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What a game.

My stomach was so upset before the game I couldn’t eat or drink. After the game I was so full of adrenaline that I had to drink. Sailor Ripley began to feed me vodkas while he pounded Mexican beer (to his credit, the moment he opened his beer we went on a 25-7 run). My voice was hoarse from screaming at the television, the 7/10 parts vodka drinks stripped the remaining skin from my larynx, my hand was pulsing red from high fiving, and I was experiencing something approximating restless leg syndrome. I had also been threatening to throw various objects into Sailor’s koi pond if we didn’t win; when we won I continued to threaten to baptize objects in his koi pond. Vandalism is one of the few mechanisms by which a man can both grieve and exult. I appreciate the full range of catharsis provided by property damage.

Soon I began to methodically call friends and relatives to have the same conversation over and over:

TEXAS! Yes! What? No. I can’t hear you either. Let’s just yell at each other. I’m hoarse too. How did it look on TV? Uh, kinda like the game did in person…but we had replay. Exactly. Colt! Amazing! Yes, amazing. We never quit! No, we never quit – we had so much heart. Dude – what about Shipley and Cosby? If Jordan doesn’t bring back the kickoff we, we….we….uhhhh. We lose? Yes! I think so! Absolutely. Orakpo! The dude dominated and they held him two dozen freaking times. Yeah, Bradford did really play well. Dude’s a stud. So is Gresh…what? Oh, yes….absolutely…screw ‘em. Shouldn’t have left the home state. Except they’re both from Oklahoma, actually. Still. They should have gone to Tulsa. Muckelroy! Best LB since DJ. Yeah, our defense got worked a little, but they never quit. Earl’s INT was swee…..what? Oh, yes. Colt! Colt. Colt was awesome. Yes, and Shipley. Didn’t we already talk about them?

I had this conversation a dozen times with a sense of euphoria coursing through my body that mocked heroin. Next week, I’ll require another hit. Once I sobered up, I drove home to read headlines, watch ESPN, and confirm that we did indeed win. We did.

Oklahoma wasn’t unmasked. That was a good football team. We – our team, our fans, our staff, the nation – just had our eyes opened. We’re pretty damn good, OU has no mystical hold over Mack Brown, and the staff changes we made have raised the bar for every member of our staff and the accountability level of all of our players.

I came into this game with a pretty clear idea of how we’d have to play on offense and defense to beat Oklahoma. I wrote a prescription for victory found here and here. Chris Applewhite also had some really good thoughts, the primary summation of which is: attack OU in the middle of their secondary relentlessly. Good call. At the risk of immodesty, I freaking nailed it as well: the necessity of putting the game in Colt’s hands, going four wides, playing Chris O all game, encouraging Colt to run, using the passing game to set up the running game, how OU’s OL was overrated in run blocking, the necessity of keeping Quan and Shipley singled up by simple alignment tricks. What I didn’t remotely nail was my ability to trust this staff to plan and implement same. In fact, I bricked. Mine was a crisis of faith. Doubting Thomas had to feel a resurrected Christ’s wounds when he should have had just a little faith.

I’ve felt the wounds now and am fully committed.

It’s time to witness. Let’s start the revival.

Offense:

Word to Greg D. This was a good game plan. A good game plan executed at near perfection by Colt McCoy. We spent 80% of the game in four & five wide and Shipley and Cosby abused Oklahoma’s defensive backs. We involved Collins, Williams and Kirkendoll just enough. We took long shots a half dozen times and though we only hit two of them, that’s all you need to get respect and create operating room. It’s not an easy thing for a grown man to place his job in the hands of a twenty one year old but we trusted Colt. Additionally, GD’s understanding of when to go to the running game was outstanding. The goalline call to Roy Miller (shades of Lokey in the Holiday Bowl) was an outstanding call. Greg can’t catch it for them. It was also pretty clear that Davis instructed Colt to do some cadence work on OU’s overly aggressive defense to draw them offsides. It worked and converted a couple of 3rd downs for us.

This was center Chris Hall’s best game as a Longhorn. Nice job, Chris.

Colt was placing the ball through windows that belong on a doll house. I had a tremendous appreciation for Colt’s play during the game. Rewatching the game late last night and today with a clearer head cemented that this was one of the best games I’ve ever seen from a Texas QB. Even two of the sacks I bemoaned were made comprehensible. Ball placement, ball placement, ball placement. Three inches right on Quan’s 2nd quarter (6:47 mark) out route and it’s a pick six. Two inches further up on Quan’s two fly routes in the first half and they’re incomplete. Time and again he hit receivers where they want the ball so that they can catch, turn, and head upfield for another five yards. His second half scrambles snapped OU’s collective spine. Chris Ogbonnaya’s final long run was the bloody coup de grace on Street Fighter II.

Our running game was set up by our passing game…and by Oklahoma’s own offense. The pace of their no-huddle is a fantastic weapon but it cuts both ways. A friend of mine who was a Seal once told me that an instructor who taught them knife fighting told them,”Everyone gets cut up in a knife fight. It’s a bloody mess. You have to be willing to get cut to inflict your own.” This is an appropriate metaphor for Oklahoma’s no-huddle. Except that their line depth is a switchblade and ours is a giant fuck-off machete. The pace they push is incompatible with the motor of some of their big OL when facing top flight competition and if your offense can stay on the field it places a lot of pressure on OU’s defense – specifically their DL. Unfortunately for Oklahoma, the dropoff in quality from OU’s DL starters to their subs is significant. Ours is not.

If we played Oklahoma ten times, we’d lose the first quarter eight times. We’d win the fourth quarter all ten. Oklahoma’s pass rush died at the 5:00 minute mark of the 3rd quarter. Watch it and you’ll just shake your head. Colt has a perfect pocket from then on and they lose containment every time he scrambles. They’re just done. Cody Johnson’s last two touchdown runs are similarly instructive. Each time, Huey and Hix cave in the entire left side of Oklahoma’s defensive line. Every single OU player is pancaked. Every one. Cody strolls in like it’s a spring constitutional. Demarcus Granger and Jeremy Beal are both buried and the LBs behind them end up in the back of the end zone. Consider Ogbonnaya’s long run: he is led by Chris Hall and Cedric Dockery pulling. Uh, let me repeat that: center Chris Hall pulling. Folks, you can’t pull your center on an outside run unless the defense is walking on legs made of boysenberry jelly. That play should go for -4. Davis saw what was happening to the OU defense and made a great call. Hall and Dockery leveled their assignments and Chris O made the football equivalent of a layup. That Oklahoma defense was done. If there was a fifth quarter, we would have scored four more touchdowns.

Defense:

Let’s talk about the interception where OU was robbed. Apparently, no one got robbed. It was upheld post-game by the Big 12 director of officials, despite what Lisa Horne and a number of Sooner fans think. The only difference is that Lisa understood the play was not decisive and some bad calls went both ways. Here’s the deal: if you catch a ball in the air, you must demonstrate possession even after you land by holding on to it. By contrast, if you catch a ball, land on your feet, “make a football move”, and are tackled and the ground causes the ball to squirt out, you’re fine. You demonstrated possession. The key is that someone in mid-air cannot make “a football move.” So the call was correct. That’s not how it worked my backyard as a kid, but apparently them’s the rules. See Drew Kelson’s interception that wasn’t in the Rose Bowl against SC.

Oklahoma’s passing offense was impressive and Kevin Wilson’s gameplan was excellent. Sam Bradford isn’t the statue he is made out to be and OU had great success bootlegging Bradford and moving the pocket with half rolls. This is a nice way to deal with our DL’s pressure – if you stand in a spot, we’re going to calibrate our rush and unload. We also respected their running game early and it placed an impossible burden on our LB corps: check run, frozen by play action, sprint to flat to cover a TE or RB. Untenable. As we adjusted, OU murdered us in the interior WR screen game. Now at least of three of them were completely illegal, but if the officials aren’t calling it, then we should have been running our own the same way.

What Oklahoma couldn’t do was run the ball. 26 carries for 48 yards. DeMarco Murray had 7 carries for 7 yards. Their longest run from scrimmage was 13 yards. What we learned about Oklahoma’s OL is something I’ve been saying since my pre-season preview: if you’re talented, keep your pad level down, and have some depth, they’re just a bunch of fat guys leaning on you. Center Jon Cooper is also a major weakness though he’ll be 1st team All Big 12 in all of the postseason awards. Lazy ass writers. Although the list of players who played well is long, I’d ask that you watch Lamarr Houston, who will get no post-game press. He was going against a guy 50 pounds heavier than him who is 1st team All Big 12 and Houston won the day. Some of the plays he made from DT position (1st qtr 6:33 mark, 13:44 4th qtr) were just money. If it’s possible to have a quiet but crucial five tackles, Lamarr had them.

My defensive players of the game are Brian Orakpo and Roddrick Muckelroy. Orakpo cost Phil Loadholt about four million dollars over three years and around one million in guaranteed signing bonus. Six tackles, 4 TFL, 2 sacks, and at least a half dozen holding calls that could have been whistled. Now that we won, I could go back and view them for the comedy that they were. At the time, I was less inclined to laugh when Loadholt would tackle him. Muckelroy had another amazing game. This is the best LB we’ve had since DJ (he’s actually a purer LB than Derrick) and his 14 tackles may have been underreported. He also has a real tendency to not just tackle so much as rearrange a person’s entire brain function.

I can also go on about Blake Gideon’s fearlessness, Earl Thomas’ freakish athletic ability, Roy Miller’s abuse of Jon Cooper, Sergio Kindle’s knockout blows in the 4th quarter, or Aaron Williams getting in another of his signature slams (12:55 mark, 2nd qtr) and playing beautifully in relief of an injured Ryan Palmer, but the key point is that no one ever quit. We battled and we grew and the defense we’ll see next week will be better than the week previous. 35 points did nothing to shake my confidence in Muschamp or the direction of this group.

Upon review, Deon Beasley does not welcome the more physical aspects of the game. On special teams or defense. If he’s hurt I apologize for the observation. If he’s not, he may be shocked to see how quickly guys who relish contact like Aaron Williams take his job next year.

Special Teams:

Total domination. Aside from OU punter’s Emmy nomination, that is.

The fake punt hustle exhibited by Curtis Brown, the Shipley KOR for a TD that restored our confidence, John Gold’s consistent punting, and Hunter Lawrence extending his perfection to 7 of 7 on the year on field goals. Great effort all around.

Final thoughts:

We’ve got a rough road but a great team to make the journey with. Our flaws are obvious, but so now are our strengths. This team has a huge heart, an improving secondary, a dominant front 7, a Heisman level QB, and two of the most annoyingly shifty wide receivers in college football. Should be fun.

_______________________

Trips has sobered up and opined.

Huck makes some friends from the north.

And PB @ BON has these post game thoughts.

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College Football, Oklahoma Sooners, Red River Shootout, Texas, Texas Longhorns, Texas/OU Weekend

43 Responses

Minnesotahorn said:

October 12th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Great job as always. That phone call cracks me up as I completely recognize it. I think about 45% of all world cell phone traffic yesterday was giddy drunkin Longhorn rantings.
BrickHorn said:

October 12th, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Let’s talk about the interception where OU was robbed. Apparently, no one got robbed.

OU didn’t get robbed on that play, but Texas did. Earlier in the play, there was a clear defensive holding that went unflagged. Texas should have had an automatic first down there.
Parlin Hall said:

October 12th, 2008 at 2:04 pm

Nice write-up, Scip.

CA has talked about this as a watershed game for the program. I will also remember it as a low point in officiating–not in any ‘us vs. them’ way (though obviously this could be discussed), but in raising the following question:

‘At what point will the desire for exciting offenses give way to more strictly enforcing holding?’

Perhaps with the exception of fans in Columbia and Lubbock, most would agree that the pendulum has been allowed to swing too far in the direction of pass protection, and that something fundamental about the game has been sacrificed.
CallKevin said:

October 12th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

I thought Beasley belonged on offense after watching him in all-star games. I still do. He has great skills, but if you don’t like contact, and you don’t spell Deon with an i in between the e and the o, then you don’t belong on defense.

Great writeup, Scipio.
p said:

October 12th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Scipio Tex….

There was a point in the game where I realized that Muck is on a different level. OU had a lineman leading the RB through a gap. Muck saw the hole and fired right into it, hitting the guy in the chest so hard, he completely stood him up, stuffing the hole. The RB ran into the back of his blocker and fell down. Muck was outweighed by what??………..70 lbs.? Yet he didn’t even fall!! That’s some leverage!

I noticed we are flying to the point of attack, instead of waiting for blockers to get to us. Guys are blowing up the blockers, effectively stopping the play in it’s tracks. All I can say is, I hope Coach Champ is gonna be around for a couple!!
lowery said:

October 12th, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Great writeup as always. I had a few of those phone calls myself.
Texoz said:

October 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

I think it’s time to change “I don’t know how good this team is” to “Who are those guys?”

If anyone cares to edit a clip of Paul Newman and/or Robert Redford saying that to a shot of the UT football team, I think that would rather entertaining.
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October 12th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

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Musburger said:

October 12th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Tremendous writeup Scipio.
Kafka said:

October 12th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

“Let’s talk about the interception where OU was robbed…It was upheld post-game by the Big 12 director of officials.

…Here’s the deal: if you catch a ball in the air, you must demonstrate possession even after you land by holding on to it. By contrast, if you catch a ball, land on your feet, “make a football move”, and are tackled and the ground causes the ball to squirt out, you’re fine. You demonstrated possession. The key is that someone in mid-air cannot make “a football move.” So the call was correct.”

Gotta disagree. ESPN has showed the play umpteen times, calling it questionable (which in ESPN corporate language means that it was BS) and that they did not understand the call.

The OU guy was not in “mid-air”. He caught the ball, came down to the ground with at least one foot (maybe both, I can’t remember), tucked the ball away securely, and took a step (presumably that was a football move). In mid step he got tackled. He had the ball very securely tucked away and it never juggled (at all) in his arms all the way to the ground.

The instant the ball touched the ground (still securely tucked in his arms), the play was over.

I question the definition of a “football move” in that particular context. You are in the end zone. There is absolutely no requirement for you to do anything besides fall to the ground or get tackled in that situation. A requirement to do anything else is artificial and arbitrary (i.e. there is no requirement to run the ball out of the end zone or run around in the end zone or even move at all).

In any event, just tucking the ball away securely was a sufficient football move in this context.

This absurd beauracratic derriere covering, in complete denial of reality, is Kafkaesque.

This time OU got screwed. Next time it might be us. Actually UT got screwed umpteen times by the holding no calls. It is time to make this refereeing process more transparent so we can figure out how to improve officiating in the Big 12.

Did anyone at the conference ask the head man why Big 12 officials have such a tough time detecting holding? Another good question would be how we can increase the transparency of the process of evaluating officiating in the Big 12. Maybe the Big 12 should consider outsourcing this function (managing the officiating in the Big 12) since it is not one of their core competencies.
Scipio Tex said:

October 12th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

Kafka:

Let me simplify: you have to have possession of the ball after you hit the ground. That’s the rule. If you catch a ball, hit the ground, and the ball flies out, you didn’t possess the ball.

Here’s a link.
dick said:

October 12th, 2008 at 8:47 pm

I can’t believe this is still being argued with how much this same exact call was rehashed for an entire offseason from the Kelson play following the NC title game. It was a no brainer call for the ref staring at the play on the near sidelines and should have been for everybody that has been a part of the longhorn interwebs over the past 3 years. Big 12

Great writeup Scip. I am glad to see that you gave Chris Hall his own line of congrats. I feel he’s been beaten up by you guys too much on this site. I was really excited about this Oline coming into the season and it really took until today to realize their potential. We only lose 1 guy off the 2 deep OL and we have a super recruiting class coming in for next year in Walters, Ash, Kelley and Porter.

So is the solution to the no huddle is to rotate OL guys? Did OU not do that yesterday? Never really paid attention to who exactly was doing the holding or illegally blocking downfield the whole time.
ftf said:

October 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm

You won. Congrats. But it was a blown call. And not only was it an interception (he clearly took a step with the ball in possession) but it was a facemask on the UT receiver.

Again, doesn’t take away from the fact that UT won the game.
dick said:

October 12th, 2008 at 9:36 pm

I give up. the guy puts up a clip that demonstrates clearly that it was an incompletion by rule and wants to use it as evidence for his side. big 12 officials have come out and said it was the correct call after reviewing it post game. you simply don’t understand the rule.
marc said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:09 am

scip, im just happy im not the only m f who thought we got held on every offensive play oui had all day, had we not, bradford might gone down more, hook em
marc said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:11 am

hey ftf, did you happen to see that bunk first td by ou, badd officiating all around, but the screwing started with the sooners
sooner tim said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:33 am

The interception wasn’t a bad call. You must control the ball to the ground. Call was right.

Kick return–seen it all year. We can’t cover kickoffs and it was going to cost us big eventually.

Fake punt– Bob panicked. Nothing less or more. It was 4th and 9. If you need 10 yards, you don’t get it by having the punter run. Panicked, with a lead no less.

Those three plays were the game.

You guys deserved to win and were the better team. I believe OU loses 2-3 more games and is probably the fourth best team in the league. We’re not nearly as good as we thought and our defense is atrocious. Venables should be on the same clock you guys have had Davis for years. Unfortunately, like Davis and Mack, our coach will stand by him and we’ll continue to give up 40 to every decent offense we play.
sooner tim said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:36 am

….and Murray clearly hasn’t recovered from his injury last year with the same skills. A la Mike Gaddis, he just can’t make the cuts and make guys miss. Sad, because he was a star in the making…
Art Vandelay said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:41 am

The phone call description is Gold Jerry, Gold!!

Key takeaways from Saturday’s game:

- The team that wanted it more won the game.
- The tougher team (mentally and physically) won the game.
- The better coached team won the game.

Let those facts sink in.
Stuck in MN said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:57 am

Sooner tim- you need to step back from the ledge. I’d be surprised if you guys have one more loss, forget about 2 or 3.
dick said:

October 13th, 2008 at 5:59 am

^^ A loss in Stoolwater should be the only one until bowl game.
Turk 182 said:

October 13th, 2008 at 6:01 am

good game. good game plan and game calling. we got whipped and it was sad to see my team reduced to a Tech-like offense.
bad calls plagued the day but went against both teams.
Doperbo said:

October 13th, 2008 at 7:26 am

You guys ever get lines from movies running through your head during a game? I think it’s an OCD thing or something. Every time Kirk made an ‘answer the bell’ analogy (47 if you counted) I heard Apollo Creed say Ding… Ding… from the end of Rocky II. Then in the fourth quarter Queen kept singing COLT! AhaaaaaaaAAAHHHHH! HE SAVED EVERY ONE OF US! from Flash Gordon. It’s going to be somewhat uncomfortable if I’m the only one who does that.

Great recap. It’s funny how one views the game in DVR retrospective vs. real time. Especially after a win. Elation plus perspective doesn’t exactly equal objectivity, but it’s probably as close as I’m going to get, and light years from where I was the live go around.

I became convinced that star, fate and pneuma were mocking us, and that every bounce was going to go to OU. Blown call- check. Freak tip- check. Blown coverage- check. There’s a 21 point karmic kick straight to the nuts. Is it because we have great academics, clear lakes and streams and a wonderful quality of life? Is that why you hate us so much? Have you forsaken us too, Crom? Why? Don’t you realize how evil they are? Don’t you see it, you heartless bastard? Ok. I’m fine. I’m sorry. I lost my cool there. I apologise. Look, I’m penitent. There. I turned my shirt inside out so that the scratchy bits will chafe and am drinking heavily. Just like a monk. A penitent monk. Who drinks Heineken. Please God let us catch a break.

Of course hours later or the next day it really wasn’t like that at all. I’ve watched it 4 times now ( BTW- how are women incapable of understanding how this is a productive use of time? Yes, I know how it ends… that isn’t the point. You realize you just made me miss Quan tactically nuke Lendy Holmes. Now I’ll have to rewind again.)

In fact the calls were bad but evenly so and the mojo went both ways. I somehow self edited the part where Colt fumbled not once but twice and it bounced right back under him, or the multiple times an OU DB got a hand on a ball. If I was a Sooner I’d probably never watch this game again.

As far as thoughts not hammered to death elsewhere I liked the execution on that out route but it scared me shitless. Horror => Anger => Fear => Surprise => Elation => Doubt => Replay => Elation => Doubt => Replay Again => Relief pretty much sums up my emotional journey on that one. That is a pick six or incomplete with any other QB/WR combo we’ve had at Texas since I’ve been around. Colt isn’t accurate he’s a fucking atomic clock.

I also liked the camera angle on the fake punt. I really appreciated the heightening of dramatic tension there by the booth, not having a clue what yard line he was even on when he went down was just the right touch for those of us who beneift monetarily from interventional cardiology. Being temporarily lulled into relaxation by the knowledge that not even Stoops would fake it there actually made it worse. I swear sometimes he channels Gary Busey. Once my heart started again and they decided to indulge us with a sideline shot I was able to appreciate the humor of the situation and enjoy Akina’s sideline antics with everyone else, but I sincerely hope they never do that again.

Go back in time two years ago and ask yourself if you honestly thought Quan, Shipley, and Colt could pull something like this off. The baseball reject, the Faberge egg and the recruiting gaffe. I really don’t think I’ve ever felt this proud of a football team before.
Where's Ponderos said:

October 13th, 2008 at 7:50 am

Ponderos – come on back, son. You’ve been ignoring the computer too long. We miss your zingers about Sergio meeting Brodie Eldridge and those salty sooner LB’s taking Colt’s head off.
BatesHorn said:

October 13th, 2008 at 7:58 am

Great Write Up.

I actually think the call makes perfect playground sense: If you caught a ball and it pops out when you hit the ground a second later, everyone said “Hey man, you should have held on to the ball. That’s an incomplete pass”

My only complaint, and it was minor: Why does our screen game suck so bad? It confuses me. Is it the design, the play calling, the execution? I just can’t figure it out.

Ah, fuck it, I don’t care. What a truly beautiful moment in time.
Laz said:

October 13th, 2008 at 8:11 am

Did Major hold any sway over the playcalling? Could he be bringing Davis out of his shell?

Seriously though, Greg Davis has to be one of the most berated OCs and he stepped it up. Props where props are due.

What a great win!
dasmithjones said:

October 13th, 2008 at 8:17 am

Okay, I take back all the bad things I have thought about GD’s play calling. If he continues to make idiotic play calls and run blocking schemes in the future, I’ll know it is for the expressed purpose of setting up O WHO for next time. It makes it a little easier to tolerate, just a little.

One more word to the wise:

OU SUCKS!
Scipio Tex said:

October 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am

sooner tim:

I could see you dropping one more regular season game (in Stillwater, Tech at home) but you’re being overly harsh. You guys can score on anyone and your schedule is favorable.

You’re right about DeMarco. He’s just not the same guy. If he doesn’t come back strong next year, Stoops will look to phase him out for Jermie Calhoun.

Doperbo:

Great thoughts all the way around.

Bates Horn:

Our screen game sucks because we’re not very good at it. We just don’t teach the timing of it well at all.

Laz:

I think people want to believe that Major has had an impact on the specific playcalling. I doubt it. I do think that he and Muschamp have provided a much more scathing level of self-scouting and that’s had a great impact on how we call our offense.

Some random stuff:

- Chris Hall was awarded the Boss Hawg award as outstanding OL. Looks like the coaches and I watched the same game. Good for Chris.
LonghornScott said:

October 13th, 2008 at 10:02 am

Definitely agree on Hall. I thought he was going to be a major problem for us in this game and he won his battles. This team continues to surprise me in all the right ways.
8straight said:

October 13th, 2008 at 10:22 am

Chris Hall and Kyle Hix pulling for CO on his 60 yarder was a thing of beauty.
Scipio Tex said:

October 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am

You know what’s weird, 8straight?

Greg Davis says it was Hix pulling on that run on the video in Coach’s Corner but it was clearly Cedric Dockery.
BatesHorn said:

October 13th, 2008 at 10:47 am

Scipio-

Thanks. I noticed when we tried to run a rb screen it just looked, well, amatuerish. Colt sold it badly, we blocked it badly, and the Chris O positioned badly. Everything just looked awkward.
8straight said:

October 13th, 2008 at 11:06 am

That’s what I get for listening to the company line.
Jim said:

October 13th, 2008 at 11:48 am

Okie State is the only regular season team OU needs to worry about. I’m less concerned about beating Mizu this wknd than I am playing weird ass Gundy’s group.
ATXHorn said:

October 13th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Great review Scip.

It was one of the best UT Games I have ever been to – top 3. We are good, and I believe we can run the table with a few breaks our way.

Still can’t get over the holding by OU and the linemen downfield on the middle screen plays. But makes the victory even sweeter.

Huge game this weekend. Time to get after some Tiger butt. Hook Em Horns.
UTfan1 said:

October 13th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

Great review and write up as usual. Now I’m going to have to watch this game over to see all your pointers. Great game indeed.

We ought to be able to do the same with Mizzou, OkState and TTech. Let the revival begin!

Hook’Em
ponderos said:

October 14th, 2008 at 10:25 am

Ponderos – come on back, son. You’ve been ignoring the computer too long. We miss your zingers about Sergio meeting Brodie Eldridge and those salty sooner LB’s taking Colt’s head off.

Turns out, OU’s LBs didn’t even need to touch colt in order to draw 15 yards.
echeese Jr. said:

October 14th, 2008 at 10:31 am

Why did the linebackers even touch Colt out of bounds? There was no need. They should have gotten a penalty for being complete dumbasses.
Mr. Know it All said:

October 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am

I have a question. I need to know more. When OU ran its wide receiver screens, was the throw behind or beyong the line of scrimmage?

I was watching the linemen on that play.

Any help for Mr. Know It All?
8straight said:

October 14th, 2008 at 10:39 am

I guess the LBs were mad because they couldn’t “earhole” Colt.
C&CDean said:

October 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am

I really didn’t know where to put this, so right here seems appropriate:

My hat is off to you horns. We were beaten by a team that was better on Saturday. Y’all wanted it more, and you took it from us. Yes, there are things that I feel turned the game (the foremost being Ryan Reynolds blown knee and the shithole kickoff coverage we’ve been displaying all year), but your boys never quit and y’all should be proud of them.

I believe both teams are absolute Top-5, and I’m looking forward to the remainder of the season.

One other thing. Something must be in the water in Dallas. This was the first OU/Texas weekend that I don’t recall a single horn saying anything ugly. We were treated very well at the hotel (which was about 75% burnt orange) both pre and post game. Kudos.

Now, my perfect season scenario would be for both teams to win out, the other front runners lose a couple, and we hook up with you guys again in Miami. Never gonna happen, but a boy can dream…

Congrats again. A very solid win.
dimecoverage said:

October 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Great sign. ‘Gotta love El Arroyo.
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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 11 minutes ago

Who is whiter – Greg Gumbel or BYU’s cheerleaders?

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Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 11 minutes ago

Jimmer, imo

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Triston27 commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day One 19 minutes ago

I don’t trust UNM either, and I have no reason not to other than I still feel spurned by a loss back in early January to San Diego State. Which is not a bad loss but it cost me money. In all my brackets I have the winner of Marq/Wash. going to the

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Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 36 minutes ago

uthookem, that’s my point, I have directv and they still pull the live look in shit. It pisses me off.

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uthookem commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 40 minutes ago

If you care enough, you are in a position to watch all games. No need for live look-in.

Oh, and Rob Morris is doin’ it to it!

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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 40 minutes ago

I love BYU. They have the ingredients to take down Kansas State.

Villanova really struggling early.

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Scipio Tex commented on the blog post Place Your Bets, Gentlemens 42 minutes ago

HipHop -

I grow weary of your fact-based agenda.

nordberg -

That’s pretty funny. I suggest calling it Farking Karnival.
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Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 45 minutes ago

Fisher and Reynolds were benched to start the game for violating curfew. ‘Nova had issues before this. I don’t think they’re long for the tourny.

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If can slow down , they have a chance.

Head over to March to March where all the cool kids and Vasherized are.
Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

Live look-ins are Marxist, imo.

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Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 9 minutes ago

I take it back, BYU has a black dude from the Ivory Coast. Ironical, imo

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Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 11 minutes ago

The only black dude that plays for BYU is from Provo. Ha ha ha ha.

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Tavernari is a dick, but he’s a dick that can shoot.

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On the other hand, Tiny Gallon must know exactly the value of $3000 from a sports agent.
Trips Right commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

BYU, imo

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Freddette is a fun player to watch. Great little point guard.

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Darius Pourceau commented on the blog post March Madness From The Eyes Of A Degenerate Gambler 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

I hope you will re-invest that hard-earned money the right way! In the slot machines at Vegas of course!

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wiseguys and sharps are synonymous. They move the lines because they know more than the books for the most part. Call them insiders.

Parlays are bets on multiple events that give you odds. For instance a three team parlay may pay you 6 times your normal bet….$100 bet would net you
Kevin Berger commented on the blog post Bracket Breakdown & Gambling Tips 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

wiseguys and sharps are the synonymous. They move the lines because they know more than the books for the most part. Call them insiders.

Parlays are bets on multiple events that give you odds. For instance in a three team parlay may pay you 6 times your normal bet….$100 bet would
Brownbear commented on the blog post Baylor v. Sam Houston State Preview 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

You fully expect Drew to start in man? I fully expect us in the 2/3 and take about 10 minutes to long to switch to a man.

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Phenomenal Smith wrote a new blog post: Chase Daniel makes The Economist 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

Sure, Todd Reesing is known as the brainy short Big 12 QB who likes to fake read The Economist. However, Todd Reesing’s photograph, as far as I know, has never made it to the print edition. Chase Daniel’s has. See:

Feb 13-19, 2010, page 34.

He’s gotten more face time than any 3rd string
Chase Sessoms wrote a new blog post: March Madness From The Eyes Of A Degenerate Gambler 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

This year I made an investment in my future. I made an account at sportsbetting.com.

I decided to do it because I wanted to watch more than just the Hogs this season. I knew that if I wanted to watch all these games I needed to be invested (literally and figuratively). So this year I watched

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Kevin Berger commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

Wow, my East bracket plays according to seed in the first round.

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Kevin Berger commented on the blog post March Madness Open thread 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

Just entered my brackets on directv’s bracket feature. I love this directv thing.

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Triston27 commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day One 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

In one of my brackets I have Washington getting to the sweet 16. Not because I’m such a believer in them, but I like the hot streak they’re on.

Anyone else have issues with cbssports this morning? Damn near gave me a panic attack when I logged on to review some of my money

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Ballerjunkie commented on the blog post Weekly Whispers 3/17/2010: Duke and Kentucky Do the Chomping 2 hours, 22 minutes ago

Triston. I doubt if it takes Kentucky off of Selby’s list. But while Wall and Bledsoe played well together, how would Knight, Selby, and Bledsoe play together? Kansas could be a very strong possibility for Selby.

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Kevin Berger wrote a new blog post: March Madness Open thread 2 hours, 29 minutes ago

All are welcome. Especially upsets of the double-digit seed variety.

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It’s Christmas morning for hoops fans. Nothing goes with the opening round of the Madness like some well thought out wagering. As always, on the college basketball front, we’re here to help.

For you wagering needs, I’d like to call your attention to our sister sites which can help you win a

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It’s here. And it needs no introduction, so let’s get to it.

Lunch tips

7) BYU v. 10) Florida – As most do, I’ve got the Cougs here. One, because I love cougars. And two, because Florida probably shouldn’t even be in the field. I don’t expect much defense in this one, on either end,

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