Voice the Frustration
by realmccoy on Sep 15, 2007 5:41 PM CDT
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This is by far the most frustrating and underachieving start of a season I can remember for the Horns. For whatever reason, I just really felt the offense would be unstoppable. Defensively, I thought the front seven could take care of business until the secondary developed. What is the most frustrating part of the young season?
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Win or lose this game
their ranking is a joke.
by limnonectes on Sep 15, 2007 6:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Calm down everyone
We've struggled early. We should have beaten UCF by about the same margin as Wisconsin beat Citadel (if Charles doesn't fumble while running out the clock). 6 might be a bit high, but who would you move up? A team that barely beat Colorado St (Cal), a team that barely beat Middle Tennessee (Louisville), a team that barely beat UNLV (Wisconsin). Sure, we're struggling to put teams away, but it's not like there's a long line of teams that are crushing their opponents behind us.
by Texas Wahoo on Sep 15, 2007 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we are in trouble.
I hate the goddamn okies. I fucking hate them. If I start drinking now then maybe I'll be drunk enough by the time the Shootout gets here.
by DogTown on Sep 15, 2007 6:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm tired of feeling bad after a win
but i'm a fan ... and i cant turn away
so i'll wear my frown with bitter pride
by abcdmetrius on Sep 15, 2007 7:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
a win is a win.....
wins are not easy to come by, and the way our longhorns win isnt pretty, but damnit we are still 3 - 0. i saw a young team that was down early in the fourth quarter and we never blinked, thanks to the play of the real mccoy. too many turnovers hurt us. i dont give a damn who you play if you turn the ball over, you give any team a chance. I also saw our defense tighten up and cause a major turnover within the last minutes of the ballgame which would have shut the door shut if j. charles didnt fumble and give UCF a glimpse of hope. We played a close game and am very happy for a win. now im not saying we dont have work to do, but we all knew that coming into this season. we had another solid running day by j. c. but his case of fumble-itis came back and that scares the shit out of me. colt was solid at best but also got away with a few balls that should've been int's. give credit to UCF they played with alot of emotion and were hungry and played a good game. all in all i am very proud of our play, and all of the mistakes are fixable and we need to fix it because those f*cking sooners are looking good and every close game the longhorns have stoops and his homosexual gang are licking their chops.
by kcc28 on Sep 15, 2007 7:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hmm
i agree with most of what you're saying here, but c'mon, "homosexual"? i hate it when people use that word as a slur or otherwise derogatory adjective.
plenty of other choice adjectives to use to describe the sooners and how much they suck.
by crocodile235 on Sep 15, 2007 8:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed
can we stop this nonsense, please? some of the biggest texas fans you'll ever meet are gay, and at least a few of them are phenomenal commenters on this site. to call stoops "homosexual" and think it's derogatory and clever is the same as calling stoops "black" and thinking it's some great insult.
first, stoops is who he is: a great coach of a despicable football team. if he happened to be homosexual (or black for that matter), it wouldn't make him any less than that. It's not an insult because the term is not derogatory. It's nonsensical at best and downright bigoted at worst. Please refrain in the future.
by billyzane on Sep 16, 2007 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"A win is a win."
That phrase must come from the same stupid textbook that says "Any publicity is good publicity." A win is not just a win when you are judged on three or four games. OU, A&M, Big 12 Championship game, bowl game.
A win is not just a win when you're supposed to win easily. This season and last have exposed major weaknesses that were apparent against A&M last year. and will be exposed by OU this year.
The streak of 10 wins. Whatever. Most of those wins are against teams that should lose simply based on Texas' talent. The Arkansas States, UCFs and Baylor.
by Longhorn13 on Sep 16, 2007 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Observations
by usaf49 on Sep 15, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What I don't like
Is how Mack kept Jamaal in the game after it was visible he wasn't 100%. He went to the bench after he got hammered after his first fumble and the trainers looked at his leg. On his long TD run in the 4th, you could tell he wasn't running as well as he should have been. He was slow (but luckily just fast enough).
With this knowledge, why oh why did Mack keep him in the game in garbage time? He should have been riding the bench while Ogbannaya and McGee ran the clock out. Jamaal had already fumbled once anyway. And why risk him getting seriously injured?
Bad move, Mack.
by BigTexBD on Sep 15, 2007 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I also hate
Davis' call for a 3 yard pass on an important 3rd and 10 in the 4th.
by BigTexBD on Sep 15, 2007 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we please add...
the game of hot potato Jamaal was playing today to the poll.
I know he scored an important touchdown for us today so I can't be too mad, but please HOLD THE DAMN BALL.
j-
by sterling on Sep 15, 2007 11:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A couple of things...
I think I'm just so frustrated that it seems like there was no off-season or training camp. All the problems from 2006 are still there and in some cases are worse:
- Jamaal still fumbles the ball. Should have been fixed.
- The defensive backs still seem out of position every time the ball is thrown down the field. A decent quarterback would have torched us yesterday. The interception for a touchdown came when Quarterback Larry threw to Wide Receiver Moe, the ball bounced off his hands and fortunately for Texas, into the hands of Cornerback Curly.
- The red zone offense is horrible. Right now you'd have to think one of the team MVPs is walk-on kicker Ryan Bailey. That's awesome.
I once heard Mack say something to the effect that Texas fans really are never happy with the wins. Well when the team plays like crap against Arkansas State and UCF, that's what you can expect.
by Longhorn13 on Sep 16, 2007 12:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I feel ya brother
My sentiments exactly. The interception was horrible bc it just inflates a false ego even more in our "vaunted" secondary( we are going to need a lot of psychologists around after we play a team with a coordinated passing attack. It is going to be ugly with lots of crying and tissue being used up.)
by JRBTX on Sep 16, 2007 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
QB
their QB is awful. 9/26 on the game so i agree a better QB would have hurt us. at the same time, he completed 9/26, and we still gave up 32 points! given what a non-threat Israel is it was shocking to see how bad the run defense was.
by the chairman211 on Sep 16, 2007 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bipolar Disorder
Inability to score a f'n touchdown in the Redzone
Can we add that one to the poll?
Of course, the other side of that coin is imprinted with Ryan Bailey. He is quickly becoming my new Phil Dawson....which is a great compliment to our once-walk-on 3-pt shooter.
But Phil was a nails-kicker on a team that couldn't get in the endzone. And that similarity SUCKS.
by Shake on Sep 16, 2007 9:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That is aggravating.
Like I said above... the MVP is a walk-on. Kicker.
The major problem with pass-first teams is when they get inside the 15. There just isn't enough room to operate. It takes speed out of the equation.
I tend to think that what this team is missing is a Leonard Davis, Jonathan Scott, Justin Blalock, etc. Some dominant offensive lineman to get behind.
by Longhorn13 on Sep 16, 2007 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
was a walk on
he got awarded a schollie at the end of August.
by the other Andrew on Sep 16, 2007 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which is why
I referred to him as "once-walk-on".
And I'm still a little chapped that it took them until the end of August to award (read: reward) him.
by Shake on Sep 16, 2007 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my reply was for Longhorn13
I understood what you meant. I think some people still think he's a walk on.
by the other Andrew on Sep 16, 2007 6:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I understand.
The point I was trying to make was that a former walk on kicker is the team's MVP amidst a plethora of four and five star recruits. My point may have gotten lost in the middle of calling him a walk on when I know that's not officially correct.
Correction appreciated though.
by Longhorn13 on Sep 16, 2007 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
re: O-LINE
Biggest area needing improvement right now. I realize we still have the Tweedles and some LB's to worry about, but an absolutely dominating O-Line would keep them on the sidelines....where they belong much of the time.
Did anyone else watch the USC/Nebraska game? I only got to see parts of it, but damn...USC was opening some holes 8-12 ft wide for the RB. Surely the front-4 Black Shirts aren't that bad.
by Shake on Sep 16, 2007 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fickle Identified
If this is "the most frustrating and underachieving start of a season I can remember for the Horns" then realize how great you have it.
Ask Michigan if they would like to our kind of disappointment.
by Wells on Sep 17, 2007 1:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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