The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly &#8211; Texas 21, Alabama 37

I suppose you have to be philosophical about a game like this one. We all knew going in that this team would go as Colt McCoy went, and when Colt went down with a shoulder injury on the game’s very first possession, it was really all over but the crying.

Oh, sure, the team mounted a very valiant and admirable comeback effort in the second half, pulling to within 3 points with just over 4 minutes remaining, and kudos to Garrett Gilbert and the team for showing such character. But that comeback was as much a product of Alabama taking an extreme risk-averse strategy on both offense and defense once the Texas coaches gave the Tide a gift TD and 18 point lead going into halftime. I was literally screaming “Take a knee! Take a knee!” at the television in my living room prior to the shovel pass interception and TD that closed out the first half, and for all intents and purposes, the game.

But, whatever, that’s why I’m not a coach. In reality, it would not have mattered in any event. Alabama could turn on its blitz packages at any time and shut down the Texas offense, especially on any play in which we went into the worthless empty backfield set. It was a fitting conclusion to the season that the final nail in the coffin was pounded down when Texas was in that set, and Alabama very, very, very predictably brought one more rusher than we had blockers, pounding the defenseless Gilbert from behind, and causing the fumble. A year from now, an experienced Gilbert will read that blitz and either get rid of the ball or avoid the hit. But that’s a year from now.

Let’s go to the Good, Bad and Ugly:

Ugly – Officiating. I had thought that Alabama might suffer a little in this game due to the fact that they could not bring their obviously-in-the-pocket SEC officials with them. Silly me. This game was as one-sided as any game I’ve seen this year, with pretty much every big call going against Texas, and virtually no penalties of any significance called against the Tide. I don’t like to whine about officials, and normally find myself disagreeing with those who do, because in any game, the bad calls generally even themselves out. But I spent much of the night wondering if this Big East crew didn’t have a year’s salary down on the Tide to cover. It was just a horribly called game that ended a season in which many fans began to question the legitimacy of the officials around the country on a weekly basis. I won’t say the officials cost Texas the game, but they damn sure cost the ‘Horns 4 points with a phantom illegal formation call in the game’s first possession, and their steadfast refusal to call holding or pass interference on any Alabama player even had Herbstreit and Musburger shaking their heads in wonder.

Good – Garrett Gilbert’s character. The kid was not ready to run the offense in this game, but damn if he didn’t show a ton of courage out there, coming back from mistakes time after time after time. If he had had just a little help from his receivers, the outcome could have been different.

Ugly – Texas receivers. Malcolm Williams had repeated opportunities to be a difference-maker in this game, and failed miserably every time. Newton should have been able to handle the shovel pass that gave Alabama its half-ending TD. Kirkendoll was on the field, but not much else. Even Jordan Shipley flat out dropped what would have been a huge first down on a ball that hit him smack in the hands.

Bad – Texas run game. As is usually the case, it was nowhere to be seen in the biggest game of the year. This was as predictable as the sun setting in the West, or Tiger Woods hitting on homely diner waitresses.

Good – Mark Ingram. In the heat of the buildup to the Heisman award, I wrote that he would become the least deserving winner of that award in recent years. I take it back. The guy is a hell of a back, and is destined for greatness in the NFL barring injury.

Ugly – Rugby punts. Can we PLEASE STOP THE MADNESS NOW??????? Good lord.

Bad – Nick Saban’s call for a fake punt on 4^th and 23 from his own 20 in the game’s opening moments. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a more brain dead call by any coach at any level. Just amazingly stupid and indefensible.

Good – the Texas Defense. They gave up 263 total yards to the national champions. You can’t ask much more than that. When your offense loses its quarterback, spends the entire first half going 3 and out, and commits 5 turnovers, there’s not a hell of a lot any defense can do about that. I came into this game thinking that if the Texas D could hold the Alabama running game to 140 yards or fewer, we would win the contest. Had the Texas offense been able to generate any drives and consume some clock in the first half, that just might have happened.

Good – Jordan Shipley. Other than the aforementioned dropped ball, Shipley showed why he’s an all-American. He was able to beat double coverage repeatedly and consistently find open spots in the Alabama zone, and finished the game with 10 grabs for 122 yards and 2 TDs. We will miss him badly in 2010.

Good – Character on the Texas team. They fought for 60 minutes without their team leader, knowing they had little chance to prevail, and gave an excellent accounting of themselves. If you’re a Longhorn fan and you weren’t proud of your team when the game ended, then I really don’t know what to say to you.

Special Teams Player of the Game – Blake Gideon, for his INT on the mind-numbingly stupid Alabama fake punt.

Offensive Player of the Game – Jordan Shipley, for reasons stated above.

Defensive Player of the Game – call it a tie between Lamarr Houston and Sergio Kindle, both of whom just tore stuff up all night long.

The graduation of this year’s senior class represents the closing out of one era of Longhorn football and the beginning of another. We got a glimpse of what this new era will look like on Thursday with the forced insertion of Gilbert into the game under great duress. It’s obvious that once this kid obtains the experience necessary to make the reads required of the QB in this offense, he is going to be greatness. Just the progress he made from first half to second half in this regard was impressive.

The offensive coaches will have to find some answers at TE, WR and in the offensive line, but the Longhorn defense in 2010 may be even more imposing than the 2009 version. All in all, Texas fans can be justified in the thought that this program is set up to continue to chug along at the same level of competitiveness that we have seen the last two years.

And what a great run these last two years have been. A record of 25-2, one Big 12 Championship that should have been two, two BCS bowl game trips, a Fiesta Bowl win over Ohio State, two wins over Oklahoma, and a spot in the national championship game. Last night’s outcome was disappointing, but all in all, it is hard to imagine a more gratifying pastime in this world than being a fan of the Texas Longhorns.

Having lived through the ups and downs of Longhorn football for the last 45 years, it’s only appropriate to close out this season’s final edition of the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by thanking the players, coaches, administrators and everyone else involved with this football program for producing such a high-quality product so consistently for so many years. Nice work, folks.

Hook ‘em!!!

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2010 BCS Championship Game, Alabama Crimson Tide, BCS, BCS Championship, College Football, Colt McCoy, Defense, Greg Davis, Mack Brown, Texas Longhorns, Will Muschamp

114 Responses

BrickHorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 9:59 am

Well said. The officiating was horrifically one-sided, especially on pass interference calls. Two blatant PI no-calls went in Bama’s favor, followed by a very ticky-tack PI call as well as a bad personal foul call against Texas. Did they determine the game? No. But it’s hard to stomach unfair officiating when the odds were already so heavily stacked against the Horns.
Huckleberry said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:02 am

Good stuff, but two points of disagreement. One is that the illegal formation call was correct. The second is that Gideon should have knocked the ball down, so I can’t give him the special teams player of the game award. I give it to Tucker for the kick right off the Bama upman.
EyesOfTX said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am

Huck: I thought the illegal formation call was incredibly chickenshit, and it’s a call that is just not made in that situation. Ever. It was unbelievable to me that we would see such a call cost any team a touchdown in a national championship game. I knew at that moment that this was going to be a long night from the officials.

As for the Gideon deal, he prevented the Alabama player from making the catch for a first down, which would have been an enormous play early in the game for them. I don’t care how he did it.

Hook ‘em!!!
parlin said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:05 am

I thought it was DJ who dropped the shovel pass.
ChrisApplewhite said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:06 am

The illegal formation was obvious and needed to be called. The PI’s were bad.
Huckleberry said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:07 am

I think it was blatant enough that it had to be called. It wasn’t a case of the tight end being a little too far back. We had four receivers all 3 yards off the line of scrimmage.
Levander Williams said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:07 am

Thanks for putting these together over the year (and years) – good stuff.

Like you, I don’t like to bitch about officiating, but damn. I counted four calls in a row (two PI non-calls against Alabama, followed by a PI against Texas when the players were hand-fighting, and then a phantom face mask against Texas) that all went against us in the second half at a pretty critical time.
Art Vandelay said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:11 am

When I saw it live I noticed we only had five on the line. It was the correct call, but no question we got the short end of the stick in terms of the officiating.

Great work all year Eyes. The BC fans appreciate you consistently delivering quality stuff.
Sasha is a Longhorn Dog said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:12 am

I don’t see why people have a problem with the Gideon interception. It gave us great field position. I’ve even seen some people try to put the blame for Colt’s injury on that interception. Really? The injury was a freak accident that happened at the worst possible time. It had nothing to do with the interception. Blake ddi the right thing – he made a play. Criticize his play during the rest of the game if you want, but not that play.
Pangloss said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:14 am

To be contrarian, I thought the running game was actually not that awful in spots…the DJ monroe plays looked OK, fozzy showed some signs of life, Newton was adequate. The problem was that the zone read featured zero qb running threat so was easily stuffed.

Basically – it was just barely enough of a running game where the passing game could have been effective with Colt….which I guess is a sad reflection on low expectations.

The lack of a zone read QB is kind of scary though- that hasn’t been an issue since 2002
Huckleberry said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:17 am

I’m not criticizing him for the play Sasha, but I’m also not going to give him special teams player of the game for costing us 20 yards in field position. When it’s 4th-and-25 and a dying duck is approaching you as you’re falling to the ground, you knock it down.

Of course, it’s also kind of funny that Gideon made an interception he should not have made this time around. Ha.
jinx said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:19 am

The facemask against Sergio really pissed me off.
Toadvine said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am

I echo Huck on his comments. Assuming Tucker meant to peg that ball off the guy. Did he call that shot?
Lilia B. said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am

Ugly: Greg McElroy. He had JACK to do with his team’s success, yet he still felt it necessary to flash a “Horns Down” sign, and rub the final knee in the Texas D’s face. Completely unsportsmanlike, especially since he rode on the coattails of his RBs and defense to victory. Way to go, douchebag! You got outplayed by a true freshman!

Good: McElroy getting sacked nearly every time he dropped back to pass. Kindle, Houston, and Muckleroy are going to be fantastic in the NFL.
Killer said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:21 am

Don’t have much of a problem with Gideon not knocking the ball down. I was just amazed he could catch that ball and drop the one in Lubbock…
uthookem said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:23 am

Greatness. Very well done, and thank you.

Hook ‘em!
johnnymac said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:25 am

In all of the postgame reaction I haven’t thought much about the officiating, but there were a couple of balls where Malcolm was just mugged as he came out of his break and the refs just watched. I was screaming at those for a flag.

Similarly, there were a couple of runs on the outside where holding could have, and should have, been called on that OL.

Gilbert was a stud and his maturation in the 2nd half was totally the silver lining. We may have lost, but I feel better about the big road games next year.
Magnificent Bastard said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:25 am

The shovel was to Monroe
uthookem said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:26 am

The illegal formation was obvious and needed to be called. The PI’s were bad.

As obvious as Mt. Cody’s flinch when he was lined up as a FB on one of the early Alabama TD runs?
Boddicker Is Clutch said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:28 am

@Huck

Kid can’t win. Maybe next season will will all be looking for him to redeem himself by not catching an interception.
whoopspat said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:29 am

Gideon shouldn’t have intercepted it but so what, we lost all of 15 yards on it. Instincts tell you to intercept it and it’s not like Akina has them practicing to suppress that instinct on fake punt passes.

+10^6 on Lilia’s comment re: McElroy’s horns-down. You don’t go to a Big 12 school, you had zero to do with your team’s success, and you’re playing a team who lost their superstar offensive linchpin in the first quarter. Give me a break.
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Huckleberry said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:33 am

Not surprisingly a bunch of emotional reactions in here right now. I am not calling what Gideon did a huge screwup or anything like that. I’m saying I generally don’t give people awards for costing their team 20 yards. There’s a pretty huge chasm between those two different issues.
ChicagoTTU said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:35 am

It’s not that hard to figure out:

No Clipper Cooper > No Colt McCoy > No 2010 BCS Championship.

Pretty simple, You guys can thank ScipioTex.
John Jones said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:36 am

I don’t think Saban “called” the fake punt. Fitzgerald just fucked up on an automatic read (when he thought) no one was on the gunner. Gideon just dec’d him, and made a great play to roll back into coverage and make the pick.
RomaVicta said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:36 am

Thanks for a season of these reports, they’ve been a highlight of the time between games.

The receivers were awful in this game with the exception of Marquise and Jordan. I hope a TE and some freshman can come in and up our capabilities here by either starting or pushing the upperclassmen.
RomaVicta said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:38 am

“I don’t think Saban “called” the fake punt.”

I think the contrary. I think they chose to receive the opening kick-off because he planned to call the fake punt if they didn’t move the ball. Without that plan, why wouldn’t Saban defer and let his defense try to stop Texas for better field position on his own first possession.
Harsh said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:39 am

Gideon made a good play and I commend him for it. But Huck’s right. The perfect play would have been for Blake to have the situational awareness to knock the ball down and save 18 yards. And yes, I know we’re picking flyshit out of black pepper…

Oh, great job all year Eyes. I always enjoy your work.
johnnymac said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:41 am

Ugly: Greg McElroy. He had JACK to do with his team’s success, yet he still felt it necessary to flash a “Horns Down” sign, and rub the final knee in the Texas D’s face. Completely unsportsmanlike, especially since he rode on the coattails of his RBs and defense to victory. Way to go, douchebag! You got outplayed by a true freshman!

I wrote over on Shaggy that I can’t get too worked up over flashing the horns down. He grew up a Texas fan and wanted to play for Texas, but we didn’t offer and he then went somewhere else and beat us on the biggest possible stage.

If you could say such a thing, he kind of “earned” giving the horns down.

Which is in a completely different context than Sooner dumbasses flashing it as they beat up on some 1-AA poof in games that have nothing to do with Texas. One instance is just petty, the other is just a stupid lack of class.
ponderos said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:49 am

Which is in a completely different context than Sooner dumbasses flashing it as they beat up on some 1-AA poof in games that have nothing to do with Texas. One instance is just petty, the other is just a stupid lack of class.

UT fans doing the “OU Sucks” during Texas Fight last night … petty or classless?
Hank Dudek said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:50 am

Why are we calling an option play on the first series of the National Championship game against the number 1 defense in the country and exposing our most valuable offensive player for no reason. Greg Davis is horrible. He gets our star quarterback hurt with a nonsensical call then he puts handcuffs on the backup for 2 and half quarters.

Once he realizes that Gilbert can win the game he goes to empty backfield (instead of keeping a running back in to help block for the kid and at least make them think we could run a draw) and loses the game for us. Then Mack Brown says he did a great job after the game.

Gilbert played great under the circumstances. Malcolm Williams left his hands in Austin. Our Special teams and defense played great. The defense was on the field a lot thanks to 17 plays of 1 yard or less in the first half. If Mack thinks that this is acceptable than he is on crack. it is time to find a new offensive coordinator.
johnnymac said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:56 am

UT fans doing the “OU Sucks” during Texas Fight last night … petty or classless?

Oooh, got me there. But it’s only been petty 4 out of the last 5 years, though.

I prefer the standard “Make ‘em eat shit” as it’s just vulgar.
Ghingus said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:58 am

Not from Texas or a Texas fan, but I love college football and this is a fun site to read. For Texas, great game and heroic effort. Gilbert was a stud, and should have had one more touchdown (through receivers hands in endzone) and one less interception (shovel pass bobbled). Pretty solid effort for a true freshman thrown into the fire like that. Unbelievable, actually. He will be fun to watch in coming years.

Regarding the horns down from McElroy – as an outsider the horns sign is kind of annoying to your opponents and I would fully expect when you have a tradition like that (or the Gator chomp, or whatever) opponents will have fun with it when they beat you. Totally fair game in my opinion. Whatever the case, I thought in general the game was a great example of two high quality teams showing a lot of class and sportsmanship and giving the college football world a great game. A rematch next year isn’t out of the question, in my opinion.
CBT said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:02 am

The non false start was horrible. I don’t know how they miss that.

I agree with John that the fake punt was a read by the gunner and punter. Wasn’t it 4th and 17 or so on the 20? I don’t see how that was called from the sidelines.
Bill Boxley said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:09 am

There is no such thing as a moral victory in football.

We lost.

They won.

To the victor goes the spoils and the bragging rights. And some level of taunting, however pissy.

As for who to blame for the loss, there are plenty of culprits and all have been named ad nauseum. What fun is that?
Think So ? said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:12 am

“A year from now, an experienced Gilbert will read that blitz and either get rid of the ball or avoid the hit. But that’s a year from now.”

GESIS, if it takes him a year to get better we should be very afraid right now.
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:12 am

If the fake didn’t come from the coaches, Saban would have murdered him as he approached the sideline.
BatesHorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:13 am

The facemask call was particularily egregious given that either Earl Thomas or Keenan Robinson was literally tackled on Richardson’s TD up the gut.
Blueshorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:15 am

“Last night’s outcome was disappointing, but all in all, it is hard to imagine a more gratifying pastime in this world than being a fan of the Texas Longhorns.”

This. But damn, it’s painful at times. Great work, Eyes.

Off to Vegas before coming home.

Hook ‘em!
PatronSaint said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:17 am

Non false start: I was screaming “Cheating! Cheating!” because it was obvious and I couldn’t find the right word.

I was literally screaming “Take a knee! Take a knee!” at the television in my living room prior to the shovel pass interception

Samsies. Other than that call, I thought the coaching staff did a fine job with what they had to work with.
Chad said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:22 am

I never like the way we prepare for the situation your 1st string QB goes down. That is why GG should have had more meaningful snaps and run normal offense during regular season, and we have had many opportunities to do so. Don’t worry about the criticism that we run the score. It is a live practice. I do not like our QB building system. In my opinion:-

1. 2nd string QB should be Sophomore or Jr., at least spend a year in the system. We will never know how good is Sherrod Harris is.
2. GG should be 3rd string and may be redshirt. and play on 2nd year. Even VY did not play the first yr.

Our system was mess since Chris Simm and Major’s days. QB system to me is like a seniority system unless you have a real special QB that might skew this concept a bit. But I still remember a photograph of QB of Miami team in the 80s, where in the picture, stood Jim Kelly and on his sides are Bernie Kosar and V. Testaverde, 2nd and 3rd strings. Non of those 3 started for 4 yrs.

Bottom line, I feel bad for Colt, I am very proud of our team that they never give up and GG is going to be great.
wtfbbq said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:25 am

5 Texas snaps in this game became the charge of the light brigade.

Garrett Gilbert to Goodwin will be epic next year.
delta7er said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:35 am

The rugby puntiing and short kickoff strategy gave Bama good field position most of the game and this was magnified with Gilbert being thrown in with litlle experience against the number one defense in the land. Gold was booming the ball wonder why he wasn’t in the game earlier. Still find it amazing we cannot find a kicker who can put the ball down near the goal line. I was at the game and don’t know the starting field position but I’m sure it leaned heavily in Alabama’s favor. The differnce in the game is they turned two of our turnover into 14 points and we failed to make them pay on their miscues. It cannot be emphasized enough how stupid the play calling was at the end of the half. The mindset behind a running play, timeout and shovel pass with that little time left could only lead to disaster. A 20 to 30 yard pass would only have given Gilbert a chance to throw down field and try to gain some confidence going into the second half.
texasaaron said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:38 am

wasn’t it dj monroe (not newton) that bobbled the shovel pass? also, gideon’s interception was second in bone-headedness to only the fake punt call itself. it was 4th down. how bout u knock it down instead and get it 20 yards closer to the end zone…you know right about the place where mccoy left the game 5 plays later? maybe it doesn’t take 5 plays to score, and mccoy never has to run that play that took him out….
UTHornFan014 said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:42 am

I don’t know how any one could be that upset with Gideon for the pick on the fake punt.

Now if you want to be upset with him because of his run defense that is a whole different story. He was horrible in the running game and most of Bama’s big runs were the result of Gideon being out of position or taking horrible angles.

I like the guy, but damn, he can be a liability out there sometimes.
Harsh said:

January 8th, 2010 at 11:56 am

“If the fake didn’t come from the coaches, Saban would have murdered him as he approached the sideline.”

Exactly. The fake was on all the way. When the punt team lines up, if the gunner doesn’t like the defensive set he will call off the fake. That said, that was the stupidest fucking call I’ve ever seen at any level of football given the circumstances. Too bad we didn’t win- for a lot of reasons. We could be basking in the glow of victory while watching the Tide faithful try to run off Saban today…
Observant and Knowledgeable said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:21 pm

I have never seen Gideon have a good game and don’t reckon he ever will.
PrimeTime said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Where do I start?

First of all the fake punt was the punter’s call not the coaches. Period no discussion.

Second. We win the game by three touchdowns if McCoy doesn’t go down. Its not even up to debate and any dumbshit ‘Bama fan who wants to debate is an idiot and doesn’t know football. McCoy was shredding ‘Bama on the five plays he played. I hated the play action call on third or second down with Gilbert on the first possession. You pound it with Cody four times if you have to. If you will do play action at least roll the kid out and give him a run pass option.

We gotta get rid of this shitty spread attack. We have to go back to some kind of a pro-style offense. This running game has to get fixed. Its becoming to predictable on what will happen and we need a really good quarterback to run this offense. We have been blessed for the last 7 years to have above average quarterbacks at UT and one year the cycle will go where we start some shitty 5th year senior who never played before.

I’m guessing that Blake Gideon plays because Mack wants some white guys on the defense. That is the only logical explanation. He is just not a good players and not a guy who should be starting for a program like Texas. His interception is a microcosm of how many football players today have low IQ. Chykie Brown did the same thing against Okie State that led to one of their scores. On the Richardson TD he was responsible for not filling the hole and didn’t lay a hand on him. Our DBs have to learn how to tackle better we just fly in their blindly and hope to knock somebody out. Rap up for the love God.

How did Alabama go undefeated? Did anybody watch tape of this team? Their offense is a joke. If they win it all next year I will be shocked. Their quarterback is horrible. The kid can’t go beyond his first progression and gets happy feet. Just load 9 in the box and take your chances. Thats the formula.

The only reason that Ingram will start next year is because he won the Heisman. Richardson is the better back and its not even a discussion.

Malcolm Williams is overrated and will never live up to the hype. He is just too inconsistent. He is what he is. A guy for 5 drops will make one spectacular play.

Saban’s decision to go for the last TD was hilarious. The reason he went for it was trying to erase the questions about his team barely beating a Texas team without its offense.

Also why are all of our offensive linemen white? No wonder we have a bunch of soft ass pussies who get pushed around by the likes of Colorado. I think Mack recruits those guys to hide the fact that our graduation rate is abysmal. Mack’s thinking is lets get as many All-Academic players as possible to hide how we barely graduate less than half our players. We lead the Big 12 in all-academic selections, but have one of the worst graduation rates in the country. So Mack just loads on smart soft rich offensive lineman, kickers, and quarterbacks to hide how really dumb we are as a team. Get me some mean football players Mack.

Anybody else think that McClain is too big to be an NFL linebacker?
Even though we lost guys. At the end of the day, remember we live in Texas they live in Alabama be thankful for that.
ShortEnd said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:29 pm

Officiating sucked balls but won’t blame it for the loss.

On both of Bama’s short yardage touchdown runs, Cody was already in motion towards the line before the snap. The first likely wouldn’t have made a difference since it was first down and Ingram walked in untouched, but on the second it was a fcking 3rd down and Cody almost had a full step before the snap…calling that definitely would have mattered.
Spinscan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:35 pm

When you give up over 200 yds rushing I wouldn’t call that great defense especially when we knew that was what we had to stop. They didn’t have to pass because they ran all over us. Must be nice to have a good running game.

Is it any wonder we can’t get a stud rb to commit to us. Our rushing attack, using the term loosely, is laughable and sad.
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

“First of all the fake punt was the punter’s call not the coaches. Period no discussion.”

I love declarative statements like this. Can you tell us how you came to acquire this knowledge?
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

“When you give up over 200 yds rushing I wouldn’t call that great defense”

On 51 carries. So-so in the 1st half, great in the 2nd.
PrimeTime said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

Nordberg

Its called common sense. Every team has that call in their playbook. Its similar to the fire drill on a botched field goal snap. The punter just made a bad read. During the preparation for the game, the coaches told him if you see this look from Texas you throw it out there. They just forget to tell him to have situational awareness.
texasaaron said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:48 pm

@Spinscan they had 200 yards rushing b/c they couldn’t do anything else. they didn’t even get to 300 yrds total offense. only 57 yrds rushing in the second have, when supposedly bama “wears u down”. if mccoy plays the whole game, and bama doesn’t even get 300 yards total offense…it’s gotta be a diff outcome, right? and don’t tell me bama was “playing it conservatively” the second half. they did try passing, w/o any success. the only reason texas had a shot was b/c of the defense. texas’ offense (and early punt teams) was the biggest contributor to the majority 37 points. i’d love to go back and do a play by play analysis of starting field position and how many of the scoring drives were setup by the 4 INTs and 1 fumble.
Huckleberry said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:48 pm

Saban didn’t say anything to the punter when he came off. He would have been chewing him out if it was the punter’s fault. And if it’s a read play, then it was clearly the punter’s fault because Gideon turned and ran with the gunner at the snap.
srr50 said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:49 pm

Its called common sense

Common sense dictates that that call is not pulled out of the playbook unless you have good field position. Common sense dictates that you don’t call it on 4th and 25.

I know that UT in the past had such limitations for their fake punts. The fact that Saban didn’t rip the punter a new one when he came off makes me believe that the lack of common sense was at the top of the food chain this time.
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:50 pm

Prime Time:

So, you’re just guessing. Gotcha.
Spinscan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:50 pm

I don’t care how many carries it was. They controlled the ball by running it. The 2nd half they were basically half assing it knowing our offense couldn’t do anything. When they had to run it they did and we can’t.
texasaaron said:

January 8th, 2010 at 12:52 pm

@Spinscan i totally agree with u on our rushing “attack.” what a joke. texas has the talent in-state to recruit the best power running team AND dynamic passing offense. why does GDavis think VY-style offense can work w/ anyone besides VY? It’s a crying shame what we’ve wasted over the years with running back talent. Look what Jamaal Charles is doing for KC. Imagine what could have been.
Spinscan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:01 pm

If Gilbert is our qb next year and Davis runs the same scheme it will be the sos. I hate this fucking spread offense. We kick the crap out of the patsies and struggle with any team that has a decent defense.
Harsh said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:09 pm

“Its called common sense”

So a coach making 5 million dollars a year gives a 19 year old dipshit the sole discretion to call a fake punt from his 20 yard line on 4th and 23 in the national championship game?????? WHERE IS THE FUCKING COMMON SENSE IN THAT??????
Every coach I ever played for was a serious control freak, it’s their nature. And you do not FUCKING FREELANCE and live to tell about it.
Toadvine said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:14 pm

On a completely different note, I think it’s pretty fair to question the option call which resulted in Colt getting hurt. I know there has been some speculation that Colt plays better after getting hit once (Scipio), and that may be true, but the kind of option we ran guarantees that Colt is going to be hit pretty hard and pretty needlessly. For all of his speed, Colt has never taken hits particularly well — he always falls hard and seems to bear the brunt directly (particularly when compared to the way that running backs, or VY, usually managed to go down without getting squarely lit up). So he got nailed, predictably and the unthinkable happened. It’s fair to question that play call.
RomaVicta said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:17 pm

“When they had to run it they did and we can’t.”

Let’s see. They had the ball down three points and were forced to punt to us with about four minutes to go. They make a great defensive play and then “run it when they had to” for three big yards and the TD.

The fact is, we stopped them when the game was on the line and had the ball with a chance to win late in the fourth. Their stunning three yard drive put us away.
RomaVicta said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:18 pm

Oops. They had the ball UP three points.
Pederast Hanrahan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:29 pm

Nice write-up, Eyes. To be sure, the game was strange from the outset. There are too many “what ifs” to count. We could “what if” about the play calling, the officiating, Colt not going down, the dropped passes (by the way, I think so many balls were dropped was because G2 throws it ALOT harder than Colt and the timing was off), etc. etc.

Now we begin looking toward next season. Apparently we’ve got some badasses coming in that might contribute immediately. I’d like to hear any info any of have about the kids coming in.

I’d like to congratulate the ‘Horns for doing it right. They were up and down all year and it wasn’t always pretty, but they finished strong and as a team. Win or lose…I’m proud of how the team played last night given the circumstances. They showed guts and character. They left it all on the field. I wish all the seniors the best of luck and will look forward to following many of them on Sundays in the years to come.
Spinscan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:31 pm

Their two main running backs Ingram and Richardson gained 225 yds on 41 carries. That’s almost 5.5 yds/carry and top was in their favor by over 7 minutes. I guess I should have said that they ran it pretty much when they wanted to. They only attempted 12 passes because they didn’t have to throw the ball.

Bama averaged 5.31 yds per rushing attempt for the year which is slightly less than we gave up. We knew would have to stop the run going in and didn’t succeed.
mockingbird said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:32 pm

Primtime — You miss the point on the fake punt.
Nobody is debating whether or not the play was executed correctly. We all have eyes and could see that was the case.

But Saban made the decision to have his punter (you know, the guy who is usually a walk-on soccer player) throw a 24 yard pass, deep within their own territory.
If Texas gets 7 points after that and ends up winning the game, Saban would never live it down.

That call by Saban said 1 of 2 things; 1) he is such a micromanger he overcoached and went brain dead, ala Belicheck — 2) Deep down inside he was worried Texas was in fact a better or equal team, so he threw the kitchen sink. Either way, he wasn’t coaching “Alabama” style football.
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:40 pm

“They only attempted 12 passes because they didn’t have to throw the ball.”

It might have also had something to do with the fact that they couldn’t throw the ball, and McElroy was getting pounded every time he dropped back.

Bama finished with 250 yards of offense. I’m not going to say one bad word about our defensive performance.
RomaVicta said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:41 pm

“They only attempted 12 passes because they didn’t have to throw the ball.”

Actually they attempted more passes than 12. McElroy only managed to throw 12.
BrickHorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 1:53 pm

Ditto nordberg. Bama went away from the pass because Texas’ passrush was killing them.
johnnymac said:

January 8th, 2010 at 2:13 pm

These dumbass Bama fans are killing me with all their smack talk about how well they ran the ball and “Colt didn’t play defense!”

Bama did everything they needed to do, they gashed us just like we figured they would, and they STILL needed a couple of good breaks – Colt’s injury and the shovel pass – to seal the deal.

BAMA GAVE TEXAS EVERYTHING IT HAD AND IT ALMOST WASN’T ENOUGH!

I’m not saying that Bama wasn’t the better team, I’m not dispositively saying that we would have won the game with Colt, I’m not saying that their rushing game wasn’t as solid as it was. All I’m saying is that you MORONS did not “DOMINATE” and that Colt’s injury was a major factor.

And these jackasses who talk about how Bama played “prevent offense” in the 3rd quarter with no need to open up the offense. How the fuck were they going to open up the offense? Add two more offensive linemen to give McElroy time to throw? He only went back 11 times in the whole game and was sacked on more than half of those attempts.

aaaarrrrgggghhhhh

If you’re going to gloat, Cletus, gloat with a little bit of awareness of the facts.
Bob in Houston said:

January 8th, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Every coach I ever played for was a serious control freak, it’s their nature.

And coaches who are control freaks have pictures of Nick Saban on their office walls.
Spinscan said:

January 8th, 2010 at 2:47 pm

Well, as a final note, I have enjoyed reading these posts this past year and I am looking forward to the next. I don’t really mean to come across as negative Nellie, I’ m just bummed right now. I’m really sad to see Colt go out like that.
Bill Boxley said:

January 8th, 2010 at 2:54 pm

We sound just like the USC fans after VY porked them in front of the whole world.

My, how some things always stay the same.

We lost. They are better by definition. Live with it.
Toadvine said:

January 8th, 2010 at 2:56 pm

I wish your name was Bill Bixby instead of Bill Boxley. And that you’d done it in reference to the wonderful 8-Ball & MGJ track “Space-Age Pimpin’.” I’d like your comments more that way.
CurrentLonghornStudent said:

January 8th, 2010 at 3:07 pm

Nick Saban’s coaching philosophy: “process control.” I guess when you’re on top of the Alabama world, you can treat everyone as if they were machines to do your bidding.

I wish Muschamp would have loaded up against the run slightly better and slightly sooner. Bama did seem to run at will against Texas (safeties out of position at times, no?). Their blocking execution was devastating at times. McElroy owes his ring to his OL and RBs.

I’m glad the Bama punter doesn’t have a stronger arm.
LosHorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Eyes, great post and I couldn’t agree more. Today, I am more sad than anything else. I, like most of us, just feel cheated. It was such a pleasure to watch and root for Colt over the past few years and it truly is the end of an era of Texas football.

I’m very proud of Gilbert and the future is exciting if we can figure out how the hell to block.

Thanks for a great season of posts.
ChicagoTTU said:

January 8th, 2010 at 3:13 pm

The 2010 BCS Trophy will be on display this weekend in Tuscaloosa… at Wal-Mart.

http://sharetool.co.cc/share.php?url=bustersports.com/blog/buster-blog/2010/01/08/alabamas-bcs-trophy-to-be-on-display-at-wal-mart/
The Tusk said:

January 8th, 2010 at 3:41 pm

For those of you slamming McElroy’s performance, he was playing with two cracked ribs acquired during the SEC title game and reinjured during bowl practice: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/bowls09/news/story?id=4807296.
Toadvine said:

January 8th, 2010 at 3:44 pm

Ribs. So what? His problem wasn’t throwing the ball. It was that his receivers couldn’t get open against our secondary. It’s not that he played well or poorly. He got sacked a lot because he had nowhere to throw the ball.
rantanamo said:

January 8th, 2010 at 4:12 pm

“Regarding the horns down from McElroy – as an outsider the horns sign is kind of annoying to your opponents and I would fully expect when you have a tradition like that (or the Gator chomp, or whatever) opponents will have fun with it when they beat you. Totally fair game in my opinion. Whatever the case, I thought in general the game was a great example of two high quality teams showing a lot of class and sportsmanship and giving the college football world a great game. A rematch next year isn’t out of the question, in my opinion.”

Why is the hook em’ annoying? Its not done in anyone’s face unlike horns down which is always done at us. Its a bitch move no matter how you put it. Especially coming from McElroy. I could have done what he did last night. He didn’t even manage the game well, so Coach Boom really gave him too much credit. There’s a reason Texas wasn’t after him, and last night showed exactly why.
Bob in Houston said:

January 8th, 2010 at 4:16 pm

Horns down is a sign of respect. Really.

Riffing off Hallmark, they care enough to hate their very most.
Ghingus said:

January 8th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

“Why is the hook em’ annoying? Its not done in anyone’s face unlike horns down which is always done at us.”

Ok, I’ll fess up, I was a Missouri fan. And I have to admit that the hook’em annoyed me, probably because of how badly Texas was embarrassing the Missouri team. Speaking of things that annoy me, I got extremely tired of hearing the Oklahoma band play their little ditty every 10 seconds (after OU scored) back in 2008…glad they aren’t scoring as much anymore.

I recently decided to reject supporting Mizzou. I grew up in Missouri, didn’t go to Mizzou, and tried to adopt the team when I got into college football later in life. After their band played over the Navy band after the Texas Bowl, and Pinkel made sore loser comments about Navy’s “nice little scheme” that was the final straw. Now I just enjoy watching football and will root for teams that show class and I enjoy watching. Texas is one such team, despite the “hook’em” sign.

Regarding McElroy, I watched a lot of Alabama games and he is actually pretty good. They don’t call a lot of pass plays for him but he can execute well when they do. Except last night because Kindle and Acho and others were freaking studs.
Ike said:

January 8th, 2010 at 4:44 pm

Hey ChicagoTTU —

That’s a promotional deal between Walmart and Dr. Pepper.

If Texas had won, there would be the same display going on in Greater Austin.

Just sayin’…
parlin said:

January 8th, 2010 at 5:08 pm

If Texas had won, there would be the same display going on in Greater Austin

HenryJames would need directions to the Sunset Valley Supercenter.
ponderos said:

January 8th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

He’d never make it past Spec’s.
hopefulhorn said:

January 8th, 2010 at 6:51 pm

Fine write-up, as usual, Eyes.

Agree that the officiating was egregious, particularly the stretch in the 3rd quarter described above. So bad Herbstreit spoke up about it on the air. Wondered what Bama would have to do to get offensive holding called too. Their not getting called for holding since October is the worst joke since last year’s Tech game.

It is hard for me to get too upset by this one. This was a flawed Texas team (as discussed at length here and elsewhere all season) that still went 13-0 and represented itself well in the MNC game despite horrible breaks. Agree wholeheartedly that it has been a hell of a recent run as a Texas fan.
NateHeupel said:

January 8th, 2010 at 7:55 pm

Greg McElroy is the Ferris Bueller of college QBs. He’s just good enough to take advantage of the profane serendipity from which he benefits.
dasmithjones said:

January 8th, 2010 at 8:05 pm

Like most you with eyeballs, I was impressed with how decidedly the game was called loose against Bama and tight against us. Just fricking shocking. How does this crap happen in a game this big with the whole country watching? I guess most folks don’t really mind because, well, we’re Texas and secretly they like to see us get taken down.

Of course, I know that the players are told to expect the calls to go against them but DAAYYUUMM!

I was one that fell into the “we will be fortunate to win” having that sentiment firmly entrench in my psyche by the performance of our OL when we played good defenses this season. Because of this, I was not as emotionally destroyed when we lost. Hot damn! Hard to imagine there would be a good side of that.

However, I was happy with what we showed once we got over the shock to the system that losing Colt was. I am now convinced that I was wrong in my pre-game sentiments. What I saw on the field appeared to show that we could have won much more convincingly that we did against OU and NU.

Very optimistic from a player talent standpoint given what we have to work with next year. Offensive Coordinator, not so much.

HOOK’EM!
dasmithjones said:

January 8th, 2010 at 8:15 pm

I realize the horns down gesture is supposed to be how some fans root against us. Never made sense to me for two reasons:

1. It’s is our thing, when you do it down, your still using our thing.

2. Hot damn, city slickers don’t know that the horns go down when the longhorn is about to eviscerate you.

3. (Yes, I know I said two reasons but a special note is required for aggy) If you saw them off, I guaran-damn-tee you that the longhorn will still trample your sorry ass.

HOOK’EM!
java said:

January 8th, 2010 at 8:17 pm

Eyes, well done as usual. Thank you so much for your contributions.

I, too, was very proud of this team, but so disappointed for Colt. This team displayed as much heart, character, and pride this year as any team I have ever seen. (It was difficult to read a B Boxley comment today. Last night, he was an ass about the defense and about GG. Disgusting.)

With everything that happened, the silver lining that came from this loss was a preview of GG prior to next season. He walked right into a pressure cooker last night, and he did a great job. With a terrific recruiting class joining the returning players, we are in good shape. It’s good to be a Longhorn.
nordberg said:

January 8th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

Java, we have a ridiculous class about to sign in February, and what we sign the following February looks like it will be comparable. In total, the 09, 10, 11 string will no doubt be the best three year recruiting string we’ve had in the almost 30 years I’ve been following Texas football. We are, indeed, in good shape.
ransomstoddard said:

January 8th, 2010 at 8:58 pm

No, the most braindead call in college football in the last ten years was the shovel pass. Second, is “lets roll Colt out and let him throw the ball away if Ship is not open”.
Messenger (Do Not Kill) said:

January 8th, 2010 at 9:12 pm

ET is packing his burnt orange suitcase. Next stop: NFL combine…
This was not unexpected, but it’s the last thing I wanted to hear today.
java said:

January 8th, 2010 at 9:28 pm

nordberg, we do. We are very fortunate, indeed.

yes, I saw that Earl decided to leave for the NFL, and given what he and his family have dealt with since the hurricane hit Orange, it can’t be a surprise. I wish him good health and fortune.

Hook ‘em!
uthookem said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:07 pm

Congrats to Earl…he has been a pleasure to watch, and I will continue to enjoy seeing his contributions when BC does the ‘Longhorns in the NFL’ segments.

Hook ‘em!
Messenger (Do Not Kill) said:

January 8th, 2010 at 10:20 pm

I should have added it was the last thing I wanted to hear for very selfish reasons. I can’t begin to imagine the hell he and his family have been through the last few years and I sincerely hope that Kiper is right and he is a top 15 pick.
CurrentLonghornStudent said:

January 9th, 2010 at 12:59 am

Earl’s been very honest about his intentions, and I hope he follows in the successful steps of recent Texas DBs in the NFL. It still kind of shocks me that he’d leave after only two years of college play though (RS SO?).
Kosciuszko said:

January 9th, 2010 at 5:36 am

Eyes–thanks for your great write-ups all season.

What an emotional roller-coaster. From discouragement for two quarters to the feeling that we might be watching the most amazing Texas comeback ever (when we had the ball back after closing to 23–21).

Best of luck to Colt, Earl, Sergio, Lamar, Ben, Jordan and all the other seniors. They have been a fabulous group.

I love what I see from Gilbert.

Onward and upwards.
Bill Bixby said:

January 9th, 2010 at 7:33 am

There, is that better?
t1climb1 said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:08 am

For what it’s worth Ponderos and Nate, I always sing “Go Horns Go” unless I am at the TX-OU game, and on Thursday, everyone in my section at the game was doing the same. I couldn’t hear any “OU Sux” during TX Fight from my seats. I agree with you too that there is no difference between us singing that while playing another opponent and you doing the horns down while playing someone other than us.

For some reason I also find it annoying when other teams do the horns down. I can’t explain why but I just feel like that’s OU’s thing and these other teams shouldn’t do it.
WB_Heaven said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:20 am

“I can’t explain why but I just feel like that’s OU’s thing and these other teams shouldn’t do it.”

Aw. That’s sweet.
Farmer Ted said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:35 am

Colt’s injury pretty much wrecked the title game — as I mentioned over at Better Off Red, we will just never know whether Texas or Alabama is the better team. And I really think that’s another argument for a playoff.

The BCS system — and all the jockeying for position, weekly handwringing, computer algorhythms, hype and anticipation that it involves — is designed to give us one result: the BCS Championship Game. All the aggs are in that basket. So when the game is wrecked by a fluky injury to a key player, you have an incredibly unsatisfying worst case scenario.
Farmer Ted said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am

er….all the “eggs.” Bad board for that typo.
NateHeupel said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:44 am

I, too, feel that the Horns Down/OU Sucks needs to be reserved for the Red River Shootout and related incidents (OU/UT banter and such). Will that happen? Probably not. Unfortunately, there are too many bandwagon fans now. OU is about the only thing that stands out in the state of Oklahoma, and UT’s success has bolstered the burnt orange numbers with hordes of the Wal Mart t-shirt crowd.

Frankly, as much as we all bitch about it, schadenfreude related to the Red River Shootout is not only acceptable, but encouraged. If UT fans were happy about OU’s success (and vice versa), we would have a friendly rivalry with deep respect akin to OU/Nebraska, and that shit is just not okay with me.

We have the only true neutral site game in college football. We deserve to hate each other more than everyone else. Ohio State-Michigan? Just a bunch of blue collar knobs. USC-UCLA? California is what’s wrong with humanity. Alabama-Auburn? I can actually hear the dueling banjos.
nordberg said:

January 9th, 2010 at 9:44 am

““I can’t explain why but I just feel like that’s OU’s thing and these other teams shouldn’t do it.”

Technically, it’s an Arkansas thing, right?
Trips Right said:

January 9th, 2010 at 10:55 am

Eyes, this GB&U was a tough one for you to write for multiple reasons and it ended up being terrific. Well done. Your ability to write this game up as well as you did has a Kipling’s “IF” component to it and for that you should be proud.
Bob Dimick said:

January 9th, 2010 at 11:34 am

Well written article, with insight and good humor.

It is a tragedy that Colt McCoy was hurt and could not play. However, don’t detract from Bama winning the game because of McCoy’s injury.

Did Texas forfeit their win over Oklahoma earlier this year when Sam Bradford was knocked out of the game with a shoulder injury?
No.
Would that game been different if Bradford had not been hurt?
Probably.
What do the record books say about who won that game?
Texas won. No asterik that says Bradford could not play because of an injury.

Had this been a playoff game rather than the BCS title game, the result would have been the same for Texas: out of the playoffs with a loss.

Football is a tough game with a lot of tough breaks.
2010 will be a great year for Texas Longhorns.
t1climb1 said:

January 9th, 2010 at 12:25 pm

You’re right Nordberg but since we haven’t been in the same conference for over a decade I guess it has become the symbol most associated with OU. When other teams do it they just look like posers to me.
EyesOfTX said:

January 9th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

Trips: Thanks very much – that’s damn nice of you to say, and I appreciate it.

Hook ‘em!!!
the dude said:

January 9th, 2010 at 5:08 pm

Was anyone else as pissed as I was that Saban doesn’t take a knee at the end of the game?
panchoclaus said:

January 10th, 2010 at 2:31 pm

Great write up.

The officiating was horrific. I believe the “facemask” call was actually “hands to the face”, which I have never seen called against a guy who is trying to make a tackle and was trying to avoid a facemask. The two non-PI calls and one call against us were terrible. I think it was Akina out on the field arguing the calls. The one knock I have on Mack is that he needs to dress down the officials the first time that happens and not let them get away with that BS.

Congrats to the Bama fans, though. For the most part, extremely classy in the win. Much better than the USC fans a few years back. I don’t think I had one person say anything rude to me or my family after the game. And one even said he felt bad for Colt and that it probably would have been a different game with him in.
panchoclaus said:

January 10th, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Saban is a douce.
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January 31st, 2010 at 9:30 pm

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