January 29, 2006
Texas Longhorns 2006 Football Schedule
9-2-06 NORTH TEXAS
9-9-06 OHIO STATE
9-16-06 at Rice
9-23-06 IOWA STATE
9-30-06 SAM HOUSTON STATE
10-7-06 vs. Oklahoma
10-14-06 BAYLOR
10-21-06 at Nebraska
10-28-06 at Texas Tech
11-4-06 OKLAHOMA STATE
11-11-06 at Kansas State
11-24-06 TEXAS A&M
Comments:
Jeff said:
posted on January 30, 2006 1:49 PM — 192.31.106.35 — link — abuse?
I hope Mack Brown does some mad recruiting for this season. But with Peterson back at full health and the absence at QB position for us...i think Oklahoma is the biggest threat next year. But who knows....maybe we will get some great QB and he will step up...lets all hope.
Stodle said:
posted on January 30, 2006 7:04 PM — 192.147.171.224 — link — abuse?
Ohio State returns 2 starters on defense, and here's a dirty little secret: Best scoring offense in the Big 10? Try Minnesota, with Ohio State at #5, behind Michigan State. Ohio State lived and died by their phenomenal defense and now it's gone. Also, Texas had the #1 defense in the Big 12, and they're only losing 4 starters, which is typical, and Mack Brown's recruiting machine surely has plenty to fill the gaps.
Ohio State may be better offensively with a returning backfield, but no reason to expect anything amazing. The game will be just as close as last year because of the QB issue this early on, but I'd give the edge to Texas.
Oklahoma will be similar, and that backfield will be awesome, although Texas should win in the trenches on both sides of the ball. Oklahoma is going to pass a lot more than before, with young lines and a great QB. Adrian Peterson will certainly keep Texas Honest, and although he won't get many yards because of line issues, he'll open up the pass which will do Texas in.
I see Texas going 10-2, losing to Oklahoma and having one freak loss.
blah said:
posted on January 31, 2006 12:34 AM — 66.138.197.138 — link — abuse?
I agree with Stodle,
but I think Texas will be able to get past both OSU and OU (barely). They will be so pumped for both games, they should come ready to play. OU is actually going to be younger next year, expecially on the lines.
I actually see Texas losing to Texas Tech in Lubbock, or possibly Nebraska in Lincoln. Tech is ready to get back at the Horns, and I see this as a game that could sneak up on Texas. I wouldn't even be suprised if this game were not close
Stodle said:
posted on January 31, 2006 6:11 PM — 192.147.171.224 — link — abuse?
Texas Tech possibly but not Nebraska. Why has everyone gotten so excited about Nebraska's win over a then 7-4 team from (what turned out to be) a crappy conference.
Nebraska was like a poor man's Ohio State last year, with a senior-laden defense and a nice pass offense (#4 in the Big 12) but the worst rush bringing them to #9 in scoring O. Defense was their bread and butter, as they kept their scoring D up to #4 also, but 8 starters on D will be gone for Nebraska and their running game won't get any better with a loss at RB and 3 on the O-line.
There's nothing going on in Huskerland. The names of the game in the Big 12 North are Missouri and Iowa State. Check his stats, Brad Smith was not that good, and Missouri had an awesome run that's coming back. (RB returns with 4/5 of the OL)
So it's four landmines and two barnburners on this schedule with Iowa State, Missouri, Texas A&M and Texas Tech sleepers and Ohio State and Oklahoma for prime time. What, you're not counting out the Aggies are you?
Chris said:
posted on January 31, 2006 7:38 PM — 162.40.92.57 — link — abuse?
Stodle,
You are so incredibly full of it. Nebraska's defense was not "senior laden". You're an idiot who makes up facts as they suite his prejudices. The Huskers are easily the best team in the Big 12 North. Missouri without Brad Smith? Iowa State? Texas A&M? For someone who claims to have a good grasp on the Big 12, you are sooo full of hot air!
tommie trojan said:
posted on January 31, 2006 11:30 PM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
North Texas, Rice and Sam Houston State? They gotta be kidding, right? Are people really gonna show up to watch this? Don't people in Texas have anything else to do? Don't they have girls or booze or something better to do? How bout' Texas Hold em' - do they have that there? If every thing in Texas is bigger - then why do the Longhorns play such puny little teams?
Tommie Trojan
Tommie Trojan said:
posted on February 1, 2006 10:53 AM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
No, not bitter. The Texas Longhorn's earned one of the greatest National Championship's ever won and deserve to be honored such. That was a great win by Texas and they deserved it. I'm only complaining about a trend I see in college football that is happening just about everywhere. And, I think as true fans, we should stop supporting these kind of games until they start giving us more good games. I do commend the Ohio State-Texas series. That gives us fans at least one good game this next year. But, truly, some of this is getting ridiculous. If you can't earn your way into a bowl game - you shouldn't even be going and why would anyone want to watch these games. I don't understand. I would never watch USC play Portland State. Never in a million years. What would I want to see that for?
Tommie Trojan
blah said:
posted on February 1, 2006 9:34 PM — 66.138.197.138 — link — abuse?
Tommy,
Sure we would all love to see great matchups in the non conference schedule. And in a perfect world not influenced by money, we would. But where is the incentive for big time programs to schedule non-cons that could destroy any hopes of winning a title. Sure I would of loved to have seen Texas play OSU, LSU, and Va Tech in the non-conf. games last year. But would we have seen Texas play your Trojans in the nc, possibly not. I'm not saying that any of these programs were better than UT, they weren't. But more big time names on a schedule leaves a greater chance of a slip up.
Frankly, is the AD at UT or any big time program going to reason: more ranked opponents in noncon schedule to raise ratings, but possibly get a loss, or a powder puff here and there and make it to the championship. Do you think Texas would have made more money in a (possible not probable) loss to LSU last year, or in the championship against Socal. I don't think it would even be close.
I am perfectly content with UT's schedule next year. I think a fan of a team in any of the big six conferences should be satisfied with 1-2 non conference games against big time programs, i.e. Ohio State.
Your comments don't make any sense:
"And, I think as true fans, we should stop supporting these kind of games until they start giving us more good games."What are we "true college football fans" supposed to do? Not buy memorabilia or paraphanalia? Am I not supposed to buy season tickets? What are we supposed to do on Saturday's? Are we supposed to give the wife the remote, and pout on the couch all day in protest?
Frankly, I don't see any reason in your argument.
Tommie Trojan said:
posted on February 2, 2006 12:25 AM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
Yeh, I know. I understand why they are doing it. I hate the BCS deal that says, "You have to be undefeated", to get to the NC game. I liked the "old system" where teams were voted on. Coaches were smart enough to understand that, for example, a 10-1 Texas team that lost to Ohio State but beat an 11-1 Oklahoma and an 11-1 Texas A&M and a 10-2 Nebraska - was probably a pretty dang good team and may be the best team in the country. If you played seven teams that were 8-3 or better and lost one - hey, your still a real great team. That is the complaint of our buddies in the SEC. And, rightly so! They have 5-6 good teams every year that just beat up on each other and can't get to the "Dance". And, when Auburn goes unbeaten - they don't get in. Well, a combined Coaches Poll with the old AP Poll probably could have gotten the top two pretty close. But, the BCS computer rating system harshly penalizes any team for a loss - without much fanfare for who you just beat. It's a real stupid system. You should be getting points for who you beat (whatever their rank was then) and points taken away for who you lost to (obviously, less points taken away for losing to better teams). The incentive would be to try and rack up more points by trying to beat better teams - and the reward would outweigh the risks. At the end of the year, the two teams who had the most overall points, should play for the NC Title regardless if they were both 6-5 or not. This system would prove that they were probably more worthy than any team that went 12-0 and did not play anyone ranked over #65 in the country. Boise State almost went undefeated a couple of years ago and Utah did. What if San Diego State went unbeaten? How stupid the BCS system is. That is my complaint. And now - we're all relegated to watching all of these meaningless massacres every single Saturday early in the year.
Tommie Trojan
Bleed Crimson said:
posted on February 7, 2006 8:29 PM — 72.146.22.164 — link — abuse?
Tommie Trojan - you finally made a good comment. Its what ive been trying to say all along.
When you have one or two teams that dominate their conference - they will always go undefeated.
Pac-10 - If USC beats Notre Dame they will go to the national championship
Big 12 - Whoever wins the Oklahoma/Texas game will go to the national championship
No SEC team will go undefeated this year
ACC - The winner of the Miami/Florida St. game has a shot at going with the plus 1
No Big Ten team will go undefeated this season.
Notice how the two best conferences will never get a NC appearance - why? Schedules are too tough.
You cant base strength of schedule on the record of opponents - just base it on common sense (When you play Tennesee, Florida, Auburn, and LSU in the same season it is almost impossible to go undefeated so dont tell me we shouldnt have weak non-conference games) because if your oppenent is in a tough conference (SEC or Big 10), they wont have an excellent record
You have seen LSU and Auburn come out of the SEC west unbeaten in recent years because of an Alabama probation. Now that "'BAMA Is Back" there will be no more undefeated teams coming out of the SEC because now there are three powerhouses in the east and the west. There aren't three powerhouses in the whole PAC-10 OR BIG XII.
The SEC and Big 10 beat up on themselves so bad that the best teams come out with 7-10 win seasons and in my opinion - those are the teams that belong in the national championship.
cwadle said:
posted on February 8, 2006 7:31 AM — 132.27.151.5 — link — abuse?
SEC? Big 10? Are you kidding, Crimson? Let's take a moment to relive the 2005 season. The Big 10 champions PSU barely beat a mediocore at best FSU team in the Orange Bowl. They also lost to Michigan who lost to a below average Nebraska team that was .500 in the sorry Big XII. Ohio St was the best team in the Big 10, but lost to Texas at home. Alabama a powerhouse? Please. Texas or USC would have beat them by at least 3 TDs. Ala had a great D, so the score would of looked something like 24-3. Tennesee was garbage this year, they lost to Vandy, nuff said. Florida was ok, but had a hard time with Iowa which wasn't very good. Wisconsin stompped Auburn, and your SEC champion couldn't even beat average WV and their three play offense. One of these days SEC fans will wake up and realize that their teams are not a bunch of powerhouses that beat up on each other. They are a bunch of average to above average teams beating up on each other. Don't get me wrong the Big XII and Pac 10 suck, but Texas or USC would of run through the SEC or Big 10 this year.
Gerald said:
posted on February 8, 2006 11:43 AM — 216.113.128.239 — link — abuse?
cwadle:
"One of these days SEC fans will wake up and realize that their teams are not a bunch of powerhouses that beat up on each other. They are a bunch of average to above average teams beating up on each other. Don't get me wrong the Big XII and Pac 10 suck, but Texas or USC would of run through the SEC or Big 10 this year."
So, the very same USC that could have lost to 8 - 4 Fresno and 7 - 5 Arizona State and SHOULD HAVE lost to a Notre Dame team whose best victory was over Navy would have run through the SEC or Big 10? That is rich. If you are going to say Texas, fine, because USC was the only team that got within 10 points of Texas all year long. But USC? Please!
I would LOVE for you to tell me how USC would have run over the LSU team that destroyed Miami 40 - 3. And so UGA lost to West Virginia. I think that WVU would have beaten USC too, because it is OBVIOUS that USC has no clue how to defend running quarterbacks OR the spread option. Would Texas have beaten WVU? Of course, Texas runs the same offense with better players and sees that same offense five or six times a year.
There was ONE powerhouse team this year, Texas. I say last year there were NO powerhouse teams. There was no evidence that USC was any better than Auburn or even Texas last year, and what is more we do know that USC needed a phantom pass interference penalty to beat Virginia Tech and a luck to defeat a Cal team that was exposed as a total fraud! And no, there were no powerhouse teams in 2003, either! USC lost to 8 - 6 Cal; LSU lost at home.
So, no, no one ever said that the SEC was full of powerhouse teams. We only say that we have the largest collection of GOOD teams year in and year out. I am still waiting on someone to come up with evidence otherwise.
cwadle said:
posted on February 10, 2006 8:30 AM — 132.27.151.5 — link — abuse?
I'm a Texas fan, so I appreciate the complement about my team. All I was trying to say was a lot of SEC fans on this blog rant and rave about their conference, but they haven't won a Nat'l Championship since 2002, and that was a split championship. Auburn possibly got screwed in 2003, but we'll never know what would have happened. USC might of stompped them too. LSU was probably the best team, but they didn't show up against GA in the championship game. In a one time neutral site game I think that Texas, USC, or possibly even Ohio St would have beat any SEC team last year.
Gerald said:
posted on February 12, 2006 2:55 AM — 65.12.162.103 — link — abuse?
cwadle:
The SEC hasn't won a national title since 2003? Wow, two whole years without a national title, and in one of them the SEC had a team with a perfect record. USC might have stomped Auburn, but they DID STOMP THE BIG 12 CHAMPION! And your claims that LSU didn't show up against UGA in the title game is ridiculous. LSU blew UGA out, turned them inside out!
If you want to claim that USC, Ohio State, or Texas could have beaten Auburn last year, that is fine. I could, for instance, claim that some Pee Wee team could have beaten Texas. Do not laugh, there are some very good and talented Pee Wee teams out there! But I will refrain from saying such a thing about Texas and acknowledge the fact that since they went unbeaten and untied against a major college schedule that they most likely would have beaten any team that they played. And yes, USC deserved the benefit of the same assumption last year. That is why I never said that Auburn was better than USC or would have beaten USC, only that Auburn deserved to split the title. Sadly, USC fans and the vast majority of the media are incapable of the same, and clearly believe and state that Auburn most certainly would have lost to not one but several Pee Wee league teams. But hey, that is them. CollegeFootballNews.com asserts that USC would have won a playoff this year. They state that Texas would have lost to Louisville 45 - 42. Something about your inability to stop star Louisville RB Michael Bush (since you couldn't stop LenDale White).
Texas1969 said:
posted on February 12, 2006 8:03 AM — 66.90.144.233 — link — abuse?
Re: the three creampuffs on Texas' schedule next year -- that's strictly about money. Texas will earn at least $12 million from those three games, which is only $1 million less than the team's annual budget. Also, the Sam Houston game was added at the last minute, so to speak, when we had to schedule a 12th regular season game. The athletic department tried hard, but failed to schedule a good team (I can't remember all the ones they contacted -- it was a lot). I do wish more good teams could play each other; it's what the fans want, it's what the players want.
ROLL TIDE 12 said:
posted on February 13, 2006 8:03 PM — 71.244.30.44 — link — abuse?
Gerald.... If you are going to go off of a simulation then you just need to get off of this website immediately. Those guys are not sure of anything i bet you none of those people who picked that would have said texas could win that game either. But honestly even as a Bama fan i look at the SEC last year and i cant say that it was really that good of a conference. While traditionally they do have a good conference now in college football its what have you done for me lately. In bowl season in 6 games the SEC was 3-3. Which isnt horrible but its the way the games were. Even as a bama fan The Crimson Tide win wasnt very impressive. If the refs were a little better tech probably wins that game. Florida had to have a BS call to not give Iowa a chance on that onside kick. Which was probably the worst call I have ever seen in my life. LSU very impressive. Not much you can say about that one it was a good old fashon BEATING. But south carolina, georgia, and auburn were all favored and should have won. So while i bleed SEC football im gonna be real and say the conference as a whole was very average this year.
William Rainey said:
posted on February 13, 2006 8:45 PM — 68.51.13.39 — link — abuse?
I think it would be great for Texas and Arkansas to play each other a few times now that we have switched to a 12 game schedule. Since neither AD is scared to put quality teams on the non-conference schedule (Texas v OSU), (Ark v USC) and the series we played in '03-'04 had a bigger atmosphere than any conference game. What do you Texas fans think?
P.S. Texas1969 im only 18 but I still get the reference.True Test said:
posted on February 13, 2006 11:03 PM — 205.188.116.133 — link — abuse?
William Rainey...
I completely agree with you; Texas and Arkansas should play each other, but I think they should play EVERY season. It's my favorite rivalry of all-time it it should be played every year. If Florida and Florida State can do it, even in separate conferences, Texas and Arkansas can do it. It's ashame that the rivalry discontinued after the Horns moved into the Big XII. '03 and '03 were both great games.cwadle said:
posted on February 14, 2006 4:41 AM — 132.27.151.5 — link — abuse?
I think it would be good for college football if there were more competitive non-conference games. Besides the BCS issue the one thing keeping us from seeing these marquee matchups is money. Most schools don't want to give up a valuable home game, but by scheduling a school like Arkansas or Ohio St, Texas has to be willing to play a home and home series. This costs the University about $4M in proceeds from game day. That's why we don't see many of these types of non-conference games. If I'm not mistaken I think Alabama and Florida St are playing on a neutral site in 2007 or 2008. I also think that Oklahoma has a home and home series scheduled with the Seminoles. Hopefully in the future schools will be able to find a way to provide better early season games, but until then we'll have to settle for 65-3 blowouts.
Tommie Trojan said:
posted on February 15, 2006 3:37 PM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
cwadle:
Yep, that is reality. But, I question the people who would show up to witness these massacres. Are they the same children that used to love to kill small animals and to pull the wings off of flies and butterflys? Do we really have that many serial murderers living in this country? Why would anybody pay money to watch those kind of games? Especially with the economy going in the direction that it is going. I never much cared for the Lakers blowing out Cleveland by 45 ("Showtime") - but I always enjoyed a nailbiter with Boston or Philadelphia. But, those were the good old days. Remember when Mike Tyson was a youngster? You'd order up the fight on HBO, invite all your friends over for "the Big Fight", walk into the kitchen sometime during the 1st fifteen seconds to get yourself another beer - and the dayum thing would be over. Everybody was pissed. That's why people started hating "Iron Mike". They never got their monies worth. Same thing applies to all these hapless non-conference games that the BCS has bestowed upon us. That is my opinion.
Tommie Trojan
Bleed Crimson said:
posted on February 16, 2006 12:00 AM — 72.146.22.164 — link — abuse?
Tommie Trojan:While i do agree with some of what you said, teams need support of their fans through every game. See that is what seperates the SEC from all other conferences - we are such loyal fans that our stadiums fill to capacity for blowouts and exceed capacity (causing fire hazards im sure) for big conference rivalries. The atmosphere for games no matter who is playing is so great, it is just indescribable. Anyone who has never visited the Capstone on gameday, i highly reccomend it. I cant wait to experience what that new addition to our stadium will add to it (10,000 new seats, 2 new jumbotrons, 3-4 story glass atrium/lobby/entrance in front of the stadium).
cwadle said:
posted on February 16, 2006 1:55 AM — 132.27.151.5 — link — abuse?
I fell you, Tommie. I wouldn't waste money either going to these games when I know they will be one sided by halftime. The reality is most of the people in attendance are season ticket holders. They already have the tickets, so they might as well use them. I would like to see a rule instated that required every school from a BCS conference to schedule at least one non-conference game every other year with another BCS conference school. They could also tweak the computer formula that would give schools additional points for the strength of their non-conference schedule. I don't think either scenario will ever happen, but it would be nice.
Tommie Trojan said:
posted on February 21, 2006 3:01 AM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
CWadle:
I'm with ya' all the way. I think teams ought to be garnering points for the quality of the win as well as losing points for the quality of the loss. For instance: when you beat a highly ranked Oklahoma team (let's say ranked 3rd out of 118) - then you get 116 points. Now, if you lose to a Baylor (ranked 84th out of 118) - you get 84 points taken away. If you lose to #1 ranked Texas - you lose one point. If you beat #1 Texas - you get 118 points. This nonsense of having to schedule nothing but patsies in order to win as many games possible would end. We would get more quality games and a true National Champion who had to fight their way through more fierce competition. And best of all - nobody could cry too loud.
Tommie Trojan
Tom said:
posted on February 23, 2006 9:35 PM — 68.12.171.214 — link — abuse?
The reason Texas beat OU this year was not because Texas had the better offense. It was because OU had the youngest secondary. That will change this year. Ou sold out its defense to stop Vince Young....and they did.Here's 2 facts that will change the game this year. Oklahoma's secondary grew by leaps and bounds by the end of this last year, that was shown by their play in the Holiday Bowl.They will be vastly improved this year. Secondly, Without Wonderboy Vince Texas's offense is vanilla at best. Good enough for the weak sisters but will collapse against a team that has a swagger. Thats what OU will have this year. Kevin will put that in those young men. This is by far the best recruiting class that Bob Stoops has ever had at OU. Thats the prevailing thought at OU right now. Think about that...spooky isn't it.
cwadle said:
posted on March 2, 2006 5:25 AM — 132.27.151.5 — link — abuse?
Tom,
Did we watch the same game. If OU's defense "sold out" to stop Young they didn't do a very good job. He had 241 yds passing and 3 TDs and added 45 yds rushing and 1 TD. It doesn't sound like they stopped him at all. I'm with you that OU will be much improved this year, but OU's offense was their downfall not the D. Against Texas OU only had 171 yds of total offense. They would of had possibly 250 if Peterson would have been healthy, but they still wouldn't of won. And from what I hear their O line will be more inexperience in 2006 than it was in 2005. It will be a closer game next year, but I don't think OU has the offense to beat Texas. Peterson can't run if he doesn't have any holes to go through.
Tom McNeal said:
posted on March 5, 2006 2:02 AM — 66.142.91.182 — link — abuse?
Hey Tommie Trojan guess you've never been to a football game in Texas. It is not a sport here it is a religion.I fly a longhorn flag in front of my home, wear a Longhorn cap, and my pickup has a championship bumper sticker.I have all the games from 05 recorded. To say that you would not go to, or watch a game is not to your approval is your choice. I watched Mack Browns first game this morning Texas vs New Mexico State 1998 on the Bevo Channel. Kinda funny they had about the same schedule as the 06 with the excemption of S.H.State and O.S.U. Every year they try to play at least one old southwest conference foe, hench Rice, Houston, Arkansas Etc.
Tickets are hard to get and expensive. Every game in Austin is a sellout. We show up early and tailgate. We wear orange, Be Loud and stay Late.
Last year I attened two games they were great. We saw blocked feild goals, interceptions, defensive touchdowns and freshman running backs scoring touchdowns. We had fun, isnt it fun? HookemTommie Trojan said:
posted on March 7, 2006 6:49 PM — 208.57.130.196 — link — abuse?
Tom Mick:
No, been to Nebraska on Saturday's though. Sounds about the same. And, I can dig it when your totally plowed and aren't going to be seeing much of the game anyway, but at least, you know your boyz are out there poundin' em'. We've had some of those at the Coliseum. When the Raiders were around - I don't know if I ever caught too much of a glimpse of the game. Too busy having fun. But, I still like the intensity of the "great game". If you just want to go get hammered - then Nicholls State or Idaho is the game to go to. But, if you really wanted to see the great game - then I suppose you might even want to be a little sober for the "Red River Shootout".
Tommie Trojan
Jordan said:
posted on March 27, 2006 7:33 PM — 68.191.212.230 — link — abuse?
IT DOESNT MATTER BECAUSE NEXT YEAR ITS GOING TO BE NOTRE DAME ALL THE WAY. THEY ARE LOSING LIKE 2 GOOD OFFENSIVE PLAYERS, FASSANO AND STOVALL, BUT WITH SAMARDIZJA AND McKNIGHT COMING BACK AFTER BEING MEDICALLY REDSHIRTED, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL GO ALL THE WAY, AND IF TEXAS GETS LUCKY THEY WILL SEE ND THERE AND THEN BEND OVER AND TAKE IN THE ASS
Brutus Buckeye said:
posted on April 6, 2006 4:09 PM — 69.47.161.90 — link — abuse?
Prepare yourselves Texas fans, 9-9-06, this marks your day of defeat to the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Your last year win was a lucky one but this year, you won't be so lucky. We were the only team to contain Vince Young, now that he is gone, you have no chance this year.
Count on being humiliated in front of millions of viewers losing to the eventual national champions, Ohio State Buckeyes on 9-9-06.
We look forward to your defeat soon!
Brutusmalcolm said:
posted on April 13, 2006 6:08 PM — 68.88.71.37 — link — abuse?
Vince or no Vince texas has a good enough team already on offense and defense ,yeah that ohio state and that oklahoma game is going to be tough but i think texas will come through and get the win and one more thing that QB Snead looks pretty good i thik thet should go all the way again.
Tim said:
posted on April 28, 2006 8:09 AM — 70.105.75.161 — link — abuse?
The defense of the Horns this year will silence all critics on the fact we do not have Young any more. The fact is we have an excellent back field and receivers that have proven there ability too win. I believe Tech will be the toughest challenge OU will not be Peterson can not run when he does not have an O-line.....did anybody watch the spring game where the offense had multiple turnovers
101 said:
posted on May 9, 2006 10:36 PM — 24.208.70.125 — link — abuse?
IM A big fan of texas But i just watch Nebraska spring game and shit thay look good it is a sc play book but bigr ....DO not just say NU is a win. Bill look like we doing good in Nebraska. NU is a 9-2 9-3 that ant to bad cus thay play sc and texas suck for thim hahaha...
taylor ryan said:
posted on June 18, 2006 1:15 PM — 70.120.166.77 — link — abuse?
LOL WHY IS EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT TEXAS AND USC....
ITS THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTIN' IRISH YEAR.
I'M FROM CALIFORNIA, CURRENTLY LIVE IN TEXAS, SO I HOPE TO SEE USC OR TEXAS PLAY NOTRE DAME IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
NOTRE DAME 35 TEXAS/USC 24Tomcat said:
posted on June 19, 2006 10:34 PM — 69.153.83.199 — link — abuse?
Hey Taylor maybe its because this thing started concerning the Texas schedule and I didn't see Notre Dame on it.
Everbody wants to see big time games against big time opponents.Notre Dames only two losses were against two great teams that Texas beat.
Looks like another exciting year in college football.
Hookem-Hornscamron said:
posted on July 9, 2006 3:01 AM — 67.161.209.130 — link — abuse?
ya i see texas playin for the hardware again... ohio state lost almost all their D and texas O will be fine. As for Ohio states O they will be amazing but the texas D will be also. i see texas coming out on top but it will be very close. The Texas OU game will be good but i dont think Peterson is as good as he was his freshman year, he had an amazing O line. look what the Texas D did to reggie bush. i guess we will see how they do.
hookem
Kevin said:
posted on July 14, 2006 1:51 PM — 24.130.186.103 — link — abuse?
Should Texas beat Ohio State, you might as well buy your Nat'l Championhip tix, lets not forget that their defense by and large hasn't changed except for like 2 or 3 guys. This is basically the same team minus Vince. Jevan Snead has a better arm than Vince anyways so if he's starting we could see the repeat and possibly more
Buckeye Fan said:
posted on July 20, 2006 7:04 AM — 65.189.144.137 — link — abuse?
Horn Fans... don't read too much into the "OSU lost their whole defense" talk. Two full time starters return, and 5 more who started at least half of last year or before last year return too. The front 4 will be much improved, with actual pass rushers this season (Carpenter was our only pass rush threat last year). We are 8 deep at LB, with every single guy being more than capable to not only start but be all conference. Just because they didn't get much playing time behind Hawk, Carpenter and Schlegel doesn't mean they aren't good. The only question mark in my mind is at CB. Malcolm Jenkins is a good one and started half of last season as a true freshman, but on the other side we are extremely green. I honestly would not be surprised if Teddy Ginn ends up playing both sides this season a la Chris Gamble in our national championship season. Remember that Ginn was originally supposed to be a shutdown CB and only played WR to get his speed on the field. I feel our defense will actually be faster and more athletic this season than last. And don't forget, OSU has not had a defense finish outside of the Top 25 in the nation since 1995. I highly doubt that this is going to change this year. If anything, Texas fans should be worried about their offense coming together early in the season. It is a well known fact that defenses gell more quickly than offenses, because of timing, chemistry, etc. This is why you see so much sloppy offensive play in the first few weeks of the season every year. I can only imagine how much pressure OSU is going to put on Snead or McCoy in their very first start at QB for Texas. And I am also sure that Tressel and company have been preparing for the Horns more than any other team this offseason. Our return game will still be the most dangerous in the nation as long as Ginn is healthy. The offense returns 9 starters, with a good backup QB and a very exciting freshman tailback in Chris Wells. Some people around the program are saying he is going to be our best back since Eddie George. Problem is, we return a 1,400 rusher in Pittman. Not a bad problem to have though. In the end, I think our ability to not just contain Snead/McCoy, but rattle them with pressure, will cause turnovers. And, let's not forget, Troy Smith will be playing the entire game this season, as long as he stays healthy and out of trouble. I see OSU winning by 10.
Tomcat said:
posted on July 20, 2006 11:31 AM — 70.245.21.164 — link — abuse?
Hey Buckeye fan I will agree with you on some aspects. I agree with post#48 I think Snead should start, however from what I understand its McCoy.Hopefully the coaching staff will put in Snead.Does this remind anybody of the Applewhite-Simms years? The reason the Horns have had recent success had to do with -non-predictabality.The Horns will win and dominate on both sides of the ball.
Ought to be a great game in Austin Hookem Hornsphil fulmer said:
posted on August 16, 2006 7:57 PM — 63.245.42.179 — link — abuse?
You rednecks in the south of the reality line think that this texas fad is real, what a joke! I know a bit about UT football, as most of you know, and also know that MB is a lyin, cheatin, no-account from the days of PBB at bama and we all know those type of folks don't last in the Big T. I think that T will have a woefull season in search of some form of identiy (other than the gay bar scene in Austin), and that the true UT will rise to GLORY again.... as the phoenix from the ashes.... and the Blue-Tick from the 'coon hunt!!! God Bless UT and those raskells who took our logo should get what they deserve...... P F
OHIOMAN said:
posted on August 18, 2006 12:16 AM — 71.136.254.213 — link — abuse?
Sorry Texas college gang - but the Longhorns without Vince Young are gonna be like like a Jack & Coke without the Jack. Just no kick to 'em. And what is all of this talk about "it's gonna be real close, man". It's not gonna be that close: Ohio Stae 31 Texas 10.
OhioDave said:
posted on August 19, 2006 8:38 AM — 65.5.10.2 — link — abuse?
Sorry Texas fans, but without Vince Young Texas is going to live hard against Ohio State. The defense isn't going to be as bad as people seem to think it's going to be. Yes, they lost a lot of talent to the NFL, but the group coming up behind them is thought to become BETTER than the one that just left. OSU is 2-3 deep at EVERY linebacker spot and they are LOADED with the kind of speed that Hawk & Carpenter brought to the defense last season. They have what some consider the best set of interior defensive lineman in the country in Quinn Pitcock & David Patterson, both 300 pounders who have a habit of shoving O-lineman into the QB's face and they will actually have MORE speed on the outside than they had. QB's better watch the left side of the line for 6'7" 280 Sophmore Lawrence Wilson who carries 4.5 speed on that huge frame and many are saying Will Smith, but bigger. The place where OSU will be the most vunerable early is in the secondary. But that shouldn't be a concern with Texas fielding a true freshman QB's. All the Bucks are gonna have to do is stack the line, stop the run and party in the backfield with Cody & Jevan. Since Jim Tressel has been there Ohio State has constantly reloaded on defense with the groups seeming to get more and more dominating with each season. OSU is consistantly in the top 5 against the run regardless of the losses on defense and Texas is going to have to run the ball to win the game. The 'Horn's backs had 37 yards rushing in Columbus last year. It probably won't get much better in Austin.
Now. Let's talk OFFENSE. Texas won in Columbus last year due to starting QB Troy Smith's off-season indiscretions with a booster. Because of this he came into the Texas game WITHOUT HAVING GONE THROUGH SPRING TRAINING OR EVEN PRACTICING WITH THE TEAM UNTIL A WEEK BEFORE THE GAME. Troy takes the Texas loss squarely on his shoulders. OSU dominated Texas on almost every aspect of the game, special teams (field goals, kick returns), field position (Texas started on the 20 and OSU started on their 46-along with getting into scoring position 9 TIMES against the Texas defense), turnover ratio...Texas faced an Ohio State offense that win in complete disarry. The plays became so predictable due to the QB situation that it made the job of the Texas defense quite easy. When Smith was in, QB draw. When Zwick was in, pass over the middle. It was a pathetic show of offensive playcalling in the biggest game of the year for the Buckeyes. They let Troy Smith try ONE long pass and what happened? TD to Santonio Holmes. THEY DIDN'T TRY A PASS DOWN THE FIELD AFTER THAT. If Troy Smith stays out of trouble, attends spring practice and gets back into the form he was when he torched Michigan, Ohio State beats Texas by at least two TDs.
The Ohio State team the finished the season putting up the most yardage EVER against Notre Dame and held them to 67 yards rushing would have DESTROYED Texas-even with Vince Young. Remember that after OSU made their defensive adjustments after laying back and feeling out Young-allowing him to put up 10 quick points in the 1st half of the 1st quarter, THEY HELD HIM TO 13 YARD RUSHING and less than 200 yards passing FOR THE REMAINING 3 1/2 QUARTERS. Once they peeled their ears back and came after him they intercepted him twice, sacked him 3 times and effectively shut him down. The just got NO help from the offense. No one even came close to containing Young like Ohio State did. And as dominating as the defense became towards the end of the season and as lethal as Troy Smith, Tedd Ginn, Santanio Holmes & Antonio Pittman became at the end of the season, Ohio State would probably have beaten Texas by at least two TD's in a bowl game.
This year Troy Smith has a big chip on his shoulder from the loss to Texas that he carries around with him. And unless he gets hurt I see him along with Ginn, Pittman & the amazing stable of running backs-including freshman stud Chris Wells embarassing the Texas defense.
T-Mac said:
posted on August 19, 2006 5:14 PM — 66.78.161.35 — link — abuse?
OhioDave,good post #56.I have to disagree with you though in the fact of your prediction/score.Texas had the #10 total defense in the nation last year.This year they should be a top-5 defensive unit.There isn't a chance that OSU scores 38 points on that defense.Jamaal Charles is the next great Texas back and look for him to have a big day.Ohio State will probably go down to Texas over confident and get beat due to the fact that all people are talking about is that they can't do it without Vince Young.The entire Texas team won the National Title.Not just Vince Young.As good as he is it was a TEAM effort.Let me remind you too that from that Texas team that went 13-0 they got 14 starters back.Texas will be fine and their defense will probably be better this year.You have great passion for your team and I respect that.This game should be a great one!PEACE
OhioDave said:
posted on August 19, 2006 8:04 PM — 208.61.28.130 — link — abuse?
I understand what you are saying about the Texas defense T-Mac. But I would point out that except for Ohio State & USC they had a pretty soft schedule. Overall the Big 12 was probably only a notch better than the Big East last season. The traditional powerhouses, Nebraska & Oklahoma were really down last season. Texas benefitted from a conference that really didn't offer them much competition. They played two tough games, Ohio State and USC and they only faced one tough defense in Ohio State. They were held to 25 points in that one. I knew the title game was going to be a high scoring affair because USC didn't have a great defense. I knew Young was gonna run up & down the field on them. USC's offense speaks for itself. But I will point out that Ohio State DESTROYED a Notre Dame team that played USC down to the final second.
Here's a couple defensive stats for you to chew on.
Texas finished the season #4 in total defense, Ohio State finished #7.
Although Texas finished the season ranked 4th in total defense, they did it with their secondary. They were POROUS against the run, allowing 124.7 yards per game-42nd in the nation. Ohio State was #1, allowing 75.4 yards per game on the ground.
Both teams finished the season allowing less than 15 points per game-although Ohio State did it against better competition overall. Ohio State's opponents had combined records of 84-57 while Texas' opponents had records of 80-58.
Both teams played 7 opponents who made bowls. Ohio State played 3 BCS teams while Texas played 2.
Bottom line is that Texas was a very good team with an athletically gifted QB that benefitted from a relatively soft schedule and a win in Columbus over an Ohio State team who's offense was in total disaray. They may still benefit from a relatively soft conference schedule, but Texas won't have have the other two items. They don't have the QB who can win games on his own and they will be facing a QB in OSU's Troy Smith who can-and should lead an offense that's argueably the most explosive in the nation.
And y'all better start worring about moving the ball in the air. Because you aren't gonna do it on the ground against a Jim Tressel team.
T-Mac said:
posted on August 20, 2006 12:31 AM — 66.78.161.35 — link — abuse?
OhioDave,you bring up some valid points.I must point out to you though that last year Texas finished up the year 10th in total defense and Ohio State finished up the year 5th in total defense.It should be a great game bro!PEACE
OU Fan said:
posted on August 20, 2006 1:24 AM — 207.119.209.191 — link — abuse?
Hey Tomcat, if the horns put in a QB like Applewhite/Sims, he'll just choke and constantly get sacked just like how the Sooners dominated Chris Simms in the past. Texas sucks and they will lose to Ohio State and OU. Go Sooners!! Whoooooo!
Tomcat said:
posted on August 20, 2006 3:11 AM — 69.152.139.90 — link — abuse?
Hey Ohio Dave Soft Schedule? Kiss my @#$ The big XII showed the big X whos boss.Northern Illonios, Cincinnati,Bowling green and Golden Gophers.Thats whats on your schedule BuBBa No TTech No OU No NEB NO A&M. You got Jo Pa and Loyd Carr and then what Indiana,Illinois? The compare the Big XII to the Big East is ludicrist. What happened to Big X teams last Year verses Big XII teams? need a reminder
Texas over Michigan
Iowa State over Iowa
Texas over Ohio State
Nebraska over Michigan
Yall had the best defense in the country last year right? Texas had almost 500 total yards
yall have Troy Smith right? Isnt that the guy that was sacked in the Endzone for a saftey?
Hookem-HornsTomcat said:
posted on August 20, 2006 4:21 AM — 69.152.139.90 — link — abuse?
Hey Ohio Dave Got some more for you
The last two years Texas 24-1 Ohio St. 18-6
The last 5 years Texas 56-8 Ohio St 50-13
Texas against Big X opponents
Purdue 2-0-0
Wis 1-0-0
Ohio St 1-0-0
Mich 1-0-0
Ind 3-0-0
Penn St 2-3-0
Nort Wes0-1-0
We are 10-4 against the Big X
Come on down to Austin your in our house now baby
Hookem-Horns 37-24
OU Fan said:
posted on August 20, 2006 1:49 PM — 207.119.209.191 — link — abuse?
Tomcat, I have to agree with you and support the Big 12. The Big 12 more tough than the Big 10, and in my opinion is the toughest conference in the nation. Ohio State is over rated this year. Ohio State will lose in Autsin and OU will move up in the rankings, then OU will beat Texas and will advance in the rankings even more. Go Sooners!! Whooo!
ksuwild said:
posted on August 20, 2006 3:03 PM — 135.214.42.162 — link — abuse?
The BCS is the right system...it just needs to end in a PLAYOFF...not with two designated "golden child" teams.
If the BSC ended in a playoff teams would schedule the best teams they could to beef up their chances of making into the top 16 or 8 teams at the end of the year. If you play in ANY of the major conferences you CAN schedule powder puff non-conference foes and still have a BETTER strength of schedule than the small conferences have.
So why risk losing a game against a bunch of powerhouses at the beginning of the season when you know you are going to already have the strength of schedule you need because you play in a major conference? Doesn't make sense.
As long as we don't have a playoff installed major conference teams will always avoid scheduling multiple powerhouse teams at the beginning of the year because it's an unnecessary risk to take...I don't blame any major conference team for that whatsoever...IT'S SMART.
To all on this blog who have dismissed the Big XII as a weak conference and propped up the SEC and Big 10 as so tuff how is it the the Big XII and the ACC were the one's who tied for the most wins in the bowl challenge with two of the Big XII's losses coming by a total of 6 points???
You could write a book in response but in the end the proof is in the pudding...and if it's true that you beat eachother up and that's the only reason why your regular season record is so bad than why aren't you dominating your bowl games against these so called weak conferences???
OhioDave said:
posted on August 20, 2006 6:26 PM — 65.5.10.2 — link — abuse?
Tomcat, a bit testy are we? Actually Texas had 382 yards total offense against Ohio State.
You had 3 turnovers-two of which were Young interceptions. Young was sacked 3 times. And as I pointed out, after OSU decided to quit laying back and attacked Young towards the end of the 1st quarter they held him to 13 yards rushing the rest of the game. OSU also held your running backs to to 37 yards. Young had some decent passing yards (270), because he had to pass to try to move the ball. Y'all COULDN'T run from the 2nd quarter on. Your average starting position was the 20 yard line. OSU's was the 46. OSU dominated special teams play. If the OSU defense would have been allowed to attack from the opening bell, Texas probably wouldn't have broken 20 points.
The reason Texas beat Ohio State is plain and simple. Because the offense was in the worst state of disarray I've EVER seen because of the QB situation. I look for you guys to have the same situation Sept. 9. Mack Brown will be switching QB's and trying to run the ball-unsuccessfully because the QB situation won't allow the passing game to back the defense off the line. The OSU defense really had a pretty decent outing against Vince Young & the Texas offense. Some Big 10 teams put up better numbers against them last year. Michigan St put up 456 against them. Minnesota had 578. Even Notre Dame had 348. But most of these yards were PASSING yards. Minnesota put up the most with 180. But that was 100 yards BELOW their average.
OSU should win in Austin because the OSU offense should be able to score more often on the Texas defense than the freshman-led Texas offense should be able to score against the OSU defense. The Texas D is going to be facing the same kind of mobile-take it to the house running threat at QB in Troy Smith, but with a much better arm.
We also have another great set of kickers and probably the most dangerous return guy in the nation.
If your freshman QB's can find a way to get the ball in the end zone in the air a few times the game might be interesting. Otherwise your backfield is going to be facing another big, fast Ohio State defense. Especially in the middle where we have arguably the two best tackles in the nation.
BTW, in case you missed it Ohio State is 33-4-1 against the Big 12.
Tomcat said:
posted on August 21, 2006 3:43 AM — 69.152.139.90 — link — abuse?
Thanks KSUwild to compare the Big XII to big east is ridiculus.
Ohio Dave Thanks for the correction only 382 total yards against all those guys that left for NFL including Ashton Yobote- a Texan
I wont get into which conference is the best disscusion leave that to guys like So-Cal.
To have to admit that you have to earn #1. It doesnt matter what any polls say until you win you are not #1.
Texas will win because
1.The Texas Offensive line will dominate the line of scrimage
2. The Texas defense will force turnovers
3. Texas will block feild goals and punts
4. Your bench is in the sun
5. Texas doesnt know how to lose
Looks like a great early season matchup
Yall might as well get back on the bus
BTW if Ohio St. is 33-4-1 that probably contains alot of old Big eight teams KU, Mizzu ETC.
The Big XII sent 8 teams bowling
Big XII 5-3 in the bowls
The three losses
TCU 27-ISU 24 Alab 13- TTech 10 Clem 19-CU 10
Texas is 39-24-4 vs SEC
Texas is 21-11-1 vs PAC 10
Ohio Dave These names you will remember
Shipley,Kilebreu,Brown,Young,McCoy,Sweed,Ross Melton,Charles,Robison,Kindle,Griffin,Brown
Bobino,Snead,Crowder,Jones,Crosby,Obenala
Hookem Horns 41-10Ohio Dave said:
posted on August 24, 2006 4:54 PM — 67.34.204.109 — link — abuse?
{Texas will win because
1.The Texas Offensive line will dominate the line of scrimage
3. Texas will block feild goals and punts)They didn't do any of these things in Columbus so why do you thing they will do these in Austin? As a matter of fact OSU dominated the kicking game. And they had a 3-1 turnover margin.
(4. Your bench is in the sun)
I don't know what this has to do with anything since this is a night game.
(5. Texas doesnt know how to lose)
Last year is the first time Mack Brown won a big game against a tough opponent.
(Looks like a great early season matchup)
Yep.
(BTW if Ohio St. is 33-4-1 that probably contains alot of old Big eight teams KU, Mizzu ETC.)
Actually I was wrong about that record. It's actually 27-4-1. Here's the breakdown:
Texas 0-1
T Tech 2-0
T A&M 4-0
Kans St 1-0
Missou 10-1-1
Ok St 2-0
Colorado 3-1
Oklahoma 1-1
Baylor 2-0
Nebraska 2-0(The Big XII sent 8 teams bowling
Big XII 5-3 in the bowls
The three losses
TCU 27-ISU 24 Alab 13- TTech 10 Clem 19-CU 10}These stats change year to year. The Big 10 has dominated bowl 2 or three out of the last 5 or 6 years. They were 6-1 in the 2001-2002 season when Ohio State won the national championship.
(Ohio Dave These names you will remember
Shipley,Kilebreu,Brown,Young,McCoy,Sweed,Ross Melton,Charles,Robison,Kindle,Griffin,Brown
Bobino,Snead,Crowder,Jones,Crosby,Obenala
Hookem Horns 41-10)Here's some for YOU to remember, as the guys above surely will:
Smith, Ginn, Pittman, Wells, Wells, Nichol, Gonzales, Hall, Datish, Pitcock, Patterson, Wilson, Laurenitis (probably better than A.J. Hawk), Freeman, Kerr, D'Andrea, Boone...The first three especially as they will see them a lot from the back as they run away from them.Ain't this fun?
coyeote said:
posted on August 25, 2006 10:07 AM — 67.52.52.42 — link — abuse?
Ohio state is over rated. It must be a mercy ranking because the 10 has been sooo bad. Michigan ranked at 14 after loosing to the 24 ranked Nebraska team that was at best a poor team. Penn state is in the top 25 but again well below the medocre Wolverines. Ohio state should easily win their conference but then again Missouri could win the big 10 this year.
Ohio state will loose to Texas and then begin playing fluff for the balance of the year. Maybe next year they can add the University of Buffalo.
Ohio Dave said:
posted on August 25, 2006 11:51 AM — 68.215.235.32 — link — abuse?
I was watching some highlights of the Texas/OSU game last September and had forgotten some of the things OSU did to GIVE the game to Texas.
There was TE Ryan Hamby's TWICE dropped TD pass that would have put OSU up by 10 points in the 3rd quarter. (Hamby missed a block on OSU's last drive in the Penn St game causing Troy Smith to be blindsided by PSU DE Tambi Hali running full speed. Smith was turned comepletely upside down and lost the ball, stopping what was a very good 2 minute drive)
There was the muff on the kickoff by the Texas kick returner Taylor at the goal line in the 4th quarter. He ran out to the goal line and started to take a knee. But he had actually stepped across the goal line and wasn't down. The OSU return team had pulled up their coverage when the saw him start to take the knee. But he realized what was going on and ran back into the endzone away from the OSU coverage team and somehow got loose and ran the ball out to the 40 yard line instead of being caught for a safety. The referee had ran up and actually gotten between the coverage team and Taylor, put his whistle in his mouth and was getting ready to make a call when Taylor took off. The ref let the play go and since he had ran into the middle of the play he interfered with the OSU coverage team. Kudos to Taylor to have the presence of mind to take advantage of the situation, but the ref's indecision took a sure safety away from the Bucks.
Texas fans need to thank OSU for a gift that night. The way OSU played that night they may have lost to BAYLOR!
Ohio Dave said:
posted on August 28, 2006 1:16 PM — 68.215.235.32 — link — abuse?
(coyeote says:
posted on August 25, 2006 10:07 AM — linkOhio state is over rated. It must be a mercy ranking because the 10 has been sooo bad. Michigan ranked at 14 after loosing to the 24 ranked Nebraska team that was at best a poor team. Penn state is in the top 25 but again well below the medocre Wolverines. Ohio state should easily win their conference but then again Missouri could win the big 10 this year.
Ohio state will loose to Texas and then begin playing fluff for the balance of the year. Maybe next year they can add the University of Buffalo.)
I want some of what he's been smokin!
Missouri would be another Indiana or Illinois in the Big Ten.
If Ohio State is overated, the Big 12 so much better than the Big 10, Missouri could win the Big 10 and all that, explain Ohio State's 4-0 record in BCS bowls-including a National Championship win over a Miami team that was supposed to run up & down the field on them and blow them out, the mass of NFL players they've put into the draft in the last few years, their easy blowouts over every Big 12 team they've played in the last 10 years (with the exception of the Texas game they gave away last year), and their 27-4-1 record against the Big 12 (maybe you missed that).
If you were intending to aggitate & aggrevate I can accept that. Friendly banter is what makes sports so interesting.
If you're serious then it seems I'm not dealing with someone who knows much about college football.
The NFL is ok, but give me college football anyday!
Tomcat said:
posted on August 28, 2006 5:02 PM — 69.152.139.90 — link — abuse?
Hey Ohio Dave I've watched the game numerous times as well and you can always make excusses after a loss and you can always refer back to the 01 team or whatever.I dont know about Mizzu winning the Big X,however they did beat Nebraska and South Carolina.I cant beleive your not happy with your teams performance in last years game.I thought it was a great game and a great matchup.
I made reference to your teams bench being in the sun.Yes it is a night game, it doesnt get dark here until around 9:00 pm and even after dark its pretty darn hot. Right now the coolest part of the day is about 5:30 to 6:00 am and its still 82 degrees. In the afternoon at 7:00 pm it is 102 degrees and your bench is in the sun.By halftime it will cool down to about 95 to 98. Right now its 108 in the shade.
Hookem-Horns 57-3Diggs the Mountie said:
posted on August 28, 2006 5:26 PM — 68.34.52.84 — link — abuse?
Tomcat, here is the breakdown of WVU vs. all conferences since its inception to the Big East.
ACC
9-12BIGTEN
1-4C-USA
7-2
MAC
11-0-1SEC
2-2WAC
1-0AND FINALLY
BIG12
2-2
WVU has not played a PAC10 team... sadly in my own opinion.... since the inception. WVU also has a 2-0 record against the BigWest when it was still around... just figured I wouldn't include it in this particular post..."no disrespect to anyone". Anyway I can't speak for all of the BIGEAST... but I think WVU is holding its own in my opinion. How about yours?
Bring Brady Back MgoBlue said:
posted on August 28, 2006 5:49 PM — 216.46.213.111 — link — abuse?
Sorry to say Tomcat but you are playing against cheaty pants Mcsweatervest! It was a Vince miracle win last year! chances are Ohio state will pull out a win this year if only becouse of their coach! ya better watch him!
OHIOMAN said:
posted on August 31, 2006 12:12 AM — 71.136.226.90 — link — abuse?
Tommy Boy,
After 9/9 Texas is going back to being their usual underachieving selves. Mack Brown is going to go back to being the guy with the best talent in the conference who manages to finish third (and who everyone in Austin wants to kill). Did you see the Fiesta Bowl? Your kids are good but your defense will collapse in the fourth quarter from being out on the field the whole game. You'll get about 130 yards rushing for all backs for the entire game. Frankly, I think Opie the quarterback will have more success throwing than most people give him credit for but if you think you are going to run successfully or, God forbid, control the ball and win the field position war - you're living in a dream world.
Last year you won it all. As a Texas hater (newly minted last Sept) I have to admit that VY was the greatest college football player in history (my opinion). I mean the guy was a freakin' ghost - I've never seen anything like him. If you think you scare anybody this year you need to stop sniffing airplane glue.
108 in the shade? Come down to your house? We will brother, and we're gonna take a huge damp on the living room floor an wipe our ass with the drapes. The fact that it's 108 will just make it stink that much more. I live in San Diego - look me up when you guys come out for the Holiday Bowl.
Ohio State 27 Texas 6.
Jody said:
posted on August 31, 2006 7:26 PM — 140.158.80.18 — link — abuse?
Texas lost Vince Young, but...i think we will still go undefeated again this year. They recruited Deon Beasly from West Orange Stark as a back, but i have a feeling he will end up in the QB position later in the season after maybe 3 or 4 games. I personaly know Deon cause i went to school with him since we were freshmen in HS, hes a Vince Young repilca...no joke!!
Ohio Dave said:
posted on September 1, 2006 6:59 PM — 68.215.235.32 — link — abuse?
Tomcat, the OSU defense played great and the Texas offense had a less than impressive performance in the 'Shoe. If it weren't for the athletic play of Young in the 1st quarter the Texas offense looked downright medicore. Remember my repeated references to the Texas running backs being held to 37 total yards?? Explain that one.
The OSU offense stunk the place up. One of the worst performances I've ever seen from an OSU team. They telegraphed almost every play. When Smith was in, it was QB run off the right side. When Zwick was in it was pass. And except for the one long pass to Santonio Holmes that resulted in OSU's only TD they didn't try to throw down the field hardly at all. They did the same thing against Penn State and they lost that one too. It wasn't until after the Penn State loss that the coordinators decided to just let them play. Smith started throwing the ball and Antonio Pittman took off on his 1300 yard rushing season. The Texas game was full of miscues by the OSU offense. A dropped TD pass, the referee assisted missed safety opportunity on that kickoff, Zwick's fumble on his open field scramble while carrying the ball in the wrong hand-something every QB should know not to do...
Ohio State gave a game away they should have won by a comfortable margin. You Horns fans should be thankful because it help send you to Pasadena.
BLEED'N BURNTORANGE said:
posted on September 6, 2006 10:06 PM — 70.125.150.132 — link — abuse?
aLL yalls comments are a bunch of garbage. Texas is so deep at every defensive position its not even funny. Colt McCoy and Jevan Snead are two of the best QB's in the NCAA. oh and tommie trojan. you dont know spit about texas football. the state of texas produces football players like we produce cotton and oil. you watch a texas or a texas A&M game on saturday night. all fifty-thousand of those crazy fans are just a small dose of what texas football is really about. here in texas FOOTBALL IS KING BABY. Texas football is legendary around this country. every person from every town from odessa to port lavaca. from el paso to ganado, the whole town goes to watch the game. driving hundreds of miles to fill the stands. little towns bring in thousands of fans from surounding areas just to watch some smash mouth football. texas football. the way its supposed to be played. so dont give me this "its the same in nebraska"nonsense. just trust me. it aint
Ohio Dave said:
posted on September 11, 2006 6:56 PM — 67.34.200.39 — link — abuse?
Well...that's about that. The OSU defense looked pretty much the same as they did against Northern Illinois. They gave up some yardage in the middle of the field, but Texas couldn't run the ball in the redzone putting the heat on Colt McCoy. They started hitting him towards the end of the 2nd quarter and that rattled McCoy (including the hit put on him by OSU lineman Richardson that was flagged for a personal foul...ridiculous. He hit him just as the ball was let go, his head was completely upright and the only "helmet to helmet" contact was Richardson's facemask on the side of Colt's helmet. It was a textbook wrap-up tackle. That was a TERRIBLE call on 3rd down that gave Texas a fresh set of downs 1st & goal).
The "weak & rebuilding" Ohio State defense held Texas to 7 points. Northern Illinois scored 12. Stat-wise the Ohio State defense. didn't have anymore trouble agaisnt Texas as they did against NIU.
And as expected the Texas secondary couldn't handle Troy SMith and the OSU recieving corps. If Tressel hadn't pulled back the reins on the last couple drives to eat up the clock Smith, Ginn & Gonzales probably could have laid a couple more scores on Texas.
I am really surprised that Texas didn't mount a better game at home. It was easier for Ohio State than I thought it would be. But, I think it proved that last year Vince Young WAS Texas and was the reason they won the title. It should only be because the Big 12 is in a down period that Texas has a chance to win the conference. Oklahoma looks as average as they did last year, Texas Tech hasn't shown much defensive capablity, Colorado is TERRIBLE and only Nebraska looks like they are moving up in the conference. But they haven't played anyone yet.
ColtMcoysDaddyIsUpsetWithHim said:
posted on September 11, 2006 8:56 PM — 24.208.188.16 — link — abuse?
Yea Bleed. Awesome. Colt McCoy was great. Two best quarterbacks in the NCAA? They aren't even two of the best freshmen in the NCAA. Also, 50,000 crazy fans? We rock 105,000+ in the stands at Ohio Stadium. And we are literally crazy; which I apologize for, if you were one of the people that got a chair thrown through your windsheld, or had a disparaging comment about your mom yelled at you after we lost last year. Only Ohio State can frustrate an opponents coach so much he gets a fever blister on his lip DURING the game. It's 2006 & nothing's changed- OSU football is still on top (except for the in late 80's when John Cooper was coach & we couldn't beat Michigan at all).
Tomcat said:
posted on September 12, 2006 5:44 AM — 69.152.139.90 — link — abuse?
What a great matchup, who would have known that a game scheduled fifteen years ago would be between #1 & #2.We split the series with each team losing at home.We are 44-4 at home in eight years.If your going to lose one early it might as well be against the #1 team.
I dont know where the figure of 50,000 fans comes from, the attendance figures are over 85,000. The fact remains that Texas has the best winning percentage in the NCAA over the past five years.
Yall shoudnt have any trouble with Iowa.After Penn St it looks pretty good for yall.The big one with the Wolverines and you could possibly face USC or maybe a rematch with ND.OU Fan said:
posted on September 12, 2006 8:58 AM — 69.179.197.88 — link — abuse?
Bleed N Burntorange, are you from Nebraska? Because if you are not or have never lived there, then who are you to say that football isn't big in Nebraksa? I am from Oklahoma. High school and college football are huge in Oklahoma. As a matter of fact, high school and college football are huge all over the d@mn south. I currently live in Alabama and have seen it for myself. So sorry bud, but there are other states in the country that football is just as big. The reason Texas produces so many footall players is because it has a population of 22.8 million. I can't wait to see the Longhorns lose in Dallas and the Sooners defense knock Colt McCoy on the ground!! Go Sooners!!
Ohio Dave said:
posted on September 22, 2006 10:49 PM — 68.19.1.99 — link — abuse?
Hmm...wonder where coyeote & BLEED N' BURNTORANGE are??
I think EVERYONE who was saying the Ohio State defense is going to be weak is retracting what they said now...even Ohio State hater ESPN's Mark May.
The OSU defense faced a once-in-a-few-years gifted running back in NIU's Garrett Wolfe (he has 630 yards rushing in THREE GAMES this season), and a very good rushing team in Texas. Those two put up some yardage BETWEEM THE REDZONES on the OSU defense, but NIETHER team got in the endzone on the ground. The OSU defense held Cincinatti to MINUS 4 yards rushing last week and they seem to be back to Tressel-ball. And linebacker James Laurenitis is looking to be as dominating a force as A.J. Hawk, and may actally be BETTER than A.J. when his career at OSU is over.
OSU is allowing 8.7 points per game (10th in the nation), and once the defense begins holding the rest of their oppenents under 100 yards per game for the rest of the season they should move into the top 5 total and against the run.
So don't feel too bad Texas fans. You guys were beaten by the best team in the country.
Bevo boy said:
posted on October 13, 2006 10:47 PM — 152.163.100.196 — link — abuse?
Ohio Dave, you make some nice points. Although, from what I heard and I hear a lot about about TOSU (why are they called THE Ohio State University, anyway?) living in eastern Indiana, they said that their defense would be weaker than last year, not that teams like NIU would be better on defense. They are the best team right now, but they should still keep their eyes on Texas. Mack Brown proved he could win a big game without Vince Young and Colt McCoy showed maturity in the Red River Shootout, throwing two TDs after having a bad first half against an Oklahoma defense that finally started to live up to its hype. Texas will have a couple more big games but nothing that they should be overly-concerned about. All of the top 5 teams have at least one big game left, and if they slip up, Texas could get a rematch against TOSU. And if they do, you buckeyes had better watch out, the Texas offense is like a whole new team. Hook'em Horns.
Wisconsin Badgers said:
posted on October 14, 2006 8:52 PM — 69.128.211.132 — link — abuse?
how bout u all just get a real division like the big ten or sec. they are the only divisions alomost impossible to go undefeated. And michigan can suck my cock they were horrible last year and have the same team return and start out at like number 10 thats bs. wisconsin loses one game this year and are still only number 25 and have murdered everybody except michigan.
Ohio Dave said:
posted on October 15, 2006 5:48 PM — 68.158.180.2 — link — abuse?
Well Bevo boy you're the first Horns backer to show up here after Texas was disposed of by Ohio State.
Yeah, Colt seems to be coming on. But aside from Ohio State Texas hasn't played anyone yet. Including Oklahoma. The Sooners haven't been much since they were blown out by USC in Jason White's last season. And without Peterson they will be doing good to win 7 games the rest of the way out. As a matter of fact it seems the Big 12 as a whole is really down this season. They aren't much stronger top to bottom than the Big East. But the Big East still has 3 undefeated teams.
I would imagine that Texas will probably win the Big 12 this season since they seem to be the only Big 12 team that's even close to the top Big 10 or SEC teams. And the way the media seems to continually overank Texas & Oklahoma every year it's not a stretch to see them make it to the Fiesta Bowl over a one loss Big 10 or SEC team.
The Texas offense has looked good in every game they've played this year EXCEPT the Ohio State game. Yes, McCoy is getting more confortable in the Texas offense with his playing time, but the Ohio State defense is also getting more comfortable with their playing time. McCoy couldn't do it against a young OSU defense and their early zone defensive schemes which were designed to protect their relatively inexperienced defensive backs, so what makes you think he would do any better against the OSU defense after the DB's have a full season of play and are now starting to play more pressure & man coverage allowing the linebackers to stay closer to the line and bring more pressure and run stopping presence?
The OSU defense starting out suprisingly good-good enough to hold Texas to 7 points (which should have been only 3 points thanks to that completely ridiculous 3rd down "helmet to helmet" personal foul call on Jay Richardson that gave Texas 1st & goal late in the 2nd quarter), and good enough to be holding their opponents to just 9 points per game.
So dude, sorry. But if Texas and Ohio State meet again at the end of the season it will probably be a lot worse than 24-7. Troy Smith would pick the secondary apart AGAIN and McCoy would probably throw another pick or two. AND Texas wouldn't get anywhere near as many rushing yards on the Buckeye defense.
Bevo boy said:
posted on October 19, 2006 7:16 PM — 64.12.116.199 — link — abuse?
Again, Ohio Dave, you do make some nice points. It's very easy to see that you have really been paying attention to Ohio State this year unlike most of their fans in my area who can't tell anyone more than Troy Smith is the qb, Tedd Ginn is a receiver, and their undefeated. But you seem to be forgetting something about the Texas secondary. Marcus Griffin had his first big start against Ohio State, even though he had received quite a bit of playing time last year, and Deion Beasley is a freshman. So we had some issues in our secondary, too.
But maturity has a bigger impact if it's the quarterback than the secondary. The quarterback is running the entire offense, where as you can pretty well cover up holes in the secondary if you have a good linebacker or two, which you have in Laurenitis. Also, the receivers for Texas are getting some chemistry with Colt McCoy. That will make all the difference, we won't try to run too much with Selvin Young and Jamaal Charles.
The experience that Deion Beasley and Marcus Griffin have gotten throughout the season will help the Texas defense enormously. Troy Smith won't be able to use Antonio Pittman to help him out if he has a bad day. The Texas defense was able to shut down Pittman just like they did Peterson, who only had one good run for 31 yards and a touchdown. And now your thinking that the only reason Texas stopped Peterson was that they solely devoted to stopping the run, right Ohio Dave? Well, if you didn't notice, Texas had two INTs and forced two fumbles. So the defense is right there with O$Us and if McCoy plays well and Billy Pittman doesn't make a boneheaded play near the goal line that cost Texas points early on, lost McCoys confidence, and lost momentum. So Texas now is an even match for O$U, just didn't have the maturity that they needed to face a team like OSU. If they do meet again in the title game, it will be a classic. Hook 'em Horns.
irishdude said:
posted on October 27, 2006 10:45 PM — 64.12.116.199 — link — abuse?
to$u sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tressel pays his players just ask smith and clarret... oh wait he's in jail nice job jimmy
to$u sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tressel pays his players just ask smith and clarret... oh wait he's in jail nice job jimmy
to$u sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tressel pays his players just ask smith and clarret... oh wait he's in jail nice job jimmy
yo ohio dave why are you and all of your suckeye butt buddies invading a texas site??? you guys suck wang. why is ur game against minn (3-5) (0-4) considered a big game?? cuz u suck!!!!!!!!!!!!! btw im glad to see tressel gave some booster money to thad so they can go on probation too!!
p.s. YOU SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
irishdude said:
posted on October 27, 2006 11:10 PM — 64.12.116.199 — link — abuse?
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the suckeyes suck
they really do
the sooners suck
they really do
charlie weiss is fat
he really ismy kid who sucks
i said the suckeyes do
they really do
he asked what a homo is
i said oklahomo
they really are
he asked who is fat
i said charlie weiss (he ate my banana)
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Greg said:
posted on January 30, 2006 9:12 AM — 216.206.26.130 — link — abuse?Looks like a 10-2 season at best. 9/9 and 10/7 look bad.