Kirkendoll Latest Horn to Get Big Apple Invite

by realmccoy on Dec 14, 2009 6:19 PM CST

It was big news that Colt McCoy was honored as a Heisman finalist in New York City after winning several awards the week before. Under the radar, a lesser known Longhorn will be honored for his performance in the Big XII championship game. I can't find the link, but James Kirkendoll will be in Times Square to drop the big ball to mark the coming of the New Year. He is excited, as it is truly the only opportunity to have a bigger drop than the Nebraska game.

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-1.

by jc25 on Dec 14, 2009 6:37 PM CST reply actions

-1

"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo

by run Bevo run on Dec 14, 2009 6:46 PM CST reply actions

-1

The Horns fan formerly known as acho81

by The Craw on Dec 14, 2009 6:48 PM CST reply actions

+3

Just to even it out
;)

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Dec 14, 2009 6:53 PM CST reply actions

-6

That’s how much his drop cost us in the game.

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
- Thomas Jones

by beast in bama on Dec 14, 2009 6:56 PM CST reply actions

On the plus side, we won.

by billyzane on Dec 14, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions

Is it bad....

That when I first read “Kirkendoll Latest Horn” I immediately thought it was going to say latest horn to get a DUI, arrest, etc.? That’s not good, obviously.

by Jhal2315 on Dec 14, 2009 7:02 PM CST reply actions

+1

by Wrangler86 on Dec 14, 2009 7:06 PM CST up reply actions

same here

by thebrat on Dec 14, 2009 9:51 PM CST up reply actions

That's where my mind immediately went

Phew

by burntorangehorn on Dec 15, 2009 10:51 AM CST up reply actions

+1 for making me blink

I immediately wondered what twisted award committee picked him as a finalist for something

by Wrangler86 on Dec 14, 2009 7:08 PM CST reply actions

This joke is a fortnight too late.

The swine flu takes a Will Muschamp shot every September.

by pleaseplaykindle on Dec 14, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions

maybe..

…he waited til now, JUST so you could say fortnight.

by vy til i die on Dec 14, 2009 9:43 PM CST up reply actions

+1

"I want to be remembered as the guy who gave his all whenever he was on the field."
-Walter Payton

by CoachEtch on Dec 14, 2009 9:44 PM CST up reply actions

I'd vastly prefer a fortnight too late to a fortnight and a half premature.

proud to swim home

by learned hand on Dec 14, 2009 11:03 PM CST up reply actions

jeez

its been over a week, time to let it go.

by ThunderHorn on Dec 14, 2009 11:57 PM CST reply actions

another jeez

I don’t like to see ripping our guys for inexplicably bad play. We can comment on it without bitterness and humiliation added to it.

I expect all receivers to drop a ball every now and then. I remember Shipley dropping a pass in last year’s TT game that looked just like Kirk’s big drop in the NU game. What did amaze me was that Kirk dropped everything thrown at him that he got his hands on, and his effort to get to others was lackadasical. I really wonder if he was sick, or if his contacts fell out, or something…

by MesquiteHorn on Dec 20, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions

yeah

while you’re at it, why don’t you bring up Blake Gideon again?
it’s not like the pass hit off of his chest… why not blame McCoy for throwing it too far? It hit off of his fingertips. Let’s just call it a near miss… don’t try to lay blame on a single player, especially when we win.
-eleventy billion

by double_longhorn on Dec 15, 2009 12:45 AM CST reply actions

Still bitter about Gideon?

by Magnificent Bastard on Dec 15, 2009 8:06 AM CST up reply actions

Who isn't?

"I don't care if I have to run100 times or pass it 100 times...Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me" -VY

by 2100 San Jac on Dec 15, 2009 10:29 AM CST up reply actions

um...me

Get off your knees Greg, you're blowin' the game.

by kriess on Dec 15, 2009 10:37 AM CST up reply actions

Nor am I

The kid’s been great. I’d like to know of another two-star freshman who has ever received as much criticism despite beating out a lot of much more highly rated players for the starting job.

by burntorangehorn on Dec 15, 2009 10:53 AM CST up reply actions

Not bitter either

"I live in the tower with Coach Brown." -Bevo

by run Bevo run on Dec 15, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions

I'm not bitter...

I was being sarcastic. The OP was bringing up Kirkendoll way after the game, so I was saying as long as you’re bringing up players not making a play long after the fact, why not bring up Gideon. Could have gone farther back and brought up Simms throwing interceptions, defense against OU several years back, etc., because those all have something in common with the Kirk “drop”- they’re all in the past and irrelevant now.

by double_longhorn on Dec 15, 2009 5:20 PM CST up reply actions

really?

there’s not any part of you that is bitter about that drop? We should be playing for our 2nd in a row. I know stuff happens, but to me, he is Bill Buckner. He might have a great career, but that drop will be his legacy.

"I don't care if I have to run100 times or pass it 100 times...Whatever it takes to win is all that matters to me" -VY

by 2100 San Jac on Dec 19, 2009 10:45 PM CST up reply actions