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Posted by ChrisApplewhite on October 11th, 2008 under Football
1. This is Mack Brown’s 2nd best win, ever. You could make a case for #1.
2. This is the best Texas/OU game in the last 30 or so years.
3. Our October is tough but we just beat the best team we’ll play this year. We’re going to be in the conference title game. A win next week . . . let’s not jinx it.
4. The 2006 win was satisfying, but I don’t think anything can top this. I cannot say a bad word about anybody on the field. We are killers and we’re just going to get better.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 7 hours, 12 minutes ago
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bat said:
October 11th, 2008 at 10:55 am
We don’t really know about the conference title game yet. A hit to McCoy’s knee or a loss to Tech could do us in.
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 11th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Really? Why? Why are you doing this?
Woody Bombay said:
October 11th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Is there anything better than beating a #1 OU team?
No. No, there is not.
p said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:04 am
“We don’t really know about the conference title game yet. A hit to McCoy’s knee or a loss to Tech could do us in.”
WOW!!!!!………….
Levander Williams said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:08 am
Once we decided to stop banging our heads against the wall (stretch runs to the sideline) and attack the weaknesses of the OU defense, things started to open up.
Nice job of going to 4-wide, rolling McCoy and working the middle of the field.
Great job of bringing pressure on Bradford with four men.
The attitude has changed.
hopefulhorn said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Sweet, sweet win in a classic Texas-OU game. Tickles me that this makes 3 of the last 4 vs. Visor Boy.
I continue to be amazed at the growth of this team. Herbstreit commented on the chemistry and leadership and I think he is right.
Sets up a terrific game in Austin next Saturday.
Woo-hoo!!
p said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I usually never agree with Herbstreit, but he is right on this one.
Mack raised an eyebrow with me in 2006 when we beat OU. I started believing last year when we slugged it out the whole game. I can officially say that Mack CAN beat Stoops……….. and that is a good feeling!
Scipio Tex said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Great post. I can’t post because I can’t write thanks to adrenaline and vodka sodas. I am so happy I want to throw up.
Colt McCoy is a demi-God.
The defense never quit. OU’s did. Ballgame.
kevwun said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Rest up, Scipio. We await the mother of all game recaps.
Scipio Tex said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Cannot recap now. Cannot process awesomeness of victory. Will drink until Sunday evening.
Sasha_Is_A_Longhorn_Dog said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
NOTHING can ruin my weekend now! NOTHING!!!
spit and tears said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 am
OK, never thought I’d say this… but we are better conditioned than OU. We were still calling a lot of the same shitty running plays, but they were working in the second half when they were getting stuffed in the first. I think the loss of that OU LB was big, but the rest of their defense wore down. We didn’t. In a track meet that makes the difference.
Awesome awesome awesome win. One week at a time, though. I was drinking, yelling at the TV, and pacing for three and a half hours. I just told my wife, “Get ready to do this again next week.” Mizzou ain’t no pushover. Austin should be insane, though.
Sasha_Is_A_Longhorn_Dog said:
October 11th, 2008 at 11:50 am
See, I expected the opposite: our d-line to wear down their o-line b/c of the conditioning. Which, from my vantage point of being 12 feet away from the TV, I couldn’t tell if it happened. But it certainly looked like it.
I will be at the Mizzou game. I can not wait. Ahhhhh!
DBH said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I haven’t seen the second half because I had to attend a funeral. But I would be remiss if I didn’t give all the sunshine pumpers in the Longhorn Nation the satisfaction of seeing me say this. While I don’t yet know exactly HOW we did it, obviously Mack and Greg Davis deserve major kudos for the Horns hanging 45 points on the Sooners.
I recorded the game, so I’m anxious to see how they did it. But credit where credit is due. I’m sure our “butter armed” QB had a big hand in it, so if Eyes of Texas could give my regards to JG at InsideTexas, I would appreciate it.
Hook ‘Em!
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
If it makes you feel any better, DBH, the offense only technically hung 38 on OU.
jc25 said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
5. It’s 4:20 and OU STILL SUCKS!
jc25 said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Ok, there’s clearly something wrong with my timestamp. But OU does still suck.
HOOK EM!!! WHOO!!!!!!
srr50 said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Our October is tough but we just beat the best team we’ll play this year
Maybe, but we will play a better offense next week.
Our best defense today was our offense. We had the ball over 37 minutes. Limiting the number of possessions for OU was big.
Let’s see that again next week.
CrazyJoeDavola said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Texas was better prepared, more composed, tougher and meaner than OU.
What a turnaround from 5 years ago. Kudos to the entire staff and team.
And props to the Vanilla Killas McCoy, Shipley and Gideon. I have a special place in my heart for Blake, given how many people thought he shouldn’t have been recruited, much less be starting the OU game as a true frosh.
Earl Thomas is going to be terrifying next year. So is Aaron Williams. So is Sergio Kindle.
Mack Brown said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I’m off to the film room. I watch it now, with my friends Greg, Will, and Major.
Bat, suck my dick.
DBH said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
“If it makes you feel any better, DBH, the offense only technically hung 38 on OU.”
I’ll take it. We finally outrushed the pricks, obviously maintained balance on offense, and had some success throwing it down the field. Mostly, what I saw was a team that looked like it was ready to play and wanted it more. So the staff deserves credit and I’m happy to give it. If we’d play like that consistently, I would quit riding their asses.
dick said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
If we were able to do it today, we should definitely be able to do it next week. I’m not convinced that Mizzou’s offense is better than OU’s, esp the Oline.
Mack Brown said:
October 11th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Chase will be hit many, many more times than we were able to do today. Our pass rush took some time to develop, but OU’s line is much better than Mizzou’s.
Next week could be our REAL coming out party.
*sigh* Muschamp….
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 11th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Mizzou has Maclin, who is better than anyone on any of the three offenses. They also use him more intelligently than OU uses anyone. OU is better everywhere else, though, including defense.
UTfan1 said:
October 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Attitude and preparation, resiliency and grit, yeah those we showed today. No more under the radar status. Mizzou is next. The coaching staff has got to work quick to get this team ready for the biggest game of the season. This one is over.
Great job by the staff and the kids. Will Muschamp earned his paycheck and Greg Davis was awesome and I’m not a Greg Davis fan.
I’m so happy and what a great way to get my mind off the market.
Hook’Em
BrickHorn said:
October 11th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
This is the game that established the new trend in the series. We are now on a 3-1 streak. OU is in the rut. THAT feels good.
Plus, it’s the first time since ‘99, and only the second time since in GD’s tenure, that the offense carried us to a win. I’m not ready to render a verdict on the defense’s performance, but I think it’s fair to say that the O won this game for us with the help of some timely stops by the D.
Wow. I thought we’d win, but I didn’t expect us to win like that. What a great feeling. I love this rivalry. It’s so much sweeter turning it around after languishing in misery for 5 years. And we’re set up to completely smoke those motherfuckers next season.
Hook ‘Em!
Retarded son of El Roberson said:
October 11th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
As a KSU and Big 12 North fan, I never thought I would say this but, Maybe now the national media and the tards at the four letter network will give Texas the respect you guys deserve. So impressed with McCoys poise, not the same kid that curled into fetal position against KSU the last few years at the first sign of trouble. That kid is a real QB.
Parlin Hall said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
CNN.com just posted Texas’s upset win as one of its main news stories.
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Because of how bad we’ve been and how young we are I never really saw us as a top 5 team. We were just a placeholder until we hit October.
But to everyone else is was 1 v 5, afterall, and we showed as legit.
Trips Right said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Just got back from the Cotton Bowl. I can’t help but think this game was the donut on the louisville slugger. Ou’s defense was the fastest I’ve seen in a while. Mizzou’s can’t be near as fast. We’re going to fuck their shit up.
Chris, great fucking post.
Kafka said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
SuperCalifragilisticExpialidocious win!!!!!
My son and I were jumping around like crazy men for the last 5 minutes of the game.
Three of the last four vs OU. OU played a great game and is a very impressive team. Sam Bradford is an amazing QB and he runs great, too. Gresham was slower than I anticipated. The 52 yarder was completely the result of a broken coverage. It was amazing to see the UT guy (BTW, who was that, Earl Thomas?) come from all the way across the field to nearly catch him.
OU’s hurry up O was way more painful to UT than I would have guessed. Muschamp needs to figure out how to deal with that more effectively. The TCU coach said a mouthful when he said that his team played much better on D (vs OU) once the TCU coach stopped trying to micro-manage the game so much.
The hurry up (when run by a team that can easily do multiple looks) really forces the D to just man up some of the time (just like in sandlot ball). The horns’ O needs to hurry up more in practise to help prepare the horns’ D better.
Once the horns really started focusing on mainly throwing short passes in the 2nd half, the horns’ O improved tremendously. They were able to get in sync and hold onto the ball and it opened up opportunities down field.
Quan caught 9 passes for 122 yards. Ship caught 11 for 112 yards. Most of the passes were quite short but kept moving the chains and keeping the ball away from OU.
Colt was the master of the short passing game, hitting 80% of his passes against OU! The passes were short, averaging less than 10 YPCompletion. Ho hum, another brilliant day at the office.
Colt ran 14 times for 31 yards (2.2 YPC) and took some sacks where he should have dumped the ball off or thrown it away before he gets sacked. OU pressured him effectively with their blitzes. Our screen plays sucked for the most part. OU’s screens were awesome.
Can we stop running Colt so much and just let him run when he sees the opportunity? He is way too valuable as a passer to throw him into the meat grinder unnecessarily.
It was a great day for Greg Davis. He took two uber possession receivers, a 3rd down running back, a leaking offensive line (which grew mighty as the game progressed) and put up 38 points on OU. Well done, Greg!
I will say that throwing to Miller at the goal line was a case of temporary insanity. We have Cody Johnson, just mash the SOB in (which UT did on the next play).
I could have screamed (actually I did scream) at the two(!!!) running into the punter penalties. Don’t touch the friggin’ punter. It is hard as hell to stop the sooners and we are moving the ball well, so just set up the return. Completely idiotic by Mack and Akina (especially the second one!). I know the ref’s call was BS but no horn should have been near that kicker.
BTW, without that penalty, OU scores 28 instead of 35. Well done, Mr. Muschamp.
Kudos to Mr. Collins for 3 receptions and no fumbles.
Oh yeah, Ogbonnaya was amazing, again.
Parlin Hall said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
I don’t mind the pass to Miller on the goal line as he was wide open and there was little chance of a turnover. He’s just got to catch that ball and it looks like a genius call.
But it’s a huge game and I imagine his head was going a mile a minute.
How many billions of dollars have been spent, in athletics of all kinds, to hear coaches say the six words “Keep your eye on the ball”?
Minnesotahorn said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
“1. This is Mack Brown’s 2nd best win, ever. You could make a case for #1.”
I don’t agree that you can make such a case but who gives a flying fuck?
God damn. How much fun was that?
ChrisApplewhite said:
October 11th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Because there is no Vince Young, is how that case would be made. I wouldn’t make it either.
“(BTW, who was that, Earl Thomas?) ”
Palmer. Thomas was the one that blew the coverage.
DanielMason said:
October 11th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
I loved — LOVED — the throw to Miller on the goal line. It was a fantastic call and a walk-in touchdown without the drop. Roy’s probably caught that pass 98 times out of 100 in practice.
Just because he dropped it doesn’t mean it was the wrong decision. And him being pissed at himself and singlehandedly leveling two OU defenders on Cody’s TD run more than made up for it.
Nordberg said:
October 11th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
The bitch on ESPN at the halftime of the Mizzou game just said “Now, obviously Texas doesn’t jump to #1, so who does?”.
I’d like to see the argument against us for #1. Mizzou is in a close game at home, LSU is getting their doors blown off, and Bama’s win over Georgia, while nice, doesn’t compare to this.
Bornahorn said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
To anyone who taped the game:
On the ‘clips inside screen plays, which killed us all day (except once), does it seem that OU has linemen downfield?
Nordberg said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Yes. Kind of like how they held, virtually every play. Every time.
Their consistency on the shit is actually kind of admirable. I can see the officials thinking “We can’t call this shit every play, can we? Just pick the worst ones every fourth or fifth play.”
Bobby Jack Akina said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Bornahorn: Earlier tonight, ESPN ran replays of three of OU’s successful screens, showing each time that the pass was completed beyond the line of scrimmage and OU had o-lineman downfield. In one case, about 10 yards downfield.
sooner tim said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Watching the Okie St./Missouri game. Oklahoma is the fourth best team in the Big XII.
Ex-pessimist said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
To the guy that complained about the stupid sideline running plays, you do realize that Oggy’s long run to seal it was the same type of run right? It’s a high risk/high reward running scheme that can work when the D gets tired.
Also, the middle screens to Manny Johnson were definitely thrown beyond the line of scrimmage and OU’s O-linemen were downfield. Should have been a penalty.
p said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Here is an even better one.
The OU RB chipped Rak low while he was engaged with Loadholt…….can you say penalty?? I was screaming at the TV. If you guys remember that is the same way Rak got hurt in the Arkansas State game last year.
Colby said:
October 11th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
I will say that throwing to Miller at the goal line was a case of temporary insanity. We have Cody Johnson, just mash the SOB in (which UT did on the next play).
I couldn’t disagree more. The play call was perfect. OU was absolutely wrong-footed. Miller catches the ball and its a touchdown, so I don’t see how you can call that temporary insanity.
Ex-pessimist said:
October 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Exactly Colby. Same play they ran in the Holiday Bowl last year to Lokey. Great call, especially on 1st down.
Minnesotahorn said:
October 11th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
“Watching the Okie St./Missouri game. Oklahoma is the fourth best team in the Big XII.”
That;s hurt talking. And it’s incorect.
DTomlinson said:
October 11th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Damn, I wish I was in Dallas for that game! I guess if I had to be anywhere other than Dallas or Austin, Vegas is the place to be though. It was nice to make a little $$$ on the game.
DrkBgrk said:
October 11th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
The defense forced 3 three-and-outs, stopped two 4th down conversions, one interception by thomas while the game was still contested (with another on the last play that appears to count in the stat books)- the defense did some shit. The bad first possession, the busted coverage that let gresham loose, the shitty running into the kicker penalty that kept a drive alive- the defense ate some shit, too.
Tack on the smothering run defense and the offense-altering pass rush and i didn’t see much today that wasn’t praise worthy, 3 items above aside. 400+ yards given up doesn’t usually leave a good impression, but damn if i wasn’t pleased with the showing.
Also, chase daniels just threw his 3rd INT of the night and lost his $50k bid for heisman. Texas is 6-0 and expectations for the season have just gone all kinds of crazy.
Kafka said:
October 11th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
The argument against Miller playing TE to catch a pass on the goal line:
1. Absolutely no need to do it. Cody Johnson was doing great. Use the simplest approach that is likely to work.
2. Miller is a DT. That is how he spends his practise time. Practise time is limited by the NCAA and is thus precious. Don’t waste it on non-essential stuff.
3. Miller is brilliant at DT and irreplaceable. If he got hurt on a play like that, it would be unforgiveable. It is a stupid risk.
4. There is plenty of danger of turnover when you throw to a guy who does not catch passes for a living (so to speak). The guy might bounce the pass up in the air where it can be intercepted.
5. It is frivolous, mainly just a reward to a great guy. Fine, but do it in blowouts, not the OU game.
6. Defensive linemen tend to get worn out by the end of the game anyway. Why make them do any work that is not absolutely necessary?
Huckleberry said:
October 11th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Watching the Okie St./Missouri game. Oklahoma is the fourth best team in the Big XII.
Silly talk. If you call us #1 after the win, OU is #1A.
OU would fuckstomp Missouri again. Not sure what to make of Okie State yet. Could be interesting in Stillwater at the end of the year, but the smart money is on OU by 20.
DBH said:
October 11th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
“To anyone who taped the game:
On the ‘clips inside screen plays, which killed us all day (except once), does it seem that OU has linemen downfield?”
In the great OU tradition, All Day!
dasmithjones said:
October 11th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
BOOMER!… LOOSER!
OOOO! … WHOOO!
SOONERS IS A DISHONEST NAME, (DOUBLE ENTENDRE INTENDED) SHOULD BE THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TEXANS (LOOK AT THEIR ROSTER)
OKAY, NOW THAT I GOT THAT OUT OF MY SYSTEM, I’LL TRY TO BE MORE CIVILIZED (IT’S TEXAS-OU ISN’T IT!)
YES, I AM YELLING!
OU, you should have won this game, strictly from an unbiased analytical viewpoint.
But you didn’t because:
A. You were out-coached.
and
B. We were just falt-out scrappier.
That was a beautiful thing!
dasmithjones said:
October 11th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
What’s up with the time stamp? I got 12:06 am on October 12th.
Kafka said:
October 11th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
For the entire second half, GD inserted Shipley at TE. A 190 pound TE. Davis thought that OU would be vulnerable to the short pass in the middle (presumably because the starting OU MLB OU was out by that point).
OU was holding on most pass plays. The Big 12 is FOS if it does not enforce holding better. That is one reason some Big 12 teams have difficulty in the bowl games: holding gets called more outside the Big 12.
Muschamp should jump all over the Big 12 refereeing office about this. On one play late in the game, Rack was literally tackled.
RomaVicta said:
October 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I agree that bat should felate Mack Brown.
I watched with my 82-year-old father on TV. He listened to Kern Tibbs back in the 1930s. So we’re a couple of fairly old guys yelling our heads off just like we did in 2005. We come and go, the Longhorns are immortal.
A question for those who were at the game:
Obviously we took away the long pass and had several plays where Bradford ran because there was no one he could throw to. What did the secondary look like down field? On TV you can only see where the ball is. Is there something about the coverage that was special?
I love college football. I love this team.
steven said:
October 11th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
OU was holding on most pass plays. The Big 12 is FOS if it does not enforce holding better. That is one reason some Big 12 teams have difficulty in the bowl games: holding gets called more outside the Big 12.
Then could this possibly be the reason behind all successful gimmicky spread O’s and super duper B12 QB’s, with the much ballyhooed gimmick and the super duper being in large part not much more than just mere, everyday, unglamorous, joe blow holding. Heck, maybe you are on to something, Kafth. Afterall, where would the B12 be without all these gimmicky high octane O’s and 80% QB’s. You would think with all the shatty D’s in this league, blatant holding would not really need to be a requirement. Na, I think you are being a bit naive on this one, Kafth. I don’t think the holding in this league is as outright blatant as it was in this particular game. I don’t see how it could be on a regular basis and still be considered a sport. Na, the holding and the level of it in this game is just inexplicable and your right -the B12 is FOS.
Longhorn Fand Bag said:
October 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
No, it was the explosion of OU’s OL by our defensive ends (which, not inconsequentially, made them hold or downright tackle us – UNCALLED – on almost every play) that didn’t let Bradford throw downfield.
Our DL is fucking amazing. The lines will win the big games. Mizzou, Tech, and OSU can’t compete. As long as the coaching remains at this level, we have no excuse not to be in the national title game.
Fucking excellent work, Texas!
RomaVicta said:
October 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
I agree the line is great, but there were downs where Bradford had a lot of time but nowhere to throw. Maybe we were just great in man coverage, but I couldn’t see it on TV. I also couldn’t see if there was a zone defense.
Kafka said:
October 12th, 2008 at 2:09 am
It is in UT’s best interest that the rules be enforced rigorously both on the field and off.
The holding by OU was flabbergasting and I expect much the same at Tech.
Steven: I think the reason that the Big 12 has such great offenses is that Texas high school programs are producing bumper crops of QBs that are proficient at running spread offenses. Texas permits high school athletes to do the 7 on 7 competition in summer and this really helps these guys develop. Also, my understanding is that Texas has the best high school coaches in the nation (as a whole).
A lot of points were scored RRR on Saturday but it was not because the defenses were that bad, the offenses were just that good.
BTW, Florida hung 51 on LSU (a fine defensive prgram) today.
Ransom Stoddard said:
October 12th, 2008 at 5:15 am
Lots of great moments in this one but if you tivo’d the game, watch Johnson’s second touchdown in slow motion. Watch Obi and the right side of the O-line decapitate, I mean absolutely obliterate, the blowu line. It was a thing of beauty.
Huckleberry said:
October 12th, 2008 at 5:17 am
RS -
Roy Miller took out his frustration about the dropped pass on that one. He made contact with the side of an OL and an Oklahoma DL head on at the 2-yard line. Both of the other two players ended up eating end zone turf. He just crushed ‘em.