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When you’re right you’re right . . .
Posted by ChrisApplewhite on January 8th, 2009 under Football
and the phrase ends there, right?
OK, well, let’s start with the good stuff. UF’s defense . . . good for you guys. Gave up yardeage in spades but when it really mattered they pulled something out of their asses time and time again. I wrote this in an email this morning:
“Don’t forget, you have to finish! It’s not enough to rack up yardage between the 30s. I think that’s why OU loses, if they do.”
You could’ve changed the 30s to teh 5s, as it turns out. Florida’s disadvantage was size, but it doesn’t matter as much around the goalline because you can crowd the ball more, and Chris Brown will only go as far as his OL lets him. Throw in one goofy turnover and you have a recipe for yet another OU choke in a big game. WVU’s defense wasn’t all that good, remember.
But, credit where credit is due. The DE’s aren’t great, they get plays from the interior occasionally, the LBs are dynamite and the secondary is young but you’d never know. Those cats can play. Bradford’s numbers just show how good he is, because he had to earn it all.
My prediction:
“That’s why I think Oklahoma wins, 38-24.”
So the 38 wasn’t close. But if they score those two gimmes, kick the field goal . . . I mean that’s pretty good, right?
Anyway, UF’s offense is what we thought it was. Exactly what we thought it was. Good at everything, great at nothing. Other than Harvin, no explosiveness. Tebow is a great facilitator that can keep an offense moving 4-12 yards at a time, but you can’t rack up points like that. The game came down to limiting OU, and if I were a betting man I’d be a poor man, too. 14 points! 2 turnovers! 0/2 on 4th down! Did not see that coming.
So congrats to Meyer and the (#2 to us) UF. The guy was #1 on my list for a reason.
Oh, and a free lifetime BC subscription to the first person that posts the fat crying band chick from the OU band. I need a nightcap.
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I’ll say the same thing I did at March to March…
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ChrisApplewhite said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Tebow won the MVP. Harvin deserved it. We all know it.
Trips Right said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Anyone that says Tebow is a better player than Vince Young should have his balls shaved with a cheese grater. No that you said that, but I had to vent.
dedfischer said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
This game will forever be remembered as the Jort Bowl.
Horn in Tyler said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Chris, Harvin was “on” all night, but UF’s offense only really started clicking once Tebow started running. That X factor really confounded OU’s LBs, who were overrated all damn year.
ChrisApplewhite said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
I don’t agree with that in the slightest. Tebow made some huge throws in the 4th, never made a killer mistake, and ran OK.
Harvin made every big play of the night. It’s that simple. No one could take a handoff and do anything except him. He is their world.
uthookem said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Man, she’s gonna wake up tomorrow fat, ugly, and an OU fan…tough life!
DrkBgrk said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
The mvp was the option shovel pass.
ATXHornsFan said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I am shocked. Corso still thinks USC is the best team in the nation, and Herbstreit has us 3 or 4.
I don’t care. HOOK EM GATORS.
Only thing better than mobilehoma losing is Texas winning. And we got both this week, just not in the preferred chronological sequence.
Great season Barkers. Thanks. Full focus on hoops, and 43 days to first pitch and the disch.
Hook Em Horns.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Chris,
The DEs aren’t great?
Like I told you before the game:
Texas had the best defense in the Big 12 this year… starting Blake Gideon. That guy wouldn’t even see the field in Florida’s secondary right now. And Jermaine Cunningham and Carlos Dunlap would be 2nd-team All B12 DEs already.
Carlos Dunlap is a great defensive end. Only a sophomore, first-year starter, SEC sacks leader and now MNC game defensive MVP.
That goofy 5-wide no pass rush ball of the B12 was completely exposed this bowl season. (And I spent all season defending the B12 defenses to SEC fans as just being victims of great offenses. D’oh.)
Texas_Dawg said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Harvin made every big play of the night. It’s that simple. No one could take a handoff and do anything except him. He is their world.
Tebow will go down as a CFB legend… but 1) his CFB career would have been a pretty different deal without Percy Harvin, and 2) Tebow was 9-4 when he didn’t have a monstrously good defense.
Stuck in MN said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
TD, I honestly don’t think you can underestimate the effect of league sanctioned holding in the Big 12. I noticed only one blatant hold on a pass play by OU tonight and it was called. We would have beat those clowns in Dallas by 24 with a non big 12 crew calling the game.
ChrisApplewhite said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Texas’ DL was better across the board. No question. UF has way better LBs and safeties. I’d kill to replace Gideon with Major Harris.
Trips Right said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
You want to replace Blake Gideon with an insurance salesman from West Virginia? Well there’s mean and then there’s mean.
Phenomenal Smith said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I didn’t think Bradford looked good at all. He’s useless under pressure.
Major Harris, now that guy is good.
AugieBall said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
CA,
As long as you kill HenryJames, I am on board.
Phenomenal Smith said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
I should have added – it’s funny when a guy going by Chris Applewhite gets Majorses confused.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 8th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Texas’ DL was better across the board. No question. UF has way better LBs and safeties. I’d kill to replace Gideon with Major Harris.
Major Harris, Major Wright, Major Applewhite… who’s counting?
Anyhoo, at least Texas fans get to laugh at their arch-rival for losing every MNC game. Trying being a Georgia fan. Ugh.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 8th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Oh, and, Sam Bradford and Graham Harrell… Matthew Stafford thanks you for making his case.
You were just made to look silly playing SEC defenses behind solid, senior laden OLs… Stafford spent his 2 main CFB seasons behind 3 (2 true) freshmen starters in both of them.
QB numbers look a little differently when you get to stand around all day before throwing.
bighornfan32 said:
January 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Sam Bradford didnt play that poorly. The INT wasnt that bad a pass, and he threw a beautiful pass between two defenders that was dropped. Stafford is the second most overrated player in CFB (behind Tebow). He played very average against MSU and never led his team much. Get that SEC bullshit outta here.
ChrisApplewhite said:
January 9th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Bradford was great. There was only so much he could do.
RansomStoddard said:
January 9th, 2009 at 6:00 am
So that’s what a real secondary looks like. I wonder if the dumbass d-coordinators in the Big 12 will realize how fu#king it is to stop the spread now. Stop playing zone defense and conceding 10 yard passes. Blitz. Alot. Stop thinking you have to have 6′2″ cb’s that can’t run or tackle. Teach your corners to TURN AND LOOK FOR THE BALL. Akina, I’m talking to you.
spoon fed said:
January 9th, 2009 at 6:05 am
dood, I hate Bradford and all things ou, but he was not the problem. Both of his INTs came AFTER the ball hit his recievers. The 2nd one actually hit the guy right in his hands.
I would say the offensive game plan was the culprit. BTW, we doubled up UF’s score.
And before you say, “ya but they put up 35 on you,” plz remember that 1 TD came on an illegal forward pass (uncalled, yet so blatant sportscenter even highlighted it the next day), another came when the reciever didn’t cross the goal line on 3rd down, and of course there was more illegal holding than a chinese prison.
In any case, all your “esss eee seee speeeeeed” is proven bullshit because Utah stomped a mudhole in Bama. Who stomped a mudhole in your team.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 9th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Bradford was great. There was only so much he could do.
Great?
He was 63.4/256/2/2.
That’s not horrible. Certainly not great either.
And that’s the point. Those goofy stats he put up all year were largely skewed by playing in a conference with weaker defenses (especially at DL) and where teams on average run a lot more plays/game because they pass more often.
dood, I hate Bradford and all things ou, but he was not the problem. Both of his INTs came AFTER the ball hit his recievers. The 2nd one actually hit the guy right in his hands.
Ummm… The ball was thrown high and wide because Bradford was under pressure. So Ahmad Black was able to pick it.
Groundhog Day said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am
I think Gideon would start at Florida…..3 sophomores and 1 true freshmen. Give those guys time they are only sophomores and Freshmen. They are going to be really good.
PatronSaint said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am
I thought Bradford was pretty clearly the better QB out there. Tebows two picks were Gideon-could-have-caught-them terrible. Bradford’s two were a little more flukey.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:16 am
I think Gideon would start at Florida…..3 sophomores and 1 true freshmen.
Start now… or start in 2-3 years? Please tell me you mean the latter.
Major Wright is already a great safety as a true sophomore. He’ll be one of the best in the country next year and a likely 2010 first round draft pick after leaving school early.
Ahmad Black, another true sophomore, had 6 interceptions this year. Only 6 players had more (none more than 7).
Texas_Dawg said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I thought Bradford was pretty clearly the better QB out there. Tebows two picks were Gideon-could-have-caught-them terrible. Bradford’s two were a little more flukey.
As a true passer, Bradford is obviously better. But Bradford isn’t able to go pound for 4-5 yards play after play when needed. That is a killer weapon in CFB.
Groundhog Day said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am
TX–DAWG, I’m being sarcastic. He doesn’t possess the athletic ability now or will he ever have the ability to do what that secondary did last night. Run, hit, tackle, and pick passes. That’s the reality of it. We have some great athletes back there. It’s time to go with the best four.
Texas_Dawg said:
January 9th, 2009 at 7:31 am
TX–DAWG, I’m being sarcastic.
Ah. Duly noted.
bgood2texas said:
January 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Not sure how you can put either of those picks on Bradford. The first was just beautiful, sweet dumb luck. The second was placed right on the money, the OU WR just didnt fight hard enough for the ball
Texas_Dawg said:
January 9th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Not sure how you can put either of those picks on Bradford. The first was just beautiful, sweet dumb luck.
Huh? Joe Haden forced the slant short of the goalline and then got a hand in to break up the pass. Bradford tried to force it and got burned.
The second was placed right on the money, the OU WR just didnt fight hard enough for the ball
“Right on the money” never involves hitting the tips of the outstretched hands of a diving, well-covered receiver. Balls thrown high and wide (due to throwing under pressure) often do.
Bradford wasn’t awful last night. But Matthew Stafford had a good night, draft-wise.
DougNTexas said:
January 9th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
If Cosby plays longer in Lubbock then I do in the sack with the Mrs. @ my age, we win against TT and play Florida.