Jones, Turnovers Bury Texas in Dallas, 55-17
by Peter Bean on Oct 8, 2011 2:50 PM CDT
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PrintA much more experienced Oklahoma team had little trouble bullying Texas on both sides of the ball, as the Longhorns coughed it over five times, three of which the Sooners returned for touchdowns. Landry Jones and his outstanding corps of receivers had a terrific day picking on Diggs, Byndom and UT's green secondary, while the UT offensive line struggled throughout the game, making life difficult on Texas' two young quarterbacks. Congrats to OU on the win -- they played great football and deserved it.
We'll talk some more about what happened, but there isn't too much to be said about a game like this. Rant all you like in the comments, but try to keep some perspective, for crying out loud. If you need to call for Bryan Harsin to be fired, head on over to Shaggy, which has gone full TexAgs.
I suggest grabbing a stiff drink and just forgetting this one. As poorly as things went today, we'll be fine.
This is your post-game commiseration thread.
Hook 'em
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But at least we schooled them in realignment last month!
by Hopkins Horn on Oct 8, 2011 2:53 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Really???
Thats all ya got huh? too bad that doesnt count for anything….AT ALL.
sense of humor?
What? I laughed at the final score. I am an OU fan but I’m not here to talk bad about Texas I love the rivalry, I came to see what longhorn fans were feeling . I love the buttkicking we put on Texas for above statement . Out of all the off field disadvantages Oklahoma has against Texas the on field product is what really matters . So we could be in the MAC Conference and we’d still be Oklahoma! Saying that I’m glad we stayed aligned together great traditions ,history,rivalry,etc.
by kt-raida on Oct 9, 2011 9:26 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You're missing the point
Hopkins Horn was making a joke.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
lol
And obviously spelling isn’t a longhorns.
by kt-raida on Oct 9, 2011 9:29 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If you're going to mock people's spelling
especially when someone has already noticed and corrected their typo, make sure yours is 100% correct.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Hate to say it but...
I think a more conservative running, bubble screen, short passes game plan would’ve kept us in the game a little bit longer. Still like that Harsin tried to give our young QB’s a chance to make plays but when your oline can’t protect, your doomed from the beginning.
No offense succeeds without the oline executing.
They just executed themselves today.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
Agreed
O-line was porous today. Needed better protection for all of our plays. Trick or otherwise
"Reality continues to ruin my life."
Yeah we tried a few screens.
OU defended well. We didn’t execute.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
smirk ;-) feels good ebing entitled don't it.
The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.
See, other blogs would have banned this troll douche
But not BON. That’s how cool we are.
by iamjackburton on Oct 8, 2011 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty surprised
I thought our secondary and our O would be a plus for this game. Both failed pretty bad.
Tough to admit, but we got outplayed on everything but special teams
"Reality continues to ruin my life."
Ugly..
-4 in the TO game (could have been much worse)
3 def TD’s by OU
0.8 yds per carry on the ground
could have actually been a lot worse
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
Proud of the team for not entirely quitting.
We just couldn’t do anything against their starters. They dominated us.
Oh, and thanks for linking to Shaggy
I think that was only the second or third time I’ve ever clicked there. I need to bleach my eyes now.
by Hopkins Horn on Oct 8, 2011 2:56 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Well stated PB
We got beat soundly by a much better team. Let’s hope the young ones can put this behind them and get ready for another stout team next week at home.
Perspective
It’s tough after a game like that, but I’m trying to keep perspective on this team. They got steamrolled, no doubt. But this was a young team heading into a buzzsaw. They made tons of mistakes, but didn’t quit. This can be a tremendous learning experience. It will be interesting to see how they reapnd next week against Ok State.
I still expect 8 wins from this team. Just a tough day. Get back to work and keep improving.
Hook ’em!
by racecarr on Oct 8, 2011 2:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Good point
they didn’t quit, despite perpetual mistakes
by Infield Elephant on Oct 8, 2011 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, crap
Not even close to what we wanted, and I’m sure we’ll all (me included) get some ribbing next week at work. No time to mope though. Here’s hoping the fans bounce back quickly and the players and coaches learn what they can from game film and start getting ready for next week.
Getting a ribbing at work?
Nah, a cousin of mine that is just a waste of life (drug addict, convicted felon, etc., etc..) is staying with us so she isn’t homeless. Point being, she’s an OU fan and lived in Norman/Tulsa her whole life and I think she’s pretty damn representative of their fanbase: people with backwards perspectives on the world. Oh, you beat us in football sure, but life is more than football and you’ve ruined yours.
She’ll be on the street again next week.
by HornPossessed on Oct 8, 2011 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, I hope you aren’t seriously gonna kick out family because of football
by kotalikmyballs on Oct 8, 2011 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions
haha no
She’s been sneaking drugs into the house behind our backs and thinks we don’t know about it. She’s 36 and we’ve given her every chance in the world.
by HornPossessed on Oct 8, 2011 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
You sound like a classic loser HornPossessed
by Toby H on Oct 8, 2011 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Sorry I was nice enough to give a person another chance at life.
And they wasted it.
by HornPossessed on Oct 8, 2011 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Props for trying to help your cousin
have a friend who took in a friend who is a drug addict and is now trying to evict her. Sometimes you can’t help people unless they want to be helped.
If ever a phrase applied to an aggie visitor
Sometimes you can’t help people unless they want to be helped.
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by TXStampede on Oct 8, 2011 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Honestly
As much as it hurts, I am not too disappointed. I mean it was a nasty as hell loss, but it could have been worse. We are a young team, with new coaches going against a behemoth that is on track to win the title. There were a lot of dark spots, but plenty of shines of hope for the future. Just keep on moving forward.
Now Kansas State is scaring me.
What frustrated me was that we never seemed to get away from slow-developing plays on offense which OU was just eating up. Seems like we had practically no plays ready if OU got pressure and they did in copious amounts. No QB could have done well in that environment.
And, yes, there are things you can call to run clock, avoid turnovers, help the defense and manage a game better even if your line can’t stop anything. Maybe not win, but not lose so badly and maybe hope the other team coughs it up too.
But I saw none of that. Looking forward to the post-game analysis.
On those reverse plays...
The one to Shipley was the product of a missed block. The one to Onyebule? was run towards the side of a corner/safety blitz and didn’t really have a chance with a free running defender.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
I'm not going to pick on Harsin
Actually I think he may be our next head coach and that might occur sooner rather than later.
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Why
does everyone have this oh we got beat by 40 on National Tv but we’ll be ok Attitude? How can you guys be ok with this crap… We have great resources, facilities, fanbase, alumni, boosters, everything… Yet were accepting mediocrity… This is the difference between us and Alabama, or LSU… They don’t get their ass whooped however if they did it wouldn’t be acceptable. Yet, all we can do is say… We’re young its ok we will be fine….
Agree
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Sitting around burying your face in your hands or throwing tantrums isn't constructive.
Of course we have to believe we’re going to be ok. What other option is there? Should we all sit around lamenting how we suck and there’s no hope?
Getting blown out is definitely not ok, but the score was due to turnovers in addition to us not playing well. If we took care of the ball, the score probably doesn’t look as bad.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
There's fear along with the frustration
Many of us saw last year as an aberation. We convinced ourselves the problem was GD, or GG, or that we didn’t have a premier running back. Well we replaced almost the entire coaching staff, changed QB’s, and brought in a top RB. When we see today how we were totally dominated in almost every phase of the game, we begin to wonder if OSU, and A&M, and maybe Baylor, could do this to us also. It makes me wonder what would have happened at Iowa State without all their turn-overs and stupid penalties. Before the game Peter said if we just played well and kept it close he would feel we were on our way back (or something to that effect). Well, we didn’t play well or keep it close.
"Only angry people win football games." --DKR
Who's accepting mediocrity?
Rational college football fans understand that there will be micro ups and downs at the annual level.
For a healthy reminder of what it looks like when a traditional power which will be fine in the long run but which is not Top 5 right now, flip over to the Florida-LSU game. Should Florida’s fanbase be panicing because Bama destroyed them last week and LSU is on pace to do so this week? Of course not. And they’re not “accepting mediocrity” by not flipping out.
by Hopkins Horn on Oct 8, 2011 3:13 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ok
So why don’t you see Bama and LSu on the other side of lopsided 30-40 point defeats? What do they have that we don’t? Why is it that those teams are seemingly in the mix EVERY year whether they have freshman, sophomores, junior or seniors? Why is it that Les Miles is on the hotseat even when his team wins close games?
Ok
So you’re view is simply we’ll be ok? What about today’s game makes you think that we can beat Ok St, K st, Baylor, Texas Tech, and Aggie?
not one of those teams is better than OU Jesus Christ dude settle the hell down
WE LOST ONE GAME THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we’ve gotten blownout even worse by OU in history and we’ve always bounced back OU kicked the shit iout of us in the 50s and we then proceeded to dominate them for a full decade. settle down man this game is not gonna sink the damn program
formerly "Horns102591"
They're not top five every year
They’ve both had their ups and downs over the last decade – more downs than we’ve had. This year, they’re particularly good. Florida and Texas are just decent. But that could easily flip within a couple of years, given the annual particularities of recruiting classes.
by Hopkins Horn on Oct 8, 2011 3:23 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Micro Ups and Downs?
If that was it, I’d be a happy camper. But the fact that Stoops totally owns Brown, and has for more than a decade now is what sucks so bad. And the fact that Brown has been OK with taking the three worst beatings UT has ever experienced – against our archrival no less!!! – all three under HIS tenure – and during the 2-3 seasons he actually had the better team (that won the conference) he chose to hold back the scoring and not repay the favor is what really chaps me. Mack doesn’t mind being the bitch, that’s quite obviously, and the years when he can be the dude and bend the bitch over he pulls out and satisfies himself with small glory.
After last season I thought it was just GG, GD, Muschamp, all that. Now, after watching him lead his program to its third worst loss in UT history – the worst two also under him – I’m more and more convinced that he’s a POS as a coach, and if weren’t for the college phenomenon that was VY he’d have been out of the game LONG ago.
I coulda accepted losing this season to OU, but not getting blown out. And knowing that if MB were ever to bring a squad to Dallas capable of beating OU again, ever, that he’d tell the team to quit after getting a decent lead, he’d never pile on like Stoops, I’m this close to wanting him to leave the head coaching position at the end of the season. This sucks.
It's called living in the real world
If you thought we were going to beat them, you were seriously deluded, pal. This team IS young. That’s a FACT. Get over it.
by iamjackburton on Oct 8, 2011 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions
beat down
not even close, dont know what to say, other than they kicked our asshat up and down the field
I think that this was expected (the loss). They are virtually an undefeated team, a true powerhouse. UT is still rebuilding. The players are still for the most part inexperienced.
They’re going to be fine.
So its gonna be a tough year
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
We should lower expectations
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
I think you had incorrect expectations
I had hoped we’d be competitive. We clearly weren’t. But we lost to a top 3 team.
We’ll be fine against more equal competition.
I always expect to win
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
If you don't think you can win, why even play the game.. just forfiet
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Thats the problem
We’re Texas we shouldn’t be expected Lose any game. You think Bama, LSU, or OU go into games thinking… Well that loss was expected?
You forget that college football is cyclical
Texas ranks ahead of all those schools in all time wins and win percentage, so we have been doing it right for a long time. If you want to talk about recently, I am sure there were a lot of games from 1997-2007 for Bama, 1980-2002 for LSU, and 1989-1999 for OU where everyone associated with those schools went into a game thinking…well that loss was expected. We are lucky because of who we are and how we recruit to where those cycles at UT don’t last long. We have had bad cycles of 3-4 years, not 10+ years.
by OminousPolaris on Oct 8, 2011 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Good Post
I don’t disagree with you at all. I just don’t understand how a school with our resources and talent goes through this kind of thing at all…
most of those resources dont matter
money cant buy you wins unless you are from the SEC
formerly "Horns102591"
HUH???
Either it can or it cant,being in the SEC doesn’t make s difference .
by kt-raida on Oct 9, 2011 10:06 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He means that the SEC uses their resources to cheat.
Also, good job mocking someone’s typing above and then posting this. Well done.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
This team seemed to be paralyzed by blitzes.
We either missed a guy trying to pick it up or our blockers were beaten at the point of attack.
Also this offense needs the ability to call for audibles and hot routes. These young QBs need to learn to attack the space left open by the blitz. There’s a ton of learning opportunity there.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
The D played scared.
Twenty yard cushions? Grr.
by hornball on Oct 8, 2011 3:07 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
They were coached to do just that...give up the middle routes and protect against the big plays.
Trouble is, OU was given free reign in the 5-20 routes and they just kept stringing together 1st downs. Unstoppable.
Hook Em.
56 Sophs, & Frosh account for the lack of experience… OU won it last year, this year and probably next year too… but soon the table turns and the Cowboy Hat comes back home to Texas…
Good luck to OU the rest of the way… Texas can still salvage this season and win out the rest of the year!!
See yOU again in 364 days!!! It was a good game, for about 12 minutes!! lol! Lot of speed on that OU D and hopefully they represent the conf. with some pride this year!!
Rob Ryan: "I don’t know if we win all-hype team. That might have gone to someone else, but we’re going to beat their ass when we play them."
Sounds like you think they may win forever
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Rather them then the other options
Id rather see OU steamroll to the title then see A) Aggies win the conferance or B) SEC team win the title again
I was refering to the Red River thing
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Landry is gone after this year
and several of thier OL and D
They will be in a similar situation UT is in now next year.
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
Where's Landry going? The NFL? LOL!
He’s a system qb through-and-through. I respect the guy for kicking our asses and he’s got talent, but not NFL talent. He’s no Bradford or McCoy.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
thik they are saying he is a top 10 pick
Colt was 3rd rounder
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Oct 8, 2011 3:32 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Jones falls apart on the road
Sooner fans call it Good Landry/Bad Landry, but it is really Home Landry/Road Landry. If a team is anywhere close to OU in talent, and they are on the road, he finds a way to lose. He lacks “it”.
Who is saying he is a 1st round pick?
Not NFL talent?
Care to bet his NFL signing bonus on that?
by BeeCaveHornFan on Oct 8, 2011 4:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
uh really?
Landry Jones is currently a top 10 overall player, top 5 on some lists. I’ve heard rumors he may come back for a Sr year which would suck as I would prefer he left asap, now would be best actually.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
Not if OU takes the title this year. If he gets that one under his belt, he's gone, gone, gone
He’d be a fool not to…
There is no reason OU shouldn't go the distance. The machine is operating nearly perfectly.
- kicking coverage is soft (we got some gifts here)
- Middle D line can get opened up more than expected (we failed to pursue this enough today)
Other than that, a well tuned machine.
(I will go swallow acid now to improve the taste in my mouth.)
no chance
OU is a nightmare match-up for us, but that offense is flat-out soft and gimicky. At half they averaged like 1 yd per rush and we got pressue on them. If offense helped a bit this wouldn’t have been a disaster.
by codaxx on Oct 8, 2011 4:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I wouldn't give credit to the Texas defense either...
you know, for anything they may have done right today.
" Answers --Become Resources."
Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
defense
Was ok for about 1.5 quarters. OU scored 21 pts off the offense and I believe 10 pts on drives under 30 yds. That is 31 pts basically the offense gave up. OU couldn’t run the ball. Threw 50+ passes. Completed 60 of the balls. 3rd and 25 was terrible, but the score hardly reflected the difference between OU offense and our defense
by codaxx on Oct 8, 2011 6:59 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Imagine what kind of team we would have if Earl Thomas had stayed
I saw on his twitter that this would have been his last RRR if he had stayed.
by willyoubemycharizard on Oct 8, 2011 3:13 PM CDT reply actions
Absolutely....a true talent of which we are clearly in short supply
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
No worries
We are a very young team that just played arguably the best team in the country (I think LSU, but OU is gonna be in the MNC).
We killed ourselves more than they did. Turnovers, bad reads, bad angles. We have so much talent. I’m actually happy knowing that we are going to be a mean machine as these guys mature.
We're Texas, We're not OK.
at least...
…i felt that they kept fighting till the end. they might have made a shitload of mistakes but they had the passion to keep fighting, and thats something you can take to the bank because if they keep this spirit up, we will be very good soon.
by vanterminatorhorn on Oct 8, 2011 3:19 PM CDT reply actions
Yep
And they got EVERY break….my gosh, that Davis catch going back as a pick 6. Just an incredibly laughably unlucky day. I really am not worried.
We're Texas, We're not OK.
You should be worried though
Next week OSU comes to town, and they are on par with OU this year. Weeden has a ridiculous laser-accuracy arm. OSU’s defense isn’t as good as OU’s, but their offense is probably a little better.
I 100% agree
Yes, take away all the points off turnover /lucky break stuff, and OU still beats us. But I’m not Chicken Little. The sky is not falling. We have some glaring weaknesses/mistakes, but I believe these can be fixed. Fixed through coaching and growth. The only concern I have is Harsin had his ass handed to him. I hope he learns from his mistakes just like the kids.
I don't understand "t-sip" as an insult. I like drinking tea, and when is being classy a bad thing?
It's painful but this will be a great learning experience
for the young guys. Like learning how to read obvious blitz situations and make adjustments at the line. Also, there’s no way Sooners beat LSU if it come down to that;.
Hook Em Horns!
hope
I thought defensive line played well. OU took advantage of yound DBs. Diggs vs 1st rnder is just a mismatch. I thought interior line had decent push. OU schemed well and blew up all mis-direction
by codaxx on Oct 8, 2011 3:21 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
yeh it was an austrailian born punter who ran it in on a fake too
poor guy, that was his one shining moment as a punter and it got called back because of a bunch of old grumpy men who refuse to allow kids to have fun when playing a game.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
On kickoff returns.
There’s no excuse to not have DJ and Fozzy as our return guys. Absolutely none. All due respect to Diggs.
My source close to the program can beat up your source close to the program!
I agree
Love diggs and his future at db but i was not impressed by his returns today.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
sorry can't be encouraged
After getting trucked by 45 points.
Joe "Effing" Parker
by longhorn35 on Oct 8, 2011 3:35 PM CDT via iPhone app reply actions
One encouraging sign:
It truly appeared as if the ‘Horns put in a full effort all the way through. They didn’t play well, mind you…but they seemed to earnestly play for character and not phone it in. I’m encouraged by their heart. (Lord knows there was nothing about their execution that was encouraging, save a few bright end runs…but only a handful.)
PB’s right: Oklahoma played an outstanding game, ARE an outstanding team…even if OU still sucks. I think this game WAS perspective…it clarified where we are. It wasn’t the collapse of an otherwise sound program. It was about as good as we could do against an opponent as prepared, mature and capable as OU.
Measuring Stick Game
And we measured right where I figured we would. Its good for young players who have only tasted success to get their butts whooped like we did today. Why? Cause now they know where they need to be in order to be an elite team.But in the end OU still sucks and Musberger making the Heisman comment about Jones was typical Musberger horse-crap. If Jones even gets invited to NYC then the system is officially broke.
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.- Mike Tyson
by TexasFlight on Oct 8, 2011 3:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I hate to break it to you
But the Heisman has been a joke for a long time. When a guy with mediocre stats on a team with a 2-8 record wins the Heisman, it’s officially a joke. That happened in 1956 (Paul Hornung). There have been lots of undeserving winners since then. It is a popularity contest that has little reflection with whom the best player is. Roy Williams (OU) was the best player in the country his senior year. Suh was the best player 2 years ago. VY was the best in 2005. The fact is, the Heisman RARELY goes to the best player.
That being said, Landry Jones is an excellent QB with great numbers on a team that will finish in the top 10. He’s definitely a real candidate. Plus, he didn’t garner all his stats against duds like Robert Griffin III has.
I think Jones is a good QB, but not excellent.
He is very smart, can read well and executes almost flawlessly…when he has the luxury of time, which seems to be often. LJ is a good QB BECAUSE of his O’line and his receivers. He delivers the ball on target very well, don’t get me wrong. But I don’t believe he MAKES plays…just executes them as called. The difference is when he is disrupted…he doesn’t execute. THAT is the sign of a truly EXCELLENT QB.
Maybe
But Landry has improved to the point that he knows when to dump it, and where. Also, I think he has a bit more creativity than he gets credit for.
Oh, and my bad on my previous. Roy Williams (OU) left after his Jr year.
As I said, Landry is very smart. Creative???? Haven't seen that.
Again, creativity is a sign of PLAY MAKING…creating something that doesn’t exist. He hasn’t really had to do that…because he is often so well protected. He can mostly just execute as planned, even if that means checking down on #1 and going to #2 or #3. But that is just execution…something Texas failed in completely today.
No discrediting your boy…he’s g-o-o-d. Not excellent. What’s excellent is the entire OU team. Well coached, mostly very well disciplined and hungry…always hungry. Yours is an excellent team…enjoy it.
Its amazing how obvious this is to me, but so few seem willing to accept it
Jones throws perfect strikes when the scheme puts a receiver in the right spot for an easy reception (ie: finds the hole in the defense and thus a receiver sitting on 2-3 yards of open space). But I’ve watched the kid play at least 8-10 full games and he’s never done anything beyond that. If he gets pressured, needs to make a play, or needs to thread a needle, he’s borderline mediocre.
This is pretty hilarious
asserting that Jones is only a “scheme” quarterback, unless the “scheme” you’re referring to is successful use of the forward pass. To say he can get shakier than the best under heavy pressure might be a fair criticism, but Landry can make just about any throw on the field from touch screen passes to bombs, is right on the money most of the time, and looks off the route better than almost anyone at this level.
It should make you feel better about Texas, not worse, to think you got whipped by excellent players rather than mediocre ones. Don’t let your hatred cloud your vision so much.
by TwoPalePonies on Oct 10, 2011 12:30 PM CDT up reply actions
id argue against Suh being the best in 2009 he was fore sure in the top 5 but i think Ingram and Colt were better
formerly "Horns102591"
no way
I love Colt, hell i’d name my first son after him if my wife would let me, she won’t. But Suh is a once a generation type of player. Look at what he has done at every level he has played and you will find it difficult to deny this. Yeh he played for the corn and that sucks but as a football fan you have to appreciate the way he just dominates people and he attacks QBs like they are holding his family ransom or something.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
deja vu all over again?
Hope not…
…but I’m really worried after ONCE AGAIN seeing our OLine get its ass whipped and having to punt after 2nd-and-2, 2nd-and-1; and Buckner-esque receivers letting the DB take the ball away and run it in for a touchdown.
Also, LOTS of missed tackles and opportunities for interceptions.
I suppose the defense didn’t quit, but I didn’t see the offense begin.
really surprised
I never thought we would get rolled. I was really disappointed when they went away from Fozzy while the D was still keeping us in the game. Congrats to Foz – outstanding effort.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Oct 8, 2011 3:37 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Shoutout to Blaine Irby
Getting a couple of catches in the RRS. And Fozzy getting the 100+ yard kickoff return in his final matchup with OU. Horns up.
Actually, I'd love to pour salt in your wounds
But there were a couple positives for UT in the game today. 1) the defensive line was very strong against the run. 2) Shipley is a future star. The run game actually did halfway decent against a stoked aggressive OU defense. Fozzy WHitaker looked pretty good when he was on the field.
I think Texas would’ve fared much better with Gilbert in the game today. Say what you want about him, he had a strong enough arm to stretch defenses. I don’t think I saw Texas go deep all day. Face it McCoy has an even more limp noodle arm than his older brother, and Ash doesn’t have a great arm either. I was waiting to see Ash show his scrambling skills, and he didn’t have any!
They all say that
Until the draft eval comes back and they do the math.
I'd love to see Landry
Frankly I think if a player has a chance to go pro, and doesn’t, he’s a fool. If Landry can go in the first 3 rounds he’ll be a millionaire. If he stays at OU he could have a career ending carwreck or injury in a game. Better to take the money and run if you get the chance. If education is important, you can always go back later like Emmit Smith did.
If I were Landrys daddy....
…I would ask bob stoops why my son was still in shotgun throwing bombs downfield late in the fourth quarter while Texas is blitzing and up 40. Maybe time to get the 2nd team guy some reps? Or is Texas hatred so much that felt like a good idea?
by BeeCaveHornFan on Oct 8, 2011 4:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
And here I thought you'd stay classy. Haters hate. And d-bags troll.
Your statement is impossible: you have no soul.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Boy, somebody is cranky
I think I’ve been pretty gracious in my comments. No outright taunting, and even offered praise on what I thought the positives Texas could take away from the game.
FWIW I didn't think you crossed the line.
Good game today.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
If I were Landrys daddy....
…I would ask bob stoops why my son was still in shotgun throwing bombs downfield late in the fourth quarter while Texas is blitzing and up 40. Maybe time to get the 2nd team guy some reps? Or is Texas hatred so much that felt like a good idea?
by BeeCaveHornFan on Oct 8, 2011 4:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
when was the last time an OU player did math?
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
ahh now i understand your angle
well played sir, well played
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
No excuses for this beating we took today,but maybe some understanding for the loss...
My Wife and I are Longhorn fans originally from Oklahoma, and today was very painful to deal with my siblings rubbing the beating in like lotion…I thought bout a reason we got beat so bad and I came up with that fact that slOwU’s key players all turned down the NFL to come back, which basically means we played against alot of NFL guys today. That sounds like a crazy point to bring up, but it will help me sleep tonight…hook em’
It's hard being a Longhorn fan in the state of Oklahoma!!
by okhornfan on Oct 8, 2011 3:42 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
turnover...smurnover...
we got rolled. no excuses. write all you want. OU played better and prepared better. We will get revenge. Stoops kept Jones in because they have no answer for his back-up. Total recruiting move. weak.
Can't decide if I'm more disappointted by the loss or by the Chicken Little behavior of our "fans"
We got humiliated. It hurt. I get that. But there’s no avoiding the fact that we are fielding the same guys who went 5-7 last year, plus a bunch of kids who were playing high school ball less than a year ago, and that we’ve only had a few months of limited sessions to develop them since that time. We overhauled the staff, and completely changed our identity on both sides of the ball. The plays, the schemes, the language, the process — almost a complete rebuild. Oh, and we also happened to play one of the best teams in the nation out for blood after the conference realignment mess.
Did you really think that turning around the program would be that easy? Did you really think there wouldn’t be set backs along the way? Do you really think you deserve a team with heart when you lose yours at the first sign of adversity?
Interesting
Did I think turning it around would be easy? No, it never is.
Did I think there would be setbacks along the way? Yes… Absolutely
Did I think we would get beat by OU 55-17on National TV with all of our recruits at the game? NO…… It would have been one thing for you to accept this loss with us having loss from 1-20 points. But we lost by 38 points man… Thats embarrasing for a team of our stature…
why does it matter that all the recruits were at the game? if they decommit over one loss than to hell with them we dont want them. we want players who WANT to be at Texas and so far all of our commits seem to fit that bill i doubt they are all gonna decommit last year we went 5-7 and only lost 1
formerly "Horns102591"
Sure its embarrassing
I’m going to get an earful at work that’s for sure. But I went into this game hoping for a win, expecting a loss, and completely open-eyed that the possibility of it getting ugly was always there. Really good teams have a way of amplifying the weaknesses of lesser teams.
You’ve been discounting the playing of freshman, but we are depending on them more than any other team in the FBS right now — at virtually all of our skill positions! That’s significant and there are very good reasons coaches don’t like to it. And our aren’t doing it in spite of better choices. That we’ve not been burned on it more this season is actually remarkable.
Perspective in Time
Well I certainly have not given up on the team or coaches – but I was shocked with the game – and need to sort it out. Here is what shocked me:
1. Really thought Manny would design something to keep us in the game.
2. Really thought we would feature a little more physicality in the run game , and have more success.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
by realmccoy on Oct 8, 2011 4:03 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm going to watch is again, but I'm not sure that scheme was the biggest culprit
Its nowhere near comprehensive, but on my rewinds of the more head-smackingly blown plays, I could consistently trace the problem back to somebody (usually on the line) blowing an assignment. Often egregiously so. Its completely anecdotal at this point, but my overall feeling is that we were out-classed from a a personnel standpoint in the worst way. I’m sure there are plenty of examples of where Harsin and Diaz could have made better calls and adjustments, but the best playcalling in the world won’t do any good if the guys on the field don’t execute.
One shocking thing about our offense today...
Why on earth did they never even attempt tempo? They used every second of every play clock. I was certain Harsin would switch to that after the half. Nada. Still do-de-do, do-de-do…gee, better hurry up and get that play off before the clock runs down. OU defense was taking naps waiting for the snap. That is simply poor coaching…poor adaptation.
I wasn't talking about the last 6 minutes...I was speaking of all 60
Texas NEVER EVER EVER tried to change the tempo when on offense. They never tried to disrupt the Sooner D readiness. Never. They should have done it in the first series…set the pace. #Fail. They should have switched to it in the 2nd Quarter when previous series were turning up nothing. #Fail They should have come out hot after the half with an up-tempo. #Fail.
70 schmevity. Harsin should have stopped engineering and started hammering. #Fail
Wow...
Our O-line goes from looking crap-tastic in run blocking and decent in pass pro. to the complete opposite. It’s like we gained nothing, just re-arranged the priorities.
Harsin was grasping at straws
His trick plays backfired badly today. No offense to UT fans, but I think his playcalling was pretty inimaginative. Also he seemed to be asking UT’s young QB’s to make plays they couldn’t against a brutal defense like OU fielded today. A bad effort on his part today, imo.
Also, I think you guys missed Muschamp today on the other side of the ball. I think UT’s program will continue to decline with their currents assistants. With the talent level at UT they will probably still win 8 or 9 games every year though.
We do not accept this as a compliment or words of encouragement. You can troll, but no pandering please.
With the talent level at UT they will probably still win 8 or 9 games every year though.
Not pandering
Just saying that I wasn’t impressed with your coordinators plans, but that the talent level is too high for the team to drop off the face of the earth.
My point is that no one here is thinking we're dropping off the face of the earth.
We’re not good enough to find the edge yet. We will either recover with this coaching staff, or get a new staff. But we’ll be back.
Remember the Alamo…
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
CORRECTION: there are some who think we will fall off the face of the earth
but they are tshirt fans and I personally have no use for them.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
Then take solace in knowing how tormented they are.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
for the record
tshirt fans =/= fairweather fans
but there is often significant overlap
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Fair enough
I take offense to the “tshirt fan” argument. I didn’t go to UT (biggest mistake of my life), but I was born and bred a die hard Horn fan.
I would guess half the posters on this site didn't go to texas, and are t-shirt fans
You really going to say they are the problem?
you can take your t-shirt fan BS and shove it where the sun dont shine
i dont wanna hear anyone talk about t-shirt fans especially when refrence to the many regular posters on this site who have never wavered in their love of the Horns and continue to wear Burnt Orange every day
formerly "Horns102591"
i dont think we will decline and i dont see how you can thinkt hat after one game
we beat down by the #3 team in the nation that has tons of first round talent on it. and our team is in a rebuilding stage
formerly "Horns102591"
Yeah, your Texas players were better than our Texas players today. No doubt.
I don’t know about your conclusion about the assistants though. Too early.
But Harsin’s play-calling certainly contributed to the blowout.
Was it as obvious to everyone as it was to me?
QB play was the difference.
McCoy ain’t gonna cut it and Ash has a lot of growing up to do.
Learn from this monstrosity today and prepare for next week. Okie lite is chomping at the bit and we will soon find out if our guys are men or not.
OH, by-the-way, Fozzie was great today – our only bright spot.
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
If he has Colt's genes
he has to be at least smart. I say he isn’t as great as Colt (But then if you look at Colt’s resume very few qbs in college football can say they were) he’s probably 1/2 of everything that is Colt. Is that enough? that remains to be seen but he has some of the mccoy genes.
by willyoubemycharizard on Oct 8, 2011 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Qb play Was the difference.....
However, it is all determined by the o-line. There were numerous times no one even blocked the guy standing 3 feet to the left (or right) and OU just pranced (OU is still gay…regardless of how many they won by) right into our backfield. Poor Poor coaching. This one falls on the o-line.
Sure the QB’s didn’t help, and there were plenty of miscues, but if the o-line was different, we would have given ourselves a shot, instead we handed OU the ball.
On a side note, anyone else notice that this week, we’re ISU? This crow sure tastes good.
All I have to say to Searels is: Coach em up boss...Osu is coming.
Though not sure any amount of coaching for the o-line can overcome the lack of exp. in our secondary. Blackmon is licking his chops.
Any post game comments from the UT coaching staff
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Wow. This thread is almost as bad as Shaggy's.
I miss last years threads. Did the Shaggy posters suddenly discover BON?
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
Actually
I’m struck by how well everyone is handling this here. I’ve read very few “sky is falling” comments thus far, and far more “we’re young, everything will be fine” comments. Its as if everyone so defensively expects there to be anger and chaos that they’re distancing themselves from it before it even happens.
The thread looks a bit different now than it did at 2:20 PDT.
There was a concentration of cliff jumping, Mack is a POS, why didn’t our extremely young team beat the number 3 team in the country and how could we accept anything less before you encountered the thread. It seems it has been a little bit buffered with some rationality since then.
"The only sport that should be cried over is tee ball."
- don't remember who said it, but I like it.
ESPN compared us to Ball State in their game recap
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Begrudging respect for Stoops
OU has so few strategic advantages over UT. The caliber of the university, the location, etc. But Stoops just creamed us in front of our recruiting class. The guy keeps sending assts To hc positions and offense doesnt skip a beat.
Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen
I would never trade MB for BS as our HC, but ...
… more often than not, BS certainly seems to be able to bring his team into this game with more focus and intense anger than MB seems to inspire in our guys. Now, I am NOT claiming that this difference in intensity was the major determinant of today’s outcome, and perhaps that type of intensity is more than a very young team can muster at this point. But over the years, it seems that BS teams come to the game angrier than MB teams. In my recollection, DKR teams did not seem to have that issue with this game. Am I way off base here?
Desptie all this, OU still sucks.
Hook ’em,
BO&B
by BurntOrange&Blue on Oct 8, 2011 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
No, that's fair, and probably entirely true
but for all that extra intensity, you pay the price of allowing a complete douche to represent your university. I prefer our set-up.
I disagree with the intensity part
I think your team was certainly up for this game today, and it showed for the first quarter.
Whiffing on Garrett Gilbert has been devastating.
A team cannot stay in the top 10 year in, year out without smoothly transitioning between “franchise” QBs. Simms-Young-McCoy won a lot of games consistently. Gilbert’s failure left a huge gap and no one has proven able to step up and fill it thus far. Vince and Colt covered a lot of team weaknesses over the years.
by Behe on Oct 8, 2011 4:28 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Good kid, but not a great QB. I think the coaches should have picked this off earlier.
Like a bad marriage you just keep hoping will get better. We should not have been left with this kind of hole. This “hole” is 3-4 years in the making. We should have had Colt’s 2nd prepared by his Junior season…certainly senior. 3.5 years later and we’re still guessing. And because we don’t have a clear answer, we play both. And because we play both, we don’t have a single whole quarterback.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
At the end of the day and forever...................
I will always rather go south to Austin after an asswoopin, than go north to that godforsaken land . Believe me I know, half my family is Okie.
Raining in Austin right now...tears from Heaven. God's a Longhorn, don't you know?
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
He must be really sad cuz we've gotten a boatload of tears. Thank you Lord!
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
WE'LL BE FINE
Hopefully this is a 8 or 9 win season, followed by two 10+ win seasons.
In Mack Brown We Trust!
Speed Good But Size will also be good.
I do believe we have alot of speedy players in are squad but we nd to make more effort on making are kids more bulky in size and weight. Comparing the OU players they look more bulky and our texas kids look more like High School Players. Good Fast Players but size matter in my opinion. Are WR are good but really slim, nd to bulk them up.
now that the emotion has worn off i gotta say this and pardon my french
everyone who is freaking out needs to just calm the fuck down……this isnt a program ending loss and it doesnt doom us to a horrid season….remember what VY said “We’ll Be Back”
formerly "Horns102591"
I can has cyanide?
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
― Isaac Asimov
we will struggle...
with OSU, K State, Baylor, Tech and aggy…
Just watching these other teams play really has me feeling we are going to have to fight for every single yard… Nothing like the feeling of accomplishment when you win after really having to fight for something…. Right???
Joe "Effing" Parker
Man, K-state is just one of those teams
They don’t play particularly pretty, but they’re tough and disciplined. I have a feeling they’re going to derail one of the favorites.
by TheElusiveShadow on Oct 8, 2011 5:10 PM CDT reply actions
Snyder just has his team sit there and play and try to execute their game plan
and wait for you to screw up, and then pounce on it. It can be boring to watch, but it has been effective for them.
So
How do we beat Oklahoma State? Anyone giving us a chance?
I do
OSUs defense isnt OUs defense. And the coaches are gonna be on the Oline all week. Technically the defense only allowed 34 pts and they were on the field ALL DAY. If the offense can give them some time it can be a better game next week
"Stability is a factor in teams that win the championship. But if you stabilize on a team that's going to end up short of that, then all you're doing is spinning your wheels in the 45-win range."-----Daryl Morey
by fanoflosingteams on Oct 8, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
the OU film...
Is the prescription for stopping our offense…
OSU has no offensive issues…
Joe "Effing" Parker
but can OSU
do the same thing that OU did defensively. Its one thing to have a blueprint, but can you follow it is the question. I think Texas can beat them if the Oline can do their jobs.
"Stability is a factor in teams that win the championship. But if you stabilize on a team that's going to end up short of that, then all you're doing is spinning your wheels in the 45-win range."-----Daryl Morey
by fanoflosingteams on Oct 8, 2011 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
you must be an OU
This isn’t a loss you can pin on Mack Brown. This team wasn’t good enough yet to hang with OU. OU will get what’s coming to them. They already lost a key defensive player. They are lucky not to have Jones get injured for the year in the 4th.
It's a joke
From a while ago where a poster complained about “Mark Brown.”
by TheElusiveShadow on Oct 8, 2011 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
fire Mark Brown
Joe "Effing" Parker
by longhorn35 on Oct 8, 2011 6:11 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
2003
This game seemed similar to the 2003 game when Texas lost 65-13. Texas didn’t loose again until their Bowl Game. This team is capable of winning the rest of their games including a Bowl/BCS Game. No need to overreact to a bad day. This was a nothing goes your way games for a young team who will get better.
They kicked our butts
Although there were a few defensive holes that were exposed, I’m not sure this is: a) unexpected and b) not a good learning experience.
As I posted earlier, if in December of last year, someone told you we would be 8-4 this year, you would have said “fuck yeah.” We’ve got a young team who is learning. Hell, Harsinwhite and Diaz are learning as well.
We may lose to OK State as well, but I’d think that we should be favored the rest of the year, including KState. That’s an accomplishment for this team. This is not the NFL. You don’t go “worst to first” in a year. It’s a building process. We are solidly on that process. As long as Harsin and Diaz don’t leave for head coaching jobs, Ash and the O-Line continue to improve, the D Backs continue to improve, we should be contenders next year and a legitimate national title team in 2013.
I think that’s pretty awesome.
No way
Obviously, a lot depends on whether this team continue to perform how I think that they should, but we could arguably be favored over K-State, Kansas, Mizzou, TTech and A&M. We will not be favored over OkState. Baylor depends on how both teams progress.
I would rather
be the dog in all the games and play with a chip the size of Everest…
Joe "Effing" Parker
This is my point exactly
Why do we have to wait till 2012 to contend and 2013 to become a National Title team, when teams that are on our level from a College Football standpoint Contend Every Year. LSU, Bama, Ohio State (before the scandal), etc.
How many of those had to make wholesale changes to their coaching staff, including entirely new schemes on both sides of the ball?
That’s a huge factor, and compounds with the youth, lack of QB talent, inadequate offensive line, etc.
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
― Isaac Asimov
by burntorangehorn on Oct 8, 2011 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
dude......get over it......LSU was not a contender last year or the year before that or the year before that
USC hasent been a contender since 2008, before 2008 Alabama wasnt a contender….in the 90s OU was never a contender…….every team has a down period
formerly "Horns102591"
We never bea OU
by 38 or more when they were down… In fact they beat us a handful of times..
Joe "Effing" Parker
who cares how much you win by?
win is the same whether its by 1 point or 100 points you mad that we didnt beat USC by 40?
formerly "Horns102591"
ask John Mackovic
And his staff and players after 66-3. It’s not like 6-3. Just saying.
Joe "Effing" Parker
by longhorn35 on Oct 8, 2011 6:13 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Why don't the Yankees win every year?
With a $280 million payroll or whatever it is. If it were that easy, it wouldn’t be any fun.
I hear thunder!
Sorry man, but you have not been paying attention
Our downward slide didn’t start in 2010. It started several years back, predating our last appearance in the BCS championship. Our deeper program problems have been hidden for several years by winning.
The 2010 season, after losing the last of our transcendent players, just laid it all to bare. The last few years have left us with a motley crew of a handful of non-elite journeymen, several underachievers, and some young kids with lots of potential and no experience at this level. Worse, the young kids are handling all the skill positions. We also have a staff who is trying to squeeze every last bit of performance out of this group, and came up way short today (after doing a pretty great job of it to this point).
You need to face reality. Rome was burnt to the ground. We are rebuilding. Its not always going to be pretty. In the early going, it may be frightfully ugly.
We did have some good reliable WR’s like Shipley, Cosby, Limas Sweed, a very good tight end, Finley. I will admit we didn’t have a good O-line but with McCoy so mobile it didn’t matter as much. Jamaal Charles was a great rb and after he left in ‘07 I’ll admit that it was hard for us to find another good RB. Defense wise we weren’t that bad either with a lot of players in the NFL now including Earl, Houston, Aaron Williams, Acho etc.
I’m just saying we had a lot of talented kids on our squad that did go on to have sucess in the NFL
by willyoubemycharizard on Oct 8, 2011 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
McCoy & Shipley are the "last of our transcendent players" I was referring to...
Our problems with recruiting, development, S&C, 0-line, running game, coaching complacency, cronyism, poor game planning and play calling — that was all in place during the McCoy era. But all the players you mention helped hide it by winning.
Take a deep breath
Now consider the future. We need to get ready for OSU look like they are gonna score 100 on kansas today, currently at 70 something. Also, take a peek at what KSU has done thus far. Forget the fact that they have had our number and check out their d as it is blue collar and tough. This team, especially the coaches, have work to do and we have a ways to grow/go.
If you are freaking out than you need to check yourself as this was a bad loss but it is not a season ending loss by any stretch.
Because being a Texas fan means never having to say you're sorry.
Looking to the rest of the season...DJ Monroe needs more touches
The coaches have claimed that his skill set is similar to other players on the team – like Marquis and Fozzy, but that is patently false.
There is no one on the team as explosive and elusive in space as DJ. Find ways to give the kid the damn ball. He’s earned at least 10 touches a game on offense, maybe more.
This is just another step in the building process
Mack did his part last Winter and Spring by bringing in the new coaches and system. Bennie Wylie did his part over the Summer by instilling a new mindset. The new coaches and the players are now trying to build upon that new foundation. Can’t put heavy load onto wet cement in the foundation…gotta let it dry and cure. Give it some time. This is still one of the most exciting seasons in a very long time. Last year’s losses made you think that there was no tomorow. Today’s loss is not fun, but at least our arrow is still pointed up. We are going to get better, not worse. When Coach Brown is lifting that crystal football over his head once again, we will look back at this portion of our building process in the same way we did in 2005. Hold on, don’t give up.
My goodness
Mizzou is getting so ugly. Second straight potential TO that was overturned by replay, and not by much.
by TheElusiveShadow on Oct 8, 2011 5:38 PM CDT reply actions
No
We need to name a starting QB and play him and it should be Ash. We are building this team for a run next year and the year after that. We cannot win with a 2 QB system and this is the time to make the change. I remember Landry Jones two years ago coming in for Bradford and the tough time he had at the start but as the year went on he got better and better. Ash will make mistakes as a freshman and we need to accept this for this year.
Not going to rewatch this
Promptly deleted this off the DVR post game. Didn’t have the soul to rewatch. Nice reality check. We’re still exactly who we thought we were. Let’s see how the respond this year following the first real diversity.
Hook 'em! @michaelpelech10 on Twitter
by The Audit Horn on Oct 8, 2011 5:40 PM CDT via iPhone app reply actions
Erasing the DVR is just the ante. Put my TV on the curb...
Just kidding PB, haven’t lost THAT much perspective. Speaking of which….
Red River Rivalry (still prefer Shootout):
TEXAS: 59
O-Who: 42
Ties: 5
Suck it, mouthbreathers.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
fans were chanting
Big 12 Football…. at the end
JD’s like, "you want some f*&#ing pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, b*#&hes!"- RCCook
LSB: "Oh s#*t, JD. You crazy!"
No Worries, Guys
I never expected us to win this game. Thought we might keep it close in the first half, but sooner or later I expected the Sooners to pull ahead in the second half, being the superior team and whatnot.
Didn’t expect such a shellacking, but this team is young, so we’ll get better.
31 points
Can’t find the points off turnovers stats, but I figured it at 31 points. 55-31 equals 24. That’s just a 7 point difference. If the offense scores on a couple of those drives, It’s a completely looking ballgame. Texas beat themselves more than OU kicked but, they just capitalized on mistakes made by a young team. The direct points off of turnovers made things look worse. Texas will be fine and the team might not lose another game this year. This game is one where you tear up the box score and move on.
Congrats...you made it through the steps...
1. Disbelief
2. Rationalization
3. Acceptance
It’s 6:05pm, time to party and yes….OU still sucks. (pretty damned good at football, but sucking in the gene pool nonetheless.)
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
No to no. 3
I will never accept losing to OU (I think I would rather lose to aggie and Rice back-to-back than to lose to OU).
But , of course, OU still sucks.
Hook ’em,
BO&B
by BurntOrange&Blue on Oct 8, 2011 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Pick your poison.
I’d rather lose to OU because they actually deserve it, have talent and give us the best game of the season, year in, year out…even if they are neanderthals living in trailer parks, flinging their own shit like zoo monkeys. Getting beat by rice is like getting kicked in the nuts by the class nerd, just before he runs away. Getting beat by Aggie, well that’s about as bad as it gets. Aggie never ever deserves to win. Ever. They deserve what they will most certainly get in the $EC…a prison rape.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Delighted it came from the nation's #1 team
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Yuck
Hopefully UT will start a lengthy run in this series starting next year. Also, hopefully the team can bounce back over the remainder of this season.
Dear Vikings Offensive Line: Please don't let our QB (whomever it happens to be) get killed.
Rebuilding the O-Line will take another year or more...
After today’s game, I am convinced that last year’s 5-7 failure, GG’s troubles and even the descent of GDGD are the result of poor o-line play. Fixing things on the o-line is a multi-year affair and deficiencies there are magnified on a young team.
We are still reeling from a lack of o-line recruits that are big, mean and nasty and there is plenty of blame to go around for that. More than any other new coach, we need to give Searls and Wylie time to recruit his guys and coach the o-line to be an elite unit similar to the 2005 unit. Until then, we will struggle against elite defenses, but against mediocre defenses as well – ISU last week did a nice job against our o-line in the 2nd half.
The best of the o-line today was our center who seemed to hold his blocks on most plays and get some push on run plays.
Baylor
In a twist of humor one of the channels on Directv that has the Baylor game is 666
by eirehorn on Oct 8, 2011 6:20 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
The programmer who picked that is going straight to hell. Express train.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Austin is crying
Just arrived back in Austin from the game and we had the heaviest rain we have had in months. Proves that the football gods are crying
by eirehorn on Oct 8, 2011 6:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
How'd you know? Did he text you from the end-zone?? (sorry, couldn't resist)
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Leach's boy....you've got to be kidding
according to Leach, Adam James is worthless
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
I bet
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Son of a?
What is deal w/ Tech first the son of Mr Ethics (Craig James, of SMU fame) and then son of the federally convicted swindler Erxxlebin. Sins of father shouldn’t be visited on the son, although in James case he may be taking after his father
by eirehorn on Oct 8, 2011 6:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Don't give up on Harsin
you people crucifying harsin after this game crack me up. before today everyone was singing his praises. i still have faith in him. texas just ran into a more experienced, stronger, and better team today – and got punched in the mouth. the inexperience of McAsh was never more evident than today and our o-line was overmatched.
defense played relatively well, and i was impressed at the beginning of the game…but our young corners against the likes of stills and broyles was just too much. i don’t blame them at all.
this will be a growing experience for the team i hope. i have a feeling the case mccoy era at texas may be over soon…
i think deep down all of us knew that what happened today could happen…but we also knew this was going to be 2-3 year rebuilding project. i haven’t lost hope.
OSU is going to be a handful next week, but looking forward to watching the game
keep your horns up!
hook ’em :)
by GeneValgene on Oct 8, 2011 6:26 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Feel kind of bad for Fozzy. Wish he could have gone out with a win against O-who.
He’s having the best year of his UT career. Sorry his effort wasn’t better rewarded today. God that 100+ yard runback was a thing of beauty.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Fozzy, Malcolm & D.J.
were 26 for 120. I would say they did their jobs. And somebody tell me why T Allen was NOT playing LT?? Hopkins was a horrible fill-in as Alexander beat his ass every play.
Don't know, but I comming to the conclusion our coaches have some difficutly
recognizing talent
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Perspective:
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
But in my lifetime that winning gap hasn't expanded
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Past 20 years: OU 10 - UT 10
Past 10 years: OU 6 – UT 4
The trend is certainly in their favor. Here’s hoping we can right that trend going forward.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
For my lifetime I think its OU 31-UT 30 and three ties
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
It's not that we haven't won enough, it's that you're too old!
Kidding!!! :-)
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
probably
Great players make great coaches, but great coaches make champions." DKR circa 1964
Never too old to Hook 'em!!
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
I have to kind of agree. In 1905 "Oklahoma" wasn't even part of the United States.
These WAY back stats are so so as ammo.
Ammo? This is a desperate attempt at hope.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
The recent ones won't accomplish that.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
Just got home from the ND young alum gamewatch
where we blew out Air Force. I’m still drunk and in a horrible fucking mood.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
We don't have cable
and the bar we were at was too full of Aggie douchebags. But I’ll look for a stream.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
What part of town you guys hanging out in?
You’ve probably mentioned this, but I missed it.
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We were at Pub Fiction in midtown
but we’re back home in the Heights now.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Aggy D has now faked three injuries
three straight series. Even the announcers are on it.
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practicing what they should do when they really get hurt
next year in sec
We're Texas, We're not OK.
Ok, I think the coaches should know now
Ash is our QB, for better or for worse, and he needs to be out there the whole game. More importantly, the rest of the team needs to know he is our QB. McCoy is our backup, right now, but I think Thompson needs to start getting some serious QB reps and lets forget this damned QB rotation crap!
We are looking at two more losses and that should be it.
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
Looking at stats and McCoy looks better on paper.
McCoy 9/16/114 56.3%, 0 INT, 0 TD, 3 Sacks, Long 23, Yards lost 14
Ash 11/20/107 55.0%, 2 INT, 1 TD, 4 Sacks, Long 22, Yards lost 29
Need to pick ONE qb and see what happens
The 2 qb thing is the stupidest thing I’ve seen teams do, and it never works.
Oh, and go fuck yourselves…. Jk!
@THEREALALLENOU on twitter - "The man, the verb, the legend" OU'd
by AllenOU on Oct 8, 2011 7:18 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
If Tech could somehow stop at least one third and long, they might have a chance.
This one might come down to who has the ball last.
This game hurt. over and over.
But I really enjoyed seeing the Fozzy Burst and the 100 yd return for a TD.
OU is fast and has some really good players. I thought we would lose be a little. Without the TOs it would have been only by a little. Stuff happens. Hope we have a better showing in Austin next week. Going to be two tough ones back to back.
3rd Degree Longhorn
That's what I'm choosing
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I'll take the Bucks to beat their alum BoBo
Not likely to happen, but would be fun to watch his head explode.
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Are the "roaches" Tech? Why?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I've never even heard TCU called that
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
You learn something new every day.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
For you youngsters:
"TCU are kind of like cockroaches, it’s not so much what they get into and carry away, but what they fall into and mess up." – D. Royal
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did you see them rush the field when they beat us in 08
roaches rushing away when the light turns on…
Joe "Effing" Parker
But they didn't rush away
they rushed towards the field. That’s the opposite of what a roach does.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
A lot of good offenses in the big12.
We better sure up our defense in a hurry because we definitely can’t out score anybody in a shootout.
Aggie
Offensively is a well oiled machine… They’re picking up yards in the running game with ease…. Look at the agressiveness those guys run and play with
Yea...
They’ve melted down in the past. It’ll be interesting to see if that happens tonight.
I'm
really surprised at how bad TT is at Defense. Wasn’t Tuberville supposed to bring SEC defense to the Big 12?
"we have a whole other half to play we know all about that"
do you mike?….do you?
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"The players have heard all about that this past week"
which obviously worked well the week before the Arky game.
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I'm
so glad the Big 12 is staying put. There is nothing wrong with our conference as constructed. We’re as good as any conference in the nation with 6 teams in the top 25. Adding TCU is absolutely HUGE… They’re awesome team to watch and Gary Patterson has done a phenomenal job there. The success they have had over there with so little resources, and 2 and 3 star recruits is unreal..
Disappointed but Still Have Hope
I was under no delusion that we would win against OU today but i really thought Harsin and Manny’s schemes would give us a fighting chance in this game. Clearly, OU has a great team this year and we are rebuilding but no way i think OU is 38 pts better than us.
Biggest surprise is that Harsin is known for his in-game adjustments and i just didn’t see anything today on that front. I’m sure our poor OL play and QB play figured into alot of that but we were much more creative in the four games than today. It seemed we did less wildcat formations and less attacking over the middle to our TE’s. Also, i don’t remember seeing a play action pass and taking shots downfield.
On the Defense-side, everyone’s guess was correct in that if our D-Line didn’t have a great game and pressure Landry, we would get killed and that’s exactly what happened.
Still alot of season left and if we can get an upset win over OSU, we’ll still be 5-1 and way ahead of the rebuilding schedule in my book.
i just had a Sooner i dont know on facebook send me a message that says and i quote
“Fuck You”…..is their fanbase that classless?
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I defriend several people during and after this game every year
This year was no exception
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
argh wrong button
the one Sooner fan on my friends list was real cool told him they were the better team and he said and i quote “i can see Texas being in the position we are in the next 1 to 2 years”
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Yeah I have some Sooner friends who aren't assholes about it
But the people I defriend are random people I went to high school with or whatever who act like huge assholes and there’s no reason for me to be friends with them when they just piss me off.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Oddly, one of the people I defriended was a Baylor fan talking shit about Texas
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Baylor?
i didnt know you could talk shit to a team that had 4x the National Titles as you and god knows how many more wins
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This guy was especially delusional
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
i was accused of being delusional when i told a Nebraska fan i thought '05 Texas could beat 95 Nebraska
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all i said was
“no offense but i think 2005 Texas could beat 1995 Nebraska and VY was better than Tommie Frazier”
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Oh that's so delusional of you
/sarcasm
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
is there any other kind?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
How is VY going to move the ball for you after Christian Peter rapes him, Lawrence Phillips throws him down a flight of stairs,
ans the Makovicka brothers both drunkenly run over him in their cars?
How many nooners have you had where you have your shorts on?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Clearly his dress shirt.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Guy
I think we gotta be able to take it since we dish it out. I know I have in years past when I was at the game. That’s all part of the pageantry of college football. Having fun making fun of them. But to do it to a random person from facebook is over the top…
Yeah, that was kind of the point of what he said.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Anybody
else think Tuberville has kind of underachieved in Lubbock? There was a big fuss about him getting the job but he hasn’t really done much….
He did get the best recruiting class Tech has had in a long time.
But the defensive side has been worse than Leach. And that was supposed to be Leach’s weakness.
A lot of people saw this coming
from the moment Tuberville was named as Leach’s replacement. Leach knew you could build an a decent offense with 3-star recruits and outwit enough opponents to piece together a 10-win season on occasion. Tuberville thinks he can build a balanced football team and be the CEO he was at Auburn…with 3-star recruits. He’s wrong.
Nebraska
Is a joke…. Crybabies that couldn’t handle getting their ass kicked in the Big 12. They wanted shit their way and now they got it…. So now what? Just an average Big 10 team
I'm
really wondering why we stopped running the spread offense. Oklahoma State and Clemson are putting up video game type numbers and we had good success with it. Why all of a sudden this emphasis on pro style?
because when you lose your QB in the spread your F'ed Mack doesnt want us to be that dependant on one guy
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That makes sense
But I mean when you look at OU,okie lite, they’re really explosive. If we ever get down more than 2 scores it will be tough for us to get back in the game…. I also really like OU’s tempo… We were really gassed by the 3rd qtr. They get alot of plays in
we havent totally abandoned the spread
we’re just wanting to make the power run game our first option rather than our 2nd. plus if OSU or OU lose their QB they are done they dont have a power run game to get behind if that happens. this way an injury to one player cant lose a game all on its own (Colt McCoy 2009 Title Game)
formerly "Horns102591"
well i think gotten over the loss
but im pretty sure all the chili dogs and mountain dew has taken a few years off my life expectancy
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What else is there to do in Nebraska?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Georgia
is getting it done… They’re pulling away
lol @ the music being played in Nebraska's stadium. We Arent Gonna Take It
um yes apparently you are gonna take it
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I think this was a double-slam...
…that NOT ONLY are they so freaking assbackwards that the song just reached Lincoln, but they weren’t advanced enough to have a digital copy. They’re still spinning vinyl….not because it’s cool, but because they have no choice.
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
He's enough of a youngster that he doesn't know what an LP is
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
8-track is coming next year
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Who's broadcasting TAMU TTU?
I am forced to conclude that God made Texas on his day off, for pure
entertainment, just to prove that all that diversity could be crammed into one
section of earth by a really top hand
How many of you thought MB was running in slow motion tody?
Or, are the sooner defenders just that fast?
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
didnt help that the line let 3 people ibn the backfield before he could get going
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I don't
think he has world class speed or anything… I think MB is a 4.5 guy right now. But an offseason with Wylie and he’ll be sub 4.4. I’m very critical of our team but I think he and Shipley are budding superstars. The rest of the freshman and sophmores that people on here hold to high esteem showed me nothing…
more like 4.6, if that
Brown is a power runner, but he doesn’t have breakaway speed. Not a crime, Benson didn’t either.
loved that quote from tubberville about the Tech V. A&M rivalry
“Why not Texas and tubberville said ‘because we feel we can beat A&M’”
formerly "Horns102591"
hahaha
knowing their limits
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
hahaha
knowing their limits
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
From what I saw
Today… HELL NO. Diggs and Byndom both play 8-12 yards off the ball and concede catches to easy. Guys were running free in our secondary all day.
Neither
one of those guys are really all that good. I know they’re high esteemed but neither guy projects as Elite on the next level. OU is more of a system anyway. IT didn’t matter who was running patterns from OU our corners don’t play with confidence and play too far off the ball. We’re afraid to challenge the other teams wrs. Justin Blackmon is an Elite talent, those guys we saw today benefit from a great system.
Dont get me wrong
He’s done well in College but his game doesn’t translate to the NFL at all. I’m not impressed. Look at guys like Blackmon and the kid Sammy Watkins out of Clemson those are NFl wrs. Broyles is Manny Johnson 2.0
Who gives a fuck how his game translates to the NFL?
In college, Broyles is an Elite WR. I don’t give a damn how he ‘projects’ to the NFL, b/c he is playing in college right now.
Did I miss the sarcasm font?
Neither
one of those guys are really all that good.
by TwoPalePonies on Oct 10, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
And that's why
you don’t kick a 50 yard fg… That’s awful. Tubs is a misfit in this conference…. This game is over
The kicker made two 49 yard field goals earlier in the game.
Can’t blame him. They are sure wearing down the A&M defense with all these passes.
A&M looks soft against the run
and i was actually pretty impressed with how we contained the OU running game with one exception on that long TD run
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I miss Leach
“The A&M Corps of Cadets get to pretend they are soldiers. The thing is, they aren’t actually in the military. I ought to have Mike’s Pirate School. The freshmen, all they get is the bandana. When you’re a senior, you get the sword and skull and crossbones. For homework, we’ll work on pirate maneuvers and stuff like that.”
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Georgia
is getting penalty after penalty… 3rd and 57? Lol.. Then they get a 15 yard unneccessary roughness penalty…
How did Moore get hurt on that though?
or was he faking to get more time to breathe.
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And he's an important player for Tech.
Oh shit that was Stephens? Even worse for Tech. Get well, man.
well Tom Dienhart over at Rivals.com seems convinced that we can lose 4 more games
and he seems convinced that we are no better than last year
formerly "Horns102591"
And
what did you see today that convinces you otherwise?
Ok
So what tells you otherwise? We still have no passing game. No running game. a turnstile of an OL and dbs that that concede defeat in the passing game. It looked like Landry was throwing vs. Air today…
um we do have a running game our 3 backs got 126 yards
and again our DBs were going up against two guys that are gonna be in the first round of the NFL Draft one day
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Statistically
speaking yea our rbs had a good game. But if you saw the same game I saw, we didn’t run the ball in critical situations or when we had too…..
that was more because we were behind and really had to throw it
and we wont face a D line like OU’s for the rest of the year
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The difference between last year and this year is trajectory
last year we were sinking. This year it is looking like there is potential there.
3rd Degree Longhorn
that doesn't mean that we will have a better record.
only that it is hard to do worse. and we have a fresh start.
3rd Degree Longhorn
i just think Dienhart is overly critical of Texas he always seems to be very anti Texas
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sometimes you just
have to be realistic…. Its not about being critical. Who here sees us as a clear favorite against Baylor, Ok st, K St, Aggie, or Tech?
I'm saying that
to say that we could easilty finish 6-6… We can’t score fellas. Our front 7 is solid but our secondary is horrible… And all of the offenses we have left our very explosive except for K State. 21 points beats us most weeks guys… Our defense has to be lights out.
We can’t score fellas.
Have you watched our last two games before today?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Really
Iowa State? UCLA? those teams are horrible… Look at us vs. teams that play defense. We did nothing vs. BYU or OU. Listen I love this team just as much as you guys but 8 wins is the ceiling for our team this year. I thought we could win 10 game before today…..
well dude most of us though 8-4 anyways
and Iowa State has actually played pretty well this year only one loss and only behind 35-20 to Baylor last i checked
formerly "Horns102591"
You categorically stated that we can't score.
I was refuting that assertion.
And I believe we actually beat BYU, or at least that’s what I remember from attending that game, so that’s one thing we did against them.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Yes
we did beat BYU it was 17-16. But it waasn’t a game in which we played well offensively. The running game got going in the 4th but we could have just as easily lost that game.
Fine
But it’s not correct to say we did nothing against them.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
i think we will beat Tech
A&M will gift us the game in the 2nd half if their recent performances are any indication. K-State is K-State but i think they have issues on D we can take advantage of because their D wont maul our line nearly as much as OU’s did plus its at home
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I hope you are right
but based on what I saw today, I’m cautiously optimistic. This team doesn’t look much better than last year.
I’m cautiously optimistic.
Nothing you’ve posted today sounds remotely like optimism, however cautious.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I'm Sorry
I refuse to act like we just didn’t get our asses handed to us in a game where we could have proved something to our Recruits and all of the pollsters. I wish our fans didn’t act like all is good. It’s not good man. We got EMBARASSED. This isn’t what DKR built this program to be. What I saw today was a Joke, and if you dont see that your being a homer.
Your command of English grammar, capitalization, and punctuation rules makes me EMBARASSED for you.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Ah
whatever man its a damnforum its not that serious…. You’re trying to take the attention away from the bloodbath we all witnessed this afternoon.
No, I'm not.
First of all, I’m a woman. Second of all, that’s where I go with my comments when it’s clear there’s no reasoning with someone. Third of all, most people here use the English language correctly most of the time, and people who don’t are fair game to have certain judgments made about them.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
hehehe
Poop
Is experiencing life at the rate of several WTF'S a minute!
by Oklahoma Horn Fan on Oct 9, 2011 4:40 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
How can you
really expect optimism when we go out and play like we played today? Friggin Tulsa and Ball State played OU about as well as we did… That’s sad when we’re Texas
dude its done
dont dwell on it you and the whole team needs to learn from the mistakes made today and then put it behind them and focus on the future and not let 1 loss turn into 6
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One game is not a trend. I just choose not to go apeshit against the program until a true trend develops.
OU was a damn good , experienced team.
i know its not a trend
im just saying if they dwell on it it will become a trend just gotta learn and then move on.
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You just fucking said you were cautiously optimistic
Now one can’t expect optimism after today? Make up your mind.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
What I mean is
I am optimistic and “HOPE” we win every game. But based on what I saw today, I understand that it’s quite possible that we won’t win another.
oh come on man i dont think we could lose to Kansas if we played with the third string
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Then you misunderstand the definition of optimism.
That’s just hope, and quotation marks are not appropriate there.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Whatever man
stop changing the subject tell me how we improve instead of trying to nitpick grammer on a message board.
Why? Are you the chairman of the committee to improve the team?
It’s not my job to decide what’s wrong with the team and make recommendations on improvement.
“Grammar,” not “grammer.”
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Why
won’t you talk about the team? Why are you breaking down how I’m typing. I’ve said I could care less you all clearly understand what im typing.
notice when Gilbert transfers we lose?
maybe he was like the worlds best motivational speaker
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Hey my subject line is shrinking.....
Can’t we restart this at the bottom.
I don’t like my rants constrained.
My Solution
Starts with recruiting better players. Sure we look good on paper but none of these guys pan out on the field. We need players that are “hungry”. Maybe start looking at some of these 3 star players that OU is getting. Some of these guys were clearly overlooking.
as i said before we can try that
someone tell Johnathan Gray we’re withdrawing our offer and changing our offer to a 3 star RB that cant fail can it?
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Why start at 3 stars
when there are so many talented 2 star players out there we’re missing!
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So tell me this
Why are we missing on guys like Lamichael James, Michael Crabtree,Dez Bryant, Andrew Luck, Jaquizz Rodgers and other Transcendant Talents?
I understand
scholarship limits… But why are we picking some of the guys we’re picking over guys that turn into All Americans and 1st round picks at other schools?
Because we're not all-knowing oracles who see the future?
A 3-star recruit named Colt McCoy panned out. A 5-star recruit named Garrett Gilbert didn’t. People do the best they can with the information they have, and sometimes you strike gold. Sometimes you get a dud. Just because good players from Texas do well at other schools does not mean we screwed up somehow.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I agree
but some of those guys we didn’t even give a look. I mean really you don’t recruit Andrew Luck? but you recruit Garrett Gilbert… Cmon man.
I'm not a man.
Not every good player fits into our offensive system. And at the time, 5-star, record-breaking QB Garrett Gilbert seemed like a phenomenal recruit. There was no indication that he wouldn’t be a good player in college. You have the benefit of hindsight.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I have a better tan and fewer tattoos.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
boom!
Explosion from super amazing post.
Is experiencing life at the rate of several WTF'S a minute!
by Oklahoma Horn Fan on Oct 9, 2011 4:48 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
I hope you
are right… But I’ve heard this song before. After this team signed Garrett Gilbert I take every signing at Face Value… That kid can’t play dead
Gray has broken the state touchdown record and even in losing efforts goes over 250 yards
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Didn't
Traylon Shead break some kind of record in HS? Hows he worked out for us?
Traylon was NEVER as good as Gray everyone wanted Gray we were lucky enough to get him
formerly "Horns102591"
So you want us to avoid 5-star recruits who break records
because some schools have had success with 3 and 4-star recruits?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
No
But we need to start looking at some lesser heralded players. Because the ESPN/Rivals formula isn’t working. We’re getting top recruits on paper but they don’t pan out on the field…
Ok so...
Dan Buckner
Deon Beasley
Eddie Jones
Garrett Gilbert
Alex Okafor
Chris Whaley
Darius White
All worked out right? And theres more
Throwing out names like this
is meaningless without context and comparison.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Many of them do.
You’re overemphasizing the misses to support your argument.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Ok
So why were we terrible in ’10? And what happened today? In your own words….
Because of many things
Stale coaching/play-calling, bad attitude, poor discipline, and yes, players not playing well.
We made many costly mistakes against the #1-#3 team in the nation and got punished for it. That doesn’t make us the worst team in the nation, it makes us a worse team than OU.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
No
You are suffering from negative bias. It is easy to remember the 5 star guys that didn’t work-out. The media loves to point them out to you. They also love the unheralded kid that succeeds. 5 star kid goes on to be all-conference nobody thinks about it. It is fact a larger percentage of 4and 5 star kids make it to the pros than 3 and 2 star kids.
Exactly
Or, rarely, a once in a generation player like Vince.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
How did
we miss on Robert Griffin III? Look at all these players that doing well from our state that don’t play for us….
We do look at 3-star recruits.
Colt McCoy was one.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Ya'll need to quit ganging up on drobe86
I see he is frustrated. Hell, we all are.
We got mudholed today by our hated enemy and we just have to choke it down and live with it.
I realize we are just too damned young in too many critical positions and OU exposed us – big time.
We’re going to get better and I love our new coaches.
However, he has a point. How is it that we keep getting these top flight recruits – rated better than OU’s most every year and, yet, Stoops seems to get more out of his TEXAS kids than we do? Do we just not know how to evaluate prospects are is it that we don’t coach them up properly. Or, (gasp!) has our head coach lost his mojo with the kids? I know he doesn’t do the grass roots coaching, but he is certainly entrusted with the team motivation. You think this isn;t important ? How many of you played high school or college football? If you did, you damn WELL it’s important.
True, if your OL is getting blown off the ball, all the motivation talks in the world won’t help, but SOMETHING is sure helping stoops and it sure used to help DKR.
Just saying.
Hook em!
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
No one is ganging up on him
Multiple people are disagreeing with his overly negative comments about the team.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I was talking about the team.
Then it became clear you were determined to shit all over the team regardless, so I’ve decided grammar lessons are a more productive use of my time.
“I could care less” is a popular misuse. I think you mean “I couldn’t care less.”
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
+1
Never understood this colloquial misuse – the expression seems to be self-explanatory.
On a separate topic, for the love of family values, please change your avatar! For photos of things hanging off a guy, I think a photo of Michael Downs hanging off of Earl Campbell would work much better and be easier on all of our eyes! ;-)
by BurntOrange&Blue on Oct 8, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you also going to tell every guy
with an avatar of a woman in lingerie or naked to change it "for the love of family values " (whatever that means)? If not, then sorry, it stays. This is the exact point I’m making by having this avatar.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Sorry, no offense intended ...
… I was really just joking (at the small expense of Michael Downs), but I guess my feigned prudery was not very apparent. I really did not mean to offend either you or fans of the all-pro Cowboy safety (but that Earl encounter would make a cool avatar).
Hook ’em
BO&B
by BurntOrange&Blue on Oct 9, 2011 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Still having trouble believing you are a six year Texas
season ticket holder. You sound like you just started watching college football this week.
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Yea
I just started last week. Im the only person on this board that seems to have exptectations for our team. Everybody else is giving me the we’re young bullshit. There are plenty of teams that are playing true freshman and not getting beat by 40 in a rivalry game. I’m actually pissed off. And I think our players have the same attitude as some of the people on this board. they accept it and think its ok to get your ass kicked. I didn’t see one player look like they were upset today.
And you know what else?
How I (and you) feel about and deal with this loss won’t really have much impact on their future performance.
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if we rage on the internet the team will play better
trust me im not a doctor but i did stay at a holiday inn express once
formerly "Horns102591"
You have a Point
But if they have the same attitude as most of you have then they will go in the tank. People are using the fact that we are young as a scapegoat. I’ve seen people come on here and say well…. I expected us to lose today. What? Really why the hell are we even playing the game if we expect to lose. And our guys looked Defeated from the word GO in today’s game…..
Some people just don't understand nuance and moderation
Not thinking it’s likely that we’re going to lose the rest of our games is not the same as thinking it’s okay to get your ass kicked.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
I never said
we would lose the rest of our games. I said that It is a possibility. And anyone who saw today’s game sees that possibility as well….
Holy unfounded assumption, Batman!
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
to quote fresh prince of bel air
“when you make an assumption you are an ass and a ump will shun you
formerly "Horns102591"
You really should take this shit over to shaggy,
as PB suggested at the top. You’d find a lot of people who agree wtih you there.
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i prefer lots and lots of soda
but im thinking if we lose next week i might try out drinking
formerly "Horns102591"
I just want to know who thought it was a good idea to let Voldemort coach a football team?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
Wow! This guy is psychologically impaired - has his wife tried to shoot him yet?
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
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I’m an artist. Thanks for supporting me.
Maybe there is hope for my 9 pick 'em points?
96% chose Corn to win this though, so I’d be in good company.
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the back up was the starter but lost the position because he couldn't complete passes
3rd Degree Longhorn
NEB may be able to beat the unranked OSU when they play with a piss poor back up
3rd Degree Longhorn
TTU should have gone for conversion on at least one of those FGs attempts.
Mike Leach would have.
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i just think its funny that some aggie went to their seat and found a steamy turd
its a good analogy for their football program
formerly "Horns102591"
This sounds like the beginning of an Aggie joke.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
My question
is how would the Aggies even notice?
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
(no offense to 53, who is of course very classy)
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
hahaha this comes off a friends facebook
“Congrats OU now go back to your dismal existence filled with watered down beer to where places consider wine a liquor.”
formerly "Horns102591"
Oklahoma's liquor laws are an abomination, it's true.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
he elaborated on it in a earlier post
""They only have 3-2 beer in Oklahoma and since we have big boy beer here in Texas so every year they come down here and get drunk and trash our city""
formerly "Horns102591"
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Abomination.
Whoever said laughter is the best medicine had clearly never tasted Scotch.
ok guys we need to submit a list of 3 star and below players to the staf so they can start recruiting them
cause only losers go after 4 and 5 star recruits
formerly "Horns102591"
I dislike these teams equally, yet
I’m perplexed by my inability to get behind one of them in crunch time.
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 8, 2011 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm no bucks fan,
but I love me some Pelini explosions. May not happen tonight.
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haven't seen them play much this year
but it looks as though Pryor had no serviceable back-up
by BrooklynHorn on Oct 8, 2011 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
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