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Waiting for the Ole Miss catastrophe

Posted on September 13, 2013 | 2 comments

Hard to believe the Longhorns defense could have improved sufficiently in six days to erase their BYU beatdown—550 rushing yards allowed. My Mississippi cousins are happily anticipating tomorrow’s Ole Miss game. They always win the tailgate, they like to say, but this time they have a good chance to win the game.

Even former Texas safety Kenny Vaccaro, now lighting up opponents of the New Orleans Saints, says the problems are on the field, not with the coaches on the sidelines. No grit, no leadership, no execution. At least we have one good Texas game to watch tomorrow (Aggies vs Alabama) even if the QB in College Station is a self-centered jerk who will never make it in the NFL.

UPDATE:  Hoo-Boy, do these 2013 Longhorns suck. No defense and very inconsistent offense. After three scoreless quarters, including the whole second half, they lost 44 to 23. Kansas State next week undoubtedly will be more of the same—only the KState score will be a lot higher.

As for the Ags, they almost beat Bama a second time, but lost 49-42. Despite Manziel the bad-boy wonder-worker and his last-minute 95 yard TD.

AND:  Mrs. Charm, taking Mr. Boy to lunch out near Cedar Park day after the game, reports seeing a Longhorn flag in someone’s front yard: It was at half-staff and upside down. Yep.

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BYU 40, Texas 21

Posted on September 8, 2013 | 2 comments

BYU was David Ash’s winning debut in 2011. This year the boys in Utah were his humiliation. His offense couldn’t protect him. When he dropped back to pass, there were three Brigham Young University defenders in his face. His defense looked comical with one missed tackle after another.

The secret “elevation masks” apparently didn’t make a difference. After sacking him repeatedly, BYU finally knocked Ash out of the game in the first half of the fourth quarter with a possible head injury.

Always hard to see the Longhorns lose, especially when an unranked team like BYU runs over them. Literally—with 550 rushing yards, the most by any opponent ever. In truth, though, it was predictable. The Horns were lackluster in the first half against cupcake New Mexico State last week.

Now Texas, which already was a miserable 15th in the AP ranking, could fall out of the Top 25 altogether. Just like last year. Once more dismantling the pre-season narrative of better, faster, tougher, etc. And, once more, reinstating calls to fire Coach Mack Brown and Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz. Might as well add Co-Offensive Coordinator Major Applewhite to the list, too.

The Horns might come back. Maybe. We’ll see if they can come back far enough to at least win another Alamo Bowl. They certainly won’t beat Oklahoma or Oklahoma State, and may well lose to West Virginia, TCU, etc. Sigh.

UPDATE:  As expected, Texas has fallen out of the AP Top 25, replaced in its No. 15 slot by Miami. That’s what happens when an unranked team whips your ass, like BYU did.

Ironically, USC, the team Texas beat for the national title back in ’05, has also fallen out, for only a 10-7 loss to Washington State. Something to worry about, maybe: Ole Miss, Texas’ next opponent, debuted this week at No. 25.

MORE:  Texas has fired Defensive Coordinator Manny Diaz. Pity, I think, but somebody’s head had to roll. It was for sure it wouldn’t be Brown’s.

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Ash to ashes, along with the Horns offense and defense

Posted on November 23, 2012 | Comments Off on Ash to ashes, along with the Horns offense and defense

Another sorry Texas loss last night, on a national stage, supposedly, for those who couldn’t find a better game to watch than the kiddie beat-down Texas suffered, losing to TCU 20-13. It was, well, embarrassing just to watch it. More painful even than the OU slaughter back in October.

Mr. B. watched Ash drive them the length of the field before he threw an interception in the Red Zone. No. 1 son then wisely opted for a video game.  I took several breaks outside in the moonlight because I just knew Ash would throw another one. I never expected McCoy to throw one, too. Sigh.

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Mr. B’s clavicle

Posted on October 18, 2012 | Comments Off on Mr. B’s clavicle

Mr. Boy has been playing seventh grade football this year. He wanted to be a wide receiver, after he figured out that he couldn’t be a quarterback. A star seeker. When he accepted his assignment as an unsung offensive lineman, I knew he was serious. Then they switched him to defensive strong safety.

Not so strong, as it happened. Yesterday, in his team’s next-to-last game which turned out to be their first win, he was hit pretty hard. He said the opposing player got his helmet under Mr. B’s shoulder pads. I saw him walking back to the locker room with a scowl on his face.

Since he’s going through puberty, a confusing time for a child, he often scowls and so I didn’t think anything of it. Until I got home and the phone rang. It was his coach who said Mr. B was injured, and in a lot of pain, possibly from a dislocated shoulder. I should come take him to a hospital.

We didn’t get out of the emergency room until after midnight. It was that busy. The ER doc showed us the x-rays. Mr. B’s collarbone is fractured, which could take six to eight weeks to heal. So he’ll miss the last game. But he says he’s going to try out for football again next year. Like I said. Serious.

UPDATE:  An orthopedic surgeon we saw this afternoon pronounced the fracture “light,” with the same healing time the ER doc specified but no need for any special brace or meds stronger than Ibuprofen. Mr. B., however, successfully convinced Mrs. Charm that he needed two days off from school going into the weekend.

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Oklahoma 63, Texas 21

Posted on October 13, 2012 | Comments Off on Oklahoma 63, Texas 21

Actually, but for two touchdowns in 4th quarter “garbage time” against OU’s backup defenders, the score would be 63-8, which is more indicative of the beat down Texas suffered early this afternoon.

Possibly the biggest tragedy of the game, however, was that QB David Ash seems to have broken his left wrist. That’s my supposition based on video of what looked like a near-compound fracture, though there was no blood but only serious darkened swelling almost the size of a goose egg. He doesn’t throw left but I can’t imagine the coaches would want him to play even with a hard cast on his wrist, especially considering how often his porous offensive line is letting him be sacked.

I still enjoy watching the games (even awful ones like this was) but I tend to forget to post about them because, here lately (with back-to-back losses against West Virginia and Oklahoma) the ‘Horns seem to have reverted to their pre-2005 national championship form, i.e. problematic at best. Will this be the year Coach Mack Brown finally is replaced? I doubt it, but wait and see.

UPDATE:  Sportswriter Mark Rosner reported late Sunday that initial X-rays of Ash’s wrist found no fractures and he has not been ruled out for Saturday’s game with Baylor. Rosner said the injury was due to Ash’s wrist colliding with a defender’s helmet, which presumably explains his goose-egg bruise.

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Texas 37 Wyoming 17

Posted on September 1, 2012 | Comments Off on Texas 37 Wyoming 17

The opening game of the season was expected to see a creampuff in Wyoming but they turned out to be better than anticipated. Nice to see the Texas offense working, thanks to the running backs, particularly Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron with more than 100 yards each.

But QB David Ash did okay (despite one fumble turnover), he threw 27 passes without an interception, which is an improvement for him. The Texas defense did give up a lot more than forecast, 17 points, so that wasn’t good. Next week sees another anticipated creampuff in New Mexico and then Ole Miss (which may not be easy at all) before league play begins.

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Thanksgiving, indeed

Posted on November 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Thanksgiving, indeed

Texas beats A&M in possibly their last meeting by a field goal: 27-25.

Wouldn’t have been possible without good defensive play, special teams play, a trick play and two interceptions. Then QB Case McCoy (his white uniform grass-stained green from so many downings) burst for 25 yards to put them within FG range with two seconds to go. Nice work, JV offense. Heh.

Now the Ags will go on to bcome the doormat of the SEC. Good luck with Vanderbilt.

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