Postgame Celebration Thread: Big 12 Champs
by Peter Bean on Dec 5, 2009 10:35 PM CST
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TEXAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
3/19/2009 - Dogus Balbay Made a Three-Pointer. Never Forget.
Any chance Notre Dame
wants to hire Greg Davis before the National Championship game?
What do we do if somehow Colt McCoy ends up on an NFL team starting against Vince Young?
They are not perfect guys...
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 10:51 PM CST up reply actions
Out coached and outplayed... We got lucky...
We better be better prepared and play better in the Championship if we expect to win..
I don't think our defense
really got outplayed. Our offense – certainly.
Congrats on the win....
Bama is looking pretty stout right now. Davis needs to get something together…..
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
I am sure he's been saving some stuff for the Championship game..
We’ll see if its anything that works..
The oline took a dump tonight...
Not sure you can blame it all on GD. With no oline, there isn’t much you can do.
Amen
Those guys should be frickin’ embarassed letting the Colt just get hammered back there. Eight sacks?
Suh is the real deal and I can accept that but it felt like Russell Maryland in 1991….
No one is that good that you can't slow them down with a decent double team...
It was an embarrassment. They need to do exactly the opposite they have been doing with this offensive line this season because it isn’t working. They have been terrible all season but today was an all time low.
Colt had time
for the normal routes the WR’s run, but they were blanketed. The fact that we didnt establish the run game when it was working is as much to blame for the hits on Colt…But the O-line was shit tonight and much of the regular season.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
So sick of listening to TCU crap
I live in the FW area, so tired of the Startlegram homerism.
Listen, you got a problem? Talk your conference into HAVING A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. That way, you could try and prove your point on the field tonight, instead of just sitting around like vultures waiting for active teams to lose.
Watch out, I bite.
by EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel on Dec 5, 2009 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
Hunter Lawrence or Dusty Mangum?
Who is more awesome?
Doesn't feel like a win right now ...
I’m basically catatonic. I’ll celebrate tomorrow.
Why?
Why Texas? Why do you do this to me? I’m about to cry
by Javi on Dec 5, 2009 10:43 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Fuck me sideways.
What a miserable game. Still in Section 437 waiting for the Eyes. Hook ’em.
Really? Does my signature suck?
by adt2 on Dec 5, 2009 10:44 PM CST via mobile reply actions
They don't roll over cause your jersey says "Texas" on the front.
…and the O-line needs to figure that out before Jan 7th.
Absolutely.
I’m looking forward to Alabama’s D after facing Nebraska.
by HornPossessed on Dec 5, 2009 10:49 PM CST up reply actions
I disagree, the Blackshirts are for real....
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
We agree to disagree then....
If we are going to accept our offense playing like crap against a decent defense then our offense sucks.
Sounds good to me.....
Here’s to a win in January!!
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Good idea.....
I don’t think Bama’s line is near the caliber of Nebraska, but it’s still a good idea
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
That can be overcome. I solid front four is always a bitch..
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
I had a feeling we were gonna see the same thing.
OU and NU just dared us to do anything but the short throws. And they said Pelini talked to stoops for tips on how to shut us down.
And OMG the 5 wide? Throw that formation out, burn it, rip it OUT of the play-book!
All I can say is wow
Should not have been that close…
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Listen we need to savor this
As Texas fans, these Big12 Titles do NOT come easily, we need to sit back and truly appreciate this! Whatever happens in Pasadena, remember just how much guts and glory this team and senior class has achieved and given us throughout the years. Big 12 Champs was the one goal that HAD to be achieved. Of course the NCG looms, but win or lose, this is a championship that can never be taken away from us!! On to the Rose Bowl!!!!!!
What was mccoys line?
around 100 yards, negative rushing, 3 or 4 ? ints, no pass TDs… yuck. I dont like the heisman though…its a jinx if you ask me, take it Ingram.
No, give it to Suh!
It’s time for it to be given to a defensive monster and what better one than the guy who shredded every OL he has faced!
If the Heisman had any validity at all...
it would go to Suh…
unfortunately, that’s not the case. Let’s face it – it’s the award that Chris Weinke and Gino Torreta and Rashan Salaam won, and Vince Young and John Elway and Marshall Faulk did not…
fine... but he still doesn't have one
we could go into each year and see who didn’t win and who should have, but bottom line is that it’s a flawed award, as are most poll-driven things. Anyway, great as Walker was, I always thought Dickerson was better…
180 or so passing and -20 rushing
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
To hell with all the open game threaders
who were bad mouthing my horns. You guys need to get a little maturity about you. When you come to Burnt Orange Nation, you better play 60 minutes. And don’t bring your negative shit on this Pasadena trip celebration thread, either. Let’s all be bold and cheer the win. It is a damn W on a big stage. Conference championships aren’t handed out, they are earned. Let’s get ready to Roll Bama. Hook ’em.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
by TXStampede on Dec 5, 2009 10:48 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
Amen, brother...
Don’t give up on the Horns. We play for 60 minutes. The game goes until there’s only zeros on the clock.
Hook 'em Horns
and occasionally beyond...
if the clock is too quick. How scary was that? Can you even imagine the firestorm if we’d let the clock run out in field goal range with a timeout in our pocket???
almost turned off the TV, but
just couldnt lose hope and boy was I rewarded.
It's called "tempting fate"
and apparently, it works
Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis.
Meh
blind positivism always sounds noble, but I see it as thoughtless and stubborn.
The truth is we pay an OC (with whom hundreds of talented coaches would gladly switch places) a lot of money to gameplan, and after 9 days of preparation, I saw nothing tonight that indicates he watched any film on Nebraska whatsoever – no exploited tendencies, no scheming for Nebraska’s weaknesses, etc.. And then in four hours of gameplay, I saw no significant adjustments.
“Give Nebraska credit, blah blah blah…” Every coach that has faced NU this year had to deal with the same front four that we did, and most of them did a better job, and all of them with less talent on the field, and all of them earning less money. I’m sick of watching these offensive coaches.
Your optimism does nothing to invalidate these points.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 5, 2009 11:53 PM CST up reply actions
I actually like our chances against Bama
I just think people often brainwash themselves into optimism at the expense of truth and intellect.
There was very little that looked good tonight, and from the play-calling to the offensive scheming to clock management, there’s a lot to be answered for. These coaches didn’t seem to be prepared at all, and we need to inquire as to why that is. The problem is that because we squeaked out a one point victory, there is a percentage of this community that will essentially now overlook all of those things, which, to my mind, is irrational.
Elation is no justification to ignore actuality, simply because you’re currently buzzed on the chemical rewards from your brain.
by BrooklynHorn on Dec 6, 2009 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
Reason need not be the motivator in every human behavior.
If we had won tonight by 21+ and went on to lose in pasadena, we would still end up without a MNC. If we had won tonight by 21+ and went on to win in pasadena, we would get a MNC. So clearly our possible outcomes are the same even though we won by a field goal at the last second.
This community has no responsibility to dwell on all of the problems from tonight’s victory. We will to the extent that it entertains us and stimulates us over the next month, but that will have no impact on how prepared our team is to win.
That’s on the coaches and players. Let them fix the issues and let us celebrate a Big XII title and a chance to play for a MNC.
I disagree with the title of your post
but still, its not prudent to ignore problems that can be fixed simply because we feel good tonight. The two have very little to do with one another. Enjoy your emotions, but don’t let them colonize the domain of reason. That is where we get into trouble.
I certainly see you points BH
And I was upset with the offensive scheming too. But at 12:37am after a win like that I don’t have to pull out my critical thinking skills and analyze it. I was just drained and actually sickened over some of the negative posts in the game thread and the nature of the comments. I am not blindly positive, but in the heat of the moment during the game and the surreal nature of the immediate aftermath, I don’t have to be completely coldly rational either. Some people need to get a grip on the game threads… what you saw in the posts above was a simple natural reaction to that.
Play like you mean it...
It's 9 days late . . .
today was Thanksgiving!!!!!!!
Can I say one thing?
Holy fuckin’ shit!
I guess I don’t need to go to the gym today, my heart’s been pounding the last 30 minutes!
Hook 'em Horns
As of right now...
they have a right to be. They punched Florida in the mouth and then sat back and watched us struggle for 4 quarters.
Hook 'em Horns
A month of hearing you're going to lose
Has a way of focusing you. If i recall, the underdog has a pretty good record in the BCS-era championship game.
Feel bad for TCU
They were so close and if they played in a BCS conference they might be in it.
Or they might have lost a conference game
you never know…
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Nothing worth gloating about....pathetic
Our O needs an ass kicking. Every single player had a NC moment that they failed to execute! Terrible. I give them an F.
Our D saved us again with phenomenal play, but Colt, Goodwin, Buckner, Kirkendoll, the Ol ine etc….they sucked
I was looking all game for reasons why Texas should play in the NCG over TCU. I didn’t see any.
Congrats to Texas, and I hope you guys beat the tar out of ‘bama, but I’m pretty confident that the best football team in Texas lives in Fort Worth.
by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 5, 2009 10:51 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
I don't want to get into this
But you have to look at the whole season, not one game
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Hate to say it, but I doubt that was what you were saying last year when you got passed by 0U on the basis of the whole season, rather than one game.
by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 5, 2009 11:14 PM CST up reply actions
Logical Fallacies...
Hate to say it, but when it comes to comparing two teams that have played each other, you have to take the head to head outcome, not the season. Last year UT beat OU on a neutral field. This year UT and TCU have not played each other. If TCU had beat UT then you would have an argument, but, for now, you’re completely wrong.
TCU blew out BYU at BYU.
BYU beat 0U on a neutral field without their starting RB.
Texas beat 0U on a neutral field.
Follow the logic, friend Orangeblood.
by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 5, 2009 11:47 PM CST up reply actions
if the transference thing...
even halfway worked in college football, then you’d have a point.
Unfortunately, it does not, and never has.
Hey, I don’t wish anything bad for TCU, and to be honest, if we had even a halfway coherent way of determining a champion, they’d have a chance to win it. I feel for you – no team has been screwed as royally as Texas by the BCS system through its years. But to take our worst game against a better team than TCU played all year long, and decide that somehow that makes you better is beyond foolish. Truth is, Texas is probably better, but we will never know. It’s a pretty stupid system, and when some bozo tells you that “every game is a playoff” you can ask him which playoff game you lost.
At the end of the day, other than starting higher in the polls and being a bigger name, there’s not a real reason to argue that Texas somehow deserves this and TCU does not. But there’s also no reason at all to argue that TCU deserves it and Texas does not. If we played each other, I truly believe we’d win, and probably a little more handily than you think possible, but again, neither of us knows and we never will… unfortunately.
Last year
Texas beat OU
OU beat Tech
Tech beat Texas
Where’s the logic in that??
by ElMariachiLoco on Dec 6, 2009 12:03 AM CST up reply actions
Logic?
If you wanted to stump me, you should’ve pulled the 2008 Tech card…
All I was saying is that since we don’t have a head to head matchup, much less one on a neutral field, we have no definitive proof that either TCU or UT is better. Also, I was pointing out that last year was a completely different situation (therein lies your fallacy).
Your logic this time makes little sense, as we all know the transitive property doesn’t work in college football (see A&M).
FSU blew out BYU at BYU
and FSU was HORRIBLE this year.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
That doesn't say anything
TCU > OU and Texas > OU doesn’t imply anything about TCU and Texas.
And you think TCU would do any better against Nebraska’s defense?
Thanks for stopping by.
by dimecoverage on Dec 5, 2009 10:53 PM CST up reply actions
It's hard to contain the spread....
Texas found a way. I’m giving the boys credit.
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
It would be a similar game to this
But the thing is TCU does not have to play Nebraska.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:00 PM CST up reply actions
seriously I cant really argue with this
at the end of the day we’ll never know…however consider this scenario TCU fan, win your BCS bowl this year, and your credibility will never be in question. Win your bowl game and with all your returning starters next year you’ll have a great shot at it all and not have to fight the system like this year. Good luck.
Appreciate it Orangeman. I know you guys got screwed last year, but any time an undefeated team can’t play for the title, it’s a damned shame.
by HawkeyedFrog on Dec 5, 2009 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
You needed 1 break
and unbelievably you never got it
As a Fort Worth native
Good luck and have a great time. I can’t wait to see who TCU is matched up against.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Dec 5, 2009 11:00 PM CST up reply actions
HawkeyedFrog: Win your BCS Bowl game... I will be rooting for you guys
But I will say, if you had to play against the same defense we met up with tonight, I bet you would not like the outcome. I would not want to play them again and I don’t think anyone else would either. Go TCU!!! Hook’em Horns!!!!
BTW, I live in Katy and am a huge Andy Dalton fan.
Play like you mean it...
So true
In 2010 TCU brings back nearly most of their offense and could be a top 10 pre season next year.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
I wish I could believe this:
Win your bowl game and with all your returning starters next year you’ll have a great shot at it all and not have to fight the system like this year.
but I just don’t…
This BCS system is corrupt at its very core, and even if TCU wins, it would take a miracle for them to get to the championship next year. And I want to make clear that I do not in the least mean that they wouldn’t deserve it – heck, why don’t they deserve it this year??? But I just don’t believe it will happen. If any two teams from a major conference make it through either unscathed or with early loss and impressive late wins, they’ll jump the Frogs. It’s not right, but it’s the system…
It's not fair ...
Sadly, it can’t be settled on the field. Your team deserved that much.
Don't blame Oline
They haven’t done anything to prove they’re any better than previous years, GD GD needs to account for this (no thats not a typo, first GD is intentional)
Only downside to this game is the lack of a
point-spread cover. Costs me a night of baby-sitting at Disney World this week.
Here's hoping for the Fiesta Bowl
The BCS Champ game is only bonus at this point. After the last two games…………..
41-38 !!
13-0 in the Big XII and 13-0 in the SEC.
Done…guaranteed title matchup
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 10:54 PM CST up reply actions
I hope you're right.
I’m feeling very pissy right now. I need about 13 more beers and few days perspective. I’ll be ok. Hook ’em. Hell…hook SOMEbody!!
41-38 !!
#1 loses, #2 wins...#3 wins...done deal.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 10:56 PM CST up reply actions
Computer polls...
Tell that to USC in 2003…
OU had such a huge lead as the only unbeaten and with a tougher schedule by far than either of the 1-loss teams. That was never in question. Florida’s lead on Texas was nowhere near that significant, and TCU/Cincy are not passing Texas without a Texas loss.
Please, I would love for TCU to have lined up against the huskers tonight.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
Pants no longer dry.
This was incredibly satisfying and frustrating. Lots of work to do between now and Pasadena. Hook ’em!
Who's GOING to Pasadena?
My brother and I will be taking my 11 year old to his first Longhorn game!
HELL YEAHHHHH!!!!
WHO’S WITH ME?!?!?!?!?!
The first one is the best.
And the venue for the first one is first rate. I took my boy to his first Longhorn game at the ’05 Rose Bowl against meatchicken. It is an experience I will never forget.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Let us not forget that Cincy won by one as well...nothing to write home about.
TCU, has a beef…so did some team from Austin last season. Welcome to hell.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
Horns beat a good NU team...that NU defense is solid.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
Yes it was. Fowler obviously didn’t watch the game. NU’s D is for real.
by dimecoverage on Dec 5, 2009 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah so real
they gave up 400 yards to Colorado last week.
They’re very good in the front 4 and dominated the Texas O-line which is a matchup issue. I’m not sure Bama can do the same, but Bama is better in the back 7.
TCU
Blew out everyone but Clemson and Air Force.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:03 PM CST up reply actions
just saying
Texas had to struggle against Wyoming for a half a team TCU smoked, barely beat a 6-6 Texas A&M team and an unranked Texas Tech. Pretty similar teams in my opinion.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:07 PM CST up reply actions
My advice is this: Stop whining about being left out and start working/campaigning/etc. to get BCS recognition for the Mountain West Conference. TCU didn’t get the invite to join the Big 12. We are all so sorry. I couldn’t believe it, either. But it happened. Work to change the system.
Then when you go undefeated, there isn’t an issue. You are in the mix. Otherwise, we are tired of hearing it. We are NOT the problem.
by dimecoverage on Dec 5, 2009 11:13 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I am not saying Texas is the problem
I am not whining that TCU should be number 2. The fact is the system sucks and undefeated TCU, Boise, and Cincy will be left of a chance to prove IF they are good enough to win/compete for a BCS title.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:15 PM CST up reply actions
Only Cincy has the right to complain
They ARE in a BCS conference. The other two are not. That can not be overlooked.
The others absolutely have a right to complain
If you go unbeaten and don’t get a chance to play for the title, the system is broken. Period.
none of that means anything
i would think that would be obvious by now.
Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis.
take a look at this...
http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/2009/Internet/toughest%20schedule/tough.html
FBS scheduel strengths:
Texas-31
TCU-72
just something to throw into the debate
by owenh on Dec 5, 2009 11:08 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, stop ...
They have a right to be pissed. Texas embarrassed itself on national TV tonight. I’d be bitching about it too.
Winning a conference championship is not an "embarrassment"
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 5, 2009 11:22 PM CST up reply actions
Ugh ...
I’m still furious at this team. I’ll be over it tomorrow. Just venting.
Drunk posting and texting can embarrass you...
believe me.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
I was listening to the Nebraska broadcast on Sirius...
…and they were apoplectic that the :01 was put on the clock at the end. Was it really that close…and was the call made correctly?
41-38 !!
It was correct..
Been a ref for 24 years at all levels and it was the correct call. Not sure what McCoy was thinking on that play or what phantom “15 seconds on the clock” he mentioned after the game, but it doesn’t matter. Kick out of bounds and horse collar were killers for NU. By the way, the horse collar call was also correct call. Interesting that UT got it taken away from them last year on the last play of a game and took it this year on the last play of this game. Suh for heisman!
TCU
Too bad they will not get a chance to play for the title. They are as good as Texas and ’Bama. I like Texas but wished they would have lost for them to get a shot. TCU had only 2 close games all year one over ACC runner up Clemson and then Air Force in a very bad weather game.
news flash, nobody here cares about tcu
by abcdmetrius on Dec 5, 2009 11:00 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Not quite right on that one.
I just don’t care about them more than my horns
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Dec 5, 2009 11:01 PM CST up reply actions
they have proved something this year
and are on everyones radar now
It is too bad, TCU certainly deserves it
But don’t come to us looking for pity after what happened to us last year.
Let me know
When they become Texas Secular University, then maybe I’ll give a crap about them
Isn't he a Buff?
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:01 PM CST up reply actions
Where was he last year?
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Seriously
He’s not arguing for TCU, he’s arguing for controversy. It’s absurd, the eve of the final BCS is not the time to argue that there’s no for certain way of fitting 4 undefeated teams into 2 slots
There's nothing wrong with
a debate on the subject. You wanted one last year
Debating who should be #2 is perfectly reasonable
Arguing that the BCS sucks for the hell of it is just obnoxious
but it does suck
We’re really lucky that we’re probably not getting screwed for the second year in a row.
same guy who was jumping for joy
as crabtree made “the catch”
Texas had a chance to silence the doubters ...
and couldn’t do it. We’ll have to swallow it until the MNC.
Is anyone remotely confident
that GD and the offense can get it together for the title game? Teams play us the same way every week and we still don’t have the answer.
Last week GD was great
but that is a too-isolated exception
Completely honest question Wells
Since you’re one of the more reliable staff supporters, and typically even keeled about these things – would you be so sanguine if the kick was missed and Texas lost?
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Dec 5, 2009 11:33 PM CST up reply actions
The fact Texas struggled on offense
is a reflection on Texas talent as much as the coaching staff. They couldn’t run the ball most of the year and the O-line has struggled against good D-lines. This had some similarities to the Oklahoma game.
Yes and no
I am pissed at the offense right now, and would love to blame GD. If we had lost, I would probably be more supportive, just because of the nuclear melt down that would be happening with this board. My issue with the offense is more with the o line, as I don’t think there were any good plays to call if your offense plays that bad.
The other thing is look at Florida, who has IMO the best offensive mind in the college game, and only scored 13 tonight. I tend to look at the season trends and not specific games because I think everyone has bad games. For example how many people who were saying they wanted Gus Malzahn six weeks in still want him?
You remember last year's line right?
Nothing’s changed.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Dec 5, 2009 11:55 PM CST up reply actions
After watching the last drive
GD and Mack need to answer for the time management at the end, that was horrible.
I have found myself lately in the middle ground on Davis
Ultimately, I find culpability moreso under the Parcells “buy the groceries” theory than play calling. He has a definite offense he wants to run, but the personnel don’t fit and rarely seem to. I agree with you and DoubleB that the offensive line is the root of the problem, as it usually is at UT, but it has been the weakest part of the offense since 2007, and really, for much of the decade.
I share your assessment on Meyer and he got housed tonight. Sometimes you show up to a gunfight hungover, and this time Florida did. Saban is a witch. I mean that literally. He has the power to destroy football teams from Florida. Like the Dolphins.
Also, I still like what Malzahn has done, but that’s as much because AU had so little to work with. I’ll give him an incomplete.
proud to swim home
by learned hand on Dec 5, 2009 11:55 PM CST up reply actions
Actually I am middle ground on Davis as well
I would rather have a great mind in there, but how many teams really have that?
I really just have a distaste for the ridiculous hatred that GD gets and therefor play the devil’s advocate more than not on this blog.
The lucky thing is we don't have to play the same way
Three weeks ago my Saints barely held off the 1-8 Rams 28-23…one game does not a forecast make
Yeah, but...
it feels like we’ve been saying that after every game. I’m not saying that I don’t think they can do it, but it worries me that the same mistakes are being made every week
Chris Fowler
is a douchebag. He’s thinking about putting TCU second on his ballot.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:01 PM CST reply actions
He's not a douchebag
He loves Texas. He’s just being honest.
by TexasGarcia37 on Dec 5, 2009 11:02 PM CST up reply actions
Just bought my tickets to the MNC game
Been saving for months, cost me an arm and a leg.
Now Chris Fowler’s saying that don’t assume that the Horns are going to Pasadena. Here’s hoping he’s full of it.
Not sure why he feels the need to make a case for TCU...
No way is Texas getting screwed 2 years in a row. I’d personally stop watching college football if that happened..
I am not saying controversy
I am saying the teams are very, very, very, very close. But Texas should be number 2.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:09 PM CST up reply actions
Boise plays NM State
But TCU just played equally bad New Mexico. But Texas did play Louisiana Monroe. Just saying
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:10 PM CST up reply actions
If you have the oxygen, please pass it
Christ, it’s still hard to breathe. We’re going to have to get some rest and then seriously get ready for Bama. If we take “the Florida position” (i.e., we’re Florida and we have Tebow, so we automatically win), Bama will own us…
This does, however, prove that God is a longhorn.
Hook ’em.
False.
If God were a Longhorn, He’d have given UT a boost of .0129 in the BCS last year.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Dec 6, 2009 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
I vote Chris Fowler never be allowed to step 1 foot in the State of Texas again.
“I’m going to think very strongly about voting TCU over Texas in the AP poll”. You gotta be kidding me.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Texas should be 2
But the difference between the two is razor thin. However Texas has to be number 2
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:05 PM CST up reply actions
Last wk Florida was the best team in the history of football
and they only score 13 against a good defense. So STFU!
Hey Fowler...
…why does Texas need to be MORE impressive that TCU or Cincy or any other undefeated team? Did you hear his bullshit?! We weren’t “impressive” enough?!?! Eff you. How would TCU look in a real conference…week after week?! I’m sick of the lame-ass pundits making a difference in this crap system. Next week should be week 2 of the playoffs. We just won our first round game!!!!!!!!!!
41-38 !!
Yes Playoffs!!
It is sad that style points matter, but that is the system we are in.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:12 PM CST up reply actions
Impressed
by a one point comeback win against a Pitt team that lost to West Virginia last week?
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:02 PM CST reply actions
If TCU jumps Texas
Then I will quite college football
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
everyone scan the 40 acres
for a couple 325 lb. walk ons who can come and give us an o-line for the mnc game.
or just feed the guys we have. a lot.
otherwise mount cody is going to eat them up
Herbie is OK most of the time
and Lou is just stupid funny
ESPN
Is so anti-Texas that I can’t stand it. Listening to the radio and watching the TV (on mute) is better.
They can all go straight to hell… or Oklahoma.
no need to be redundant. nt
by The Mack Attack on Dec 5, 2009 11:48 PM CST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Fowler can kiss my ass.
Seems like the win and you stay ranked where you are applies to everyone EXCEPT Texas now? Next time I see him around town here in CT….I’m punching his lights out….
Let me yet again remind everyone
of this piece of shit “I like Austin” turdley.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Wow, I just said that
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
yes
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 11:08 PM CST up reply actions
Bama had a game just like this
12-10 over Tennessee….
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
I guess if you don't have a close game in your last game of the regular season its ok..
Man, if we start doing this, then if a team barely wins the championship game they should get jumped by someone who wins bigger in one of the other BCS bowls. Its just stupid if you ask me..
Yeah..... 6 weeks ago...
… and it wasn’t for the opportunity to play for the Nat’l Championship.
--- All roads to the Big-XII Championship lead through OU/RRS. It's not just another game! We're all about championships here. ---
a hard faught championship defensive battle
only cuts it in the SEC
If that was Tim Tebow leading the drive
He would have willed his team to that victory…
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Post game with coach Boom
“We challenged our team to outplay the guy across the ball from them.” And they did. Our D took pride as a challenge and exceeded expectations.
“We went hippo and Nebraska got butt in the throat tonight and Texas played physical tonight.”
Oh, and screw ESPN. Still putting the screws to some bs storyline of BCS MNC chaos. Aint gonna happen.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
that's right
they been trying to stir this shit up all week.
The main problem is...
…ESPN (which is a four-letter word) bought the fucking BCS beginning in a couple years!! So all their lame ass pundits will have a say in who plays in THEIR games!!! You think it’s bad NOW?!?!?!
41-38 !!
Gator friends are trashing Colt for being overrated
At least Colt didn’t cry like an 8 year old girl on the sidelines.
TEll your gator friends....
to get back to you when they have an undefeated season.
….and good luck with brantley running that bullshit offense.
yup - sixth!
second best stat of the day after 13-0 Horns
by Orangetower87 on Dec 5, 2009 11:34 PM CST up reply actions
Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp
Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp Muschamp
where are our bcs number crunchers?
somebody tell me tcu and cincy were a "weak’ #3 and #4, and they can’t make up that many votes
Actually, the bcs guy on the radio
just said that Texas will actually GAIN in the computers, since this will turn out to be their best win all year. If the humans decide to fuck around we could get screwed, but if they stick to their guns we’ll be ok.
41-38 !!
Computers probably favor us
Texas beats a ranked 9-3 Big 12 team, TCUI gains next to nothing by beating New Mexico, likewise for Boise. Cinci has the computers but the human voters will split votes on cinci and TCU probably, just my predictions…
Could we possibly lose out on the MNC?
There will be more voters like Fowler who will love to mess with Texas
and you think we got screwed by the system last year?
if we miss out on the mnc game this year i can’t even imagine…
People need to look at the whole season....
If they do that, there will be no question
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
They're a pretty weak #4
Not much chance, especially with TCU not playing this week
It seems like it is all about what have you done for me lately
of course that benefitted Colt after aTm.
Cheers to the Defense!!!
I have to say the redeemed themselves after a/m. The o-line was outplayed as they have been much of the year. But the D won this game.
BIG XII CHAMPS!
savor this for a second! Colt deserves this and they all do. I couldn’t be happier for these guys now.
Horns D vs. Bama D. Could be one for the ages.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
You should see the haters over on ESPN
"All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter." Darrell K. Royal
We got screwed last year
Karma helped us squeak.
ESPN.com that is
"All the white meat is gone. There's nothin' but necks on the platter." Darrell K. Royal
This texas Defense won the Big 12 Championship!
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Greg Davis post game
“Coach Brown was trying to call a TO from the sideline and was ignored.”
“…we agreed that when the clock got to :12 we would call a TO, but the ref did not hear him.”
“Thankfully we hung in and finally won it.”
Oh, and thank you future coach Muschamp. May I walk your dog for the next 10 years and shine your kick ass boots? What about limo service? My pickup is 10 years old but I bet I can get a good deal on a used Lincoln.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
I saw that timeout call
Was wondering what happened there
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
At the time
I though don’t waste that TO mack!!!
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Happy for the win......
but Greg Davis needs to go. That was by far the worst strategy ever for this game. Absolutly no running game will emabarrass us for Alabama
Allrght ESPN
Your next job is to talk about how bad Bama is going to dick us. nothing motivates a team like being an underdog
A few thoughts
NU’s defense is really good. Texas’ defense is better.
Our kickoff coverage is still terrible.
Conference championship games are supposed to be tough!!
Disrespect To Nebraska
Knocking down Texas for this win is a complete insult to a Nebraska team that played their asses off. They were as well coached and physical as any team we have seen in years.
True...
…but since most of the jerks at ESPN have never played championship football at the college level…they don’t get the idea that Nebraska wasn’t just going to roll over for us.
Just as it has always been.
ESPN will never think Texas has a chance and doesnt deserve us to be there. Just like 05, screw everyone and win the whole fucking thing.
My TCU friends
are claiming we don’t belong in the MNC game. Please.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:17 PM CST reply actions
ITs going to happen
Just say, we said the same thing last season….
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
What!!
Dont belong! That is crazy. Texas, TCU, Alabama, Boise, and Cincy all belong to play for a title. But the system sucks and it is Texas and Bama BOTH deserving and is a good choice.
by Jeremy Mauss on Dec 5, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions
we ran a great hurry up in the first quarter
then almost let the game end as we farted around. wtf was that?
Suh is a 4-3
DT, tasked with doing different things, including pressuring the QB. Cody is 3-4 DT to space-eat, shut down the interior run, and free up the linebackers in the best LB corp in America, and allow the DBs to bump/man-up….
Very different players for very different systems. And both are freaky good for what they are assigned to do.
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 6, 2009 9:25 AM CST up reply actions
Not against the bigger lines in the SEC
And, he won’t be a 3-4 DT in the NFL either. That said, last night was the singularly most dominating one-man show I’ve ever seen by a defensive player. If there were any justice, he’d be getting (at the least) a trip to the brown man ceremony in NYC. The kid is beast.
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 6, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
So are we the most hated team in the country now?
Because looking at the Internet, it seems that way.
This is nothing new...
we’re always hated just like USC, ND, OU, Ohio St., Florida, etc
'Til Gabriel blows his horn...
Anyone else get and email from the Austin American Statesman
with the subject line that read Longhorns: Horns fall in close, defensive Big 12 Championship. Only to be followed up by the correct email. Looks like they had written off the Horns as well after the go ahead field goal.
.39 seconds on the clock was close toooooooo
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
you know your defense in playing insane
when the the guys in the booth jump out of their seats over a completion for a first.
refs were absolutely brutal tonight
both ways – crappy chop-blocks were player wasn’t blocked, no-calls on blocks in the back during game-changing punt returns, calling people down when they don’t have the ball, phantom interference calls. Did we bring in the SEC refs for this one.
I am NOT a ref-blamer...
…but every time that pasty-faced rep does one of our games we get a bunch of penalties. Who IS that guy?!?! Is he from Norman?!?! (Ok, I’m now a ref-blamer…)
41-38 !!
Great Point - But Some Props
Correctly adding one second to clock. Second PI on Shipley was legit and was a good call.
agreed on 2nd PI
but no props for correctly adding 1 second back when that was the correct call and they blew it in real time
No
later is a month from now. tonight is championship night
by TexasGarcia37 on Dec 5, 2009 11:29 PM CST up reply actions
I'm not kidding. On stubhub.....
2010 BCS National Championship Game Tickets
Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM (PST) at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA
Section:
Zone – Lettered Row End – Rows K-A
Row:
TBD
Price:
$79,999.00 each
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
We won special teams.
We won TO margin.
Suh had 12 tackles of which 7 were for loss PLUS 4 sacks. Animal.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Heisman...if voters paid any attention at all to the BEST player in college football.
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 11:29 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think we won special team
Goodwin’s phantom knee down was more the refs fault than his, but that alone says we don’t win on special teams.
All of my friends are hating on the Horns right now.
Amazing. Well whenever Florida or Alabama barely get by they get credited for “toughing it out” or “finding a way to win” by the fans and media. When Texas does it it’s considered “unimpressive” (see last year’s Fiesta Bowl and tonight’s game). Whatever. We’re on our way to Pasadena with a shot to win ANOTHER title. TCU and Cincy would kill to be in that spot. Chris Fowler can kiss my ass.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:26 PM CST reply actions
we'll just have to take it for a month after that performance.
Big difference than struggling against Tennessee in October and scraping by on the big stage. If Kirk catches that f-ing ball we win going away and we’re not having this discussion
I'm actually glad
the Horns will get to hear that they don’t have a shot for 4 weeks.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions
The difference is that they believe the SEC to be a strong conference. The Big 12 has not lived up to expectations. But they should give the Nebraska defense the credit it deserves. Pelini has really built a solid unit. Nebraska’s D could hold their own with any BCS team.
by dimecoverage on Dec 5, 2009 11:29 PM CST up reply actions
Kirk sucked
Buckner sucked (that last interception that very nearly cost us the game was all on him—he’s amazingly weak and soft for such a big guy), and Goodwin sucked. Not a great day for the WR core.
but other than that I thought we did pretty well on offense
by bigdukesix on Dec 5, 2009 11:30 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Win
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Yeah, that shovel pass was all we had working....
That’s when you know your in trouble because it hasn’t worked all season.
Colt looked scared ....
He also looked scared against OK.
This offense does not rise against good competition….although pretty good against weak competitors
thats a scary thought...
but in the end..they made plays to win the game. You know who else made plays to win the game in 2005? VY, David Thomas, Limas Sweed. Players will step up. We’re Texas.
Yes they did... and they moved the ball when it counted
And capitalized on Nebraka’s miscues. Championships are won on things like that. One play can make a difference. We saw that last year didn’t we?
Play like you mean it...
He got sacked endlessly.
Might explain the fear.
4th Quarter Field Position
“Marquise Goodwin slipped on the ensuing kickoff, which meant Texas started its drive at its own 1-yard line.”
Officials, broadcasters and seemingly everyone missed this call … Marquise did not have possession of the ball when it first bounced off of him. He got up and, standing up, he picked up the ball to begin his return.
Why isn’t there any outrage over the “quick whistle”?
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him." J.Piper
It gives the refs a bad name
and we dont wanna go down that road in the Big 12, because our refs never make mistakes or miss holding calls…
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Craig Way's call of the winning FG
is classic. Rivals Dusty Mangum and Vince TD at the Rose Bowl.
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Question on the replay at the end
The call was correct — when there have been replays like that in football before (as well as basketball), the clock is always reset to the exact moment the clock should have been stopped.
But this has always been one thing about replay I haven’t liked. It doesn’t mimic what happens on a regular play in the middle of the game. If that pass had hit the ground with 10:01 left, instead of :01, there’s no doubt that there would have been no more than 10:00, if not less, on the clock, given the usual lag time between the ball hitting the ground, the ref blowing the whistle and the clock operator hearing the whistle and stopping the clock.
It will happen many times during the college basketball season (with a replay rule I believe would be the same here), where the clock will be reset to the exact moment a player steps out of bounds, for example, rather than when the clock operator would have stopped the clock after hearing the whistle of the ref.
But since this (correctly called) inconsistency saved us, I won’t complain too much. :)
Excellent point
and I agree with it. Why it’s more important at the end of the game than the middle is ludicrous. Their should be some consistency there.
Clock management is part of the game in the last minutes of the half and 4th qtr.
Sort of like ball placement after a huge gain is not reviewed most of the time to spot the ball. Measurements are reviewed when inches make or break a drive.
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
I said the same thing when it happened to ND against USC earlier this season
I am just glad it went our way.
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Why cant we just install something in refs' wistles that stops the clock
this is not a technology problem.
There would still be the split-second lag time . . .
. . . between when a play is over and when the ref recognizes it and blows the whistle. Replay, i believe, still wouldn’t compensate for that lag for a consistent result.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 5, 2009 11:49 PM CST up reply actions
That sounds good in theory
but that would be a better fit for basketball than football, a running play for example means the clock continues to run after the ref has blown his whistle
i'm not sure i'll
be able to sleeop for a while
They seemed to have a great
defensive scheme. A scheme that worked for OU as well. If you can get pressure with 4 and jam the recievers to take away the short pass, you can slow our offense.
We helped them out with bad decisions, penalties, and mistakes…. but they did exactly what they wanted to do and knocked us off what we wanted to do. Credit to them for that.
And we did not seem to adjust at all at the half.
"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese
They could have rushed 1 (SUH) and dropped 10 into coverage
by 7Swords of Salat on Dec 5, 2009 11:38 PM CST up reply actions
True
He is for real. I have never personally seen a defensive performance that dominant. Anyone else think of one?
"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese
I was trying during the game . . .
. . . and couldn’t come up with one.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 5, 2009 11:39 PM CST up reply actions
We are giving way too much credit to Suh..
Yes he is good and had a great game but our oline make him look even better. The oline was just flat pitiful tonight. They have been an embarrassment all season and have done nothing but get worse thru the course of this season. There is no reason why a couple decent college oline men double teaming him shouldn’t be able to slow him down. Unfortunately, our oline stunk up the place tonight.
I think you've had to much to drink.
He’s done this to every oline he’s faced. The guy deserves credit and lots of it…
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Are you serious!
Let’s see what you think about monster Suh after he hits the next level then you might actually give him some props for what he did tonight. I agree with KWashburn you’ve had way too much to drink – probably out to hit the sak before you make any other stupid comments.
Iam not debating that Suh isn't good...
What I am debating is using our oline has a measuring stick to ascertain how good a defensive lineman he is. Our oline hasn’t been able to block anybody all season. They can’t pick up the blitz, they can’t block anybody 1on1 and they can’t double team anyone. They are completely lost out there.
Mark May
just gave us credit for finding a way to win…weird.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
me three
"Stats are for losers. I like winning games." - Will Muschamp
"Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts." - Earl Campbell
by Mulliganville on Dec 5, 2009 11:45 PM CST up reply actions
Lou Holtz
is a dumbass. If all of this means so much to so many teams then push for a playoff.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:39 PM CST reply actions
Lou Holtz is a SENILE dumbas
He’s still channeling his inner Razorback.
41-38 !!
by JoeT63 on Dec 5, 2009 11:42 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Nothing worse than having to
hear someone who coached for Arkansas, SCAR and ND…they all make me sick.
HILARIOUSSSSS!!!
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:45 PM CST up reply actions
What bothers me
Is how come GD did not put in an extra Tackle and double teamed both of the Defensive Tackles in the middle.
Have one less guy go out for the pass, and let colt have a little more time to look at the field.
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Would Burn Collins' Shirt
Our Non Roommate WRs were awful tonight. If Brandon Collins has been practicing – I would seriously consider burning that shirt.
I thought
Williams came up big a few times
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Malcolm Williams made a play or two
but as I said upthread, Buckner and Kirkendoll were atrocious. Darius White, we need you!
Williams play or two
came at critical times though. As far as Buck and Kirk, yeah horrible. Wide open drop by Kirk woulda iced the game for the Horns.
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Dude has a serious motor. Never stops....
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
and he's smart
he has great awareness and doesnt get out of position. Great player and game changer on the defensive side of the ball. Odd for a defensive tackle.
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deserves it
"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese
If he isnt
the first pick, the browns or rams are crazy
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Mack Brown post game
where is PB for the voice over…..
“It was a defensive football game. If it was in the SEC they would be talking about a great ballgame.”
“Colt was looking for Jordan in the endzone on the last play and when he wasn’t open he threw it away.”
“These guys know how to win. They have tremendous character and don’t quit. They hung together and pulled out the win. This is a team that has figured out how to win. It was a great defensive football game.”
Next couple of weeks….“Now that we know where we are going, we can start planning our practice. We have to go back and study what we have to get done. Going to Hall of Fame dinner for McMichael…..Colt is national award nominee.”
and, “Coaches will start work immediately on a game plan for Alabama.”
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
I'm still not really sure how we won that game
We had many chances it push the lead and couldn’t do it. It is hard to feel optimistic about playing Bama right now, but in a week or two I’ll start to feel differently. Oddly enough before today, I thought Bama would be a good matchup for us…
McElroy's got good timing on when he starts playing his best football thats for sure..
he looked worse than Lee from LSU for a while earlier this season.
Definitely deserve it more this year than last year. Can’t argue with undefeated season this year. Props to getting it done – really doesn’t matter what it looked like – pretty, ugly, whatever – it is still 13-0. Good luck against Bama!!
the only thing harder than going 13-0
is going 13-0 when everyone expects nothing less
Our D set record for holding Neb for lowest pass yds in conf game: 39
"We don't freestyle Texas Fight, big boy." - Coach Brown
Brad Edwards
ESPN’s BCS GURU says Texas is in.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
2nd best job
outside of Mack’s post game interview speech writer.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
WR Recruits with Good Routes and Hands
Obvioulsy your skills are needed. NONE of our returing WRs should scare you out of a commitment
yes
OU’s WR situation is equally dire, but yeah. Williams is the only guy coming back next year that I have any confidence in.
I haven't heard anything about Collins' situation lately
Cautiously optimistic, but not counting on Collins to return.
Does anybody else absolutely hate the way Kirk Herbstreit
says that the kickoff out of bounds, and the Horsecollar are breaks for Texas as opposed to Mark May saying that they are MISTAKES by NEBRASKA!!!
They forget about the 20 yard pass to Shipley in between there
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
they do combine for
almost a third of our offensive output for the game
Interesting comment!
Find it interesting you bring that up when all it was last year after “the catch” was “luck” just “one play”, blah, blah, blah – now the shoe is on the other foot – little hard to swallow, aye! Both are correct – those were huge breaks for UT and huge mistakes by Nebraska. Just like “the catch” last year was a huge break for TTU and a huge mistake by UT. Just the way the media operates!
I was....
praying right along side Colt…..all i kept saying was “this is our year”. And it is OUR YEAR….let people say what they want to….we deserve it…..they snubbed us once already. Won’t be twice…..
Security
knocked on my door but the guy was laughing cuz he heard me scream “yeehaw” while he was in the elevator.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:54 PM CST up reply actions
I was yelling
saying the same, get his ass outa there
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Hey wait a minute...
The University of Texas football team just won the Big 12 Championship!!! We should probably remember that. Congrats Colt…and thanks.
41-38 !!
Sorry...I didn't actually write (sarcasm) in there
because I thought someone would get it…I was trying the whole big 12 are sissies and SEC is heavenly turf deal..
Just ask Florida
how hard it is. They still dont have an undefeated season in school history, even with the “greatest player to ever put pads on”
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
maybe not...
but we do have a competent offense against competent defenses, an offensive line, the most terrifying defense in CFB and a running game? Does that help?
J/K The 7th can’t get here fast enough.
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 6, 2009 9:32 AM CST up reply actions
Just got back from the game ...
… it was freakin’ torture. Looking around at the crowd, all the Horns fans looked pissed/sick pretty much the entire game.
The defense was stellar. No two ways about it.
The offense did not execute. But then again, the offense really didn’t have many opportunities to execute. The playcalling may be a new all-time low for Greg Davis. I am shocked that some of his apologists have already shown up on this thread. His total lack of adjustments til the fourth quarter, continuing to try and run through Suh, failing to pass over the middle much of the game even though it was working … I could go on and on.
Several flat-out bizarre calls by the officiating crew did not help … looking forward to some quality Tivo time to try and figure those out.
That said, the defense was fantastic. Hunter was nails, as per usual.
And how fantastic to put together a loss-free season, despite the handicap calling the plays.
Big 12 Championship feels good! Hook ’em.
Watch out, I bite.
by EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel on Dec 5, 2009 11:55 PM CST reply actions
I am envious
Wish I coulda been there too, but I would have probably been thrown out for creating a non family friendly atmosphere.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
yeah. it wasn't gooood
that even my wife had to see me tonight
There's an Asian Massage Parlor joke in there somewhere.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:57 PM CST up reply actions
i was driving home at halftime and noticed
it was already orange. from volleyball or something. pissed me off a lot.l thoyught it could jinx us. buit htings turned out ok in the end.
not from volleyball...
The tower is lit burnt orange for the graduating seniors(graduation was today)
That being said, congrats to my future sister in law....
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I spent 4 years in Montgomery, AL
Those people are nuts. I have had more people text me in the past hour than I have in the past year. All asking if I even think Texas has a chance…
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Aren't we undefeated
all time versus Bama?
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by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
Yes
7-0-1 last game played in ’82.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Cool
I’ll take our chances.
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by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:02 AM CST up reply actions
While watching the highlights
I realized how close Goodwin came to fielding that last kickoff. Good savvy by the RS freshman.
My heart stopped...
I was screaming DON"T TOUCH THAT!!!!
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
Agreed.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 5, 2009 11:59 PM CST up reply actions
I will say this
it may be simply because Nebraskas tailback isnt very good, but I thought we tackled the tailback very well..We’ll have to do that at the D-Line level and further if we want any shot with Bama
Watching the game
Verne was talking about how he “blew up” the DB on a short TD run by Ingram. He barley touched the DB and the DB almost made the stop.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Suh missed his block tonight too
Just wiffed!
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
Got chopped down by Brewster and the rest of his team stuffed the play.
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
actually Brewster reached up
and would have worked Suh and made the tackle solo if he had to. badass playy by my count
History
As of the 2008 season, Texas and Alabama have met 8 times with Texas holding a 7-0-1 lead in the series. The last time they met was the 1982 Cotton Bowl with Texas winning 14-12.
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by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:01 AM CST reply actions
Got that from the ESPN College Football Encyclopedia.
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by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:05 AM CST up reply actions
We got about a month to prepare
It was mentioned that Nick Satan had his offense change thier game for Florida. I hope Texas offense comes with something new as well. More straight ahead and vertical.
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
Don't get all crazy on us now
GD has not heard of this here ver-ti-cal offense you’re talking about. Is dat somethin them pro players do?
Watch out, I bite.
by EddieTheAlbinoSquirrel on Dec 6, 2009 12:08 AM CST up reply actions
Somethings gotta give
As mentioned before. NU pulled an OU on Defense and took away all the things Texas likes to do.
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
Uh-oh
Potential controversy?
As posted on CornNation:
Reviewable plays under the Big XII rules include clock adjustment when a ruling on the field is reversed (emphasis mine — quoting Article 3f of Big XII replay rules).
Can someone else look at the rules here and see if there is a provision for adjusting the clock with no other issue at hand?
Instant replay’s purpose should be to get the right call on the field. They got the call right due to replay.
Of course that's the purpose of replay . . .
. . . but replay is only authorized in specifically-defined situations. Just ask the Cowboys, who had a very clear fumble recovery in the Packers game last month denied because the specific play at hand was not reviewable.
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 6, 2009 12:16 AM CST up reply actions
CornNation
would be best served to worry about a good Arizona team in the Holiday Bowl…headed by a quarterback from Austin, TX.
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by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:20 AM CST up reply actions
From the NCAA rulebook
ARTICLE 6. No other plays or officiating decisions are reviewable.
However, the replay official may correct egregious errors, including those
involving the game clock, whether or not a play is reviewable. This excludes
fouls that are not specifically reviewable (Reviewable fouls: Rules 12-3-2-c
and d, 12-3-4-b and 12-3-5-a).
JohnsonUT
is a f*&@$%! beast!
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:22 AM CST up reply actions
Excellent find
I assume NCAA rules trump Big XII rules?
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 6, 2009 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
All I can say is, "Thank God"
Its a miracle that we have won this game. Give Neb. credit. They come to play but definitely, we were not. We were greatly underestimate them especially, their D. If we play like this against Bama, I rather have Cincy & TCU to play MNC.
Regardless, Congrat to Colt & all the seniors got their 1st Big 12 title. Hope MB can make the adjustment to prepare for Bama. One thing for sure is, we need more prayers than ever for this MNC game.
Anyway, I will try my best to forget about this game and focus on how VY will beat Peyton Manning on tomorrow.
Always Hook’em!
Right now Bama is probly two TDs better than y’all. Y’all have played two decent defenses all year and scored 16 and 13 points respectively. Saban has a month to figure out how to put pressure on Mccoy. Bama will run at you all game much like A&M did and tire your defense out. Unless Bama has a bunch of atletes talk to agents or get arrested, I like their chances.
by miketag on Dec 6, 2009 12:09 AM CST via mobile reply actions
Thanks, Mike, good luck in that Texas Bowl thingie!
by Hopkins Horn on Dec 6, 2009 12:11 AM CST up reply actions
I think your win put us in the Indy bowl vs UGA. Good for me bc I can do some gambling and see the Ags play again. Good for the team cuz we get an extra month of practice and a game vs athletes similar to what y’all and OU have.
by miketag on Dec 6, 2009 2:40 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Muschamp has a month too
6 hours ago people said we were 2 touchdowns better than Nebraska. Just saying.
"I don't ever miss free throws. I'm like 100-percent from the free throw line. I just don't think about missing and if you think about missing you're going to miss. I just take my time and know I'm going to make it and I do," McClellan said.
that was me. and it's still true
Nuttier than a four-balled Tomcat.
Here we go...
..so it begins. Yup…and USC was the team of the century. So far, we just find a way to win. Offense, Defense, or Special Teams…one of them always steps up. I sure HOPE Ulla-bumma thinks this is a done deal.
41-38 !!
How about Mcelroy
Has a bad day and throw a bunch of interception to our D. Earl Thomas at least has 2 INT TD on MNC game.
"Atletes?"
Talking around your toof makes you sound funny.
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
HAHAHAHAH
just wanted to make sure you knew that that was absolutely funny as hell and made me spit up soda…
Robert Smith
is a washed up and I dont think anyone actually believes that guy…Just a seat filler for ESPN.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Buckeye douche.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
He looks like a troll doll.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:25 AM CST up reply actions
As a great philosopher once said
Suck my balls- Eric cartman
Greg Davis wears Sex Panther... and nothing else.
All the talk about TCU
and how we played a week OOC sched then the Big12 was down, but look at TCU’s sched, UNLV, Colo State, New Mexico, San Diego State…Not quite murderers row…If TCU passes us I will literally hold a press conference and stop watching college football all together.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
When are ballots due tomorrow?
Isn’t it like 11 am?
Congrats guys
Just dropping in to say congrats for getting it done against us….again. You guys have an excellent defense and a very good offense as well (it looks like they were a little off tonight, but most teams look bad against the Blackshirts). As much as I’d have loved to win this one, I’ll be pulling for you guys against Bama.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
by jdhusker on Dec 6, 2009 12:29 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
JDHusker
You guys are well on your way to being back. Amazing defense and a great game. As always, Husker fans are absolute class. Good luck in your bowl game.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:31 AM CST up reply actions
Congrats hell...
…congrats to Nebraska! College football is better for having a solid ’Husker program…and you are back!
41-38 !!
I will never be able to explain my love of Nebraska fans.....
You guys are the best people on earth. Much like the Snapple drink……
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Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
Thanks jdhusker!!!
Nebraska fans are always the epitome of grace, most of the time. I hope you guys smash your bowl opponent. Props to your Defense. They are a NIGHTMARE.
Play like you mean it...
Thank You, JD
Same to you and that amazing defense!
Wish my Nebraska neighbor kids were as classy…they tagged my driveway with “Go Huskers” Friday night with chalk! (10yr olds will be 10yr olds). Didn’t quite go with the Longhorn flag waving on the front of my house! (I got a good laugh out of it)
Looks like the kids will be washing off my driveway this morning after church!
Final Verdict time...
great.
"Can you count suckas?!"
by LonghornLostInMiami on Dec 6, 2009 12:30 AM CST reply actions
Holtz
I really hope he screws up again with the cameras on.
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
That was probably the worst endgame I’ve ever seen that actually worked. Seriously, why the hell would you drop back to pass three plays in a row when you’re already in FG range and have taken an absurd number of sacks already? And why would you run a slow-developing bootleg with that little time left?
That said, it did somehow work. The fact that only two teams get to play for the title and three unbeatens are going to be left playing for consolation prizes without any chance to earn the title is absurd. But I think this time you’re not going to be among the teams screwed over by the system.
whether it works out or not,
the “system” is absurd. no matter what happens in the BCS champeenship, other teams will have rightful claims as the nation’s best. It’s rubbish and if the Horns weren’t always in the conversation, I wouldn’t pay any attention.
Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis.
No argument here.
I will say that the BCS usually picks the “right” two teams under the constraint that you assume there are two and only two deserving teams. But that assumption is nearly always wrong.
All i Have to say if fuckethe want to be huskers fans posing otr be sooners...
It sdhf bad enough that I had to listen to them fro 4 hours atthe ba, but htem they had the audacity to get i my face and still preach that they would have been beetter than UT without he injuries.
It us bad enough to listen tot them complain abouthte game, but now they want a fuckin astrierick because they choked but all my Nebrakska buddies still laugh at them just pisses me off…
I think I am going ot crawl in bed and chase my Neb grad wife around the bedroom..
I hope this makes sencse in the morning.
Hookem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nad FUCK OU
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I'm going to have me a dank when I get home....
" Answers -- Become Resources."
Without Questions; There are limited Resources...
I cant wait for you
to read this in the morning! HAHAHAHA!!!!
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
Too funny man
and I didn’t even catch that many drinking game calls. Sounds like you figured out a way. Enjoy the win. Hook em!
by Infield Elephant on Dec 6, 2009 1:28 AM CST up reply actions
Man I feel like shit
Last night was a long night..
9 months from now if we have a kid, we are naming him Hunter.
Damn Sooners…. They where so annoying that the Husker fans where telling them to shut the fuck up.
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
Goodnight BON
and wake up tomorrow knowing that our Horns are Big 12 champs!
The "Big Bang" was actually a Will Muschamp chestbump......with the Earth!
TCU
Nobody knows better than Texas fans what it’s like to feel like you got robbed of a shot at a national title by a system that is full of flaws. But I believe TCU is only the 4th or 5th most deserving team to play for the national title this year.
I’m completely fine with a non-AQ playing for the title in a year where that team has a better resume than the two best teams that the BCS conferences can produce. But that is not the case this year. There are three undefeated conference champions from the BCS conferences, and TCU does not deserve to play for the BCS national title over any of those three teams.
This is like in 2005 when Reggie Bush won the Heisman, and Texas fans were livid. Everyone said “In any other year, Vince wins it.” The same applies here. TCU needed 2 of the top 3 teams to lose, and that did not happen. That doesn’t make this “unfair” to TCU. It just means two great teams had perfect seasons. Unfair is Cincy not getting their shot. Unfair would’ve been TCU getting in over Texas.
Everyone loves an underdog, and everyone wants to see the BCS turned into a laughingstock. I get that. But you can’t bitch and moan about fairness when there are three undefeated teams from better conferences. In the words of Darrell Royal, what should’ve happened, did.
One quibble
It absolutely is unfair that TCU and Boise aren’t getting chances. In no other major sport, anywhere, can you win all of your games for an entire season and not be the champion.
But if you’re going to pick two and only two teams, it’s got to be Bama and Texas.
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