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Snap Shots: Despair, Disgust, Disbelief, and Dissociation In the Little Apple


This is the third of three posts sponsored by Samsung. Intro here.

There wasn't anything positive to take from the Kansas State disaster either offensively or defensively. So that rules out a Snap Shots post talking about anything successful.

There were certainly plenty of negatives -- failing to convert third and shorts early in the game, five interceptions by Garrett Gilbert, numerous breakdowns by the defense. It's getting old talking about defensive mistakes at this point and the mistakes by Gilbert were mostly just forcing the ball into coverage or not putting it where he wanted it, nothing to break down in particular on those plays.

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the game was the looks on the face of Texas fans in the stands of Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Looks of despair, disgust, disbelief, and dissociation.

A breakdown of the what Longhorn football looks like in 2010 after the jump.

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The first Kansas State touchdown

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The "Absolutely Blank" look (Dissociation)

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The "It's Happening Again" look (Disgust)

3rd and 2 failure

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The "Does Our Running Really Suck That Much?"* look (Disbelief)

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The thousand-yard stare, version 1 (Dissociation)

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The "Blank Bevo"** look (Disbelief)

* Yes, yes it does.

** Like Bevo at a home football game, this young man may be on a heavy dose of tranquilizers, hence the inability to keep his mouth closed and the blankest of blank looks.

Gilbert's first interception

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The "Deer in the Headlights" look (Disbelief)

Kansas State's second touchdown

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There are no words for this (Despair, Disgust, Disbelief, Dissociation)

Red zone interception

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The thousand-yard stare, disgusted version (Disgust, Dissociation)

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The thousand-yard stare, version 3 (Disbelief)

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On the right, the "Sad Puppy" look (Disbelief), a look of disgust on the left

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On the right, the "God, Why Have You Forsaken Us" look (Despair)

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The "Just Drove By A Serious Accident" look (Disbelief)

Interception starting the second half

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The "Gallows Humor" look (Dissociation)

 

Gilbert's 5th interception

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The "This Team Can No Longer Hurt Me" look (Dissociation)

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The thousand-yard stare, versions 4 and 5 (Dissociation, Disbelief)

Kansas State scores to go up 37-0

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The "Stoic" (Dissociation)

Kansas State blocked PAT/two-point conversion

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On the left, the "Absolute Disgust" look (Disgust) and on the right, the thousand-yard stare, version 6 (Dissociation)

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(Despair)

And, finally, the sign that says it all:

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Pretty well behaved bunch.

I don’t see any rage.

Second to last may be Bell’s palsy, BTW.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

by Magnificent Bastard on Nov 12, 2010 8:52 AM CST reply actions  

Worst game that Texas has ever played, IMHO. I can’t recall or imagine a past team with such a physical talent advantage being so badly beaten by so very, very basic a gameplan.

This is the real life equivalent of playing Madden, you get the NFL all-time all star team, I get a team like SF or JAX, a decent running back and that’s really it on both sides. I tell you before the game what one single play I’m going to run every single play, offense and defense. And then, rather than just call plays, do nothing, and let the stats take care of the simulation, you manage to play so badly that I take a 39 point lead and then rub poop in your face.

In summary, fire GDGD! It’s time for everyone to get their pissed off, no donating no spending face on.

by Tackchevy on Nov 12, 2010 8:55 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

Great replay

No need to rehash the abomination on the field, just show the fans you schlepped their way to the “Little Apple” only to see Bill Synder’s bunch dropkick Texas.

Me – I rotate between stoic/1,000-yd stare and “gallows humor” grin. I’m usually worried about being caught on Youtube with deer in the headlights.

For the issue of discussion, I think there’s not much difference between the stare and stoic. You’re way off.

by Eskimohorn on Nov 12, 2010 8:59 AM CST reply actions  

Yeah, while there were a variety of expressions, they were all along the lines of “I can’t believe I paid whatever I paid to come to this horrible place and watch this game in person.”

Notice that there are no OMG girls; no one is really surprised anymore.

by Tackchevy on Nov 12, 2010 9:08 AM CST via mobile reply actions  

I was waiting for my picture....

….not sure what the caption would have been, but pretty sure it fit every one of those categories. Probably “Hey, Will…they’re going to run the ball.” or “I want a refund, this is not what I paid for.”

BTW – K-State has the worst stadium in the Big 12, hands down. And I think it was very un-classy of K-St to put the band in the south endzone (with a handful of fans) and then put the majority of our fans in the upper, upper deck on the northeast corner. I can’t remember any other visiting school do this.

by Go Bevo on Nov 12, 2010 9:27 AM CST reply actions  

We'll be seeing more and more of them as the Big 12 goes to round-robins

I respect Bill Snyder, his game plan of ball control and waiting for us to self-destruct was masterful but no one will ever confuse them with the Nebraskas of the world in terms of class. They had some really ugly girls screaming full pitch into the TV camera at times. Doesn’t seem like a fun place but we’d better get used to seeing more of them.

"You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish" -- Darrell Royal

by SpiritOfTheFedora on Nov 12, 2010 10:51 AM CST up reply actions  

Can someone PLEASE post

the shot or, better yet, a clip of the Horns’ sideline when a couple of the players were trying to fire up the rest?

"I'm not playing favorites. All my favorites have graduated." - A. Lemons

by Paleface Horn on Nov 12, 2010 9:28 AM CST reply actions  

As one KSU friend of mine said...

“Light the tower purple… because we own it.”

You ain't hurt...

by Peter Bean on Nov 12, 2010 10:55 AM CST reply actions  

that's all they got

"I'm not playing favorites. All my favorites have graduated." - A. Lemons

by Paleface Horn on Nov 12, 2010 10:57 AM CST up reply actions  

Their 3rd ranked BB team will be here this year

next to last game I think. Should be a good game :)

"You've got to think lucky. If you fall into a mudhole, check your back pocket - you might have caught a fish" -- Darrell Royal

by SpiritOfTheFedora on Nov 12, 2010 10:59 AM CST up reply actions  

My personal favorite...

Guy on the left is wondering if he can catch an early flight home…
Girl in the middle is praying for a mercy killing…
Guy top right is going to chew his limb off so he can get a medical pass out of the game…

Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas - Senator William Blakley

by AusTXBill on Nov 12, 2010 11:35 AM CST reply actions  

I obviously don't get the image posting technique...

Here’s the link to it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wbmorrison/5169326241/

Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas - Senator William Blakley

by AusTXBill on Nov 12, 2010 11:36 AM CST up reply actions  

Maybe this time???

<img src=“”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5169326241_ca843c4dbf.jpg" width=“500” height=“374” alt=“Sad, Sad, Sad” />"/>

Guy on the left is wondering if he can catch an early flight home…
Girl in the middle is praying for a mercy killing…
Guy top right is going to chew his limb off so he can get a medical pass out of the game…

Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas - Senator William Blakley

by AusTXBill on Nov 12, 2010 11:40 AM CST reply actions  

Sorry everyone.

photo posting FAIL.

Texas is neither southern nor western. Texas is Texas - Senator William Blakley

by AusTXBill on Nov 12, 2010 11:42 AM CST reply actions  

Í found Mack´s little notebook

and all it said is
We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck. We Suck.

Note to Bill Byrne "Because you aren´t Texas and you´ll never be Texas"

by realmccoy on Nov 12, 2010 2:08 PM CST up reply actions  

Mack's note

“Ask Greg why we gave up on the tunnel screen”.

by Bevodoc on Nov 12, 2010 3:24 PM CST up reply actions  

Then he adds...

Let’s see, I’ve blamed myself, the coaches, the players, the fans, now who’s leftt?

"Only angry people win football games." --DKR

by OBdoc on Nov 13, 2010 10:22 AM CST up reply actions  

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