Good for you, cornerback Aaron Ross, former Texas Longhorn on the 2005 National Championship team’s win in the Rose Bowl, now a Super Bowl champ in his first, rookie season in the National Football League. You started most of the season, even played with a dislocated shoulder against the Cowboys, and were a first-teamer against the Patriots last night. Congratulations.
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Not his most glorious AP photo, but it’s nice to see former Longhorn Aaron Ross, of San Antonio, (No. 31) the Giants’ rookie cornerback, get a trip to the Super Bowl in his first year in the pros. Hook Em, Aaron!
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That was just one of the prominent signs of similar sentiments directed at Longhorns QB Major Applewhite that often appeared in the stands at Texas home games from 1998 to 2001. Now Major’s coming back as a running backs (huh?) coach. He did so well as offensive coordinator at Rice that I’d have supposed he’d want to try another year of his luck with the Crimson Tide’s offense before coming home to Austin. But the daily’s Kirk Bohls says (sort of) that the skinny guy with the funny name–whose popularity with alumni is second only to Vince–was just ready to return.
MORE: Burnt Orange Nation brings some conventional reporting to the news and concludes Major was hamstrung and unhappy in Al’abam, and will be a lot more than the RB coach at Texas. Sounds logical. Good to have you back, Major, and good luck!
The Cowboys just couldn’t get that last touchdown and lost 21 to 17. I guess QB Tony Romo will now be battered for being distracted by his celebrity girlfriend, although it looked to me like his offensive line failed him when it counted.
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Looking good so far, Titans 6 and San Diego 0 at the half. Rob Brionas is an incredible field goal kicker.
UPDATE Then the Titans folded, Vince choked and the Chargers caught fire, making it 17 to 6 with 4 minutes to play. Not good, VY, not good at all.
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I don’t ever cry over Oklahoma’s spilt milk. I couldn’t care less whether they lose a football game. But their 48-28 loss to West Virginia last night still leaves a bad taste. The Sooners may have been the only team to have a DT arrested for shoplifting, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fouls in a college football game. And not all of them were called. Fox kept replaying video of one play showing a WVA player punching an OK receiver in the crotch after he fumbled a pass and was already down. No flag on that one. Gang tackling by WVA was the norm, late hits, pass interference, face masks, punches thrown, words exchanged. WVA clearly was the faster team, keeping the Sooner’s pimply-faced QB running for his life all night, but they didn’t have to play dirty. Except, I guess, they’re used to playing dirty. Shame on them and shame on their coaches. And on the MSM whose stories after the game proved, once again, that what you can see is what you don’t get.
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Oh good grief. The Longhorns are going to lose their outstanding RB Jamal Charles:
"Jamaal Charles, who said only a week ago he was staying at Texas, has decided to leave school early for the NFL."
Not good. Simultaneous departure of defensive backs coach Larry MacDuff is a lot less worrisome.
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