Open Gameday Thread: Texas vs. Arizona State (Holiday Bowl)

Heard a quote from the ole coach this morning: "The Holiday Bowl has become our home away from home."

Um, ok. Good vacation spot. I guess OU's home away from home is Tempe ... make that Glendale now

So many Texas hats/apparel on the slopes yesterday, I figure one of you guys must be a member

If I had known there was going to be such a big BON congregation, I would have tried to make it out.  Oh well.  Next year.  Probably at the Holiday Bowl again.

I'm sure bars will be somewhat crowded, but some Texas Exes and I will be at The Tavern ... True Longhorns Fans are never too far from 12th and Lamar

this afternoon. I think around 3:00 central.

Just thought I'd give a heads up.

I should have called in sick.

If you're stuck in front of a computer tonight, ESPN360.com is showing the game live.

Two more things. 1.) PB reports that it's 80/20 ASU to Texas fans outside the stadium. Guess San Diego is a little less appealing after Glendale and Miami were possibilities just five weeks ago.

Lots of tickets still available. Wish I was there, because I bet decent seats will go empty. Texas fans are not showing up for this one.
Who can blame them?

Needless to say ASU gets the MO factor in this game.

I'm listening to Sportsradio 610 AM in Houston and they're interviewing some guy from Orangebloods.

Anyway, his gut feeling is that JC will go, and two important factors in his decision are whether or not Ken Rucker (the running back coach with cancer) comes back, and if JC plays well in the Holiday Bowl.

Apparently, Rucker was like a father figure to JC, so if he has to leave UT because of his cancer, Charles will probably leave too.

at least according to facebook, today is his 21st birthday!

HAPPY BDAY JAMAAL! Hope he has a great game and doesn't party too hard in the night.

(and who is?)

You can listen to the game with Craig and Roger here:

WOAI

Pregame in progress now.

Hook 'em!

Musburger.

Feck.

Hook 'em baby!

really return that first kick off?

Usual march down the field for the other team on the opening drive.  I'll be shocked if ASU gets more than one 1st down on this first offensive possession.

forcing the intentional grounding.

I'm happy the staff has the team ready something we have not seen in the RRS and previous bowl games.

Good start for the Horns. Looks like in addition to Muck and Norton winning starting jobs on D that Jackson is back as well.

didn't work this time, but that's what I like about bowl games.

TD to Lokey and reverse pass from Cosby.

Expose that weak Diablo del Sol OLine!

on both sides of ball difference so far.

UT long kick return to start the game.
Quan letting punt roll to the UT 10.
UT 30 yd punt.

I hope this keeps up even if the game gets tight later.  We need to play as if we have nothing to lose.  GD needs to take a shot and say what the fuck.

I want GD to be Baldwin's character in GlenGary  Glenross.  Do you know what it takes to call a game?

fumble recovery!

looks like that one will stand. Nothing indisputable there.

we'd be in Tempe !!!!

An opportunistic defense.

and Chiles was the QB!

YES WE'RE USING HIM!

Chiles and Charles on back to back zone reads. TD Horns. Don't let up.

What a great 1/2 quarter.  They look great.

BONers should be coaching these guys!

What a way to start... we look awesome!!!  

A little change up on offense and some new linebackers putting pressure on the QB ---14-0 !!!!

SUCK ME DRY AND CALL ME DUSTY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Griffin with the INT, and Jackson gets the tip!

I was waiting for the flag but glad they didn't throw one...I guess Rudy C. shouldn't have been talking all that smack.

Needed that one to get out the shadow of the end zone.

Hell, so are we !

or does Texas get a sideline warning pretty often?

Let's really fuck with them.

I love this attitude we have. Fired up and ready to play.

is working for them so far.  I just hope our corners keep it in front of them.

just don't get how we can be so bi-polar.

McCoy to Cosby

the broken down big play again.  Hitting on all cylinders right now.

Happy bday dude

My god....feels good to see the team looking great and living up to their potential!!!

Just wow. He looks a full second faster than everyone out there.

looks like a totally different team. Fast, aggressive, talking trash, etc.

Cherish these last runs folks. I don't know why JC would want to come back. He's clearly ready for the next level.

and you'd want it to happen on the last game of the season.

if he could've played to this kind of level the whole season, he probably wins the Heisman.

Simply perfect.  JC running the best he has ever ran and Colt looks at ease rolling out for big completions.

Mack is fired up (a sideline warning? I love it) and the D looks mean and aggressive.

Freaking perfect.

and that game was @ ASU.

for now.

Com'on folks ...lets enjoy this performance..

more trash talking, this time Roy Miller. Love it!

Stupid penalty!

Don't let up, Horns. Lots of time left.

running by the ASU backs.

just said that its sometimes an advantage to lose the last game of the season.  Nice philosophy  I guess that's why he's no longer in coaching.

is not sharp. Looks rushed. Not going through his reads or putting the ball in good spots.

please let the flag be on ASU

But if that ballboy costs them a TO, I say he loses his job

WOW WTF. I don't think he touched it though.

touches live ball in the field of play. Mac Duff knocks him back after. WOW. Never seen that ever.

LOL @ the ballboy.

Now we've seen it all.

So if this one goes against us, I may just be thinking it's not our night.  Half the Texas team was on the field while the play was still going on and a ballboy touches the ball, and ASU STILL doesn't get it back?  Ugh.

fuck that ballboy

get that kids name and lets petition to have him expelled from UT

Not so funny anymore.

WTF BALLBOY!? I don't think he touched it!

Unsportsmanlike penalty!? He is Steve Bartman of UT.

Huge momentum changer.

If ASU scores here...big momentum swing.

For the sake of that guy's life that Texas wins this game.  If not, he might as well stay in California.

they overturned the non-call on the field? fuck that shit.

I'm speechless

So 4th down, we can stop them after all.

TD ASU. TIME TO STEP UP for the fucking ball boy.

he can blog from the game.

the team can't use that as excuse.  Time to really turn it on.

OK... so it's a lateral so the ball is live, but then the ball boy allegedly touches it before any of the UT players were able to get, so therefore UT never had possession. Is that correct?

There is no way that you can say that there was indisputable video evidence to conclude that he touched the ball.  The ball did not alter its course or spin in any way, that is horse shit.

All we'll know is that his name is Chris. Oh well, his name will get leaked out somehow.

Has there ever been a team as fucking stupid as this one? Apart from that idiot, there were at least five guys out on the field.

Mac was riding them hard to start the game.

You scored 6 for the opposite team.  I guess you really showed everyone that shagging balls isn't a result of not being able to get into a game!

and an even worse play....the start of the 2nd quarter seems forever ago.

is there a little screen pass on 2nd and 21?  This is not good.

No idea if it's true, I was just browsing around texags and someone said that according to some radio broadcast.

bring in the MAn Chiles!

looks like we're only going to use him to run.

1st down on the fake!

isn't going to be consistently effective if they won't throw a pass with him.  (obviously)

Don't know if I would have called that...but nice call.  I think Shipley almost got his head ripped off on that one

thank you ASU!!

for the fake call.

as any to bring out the fuck lion

mean Whale's vagina?

and just like that, we're back to domination.

That's what happens when you have a good defense. No distractions that like will allow the game to change if your defense is getting stops.

McCoy is once again proving to be a solid scrambler.

stops the clock and saves a turnover

ASU is getting lucky tonight

rudy carpenter = matt lenart?

plus Lokey gets tackled.  Fucking A horns!

I know it's only been a half, but this defense has been pretty good (we get another Carpenter sack as I type this by KELSON!). I don't think you can get rid of Akina after this performance.

Also consider that the players have not played well throughout the season. Horrible tackling, and I can't blame all that on defensive schemes.

please write one of your informative posts on why Kelson is not the all world starter.  That guy ran with bush and seems to come up big all the time.

Why not have him everywhere?

It would have been so much smarter to put in chiles and try and run on this possession.

Now it's up to the D to show their stuff.

LOL he would've taken it to the house if he caught that!

This defense is fun to watch, but again, ASU O-line is absolutely atrocious.

I can't complain about the half. All 10 of their points were a result of our own errors. The FG on Colt's turnover. The TD on... the ball boy turnover?

to keep viewers watching...the goddam ESPN promo commercials.

The A1 thick and hearty burger.

How about another thread for 2Q? This one is slow.

but wow.  Just great political speak.