually it's more than that

the Horns were one dropped ball from going undefeated and staying at #1, beating Missouri and going onto play Florida. Then OU passes us up, Why is that not because their defense held the other team they beat from scoring but because they ran the score up over the last five games and the Voters rewarded their offense for scoring so many points instead of rewarding the Horns because Mack Brown pulled the 1st stringers in the 3rd quarters when the games were in the bag and the voters also didn’t didn’t reward the Horns defense for being better than OU’s.

by Xerxes on Dec 7, 2008 12:50 AM CST up reply actions   1 recs

Putting in the back-ups is also an investment

and OU didn’t make much of that, something which could haunt them in the future.

by whills on Dec 7, 2008 1:10 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I'm seeing momentum for a Bama matchup in the Sugar.

Fox wants it, Fiesta doesn’t. We’ll see who wins.

by kellen on Dec 6, 2008 11:14 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I would like to go and I live in Palm Desert.

Though I probably won’t unless I can find fans to go with. It’s a long drive to do solo.

by mtntrance on Dec 7, 2008 12:39 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Damn right

FIESTA!!!

"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."

by bendj on Dec 7, 2008 1:02 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

F ou. i shouldn't have to wait 308 days.

We got revenge from last year this year. and it didn’t matter. fuck the bcs.

by jacobb23 on Dec 6, 2008 11:17 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Next Year

We beat OU that’s 4 of the last 5, only one w/Vince

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 11:18 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Yes.

We’re 3-1 last 4. Next year, we beat OU that 4/5 is what I said. No harm no foul.

by shadyrock on Dec 6, 2008 11:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Sugar Bowl: Texas vs. Alabama

"When you pass, three things can happen and two are bad", DKR, why he chose to run instead of pass.

by gy2020 on Dec 6, 2008 11:36 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

http://www.sportsline.com/mcc/messages/chrono/12097257/0/0/12115449#ID12115449

"When you pass, three things can happen and two are bad", DKR, why he chose to run instead of pass.

by gy2020 on Dec 6, 2008 11:36 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Living in Alabama...

I’d love to see UT vs. Alabama (if we miss out on the NC game of course), because I’m sick of all this Roll Tide crap.

After beating Alabama, I’d be half-tempted to paint my house burnt orange.

by RuckusG on Dec 6, 2008 11:46 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I hope you enjoy Phoenix!

(while the rest of us are in Glendale, at the Fiesta Bowl.)

[ducks]

________________________________
I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.

by Holly on Dec 7, 2008 12:01 AM CST reply actions   1 recs

Moved in '06

________________________________
I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.

by Holly on Dec 7, 2008 12:33 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I feel bad for you guys.

Your 11-1 season was baiscally for nothing. I wish my program could pull an 11-1 season anytime soon. The BCS and college football has officially become a joke. There is no class, objectivity, and common sense anywhere. Whether it is with joke announcers like Danielson, joke coaches like Stoops, or joke administrations/system that rewards a team going 9-4 to a good bowl game while teams that go 11-1 and 12-0 go to shit holes like the Cotton Bowl or Boise, Idaho. You guys come with one play of going undefeated and playing for everything and your reward is to go play in some Mexican bowl and play a blacker and better version of Stephen McGee in a meaningless bowl game with a disgusting trophy.

I know your coach and your AD won’t do this but if you guys want to make a statement to the BCS,college football, FOX/ESPN, and Conference Officials reject your bowl bid. Let Boise State or Texas Tech take your place.

by PrimeTime2012 on Dec 7, 2008 12:08 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Meh

I’ll probably end up going to the BCS Bowl game.

"Stats are for losers, I like winning games."

by bendj on Dec 7, 2008 1:03 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Just remember guys,

when your’re all hazy tomorrow morning, and vomiting Jack Daniels into a dumpster while beligerently slurring spewed words of hate about the “Fcking B…S..C!!,” at extremely frightened passers-by on their ways to Sunday brunch…

two words to cheer your souls: We’re Texas

Yes, this day sucks a big bag of donkey dicks, but overall, our lives are pretty good.

by BrooklynHorn on Dec 7, 2008 12:40 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Amen

We are Texas and we are better than all of this mess. Our amazing football team went 11-1 and won some games that alot of people didnt think they would. I am extremely proud to be a UT Fan and I will wear my burnt orange and a smile on my face everyday. I will take this season over the past two seasons anyday. No losses to Kstate and AtM this year!!!

Guaranteed to work 60% of the time, every time.

by poteet76 on Dec 7, 2008 12:50 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Better than that

We beat OU and A&M and even if OU plays for the National Championship and even if they win it
THEY COULDN’T BEAT TEXAS

by Xerxes on Dec 7, 2008 12:56 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

The only thing as good as seeing us win a BCS bowl

is seeing OU choke yet again in front of the nation. Hopefully Colt gets the Heisman and then the hype starts up for Florida and OU. Then Bradford throws a few picks to the gator defense and UF blows them out.

by seth78 on Dec 7, 2008 1:26 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That's my thinking

and Stoops can take his 5 straight games of 60+ and stick it where the sun only shines on oklahoma. He will only wish he could carry them over into the BCS and have another totally embarassing BCS final game.

by burntorange81 on Dec 7, 2008 11:38 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

NC Could Still Happen

Look, it’s a battle between which 1-loss team finishes #2 in the BCS – Florida or Texas. Let’s look at the resume’s:

Texas Best Win: Florida Best Win:
OU, likely BCS #1 or 2 Alabama, likely BCS #3-5

Texas Loss: Florida Loss:
TTU, likely BCS #6-7 Ole Miss, likely BCS #23-25 or Unranked

Texas 2nd Best Win: Florida 2nd Best Win:
OK St, likely BCS #13 Georgia, likely BCS #16

Texas Worst Win: Florida Worst Win:
Baylor (4-8, Div 1) Citadel (4-8, Div 2)

So, the computers should still have Texas way ahead of Florida today. And unless voters put Florida at #1, ahead of OU, and put UT at #4-5, behind Alabama and maybe USC then UT should/could still pull out the BCS NC game.

If voters put Florida #2 and Texas #3, like they could reasonably do, the computer lead UT has will compensate and put UT in the NC game. Voters would have to say ’Bama’s 1-loss was less embarrassing than UT’s, and maybe even push USC ahead of UT this week

And countless voters who put UT at #1-2 last week from our lobbying efforts would have to rethink their votes and put UT at #4-5 this week for the voter advantage Florida would have to overcome the computer deficit they’ll have.

So, what I’m saying here is unless voters slam UT this week down to #4-5 and pump Florida up to #1, ahead of OU, UT has an even-up shot of ending up in Miami like Florida does. No advantage to either team, I don’t concede anything yet, and until the numbers are announced this evening, I believe UT will still get into the NC game, barring a total collapse of support for UT in the Top 5 after this weekend. You read it here first!

by RMHorn on Dec 7, 2008 5:18 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

It is what it is

but I’m still having a very difficult time getting past the fact that Florida lost to an unranked Ole Miss team AT HOME while Texas lost to a top 10 team, in a hostile environment on the road and only due to two fluke plays – the dropped INT and Cracktree’s circus catch to end the game.

by OU Always Sucks on Dec 7, 2008 7:15 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Final Polls

Today’s Coaches and Harris Polls are the ones made public. We’ll be able to see who placed what team where. Aside from last week, does anyone else believe that a majority of the voters will fix this last ballot ie as many #1s for Florida and placing Texas #4/5 just to ensure no rematch?

by HornsFaninCalifornia on Dec 7, 2008 7:51 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

No. We are giving voters too much credit.

It’s easy for us internet geeks to imagine that this scenario is on everyone’s minds and that voters will monkey with the system and only monkey with it in such a way as to hurt, not help, Texas.

In reality, though the scenario got some mention this week, it was by and large dismissed by most. I can’t imagine that there would be more than a handful of voters who would take this scenario under consideration, and it’s no lock that all of those voters would do so in a way harmful to Texas.

Plus a lot of voters and analysts are just plain dumb. I mean, Musburger spent the fourth quarter last night talking about how OU’s extra TDs might have been all they needed to ensure a spot in Miami. And there was that one Harris Poll voter interviewed last week who thought PSU was still undefeated.

I’d expect most ballots to be played straight up. And with straight up ballots, though the vast majority of the ballots will have OU and UF at #1, some (Mack!) will have us at #1, and a few might have USC, PSU and Utah at #1.

by Hopkins Horn on Dec 7, 2008 8:17 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

nope

I think the fact that we FINALLY have a public poll will keep that from happening. Don’t know if it will be enough, but we’ll see.

by junglerules on Dec 7, 2008 8:22 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

308 days

I hope this year’s team isn’t thinking like this. If they are, Ohio State will just kill us.

by rmaxearnest on Dec 7, 2008 8:14 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Fiesta

Texas-Ohio State Fiesta – yes, we will go but…………..
Texas-Utah Fiesta – No way as Texas is in a no win situation
Texas-Alabama Sugar – a ticket to die for and a shot at redemption and possible AP championship if things go right in the chokelahoma-gator game.

Man, I am so conflicted on the OU-Fla MNC game (if that is what happens). After this latest BCS debacle, I want so much to have OU pouned by Fla and suffer their 5th straight BCS loss. However, that may not be the best thing for us to root for, probably better for a closer Fla win over OU. Rats…..

by texascfo on Dec 7, 2008 9:16 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

What I find most frustrating is the forgotten game.

Last night on College Football Final, I listened to two douchebags and a suit say that there isn’t anyone that can slow down the OU offense. What? 45-35? That game was decided by defensive stops. We had more stops, thus we won. May’s only saving grace is calling out Holtschz on his sudden Heisman flip-flop to chub up Tebow’s chances for a repeat.

45-35
11-1

I am so proud of this team. I am so proud of the program. Thanks Mack. Politicking is far better sportsmanship than running up the score in rivalry and championship games.

Hook ’em.

45-35

by Brian.HalcYoN on Dec 7, 2008 9:19 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Oh, and I would love nothing more than to thump Bama in the Sugar Bowl.

Wait, maybe the Big12 Championship and a shot at the title. But Bama in a bowl game would be a close third…

45-35

by Brian.HalcYoN on Dec 7, 2008 9:22 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Payback is coming

for Stoops and his classless running up the score. When other teams have a chance they will treat them with the same clas they received from the these dirtbags.

by burntorange81 on Dec 7, 2008 12:22 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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