Looks like I get the first comment, and I will try not to overreact. Having followed only the play-by-play, I have only a stark picture and some depressing stats to go by. The first observation is that overall, ASU had better game stats than UT in virtually every category. In that respect, we were lucky to win. My second impression was that this is a team that was unready to take the field, not an 'off night' by an otherwise established squad. The offense had some good moments and the special teams were good, but the defense was inept in virtually every respect.

The best hope is that Brown decided to treat this like a preseason game and did not show his best stuff. However, the team tonight is in trouble against TCU.

I was there, and there was never a point when I thought there was a chance we would lose.  If anything this game was frustrating.  I don't know where our run defense went, and I don't know what made Mack choose Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum to start in the secondary.  Colt stared down the receiver on every play, and did not once try to fool the secondary.  He also missed some wide open receivers because he was locked on to one guy.  He was forcing passes, and making bad decisions.  That being said, there were two things in this game that had me feeling good.  One was that Limas Sweed looks completely healthy, and looked as good as he ever.  Another was the play of Eddie Jones.  Even though the reason that he got all the PT was bad, he played well, and showed signs of why he was so highly rated coming out of HS.  So, I don't think we should take too much out of this game, but if we play like this against any other opponent on our schedule, including Baylor, we will lose.  Let's just hope we got this out of our system, and chose to play our worst game against our worst opponent...

... but they didn't.

But of course ESPN = Chicken Little, so they will focus on the fact that Texas "almost" joined Michigan.  Several key points they call out:

Arkansas State, outgained Texas 397 yards to 340 and drove inside the 20 four times without scoring.

McCoy finished with 223 yards passing and two touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions and had three more passes dropped by Indians defenders.

And the short-yardage running game that all but disappeared last season? Still missing. Texas couldn't punch the ball into the end zone on four running plays from the Arkansas State 3 in third quarter.

With three new starters in the secondary and co-coordinator Duane Akina calling the plays this season, the defense often looked lost as Arkansas State mixed the run and pass.

Texas didn't have this one wrapped up until Brandon Foster recovered an onside kick with less than a minute to play, and that came after the Indians (0-1) were forced to re-kick because of a penalty that negated an onsider they recovered.

ESPN

There are other questions that come to mind:

What happened to that McCoy to Cosby connection?
Where was Jermichael Finley all night?
Who was covering Dejohnette on the 50-yard pass? Tweedle Dee or Tweedle Dum?

On a positive note, the kicking game appeared to be decent at least statistically, but it's still weird seeing Colt punt, even though I know he did it in HS. Limas and Jamaal both had decent nights. And I guess four sacks is a decent number. But come on... how many of us were expecting a "decent" night against this team??

1. Marlon Lucky - 30 carries for 232 yards and three TDs

2. TCU forced Baylor to turn the ball over four times and held the Bears to just 52 yards rushing

3. DeMarco Murry had 5 rushing TD's

4. Sam Bradford - 21/23 363 and 3 TD's (that's the stat line I was expecting for McCoy!)

5. Stephen McGee led the Aggies in rushing, carrying the ball eight times for 124 yards and two TDs

6. Perrish Cox had 6 returns for 122 yards, including a long of 50 - the only bright spot of the night for the hapless Cowboys

WVU will definetly jump Texas in the Coaches poll after yesterday's results. The question is, will either Wisconsin or Oklahoma? And will any of Florida, Wisconsin or OU jump Texas in the AP poll?

I definetly was impressed by how easily Georgia handled OSU's high-powered offense. Let's see if they carry that momentum into SEC play. With Stafford settling in to the starting role, and Tebow having a solid coming out party, the Cocktail Party should be a barn-burner this year.

I'll say Michigan drops 10 spots to 15, and Tennessee drops about 5 spots. Otherwise not much movement given that very few games of significance were played this weekend.

First off, like some of the previous posters...I am stuck outside the viewing area and couldn't watch this game.  Please feel free to point out any misperceptions.

Before the season started I had really four concerns (in order):

1)The Secondary- I was very concerned that the recent string of highly talented DBs, most of whom were at least thought of by NFL scouts, was going to dry up.  I thought that Palmer and Foster did not represent a continuation of that line of talent.  The fact that your top four tacklers are DBs could be a negative meaning that your front seven sucks at tackling, however, that could also mean that Arkansas State was running sweeps more than inside to avoid the D-Tackles.  Can someone comment?  We gave up a long pass of 50 yards and were outgained in the air.  If you think that Arkansas State can chuck it...what happens when we play a school that can actually pass?

2)Offensive Line- Despite the fact that we seem to have an endless supply of rotating beef on our offensive line, I am always concerned when Tony Hills is the dean of the offensive line.  I think we've been very spoiled recently with the inspired line play of the Kasey Studdards and Sendleins and Blalocks but if the University of Texas can't field a top flight offensive line, then we're worse than I thought.  We gained a paltry 3.1 yards per rush. That's patently unacceptable.  We had trouble punching it in from inside the five.  We were unable to get any decided edge in time of possession which (in my mind) means we couldn't run the damn ball.  

I am all for offensive innovation but true Texas football (as you all know) means running the ball when you have to...no wait...it means ramming the ball down the other guy's throat when you have to.  In their defense, the o-line only gave up one sack and didn't have a penalty until the fourth quarter.

3)Colt McCoy turning into Shea Morenz-  OK, perhaps I was waiting for the clock to strike midnight and the stagecoach to turn back into a pumpkin, but I didn't like what the box score said to me.   Yes, he had a 66.66% completion percentage but his average per pass was 6.7 yards.  The TDs he threw seemed to be to guys that were wide open.  It would seem that reading some of your posts that he was not sharp.  On the positive side though, he did convert 9 of 12 third down attempts.

4)"The Old Mack Brown"- I, personally, don't feel that you can ever complain about the personnel on this team.  By most accounts, we have a top 5 class every year.  We have injuries.  Other teams have injuries.   This year, my biggest Mack Brown worry is that he'll stick with guys who aren't playing to the level we need.   This is especially true at DB and LB.  Is Scott Derry still a starter?  Is Killebrew still one of our top three LBs?  Granted there were some suspensions and I applaud Mack for that...but some stuff better change before next week or we're gonna get our @$$e$ handed to us.

Just my .02.  Please advise.

I agree with Peter here.  I think we will be fine.  It's not like TCU's offense is incredible.  Assuming Colt improves on his accuracy a little from the second half today, I just don't see TCU being able for force us into as many turnovers as they were able to force Baylor into.  I know we're all used to crushing teams like this to start off the season, but we won, and it was only close at the very end.  The only thing that really worries me is the inability to score in short yardage situations.  Where was Lokey at the goal line?  I think it would be a mistake to get too down on this team at this point.