Texas...found its quarterback in Garrett Gilbert

Nice piece from Andy Staples on Garrett Gilbert...Just 8 more days.

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Great stuff

During a family trip one summer when Garrett was in high school, Gale even tried to convince Garrett to check out Berkeley, but Gilbert wanted nothing to do with any school other than Texas. “He had zero interest,” Gale said. “If Texas offered, that was what he was doing.”

I don't always watch football, but when I do, I prefer Dos Achos. Stay thirsty, my friends.

by jc25 on Aug 27, 2010 12:01 PM CDT reply actions

I believe.

"Football's so important in Texas. On the West Coast, it's a social. On the East Coast, it's a culture. Here, it's a religion."
-- Major Applewhite

by Sunkist on Aug 27, 2010 1:06 PM CDT reply actions

Love this quote too

in a state that breeds quarterbacks as well as it smokes beef brisket.

"A lot of people look for the easy way to do anything, in swimming there is no easy way." - Eddie Reese

by SwimTexas on Aug 27, 2010 9:24 PM CDT reply actions

replayed the Texas Alabama Game. I watched the game in a less emotional ravaged state than the first time. For a team as accomplished as Alabama is supposed to be, they came within a hairs breath of losing. Scoring 2 touchdowns in the last 3 minutes makes it seem much more one sided than it was. It was pretty obvious that Alabama wouldn’t have been able to cope with the Texas passing game if a more experienced QB had been making the decisions.

Garrett did much better than I expected against a defense as good as Alabama was supposed to be but the effort fell a little bit short. That’s why it’s hard to understand the media this year talk about Alabama, If you can just barley defeat a team that has a backup QB with about a quarters worth of play time how good is your team? how good is that defense?

by Xerxes on Aug 28, 2010 10:42 AM CDT reply actions