Light At The End Of The Tunnel
By this time tomorrow, my to-do list will be as short as it's been in nine months, as The Eyes of Texas 2008 leaves my desk for the printer. With final exams come and gone, my hectic meter is about to plummet: fly to California Saturday, sleep for 50 straight hours, emerge from slumber human again, wander to beach.
Oh, and posting. That'll resume too.
In the interim: Putting this book together always exposes me to to a truly ridiculous number of facts about Longhorns football. So let's test your knowledge against just a few of the hundreds of facts about Texas football in the annual.
Post your answers in the comments. Don't worry if you're just guessing at times - some questions are much harder than others. Regardless, if you use the internet to look up any answers, just go ahead and change your signature to "I love Oklahoma."
1. Among the 2007 BCS conference champions, which was the only team to have as many turnovers as Texas (26)?
A. LSU
B. USC
C. West Virginia
D. Virginia Tech
E. Oklahoma
F. Ohio State
2. Which of the following 2008 opponents has the worst winning percentage all-time against Texas?
A. Rice
B. Oklahoma State
C. Baylor
D. Kansas
E. Missouri
3. Name the head coach of all four of Texas' 2008 non-conference opponents.
4a. As a varsity athlete at the Darlington School, Will Muschamp earned how many letters?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 16
4b. In college, Muschamp walked on the football team as a freshman. By his senior year, he was a team captain. Which college did he attend and what position did he play?
5. Will Muschamp's defense led the nation in total defense in which of the following seasons?
A. 2002
B. 2003
C. 2004
D. 2006
E. 2007
6. In 97 games against unranked teams, how many has Mack Brown won?
A. 70-74
B. 75-79
C. 80-84
D. 85-90
E. 91-95
7. Which Texas tailback has the lowest yards per carry average for his career?
A. Cedric Benson
B. Ricky Williams
C. Jamaal Charles
D. Hodges Mitchell
8. Who is the only Texas player to record 10 or more sacks in a single season during the Mack Brown era?
9. How many of Texas' eight senior starters on the 1983 Texas defense were drafted in the subsequent NFL Draft?
10. After the 2008 NFL Draft, there are now how many Longhorns in the NFL?
A. 20-24
B. 25-29
C. 30-34
D. 35-39
E. 40-44
[Note by billyzane, 05/16/08 10:01 AM EDT ] If you want to guess without seeing anyone else's answers first, then click through to comment and then from the pull-down menu above the comments where it says "Expanded" select "Collapsed" instead.
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give it a shot:
1. i’m guessing LSU
2. i’m fairly certain it’s okie state. i think they’ve only beaten us twice and lost like 18 or 20 times.
3. geez…o’leary is still at UCF. petrino’s at arkansas. forgot who took over for graham at rice. young guy. i SHOULD know UTEP, but I don’t.
4a. 16
4b. he played safety at georgia
5. 2003
6. 85-90
7. let’s go with ced.
8. hmmm…i want to say DJ, but I’m not sure he blitzed that much. i don’t think crowder or robison ever got that high. i don’t think a DT could get 10 in a season, even casey hampton…. i’ll say cory redding.
9. here’s where the whole “born in 1981” thing gets me. no freaking clue. let’s say all 8, for fun.
10. 35-39
by billyzane on May 15, 2008 11:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
operation FAIL
1.A. LSU
2.D. Kansas
3.Don’t know if I can arrange them chronologically. I know game 1 is Howard Schnellenberger, I’ll guess 2 is Mike Price, 3 is David Bailiff (“I’m playing the percentages; let’s go to OT”), and 4 is Bobby Petrino.
4.B. 12
5.D. 2006
6.D. 85-90
7.A. Cedric Benson
8.Tim Crowder
9.Zero
10.B. 25-29
I fully expect 1965 Alabama State Literacy Test like results.
by WorstFan on May 16, 2008 12:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
My best efforts made not to look at BZ's answers...
1.) LSU had a pretty crazy year, why not?
2.) I guess Kansas, because we probably didn’t play them very often until we became the shit.
3.)FAU – Howard Schnellenburger
Arkansas – Everyone’s best friend, Bobby Petrino
UTEP – I actually saw the answer to this one, so no credit. My guess would have been Matt Price
Rice – Todd Graham? Oh wait, no, he’s the douche bag. Texas State’s old coach I think. The Boogie Man.
4a.)16, four sports four years, BOOM! I dunno actually.
4b.) Georgia, Safety.
5.) I hate these questions. 2002?
6.) C, and I hope to God that’s right. I ruined my grade in a class mashing numbers like that.
7.) Benson, whom Woody Hayes would have loved more than life itself, I can only imagine.
8.) Brian Orakpo, next year.
9.) Fuck it. Eight.
10.) I guess a nice middle C.
--Horn Brain--
by Horn Brain on May 16, 2008 1:09 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Answer key :)
1) Virginia Tech?
2) Oklahoma State?
3) Boby Petrino! Yeah, he coaches them all.
4a) 12
4b) LB at MOFOU
5) 2005
6) 80-84
7) Ced Benson
8) Corry Redding
9) You kidding? Ofcourse 8
10) 30-34
Get your ass going! You ain't hurt!
by Cyrus on May 16, 2008 2:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Trying not to look at anyone elses
While still panning back up to the questions is hard… Ok here goes.
1) USC, they lost to Stanford so…. fuck em.
2) Rice seems too obvious, Kansas!
3)—
4a) C, honestly, I would pick the highest number listed here irregardless of its value
4b) Safety with the Dawgs
5) All, see 4a.
6) Mack is pretty good at winning when we are supposed to, Ill go D, 85-90
7) Hodges is too obvious, and its not Jamaal, Ill go with Ced and his 8 man in the box defenses.
8) Ill go with my favorite DE, Cory Redding
9) Six?
10) B 25-29
by BoddickerIsClutch on May 16, 2008 7:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm in hot trivial pursuit
1) Ryan Perriloux’s compliance officer
2) Slippery Rock…we own those bastards.
3) I only know Mike Price of UTEP because he and T-Bone are going to Boy’s Town after the game to slap some thighs and watch the tide roll in.
4a) It’s actually 17 because Will was awarded a letter in band for his rusty trombone performance with the dance team.
4b) MFU
5) Will Mushcamp’s defenses don’t lead, they follow until they decide it’s time to kill whatever they’re following.
6) Don’t know, but every loss to unranked an A&M team should count triple
7) Let’s go with Ricky based on the 97 season when Mackovic basically threw him against defenses like the Russians against the Germans in WWII.
8) Probably would have been more if he hadn’t been kicked off the team for smoking pot before the Cotton Bowl.
9) Don’t know but it didn’t help them avoid 10-9…son of a bitch.
10) Before or after Ced gets LoCo?
BTW, Burnt Orange People don’t like trivia, because what’s the point when you’re always right. But Burnt Orange People do like answering questions with questions. For example:
“Why has Mack Brown only won one conference title while at Texas?”
“F*ck you.”
Never mind, Burnt Orange people don’t like answering questions, period.
Be nobody but yourself in a world that desperately wants you to be like everybody else.
by 54b on May 16, 2008 10:16 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
This is futile for me, since I am not sure on any of them, but
1. Going with Va Tech here. They backed into the BCS last year.
2. Probably Kansas or Mizzou – since we only recently started to play them regularly. I will go with Mizzou.
3. I couldn’t even name our 4 ooc opponents, much less their coaches.
4a. B
4b. I cheated on this one, and looked at BZ’s answer.
5. D
6. D – He always seems to win the ones that he is supposed to, but E seems way too high.
7. A. Cederic is one of my favorite whippping boys. I always thought that he was over rated. I would go with this one even if I knew it was incorrect.
8. DJ seems the obvious answer, but I am going with Brain Robison.
9. None
10. E. My theory – I don’t think that any NFL teams have gotten around to making their cuts yet, which means that every senior and their dog are probably on an NFL team for the moment. These numbers are probably inflated and will likely drop when we get closer to August/September.
by Brandon 97 on May 16, 2008 10:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
1. LSU
2. OU-Lite – we own them!
3. Schnellenburger
Petrino
Bailiff
Price
4. I’ll guess 12
5. 2003 – Nat’l Championship season
6. B.75-79 , KSU & A&M is 4 losses in just the past 2 seasons. Add NCState, Stanford, Ark, TT, an OU etc. and it adds up.
7. Benson
8. Aaron Humphrey – one of my favorites
9. Eight – 17 total in that draft.
10. Prior to the cuts – probably E. 40-44
--- All roads to the Big-XII Championship lead through OU/RRS. It's not just another game! We're all about championships here. ---
by HornChamps on May 16, 2008 12:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Was this included in the Bybee-Yoo Torture Memo?
There was a time when I would have attacked this with relish. And mustard. But I see it now as simply first-year law school abuse, akin to cutting the heads off of big roaches to see how long they survive. About 10 days, if the comment threads are any indication. They die of thirst for facts, with which you torture them every morning over coffee. Fiend.
1. That fourth leg finally wiggled, so I’ll say VT. Yeah, LSU coughed it up like oil-stained gumbo from the dead zone but that’s a different story.
2. BU just because without worms or Singletary they wouldn’t even have anything. And they’re formidable bar pissers. KU is a strong second caused they were in a sucking contest with KSU for a century or so.
3. Mike Price is the only one that matters cause he’s going to bring reinforcements from Juarez and our sideline will be lined with port-a-cans. Requisition more pants now while you can.
4. 16. He did a lot more booming than anyone knows about. MOFO U is about the best I’ve seen; pure deductive insight.
5. 2007. Steal ‘em while their young and hot.
6. C is wise but D is probably correct. One day of love don’t make up for six days of lonely. One tOSU don’t make up for 23 NTSUs.
7. It’s between Ced and Hodges. But Hodges never tempted outside-the-bylaws LCRA rangers, so it must be Ced. Although both were subject to a lot of carping, but carp are legal anytime in any way possible.
8. Casey Hampton.
9. Great D. Otherwise no idea, but the highest is a good number.
10. 75. Tennessee is secretly signing up every Texas WR from the last decade.
I seriously underestimated the amount of abuse which will be tolerated by the denizens of this board, myself included. ND ethic: never trust a fat man who tells you to starve for the good of the team.
by whills on May 16, 2008 1:24 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
1. Ohio State-they don’t seem as good as the hype
2. Rice
3. What is this, Russia? How do you expect me to pass tests that aren’t multipe choice?
4. 16
5. 2006?
6. C- 80-84
7. C-JC, It seems like he spent alot of time running into the O-line, bouncing off, and losing two yards.
8. Derrick Johnson?
9. Were you even born yet PB?
10. C-30-34
If I am elected mayor, my first official act will be to kill the lot of you and burn your town to cinders
by 98horn on May 16, 2008 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tests are hard.
1. LSU University
2. Okie St – other than ‘97, have they ever beaten us?
3. UTEP, Ark, Rice, FL Atlantic
4. 16
5. 2006
6. 85-90 – seems like he has a couple each of Tech, A&M and K-St, plus Ark, NC St, and nearly 3 times to Okla St
7. Benson
8. Cory Redding
9. 8 – I think they had something like 20 players drafted that year; still a record
10. C 30-34; do ricky and cedric still count? maybe I’ll change that to B
It takes two to lie - one to lie and one to listen.
by Johngo on May 17, 2008 9:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I read #3 too quickly
Fla Directional – I don’t know
Ark – Petrino, right?
Rice – I don’t know
UTEP – Is Price still there?
It takes two to lie - one to lie and one to listen.
by Johngo on May 17, 2008 9:25 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, I'm going to fail
1. USC
2.Rice
3.UTEP – Mike Price
UCF George Leary
FAU Uh, Howard Schnellenberger?
Arkansas – Bobby Petrino
4.16
4a. Georgia
5. 2008
6. 85-90
7. Jamaal Charles
8.Derrick Johnson?
9.7
10. 30-34
by bamfor on May 17, 2008 11:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Complete guesses but...
1. C. West Virginia
2. A. Rice
3. umm..old dude in suit from FAU…Bobby Petrino for Arkansas…dude from texas state at Rice…and Price at UTEP
4a. C. 16
4b. Georgia, Defensive back (Safety?)
5. B. 2003
6. C. 80-84
7. A. Cedric Benson
8. Brian Robison
9.(granted i was born in 86) I think 0
10. C. 30-34
by vy til i die on May 17, 2008 12:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

























