Thoughts on the final game in College Station. I purposely refrained from tweeting anything Thursday or Friday night for censorship reasons, so these are my edited thoughts below:
- SCOREBOARD. FOREVER.
- I don’t want to hear a thing about the personal foul call against A&M on Mike Davis at the end of the game. Not a thing. The Big 12 officiating has been terrible this year and that was just another example. He hit him helmet-to-helmet, albeit slightly, but a hit nonetheless. I’ll give you that one back, Ags, if you remove the dumb horse collar penalty and the even dumber personal foul on Keenan Robinson’s hit on quarterback Ryan Tannehill. You didn’t lose the game on that call, and Texas didn’t lose the K-State game on one call or the Missouri game on one call, but if you want to get into your time machine and go back, change those two as well. If it’s all about one call changing the game, you can have that win and I’ll take wins over Mizzou and K-State. Texas is now 8-3 instead of 7-4… Oh, there are no time machines? Oh, well then, shut up.
- And remember it was first down on that that personal foul. So at worst Texas gets three more cracks at getting a first down and moving the chains.
- Enough with this “Too scared to play us?” nonsense. ENOUGH. I heard RC Slocum say it in the pre-game and I saw a girl with a poster saying the same in the stands. You know exactly why Texas isn’t playing you, Ags. The Horns, and five other teams, should be sitting in the Pac-16 right now, wrapping up season one in the new super conference. Oklahoma State and Oregon should be playing Friday night for the first ever Pac-16 Conference Championship, but that isn’t happening because of YOU. Texas came back to the table because you didn’t want to leave and we ended up with a 10-team league and dumb name because you didn’t want to go west. And after agreeing to the terms of the new league, you bailed as soon as you possibly could. And, as you were leaving, you publicly bash and blame Texas for your slinking away. And then you have the nerve to blame Texas’ (and the rest of the Big 12’s) “no thanks to another game” on fear? That’s dumb. Look in the mirror, Ags, you already know that answer to your question as to why this series is over, and it sure as hell isn’t fear from the Longhorns.
- After the game Aggie running back Ben Malina said something to the effect of “We aren’t worried about Texas. We are off to the SEC for bigger and better things.” I agree, you don’t have time to worry about Texas, because you should be worried about the SEC and how in the world you plan to compete. Going into last Friday the top 3 teams in the BCS were in the SEC West, your new home, and you head in with a 6-6 regular season record, losing your quarterback (and no backup with any substantial snaps), your top two running backs, your big wide out and possibly Ryan Swope. Your pre-season No.8 ranking has potentially turned into a 7-loss season if you don’t win the bowl game; assuming the Big 12 isn’t “too scared” to send you to one. You got your wish, Ags, you are now in with the big boys.
- SCOREBOARD. FOREVER.
- Is it me, or does Craig James just hate Texas?
- Who’s your new coach going to be, Ags?
- And it’s goodbye to A&M. One last time- SCOREBOARD. FOREVER.
No. 25 TEXAS 27 TEXAS A&M 25
What an ugly offensive start and what a win. I said last week if Texas could make the Aggies kick field goals and the defense could hang around, the Horns could find a way to win. That’s exactly happened. Here’s what I saw on Thanksgiving Night:
Quarterbacks: Statistically speaking, it was a disastrous game. The Aggies loaded the box and forced Texas to throw and it didn’t work. Case McCoy got the start and finished the night with 110 yards, completing 16 of 27 passes. By the end of the game his uniform was more green that white from all the times he was knocked to the ground and aside from the risky lob to Jaxon Shipley there really weren’t any moments where put the offense on his back: until he had to. While he missed some passes (the one to Mike Davis on the personal foul comes to mind) and he held on to the ball too long (the sack at the end of the half was terrible. You have to know the circumstances and where you are) he made the biggest play of the night. 1st & 10 Texas at the A&M 48 with less than a minute to play, McCoy dropped back to pass and felt the rush getting pushed around him by the offensive tackles, so he quickly stepped into the open middle and took off, 25 yards later he was gang-tackled at the 23 and 28 seconds later, SCOREBOARD. FOREVER.
It surely wasn’t the prettiest night, but he didn’t turn the ball over and made good decisions. It’s clear that McCoy has the locker room and the team follows him and it’s clear that, going forward, he’s the starter. He’ll get better as he develops and matures, but that’s a massive skin he just put on the wall and everyone knows he’s the man that gets it done.
He sure handles the media like a pro, doesn’t he?
Running Back: You have to take your hat off to Cody Johnson. The guy went from the starting tailback to a role player and fullback and not only did he never complain, but welcomed the role. He scored a touchdown and moved the pile twice out of the Wildcat on third downs. He doesn’t look like Fozzy doing it, but he got it done.
As for the running game, it was tough sledding. The Ags loaded the box and made it clear Texas wasn’t going to beat them running the ball and they didn’t. The team rushed for only 86 yards in the game and the signature run came from the quarterback.
Everyone was working hard, but when you can’t throw the ball at all you just can’t line up and run over many BCS conference teams, let alone the (surely never) SEC Champs.
Wide Outs/Tight Ends: Hey Mike Davis, listen to me. When the ball hits your hands, you have to CATCH IT. I know a 7-year old that likes to blame the old man playing quarterback whenever he misses a catch, and he gets told “if you can touch it, you can catch it.” Catch the ball, Mike. You are too talented to let catchable passes hit the ground and the offense has to capitalize on those chances. They are going to make you start doing Willie Mays-Hays pushups like in Major League if you aren’t careful, or you are just going to lose your job (Update: he did. Miles Onyegbule is the starter this week).
Marquis Goodwin (8 catches, 60 yards) and Miles Onyegbule were clutch, both catching balls on the final drive. The third down catch (for a first down) by Onyegbule made up for that terrible decision to throw into double coverage earlier in the game that resulted in an interception. Come on, Miles, you were a high school quarterback, you know better than that. Throw it away, tuck it and run, whatever- you don’t throw it up and hope it gets there. Still, great job by those two on the last drive.
How much of a difference does Jaxon Shipley make? He made a great catch on a risky throw for Texas’ first 1st down of the game and threw a touchdown pass to Blaine Irby on the double pass that got Texas on the board. He now has two td passes on the season, just two behind Case McCoy for the team lead. That’s nuts, isn’t it? He’s a playmaker in every sense of the word and a guy that defenses have to account for on every play. Welcome back, Jax.
And how about Blaine Irby, scoring twice in two games now? He’s starting to look the playmaker he was in 2008 again. Don’t change hands with the ball when you’re running, though, okay? That fumble is being played over and over again in films and his teammates are surely giving it to him for it. That’s the perks of a win- making fun of silly plays. Nonetheless, Texas has a weapon at tight end and, more importantly, they are using them.
Offensive Line: A&M’s d-line must have heard me talking about how they were scheme-oriented and not talent-oriented, because they mauled the Texas o-line in the first half. Eddie Brown was kicking Dominic Espinosa’s tail so badly they put David Snow in at center. They couldn’t establish the line of scrimmage, they couldn’t protect the quarterback… but a muffed punt and a perfectly timed trick play started to get their confidence back. Confidence is a funny thing, isn’t it? Why is a quarterback in a “good rhythm” or a shooter in basketball “in the zone”? They don’t play any differently- they throw it the same, shoot the same, etc… it’s just a matter of knowing what will happen instead of hoping it will happen. Texas surely didn’t dominate up front after that play, but they matched the intensity and the violence and in the second half, particularly the last drive, they were owning the line of scrimmage.
I loved, LOVED when Mason Walters snapped on Case McCoy for the delay of game penalty in the third quarter. That’s the sort of guy Texas has missed in the last few years, a big man that demands perfection from the guy he’s protecting. There will be no Kellen Heard punk hits accepted by guys like Mason Walters, but the guys on his side better get their behinds where they are supposed to be as well. More of that, please. That’s the accountability from the guys on the field the Horns need.
It wasn’t the best game, but they walled up on the final drive and gave McCoy time to make plays and set up Justin Tucker to win the game.
Defensive Line: Another week, another awesome game from the front four. The defensive tackle rotation combined for seven tackles with three for loss, two coming from Kheeston Randall. They never let the Aggie offensive line take over and allow the running game to take over. Surely the loss of Christine Michael and Cyrus Gray helped, but them’s the breaks. The fourth tackle, Desmond Jackson, logged the only sack of the game for the Horns and the interior guys were dominant in controlling the line of scrimmage. Outside at the end position the numbers weren’t off the charts like they have been, but the Alex Okafor/Jackson Jeffcoat tandem combined for seven tackles, including one for loss, and they had five pressures on the qb (four from Okafor). They seemed to everywhere, harassing Ryan Tannehill and forcing him into rushed throws and nightmares for weeks. Jackson Jeffcoat went down with an injury, and internet legend Reggie Wilson played well in his absence (re: “internet legend.” Remember when all eyes were on Jordan Shipley in 2004? “Is he hurt? Will he play? Where is he? Is he in trouble? Why isn’t he starting?“ It was Edorian McCollough the year before and Robert Timmons a few years earlier. Jerrell Wilkerson, DJ Monroe, etc… Internet legends are the topic of endless discussions online as people obsess as to where they are, when/if they will be healthy and why they don’t play more. It’s now Reggie Wilson we all fret over). Others like Chris Whaley and Cedric Reed contributed and the Texas defensive line owned the day from start to finish.
Linebackers: The beneficiaries of the great play up front where the lbs. Emmanuel Acho and Keenan Robinson combined for 23 tackles, with 16 from EAcho and five qb pressures from Robison. They were everywhere, dropping into coverage, rushing the passer, making tackles inside, chasing ball carriers outside… You name it, they did it and Robinson in particular was a physical and intimidating presence. The linebackers are playing at an exceptionally high level, and the ability to clean up what the d-line didn’t get allowed the secondary to focus on coverage. WELL DONE.
Secondary: And focus they did. Jeff Fuller is an NFL wide out right now and he had some good numbers- seven catches, 107yards, one score- but it was the quietest 100-yard game I’ve seen in a very long time. Carrington Byndom was locked up with him all day and the sophomore answered the call, picking off Ryan Tannehill in the third quarter and taking it back 58 yards for a touchdown. He added seven tackles and three broken up passes to his pick and the effort got him the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week. Opposite him true freshman Quandre Diggs was equally as impressive. “Quandre the Giant” as the kids call him had an amazing second quarter interception, cutting underneath the receiver and leaping up and making the catch as he fell on his back. He added three broken up passes and four tackles to his night. At the safety spot Kenny Vaccaro might have been the player of the game as he had a highlight reel interception in the third quarter, catching a high pass on the sideline and getting a foot down as he was falling, and set the Texas offense up with a very short field that they converted into a huge touchdown. He had only three tackles on the night, but he shut down A&M’s leading receiver and playmaker, Ryan Swope all night. Swope was a non-factor, catching three passes for 37 yards with no scores and spending as much time complaining about non-pass interference calls as anything else. (every time you don’t catch a pass, it doesn’t mean you were interfered with. Geesh) And how about Blake Gideon? The senior was second on the team in tackles with 10 and did an excellent job of cleaning up the line of scrimmage and not allowing a back or Tannehill to break any big runs.
Outstanding effort from the secondary. They changed the game with their forced turnovers and what’s frightening is almost all of them are back next year.
Special Teams: I said last week that A&M could not afford to lose the phase and if they were kicking field goals, it wasn’t going to be a good thing. That’s exactly how it went. The defense held and forced field goals and that allowed Texas to hang around. And the special teams got the break the team needed to get back in it. Trailing 13-0 in the second quarter, Texas punted. Again. Return man Dustin Harris muffed the kick and casually tried to pick it up rather than dive on it, but Jameson Berryhill did dive on it and Texas recovered at the Aggie 41. Harris seemed to get into it with an A&M coach on the sideline for his nonchalance after the muff and I can’t imagine that got better after Texas scored on the very next play on the double pass to Blaine Irby. That muffed punt was the turning point, but the Horns owned specials Thursday.
Quandre Diggs’ 81-yard punt return set Texas up with a go-ahead field goal and, of course, the Justin Tucker field goal won the game. Now if Justin Tucker could just PUNT the ball. For crying out loud, rugby punt it or something. Where was David Ash? I thought he was Super Punter.
Punting aside, Texas was awesome in specials. One thing totally overlooked was Diggs’ kickoff return after A&M took a 25-24 lead with 1:48 to play- that 29-yard return set Texas up at the 30 for the game winning drive.
See? AWESOME!
So …
The offense was bad for most of the night and they got some help from a favorable call; but they cobbled together enough to get by. And that is terrific. Don’t think for second the confidence gained from moving down the field won’t come into play this week. The Longhorns went into the most hostile environment they will ever play in and won a game that to 80,000 + was the most important game EVER. You’ll see how that win affects this team on Saturday. Now they know they can win instead of hoping they can win- that’s confidence earned on the road. Oh, yeah, it’s also Scoreboard. Forever.
No. 22 TEXAS (7-4/4-4) @ No.17 BAYLOR (8-3/5-3)
Saturday, December 3rd
2:30 pm
ABC
The goal for this team all season has been nine games, so by my stunted math that means Texas needs to win the next two? Right? Yes, that’s right. So, Texas needs to win this game against the Baylor Bears. The kids in Waco are going to be sky high and the place will be rocking… I can’t even finish that sentence with a straight face. Texas is going to have as many fans there as Baylor and while they will definitely have the home field, the crowd will have a lot of burnt orange. The Baylor offense can light up, but the Baylor defense can be lit up. Let’s see what’s what.
Bears
Again, an offense that blows up and defense that gets blown up. Baylor needs to make this a shootout to win. Can they? Let’s see.
Offense
Three names you need to know: RGIII, Kendall Wright and Terrence Gannaway. Tailback Gannaway went off against the horrid Tech defense, rushing for 246 yards and two scores on 42 carries. The 6-foot, 240-pound senior has 1,195 yards and 14 scores, both team highs, averaging 5.8 yards per carry and 108 yards per game. He has good speed for such a big back, but most of the damage is done running over rather than around defenders and he benefits from the attention the passing game and his quarterback get. He’s legit and can hurt a defense if given the chance.
The star receiver on the team is Kendall Wright. The senior isn’t the biggest in the corps, but he’s the most productive and talented. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound senior is a faster Quan Cosby that has great hands, runs great routes and has the speed to get deep. On the season he has 95 catches, 1,406 yards and 12 touchdowns. He gets open, and when he can’t, Mr. Griffin has three other weapons in Terrance Williams, Tevin Reese and Lanear Sampson to hit. Williams (807 yards, 10 touchdowns) and Reese (799 yards, 7 touchdowns) would be No.1 wide outs most everywhere else, but they are role players in the high wire act in Waco. Reese is a smaller version of Wright at 5-foot-10, 160 pounds and also plays inside while the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Williams is the possession receiver outside. Sampson is a distant fourth but still has 36 catches, 498 yards and three touchdowns. This is a dynamite unit that has the leadership, experience and talent to play with anyone- ask ou. They have playmakers both inside and out and a quarterback that will get the ball in their hands consistently if given the chance.
About that quarterback- his name is Robert Griffin III and he is phenomenal. He picked Baylor over just about everyone because the Bears were the only school to let him give qb a try (epic recruiting win by Texas Ex Beau Trahan). All he did was set the NCAA record for most attempts to start a career without an interception with 209 and at one point this year he had more touchdown passes than incompletions. That’s ridiculous. I mean, ridiculous. He just doesn’t make many mistakes with the ball and in his entire career has played well past his experience level. He doesn’t get rattled, doesn’t get sucked into much talking and seems to thrive when the stage is the brightest. He’s a sick athlete that can run or throw and is lethal at both. He reminds me of a smaller Vince Young with his fluid and smooth running style and his ability to make the very difficult look very easy. On the season he’s thrown for 3,678 yards and 34 touchdowns to just five picks. He’s completing 72% of his passes and he’s the second leading rusher on the team with 612 yards and seven scores. He’s a true dual threat that can beat you with his arm or his legs and he is smart and careful with the football. He’s every bit the Heisman contender that anyone else in the nation is and probably more so when you consider what he means to his team. He was knocked out last week on a very dirty hit by a Tech defender, who went helmet-to-helmet with him as he was sliding down and he was diagnosed with a concussion and missed the second half of game. He said he’s fine and will play, but the doctors will determine that, not him or the coaching staff. My guess is he does, but if he can’t, Nick Florence has done a good job of spreading the ball around to the skill players, but he isn’t RGIII. They need Griffin healthy.
That’s up to the offensive line to keep him that way. These guys are similar to the Oklahoma State line in that none are rock stars, but they get the job done for a very, very good offense. They do give up a surprising number of sacks for a team having such an athletic and mobile quarterback (nearly two per game on average) and I can’t imagine how many sacks they’d have allowed if Griffin couldn’t escape on his own. I think speed can get to these guys over the course of an entire game and Texas has a ton of that. The line is good, but not great, and they will need to be great to get the Bears moving on Saturday.
I expect when you have the top rated offense in the conference and the No.2 rated offense nationally you don’t do much tweaking. Expect to see Baylor spread Texas out and run Gannaway inside, trying to take advantage of the defense’s moving outside to match up with the wide outs. Look for designed qb runs and draws in the same spots and look for those two inside receivers, Wright and Givens, to test Blake Gideon and Kenny Vaccaro over the middle. This is a wide open, fast tempo spread attack and that will not change this week.
Defense
Here’s the problem for Baylor: this defense stinks. They are 95th in pass efficiency defense (141.34), 102nd in rush defense (198.45 ypg), 107th in pass defense (271.82 ypg) 111th in scoring defense (36.73 ppg) and 114th in total defense (470.27 ypg). They don’t really get to the quarterback (No.88 nationally with 1.55 sacks per game) and they are 72nd in turnover margin at -.09.
They don’t do anything well. Kansas scored 30 points on them. KANSAS. They only team they’ve held under 26 points all season was I-AA Stephen F. Austin in week two. That means 10 other teams scored 26 or more points on them. Yikes. They have allowed 24 rushing touchdowns and 29 passing touchdowns and give up 6.2 yards per play. Again, yikes. They do have 12 interceptions, so for every 2.5 touchdown passes allowed, they’ll pick one off.
You obviously don’t get ranked No.16 because of the efforts on one side of the ball, so there is some talent, but I haven’t seen it do much.
Expect single coverage outside and everyone else inside to account for Texas running the ball. This defense is about as good as Texas Tech’s and frankly I expect the same results.
Special Teams
Turrible, as Charles Barkley would say, at returning kicks. How bad? 110th in the nation. See, turrible. They aren’t much better at punt returns, averaging 8.63 yards per return (No.56 nationally) and they are worse at punting, averaging 32.23 yards per punt, which is 113th in the nation. The good news is they don’t give up much in coverage, allowing 9 yards per punt return and 22 yards per kickoff return. They haven’t scored on one, but they haven’t allowed one, either.
They are worse than turrible kicking field goals as the kicker is 7-14 on the season and he’s missed three extra points as well. RGIII is averaging only three yards less than their starting punter. Does he have to do everything?
They can’t settle for field goals because frankly they’ll probably miss them. Baylor is going to be aggressive because they have to be and I expect that in special teams as well. They know they need to work very, very hard to keep Texas from winning this phase, because if they lose it then they probably lose the game.
TEXAS
As awesome as last week was, it was last week. It’s a new day and a new opponent, one that is hitting on all cylinders right now and is feeling good about themselves after the 5 dozen or so they scored last week. I expect the Horns to be a very confident bunch going into Waco. Let’s see how they plan to get to win No. 8:
Offense
If a knucklehead like me can see how bad this defense is, you know Brian Harsin can, too. I expect a similar game plan to Texas Tech, which was pound the ball on the ground and make them stop it, because honestly I don’t see them being able to do that. Texas needs to control the clock, shorten the game and keep Baylor’s best defense, their offense, on the sideline watching. If Texas can do what they do best, which is run the ball; they take this game over and the crowd out of it.
I expect a healthier Malcolm Brown and possibly Joe Bergeron back this week and it seems Texas is getting more comfortable with Big Cody at the Wildcat. It isn’t the explosive formation like it was with Fozzy Whittaker, but last week it was good for a first down and short yardage, so I expect more of that this week.
I also expect some play-action passes to Blaine Irby and bubble screens to Shipley and Goodwin to keep the defense from cheating up to defend the run. Look for Mile Onyegbule to make a play as well as the new starter in front Mike Davis. I think Davis gets the message this week and plays much better when he gets in.
I could be way off here, but I think Texas starts to click this week on offense against this bad Baylor defense. As long as they can protect the ball, I see more points and more yards.
Defense
This is a tall task, but they’ve been up to it all year. Even in the blowout loss to ou, the defense allowed 34 points. They held Oklahoma State to 31 (another touchdown was on a kickoff return) and the super athletic James Franklin and Mizzou to 17 (with three coming off a blocked punt). I expect a similar effort this week with similar results.
Baylor is going to score some points, but Texas is going to make some plays, too. Griffin doesn’t turn the ball over much, but they can break those passes up and force punts from the suspect punt team. The safeties have to be aware, like last week, and not allow Baylor to pop anything long on a run and the front seven has to keep Griffin in the pocket and not let him break containment. If he gets outside, he can really hurt the defense. Keep him bottled up and he’ll go down; the numbers agree with me.
Keep doing what you’re doing, fellas, and I think the offense picks up the slack and handles the rest.
Special Teams
This is a bad special teams unit and I see Texas taking advantage. A punt gets blocked, or returned for a score, and another is shanked and sets Texas up for a short field. When was the last time Texas ran the opening kickoff/punt back for a touchdown? Maybe this week?
This one is ripe for the taking, Horns. Go get it and win this phase decisively and turn the game.
IT’S ON …
I said last week the defense and special teams will keep this close enough for Texas to win, and that’s also the case this week; however, this Baylor defense isn’t near the same as A&M’s sack-happy, run-stopping 3-4 look. The Horns are going to be able to run on them and, because of that success, will be able to throw with a very confident Case McCoy and a very confident o-line.
The Horns jump out early with some great special teams play and hold on for win No.8.
LAST WEEK IN THE BIG 12
No. 2 OKLAHOMA STATE (10-1/7-1) IDLE
No. 11 KANSAS STATE (9-2/6-2) IDLE
Saturday, November 26th
No.9 oklahoma 26 IOWA STATE 6
Here’s something I’m confused about. These new Corona commercials where they are on the ski slopes and the snowboarding girl says “you know what my favorite run of the day is?” and the guy sitting outside in the freezing snow drinking an ice cold beer says “the last one?” and they open Coronas and are at the beach suddenly, staring at the water as the announcer says “Find your beach.” If you’re skiing, aren’t you on vacation? You aren’t on a plane for a work thing or at your cousin’s wedding- you are skiing, which is some place you wanted to go and paid to go, right? Wouldn’t you want to be skiing if you, you know, went skiing for your vacation? If you want to daydream about drinking beers on the beach, why didn’t you just go to the beach? It can’t be more expensive the skiing, can it?
KANSAS 10 MISSOURI 24
The hate made it closer than it should have been, but it wasn’t enough for Turner Gill to keep his job. He’s getting $6 million to leave after his tenure there. I would like to submit my resume now for that job. I can win almost as many games and in two years you can fire me for half that. What a deal!
BAYLOR 66 TEXAS TECH 42
This was the longest football game ever. I know Tech has injury issues, but they are terrible. Baylor did exactly what I thought they would do, which was stomp a mud hole in the Red Raiders and send them home for the holidays.
THIS WEEK IN THE BIG 12
KANSAS (2-10/0-9) SEASON OVER
TEXAS TECH (5-7/2-7) SEASON OVER
TEXAS A&M (6-6/4-5) BOWL GAME PENDING (WHOOP!)
MISSOURI (7-5/5-4) BOWL GAME PENDING
Saturday, December 3rd
IOWA STATE (6-5/3-5) @ No.11 KANSAS STATE (9-2/6-2) 11:30 am FSN
Senior Day at Kansas State. Ah, the majesty of playing in Manhattan for almost two years after transferring from the College of the Sequoias, or City College of San Francisco, or Butler Community College, or Coffeyville, or Navarro, or any other host of junior colleges around the nation. Those almost four whole semesters were something… I’m just playing. K-State is rockin’ & rollin’ and I expect them to get to 10 wins fairly easily at home. Nice season from both schools and you both do the Big 12 proud.
No. 10 oklahoma (9-2/6-2) @ No. 3 OKLAHOMA STATE (10-1/7-1) 7 pm ABC
I don’t usually don’t write about ou, but this is for the Big 12 Title. I can’t tell you how much I am for Okie State. It really doesn’t have anything to do with them playing ou… Well, of course it has something to do with it, but I digress. I’m for Oklahoma State because I am rabidly anti-SEC and I’m tired of them and I’d love nothing more than to see one us de-throne them. Yes they are on a great run and they deserve the title of the best conference in America (at least until the Ags get there, amIright?) but they act like football started the day after Texas beat USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl and the rest of us are just the Washington Generals to their Globe Trotters’ show. Yes, I know that’s exactly how it’s played out and they are correct in feeling superior, but I want it to end and I’d love to see the Cowboys get a shot. And to get there they have to absolutely throttle the sooners, which would be a bonus. Come on, Pokes! |
