Category Archives: Texas Football

Cornwall Cows

Posted on October 27, 2009 | Comments Off on Cornwall Cows

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Or, as who should say, Longhorns’ Bevo in serious need of a haircut. Via Still Muttering.

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Texas 41, Missouri 7

Posted on October 24, 2009 | Comments Off on Texas 41, Missouri 7

Best part of this blowout was watching the rejuvenated Tuscola Kid’s almost flawless passing and occasional good running against a 4-2 team while Bama almost lost to 3-3 Tennessee and Florida struggled with 3-4 Mississippi State. I’m sure the BCS computers won’t notice, however.

KVET FM’s good announcing made the Texas game, as always. Craig Way, "the Voice of the Longhorns" and his sidekicks aren’t homers but give equal measure to both teams and all of the players. Much more complete than the half-witted commentating on ABC. The overpaid network guys never seem to know enough to actually report the game-in-progress but just keep repeating the same conventional wisdom over and over again. But this ESPN guy isn’t bad.

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Texas-OU

Posted on October 17, 2009 | Comments Off on Texas-OU

Should be quite a game this morning. Just hope the Longhorns don’t start off slow like they’ve done a couple of times this year. Dig a hole deep enough and they might not get out of it. Especially with WR Ryan Broyles back in the Zero U lineup.

Tickled to learn from the daily that the land grabber’s calm QB Sam Bradford, last year’s Heisman winner, plays the cello. Surely a first for a college quarterback. And what’s with Colt wearing glasses now? Hope Sam doesn’t get hurt again, but a lot of QB hurries on him from Sergio Kindle and Sam Acho would be good. Go get’em, Colt!

Hook’em and, uh, OU sucks.

UPDATE:  OU 6, TX 3 at the half. Sorry to see Sam reinjure his shoulder early in the first quarter. But OU defense is keeping TX from a touchdown. Both have fumbled twice. Penalties all over. According to my favorite announcers at KVET-FM, it’s the lowest-scoring first half of the rivalry.

FINAL: Texas wins a grinding game 16-13. Not a pretty one for Colt or Shipley, and way too many play-hindering penalties. But the defense was key, the running game was huge and it’s nice to see the win.

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Texas 34, Texas Tech 24

Posted on September 19, 2009 | Comments Off on Texas 34, Texas Tech 24

Not the prettiest Texas win I ever saw, but it will have to do. Tech, as always, was a tough customer. The Leach bomber squadron’s new QB Taylor Potts is almost as good as Graham Harrell was last year. Fortunately for Texas, Potts does not have WR Michael Crabtree. Colt looked pretty shaky for most of the game. Turns out he was sick earlier in the week. He certainly showed no sign of a serious Heisman campaign, but we have a long way to go yet. The defense, however, played great. RB Tre’ Newton was fun to watch.

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Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford

Posted on September 7, 2009 | Comments Off on Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford

I was truly sorry to see Bradford injured but I was cautiously delighted to see the Sooners lose to BYU. Even before their star QB took his shoulder injury they looked to be struggling. And the main reason he was hit hard enough to be injured was that his offensive line wasn’t protecting him as well as they did last year.

Bradford may be out for two to six weeks. Can they win without him? Maybe. Landry Jones, his backup, looked pretty good. A delay-of-game call on a crucial play was the only apparent thing that kept him from winning it. It would be a good thing for Texas not to have to face a Bradford-led OU for the Red River Shootout. But it might damage Texas’ chances for a national title, if their strength-of-schedule is further diminished by a weakened Oklahoma. And it’s also scary. The same thing, after all, could happen to Colt McCoy.

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Longhorns football

Posted on August 24, 2009 | Comments Off on Longhorns football

Everything is looking good this season for Texas, with AP ranking the guys No. 2 in its pre-season poll. The bookies also are in line. Now. All, that is, except their wimpy non-conference schedule. Too many creampuffs, which could come back to haunt them when strength-of-schedule considerations come into play. The "toughest" apparently will be, wait for it, Wyoming. Geez Louise.

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New Horns to the NFL

Posted on April 28, 2009 | Comments Off on New Horns to the NFL

Congrats to Henry Melton, Chris Ogbonnaya, Roy Miller, Quan Cosby, and Brian Orakpo for their ascendence to the NFL.

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