Liveblog Fiesta
by ChrisApplewhite on Jan 5, 2009 7:22 PM CST
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PrintOrakpo drew a hold on the second play of the game. I wept a little. Maybe we should join the Pac-10.
Pryor is faster than he looks. Or Muckelroy isn't.
3 and out on our first drive. That's a bad sign. We did have a good run though, which is a good sign. Great punt, too. I hope it's all defense and punting.
tOSU can't get any push but we can't rush the passer. Pryor won't have any trouble dodging one guy. I'd just to blitz but they have tall, fast receivers and an athletic QB. Puts you in a bind.
Gideon sure likes to get juked, doesn't he.
We have a great pass rush. It's weird to me. But our two worst players are killing us so far. I don't think Boeckman will survive if they use him because he'll have to be alert for two guys way faster than he is.
The first item on any Texas scouting report is "Expect run on second down." Second is "Blitz. A lot."
That's going to happen if we don't try to stretch the field eventually. tOSU covers too well underneath. We can't be running to the flat, even on short yardage downs. If you let them play man they'll get all up in your business. Show some balls!
I'm glad Pryor runs out of bounds 10 yards before he has to after we blow 6 tackles. It would be ugly otherwise.
Someone tell me why Russell Shepard can't play QB?
Our LBs are invisible. They've never had to play gap defense or take angles before and you can see they are struggling with it. It's all about the DL tonight.
Bad snap and it ruined the kicker's flow. Lucky break for us. Hopefully Muschamp pulls out a tackling dummy or something.
Cosby's catch to end the quarter was an audible. You can tell because everyone else runs the play.
So far I don't think we've thrown it farther than 5 yards downfield but once. End of quarter.
More dinking and dunking. Greg Davis would make an excellent limit poker player, though he'd telegraph his hands a lot.
2nd down run are averaging roughly 0.0 yards so far. That's a ballpark.
I'm not saying Texas should come out and just bomb everything down the field. But at some point you have to force one just to show the other team that you will. And by bomb I mean a 10 yard pass.
We are still bad at defending screens. Everyone wants to kill the QB. It's like tricking a shark into a cage with chum. Our ends aren't playing the run very well, either. It's hard to switch back to run first though.
The LBs have no idea what they're doing. This was my worry. They are 2008 defenders, not 1988 defenders. Ohio State runs their offense based on a playbook Woody Hayes left behind.
Still can't tackle Pryor. This is a little embarrassing. For them, not me. I can tackle. Unless I'm mistaken, there were only two completions this drive, a screen and a 2 yard curl. Scrambling QBs dominate.
Penalties are our best defense so far. Like 2006 A&M. Omen?
Beockmen returns, gets clobbered, incomplete. Why is he playing.
You can't throw a screen when you aren't throwing with any distance. I know this. My dog knows this. He just rolled his eyes.
Two open throws in the middle of the field. Our game plan will draw LBs closer to the line, that's for sure. Keep doing that, make the LBs drop, then you can worry about screens.
I don't like 5 wide in long yardage. It's too easy to force a quick throw, and against good tackling teams it's just a bad idea. Good thing we're not playing one.
I bet we bitch out on the 4th down but I hope not. Balls!
Balls! Should've bitched out. You know you can't run out of every situation, Colt.
Oklahoma argued that they were a better team now. They aren't. But we have gone way backwards. Lost the balance that made our offense work. We're relying on Colt too much now.
He may not have a Heisman, but Colt does not have the record for most roughing the passer penalties in a year, breaking his own record of 257 from last year.
When did Limas Sweed put on Chris O's jersey?
Quan is just a great college football player. Probably no an NFL future and he isn't a deep threat but there isn't a more important player to the team after Colt.
I almost wrote "Are we going to drive the field in under a minute?" but I didn't because every time I predict something it doesn't happen. Looks like it's a brain power and not an actual typing thing.
Half.
Barry Switzer and Eddie George are on the halftime show. It's like all of college football wanted to kick us in the nuts this year. I can't wait for the '09 Mack Revenge tour where we start kneeling with 7 minutes left instead of 11. Take that, Wyoming!
I missed the start of the 3rd because I couldn't stomach the halftime. But I did get to see the missed 3rd and 1. I am cursed. The only two plays of the second half I saw against Tech were the drop and the TD.
Fake! Balls! Spot is right on the Tostitos Xtreme Jalapeno Corn Chip Xtra First Down Yellow Corn Line Brought To You By Sears Line.
Eventually people like Charlie Tanner are going to be replaced by people like Michael Heuy and we won't have to fake punts anymore.
Let's fake two punts. That would be fun. No comment on the play before.
In the future, when all of us are gone, they will call roughing the passer "The McCoy."
Great call on the QB draw and that might be the nicest one of those we've ever run. Colt's spin actually worked for once.
OSU is having great success letting the DEs run up the field and running inside of the crease. The OLBs are playing poorly but that just makes it harder. I can't tell who Muschamp is expecting to deal with that because nobody is there.
Terrell Pryor looks like Michael from the wire.
Beanie Wells' picture looks like a mugshot, and Colt's looks like the tourist he killed.
Colt's completion percentage dropped as the season went on and teams started forcing throws to other non-Quan and Shipley receivers. Quan has some major league hands.
Running away from tSOU's linemen is a littler different then running away from A&M's.
The OL is getting abused after a god stretch of not getting abused.
The downside of the rugby punt is having it caught. Lots of running room.
Roy Miller just blasted through 3 people and ruined that play. I don't think he gets enough respect. I legitimately fear losing him. I haven't heard much from Andre Jones lately, so I wonder how much he'll give us next year in Miller's place.
Another punt. He's going to be our head coach soon. That makes me feel warm. That and the hobo wine.
tOSU's defense is worn out after playing for 7 grueling minutes tonight and guys are starting to come open.
The hurry-up is allowing us to unfurl a little bit. We're moving the ball well and tOSU can't do a thing against it. The game is moving at a pace in which Tressell's sweatervest may burst into flame.
I think Roy Miller is timing the snap. He used the same move on that sack that he did to blow up that earlier play. Squatty powerlifters didn't used to move like that back in my day.
I think an OSU WR makes a diving catch once per game. It's in their TV contract.
Hartline broken up the INT and displayed better ball skills than anyone on our team. Meanwhile Roy Miller has decided to be unblockable.
More like Jordan Shifty amiright?
We're in a good rhythym right now. We're attacking different areas of the field and we're doing it quickly and efficiently. Colt is back his old self . . . I say as he fumbles the ball. Near disaster. Losing yardage is really the death knell of an offense like ours. Colt's never balanced his scrambling and throwing the ball away very well.
Pryor just got lucky as hell on a floater. tOSU is staying in this by the skin of their teeth.They are reviewing it so I'm going to go take a shower.
The pass rush is taking hold now. I think if tOSU jsut ran 50 QB draws in a row they'd get like 700 yards.
They are just bringing in Boeckman to run two plays -- something deep and a curl or out under deep coverage.
Texas must have collectively bet on tOSU tonight. The last 5 minutes haven't gone well for them.
Gideon.
Texas is 14 points better and up by 2 right now, pending the PsAT. Lots of turnovers, penalties, and drive ending mistakes.
Good pressure again. Pryor shorts it when he has guys in front of him like the puss he is. He'd be better of just running.
I would pay money to see Pryor and Beasley in an MMA fight. I think there would be 13 slaps then someone would start crying,
The second half has gone as such that I'm not even the slightest bit nervous. I don't think it's hit me yet that it's a 2 point football game with 7 minutes left.
3 and out on the biggest drive of the game. Pryor has a poor record in these situations, but honestly he shouldn't even be in it. We don't have a closer on offense. We do on defense but Pryor's speed negates them.
That was a weird fumble, not that it matters now. I just hope we let OSU score quickly. Nice tackle Rodderick.
I count 5 RBs for OSU in the last decade named Wells.
11-2 is not so bad, considering.
Texas should let them score here. Not kidding. We lose if we stop them.
Looks like Texas got the memo. In other news, nice last ten minutes, crew.
Offsetting PI? I don't think I've ever seen that before.
OSU TE's have a bad habit of dropping stuff in the endzone against us.
Colt McCoy just tried to throw a hot read through 3 people in a line from Colt to Shipley. Something tells me they were prepared for that.
Not sure what happened on that spot but the refs missed it early on. Kirkendoll pretty clearly had it. I'd be pissed if I was Tressell, too, though.
When tOSU's fans were cheering when they scored, I was thinking that they were being a bit premature. Since there is like 5% internet penetration in Columbus I will have to die knowing I can never say "I told you so."
Also, Colt to Quan. Apropos.
Oh wait, we still have to defend a kickoff. Shit. From our own 15. This has potential.
That mullet guy is going to be photoshopped like 700 times this week.
tOSU only needs like 30 yards. Not out of the question. That penalty may end up hurting.
Orakpo. Apropos.
We live with Colt to Quan and a pass rush. tOSU died with it.
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i actually like that call on 3rd to obi — it’s usually wide open
by Ron Weaver on Jan 5, 2009 7:31 PM CST reply actions
Bobino running himself out of position on Wells big run — imagine that.
by srr50 on Jan 5, 2009 7:36 PM CST reply actions
This game is going exactly as Ohio State would wish for.
by srr50 on Jan 5, 2009 7:49 PM CST reply actions
Davis is god awful. If we don’t look more than 12 yards down the field all night, we are dead.
Pryor may be the biggest pussy in college football. If we contain and make him turn it up field, he will no longer be a threat.
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 7:58 PM CST reply actions
I knew that I’d remembered correctly, and looked it up online to confirm: after the 1st, it was USC 7, OSU 3
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:02 PM CST reply actions
All of these B12 offenses are putting up numbers drastically below their season averages on offense.
Goofy 5-wide ball doesn’t work so well without everyone tacitly agreeing to play it with you.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 8:04 PM CST reply actions
That run on second down was sure unexpected. The result wasnt.
by Big Horn on Jan 5, 2009 8:06 PM CST reply actions
Each of the announcers could afford to chug a RedBull & Vodka to (1) wake up, and (2) improve their coverage.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:08 PM CST reply actions
That’s because Baylor and Iowa State didn’t make the a bowl.
by ChrisApplewhite on Jan 5, 2009 8:09 PM CST reply actions
I get that the numbers will skew lower in the bowls than the season average for that reason… but we’re not talking a 4-5 points.
Missouri: 20 pts below their average (in regulation)
Tech: 10 below
OKST: 10 below
Nebraska: 10 below
Texas well on its way there…
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 8:13 PM CST reply actions
I have always wanted to give Blake Gideon the benefit of the doubt being a young kid, but he looks awful tonight.
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 8:15 PM CST reply actions
I have always wanted to give Greg Davis the benefit of the doubt…. oh, who am I kidding?
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:18 PM CST reply actions
that was muck that screwed up on Beanie’s run, but Gideon isn’t exactly setting the world on fire.
by chitwood on Jan 5, 2009 8:18 PM CST reply actions
Ironic that Terrell Pryor is (1) a huge gainer, and (2) responsible for stopping first downs: at the same time.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:19 PM CST reply actions
gideon is a smaller derry. both white and slow. and greg davis is back folks!
by Groundhog Day on Jan 5, 2009 8:23 PM CST reply actions
It is a good thing that Tressel is as big an offensive idiot at Greg Davis
by srr50 on Jan 5, 2009 8:25 PM CST reply actions
I’ve always worried that a 1-2 punch of Beanie and Pryor would be a handful for our defense. Why can’t we contain Pryor and WTF was that with Muckleroy willfully engaging with the lineman at the expense of the Well’s bust-a-run? Are they talking shit at the line or what?
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 8:26 PM CST reply actions
It is a good thing that we’re facing Tressel and not Meyer.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:27 PM CST reply actions
It is a good thing that we’re facing Tressel and not Meyer.
It’s a good thing you’re facing a true freshman QB and not Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin.
Meyer’s first two offenses in the SEC were every bit as pedestrian as any of Jim Tressel’s.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 8:31 PM CST reply actions
All of the Big 12 teams have come out flat in the Bowl games
by DR.MARK on Jan 5, 2009 8:33 PM CST reply actions
These announcers even more horrid than our playcalling.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 8:40 PM CST reply actions
For a running QB, Pryor plays like a puss.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 8:41 PM CST reply actions
Luckily Pryor’s 2nd Pasquale Perez-like blooper didn’t connect.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 8:42 PM CST reply actions
20 screen passes in one half has to be some sort of record.
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 8:43 PM CST reply actions
For a true freshman, Pryor plays pretty goddamn well.
by Gene Claude on Jan 5, 2009 8:44 PM CST reply actions
I’d like to see us pickup a blitz once in my lifetime.
by kevwun on Jan 5, 2009 8:49 PM CST reply actions
I think I might throw up. We need a TD to start the 2nd half.
by Sasha_Is_A_Longhorn_Dog on Jan 5, 2009 8:49 PM CST reply actions
Somewhat harder to score in CFB when the other teams play defense and run the ball.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
Well the good news is that was about as shitty as the half could have gone and Texas is only down 3.
by commish on Jan 5, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
Colt has really looked rattled whenever he’s been pressured. Very surprising.
by hiphopopotamus on Jan 5, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
Colt has really looked rattled whenever he’s been pressured. Very surprising.
by hiphopopotamus on Jan 5, 2009 8:50 PM CST reply actions
I can’t believe we’re only down three.
Hey, you know who I think is a good WR? Malcolm Williams! He’s a very good WR!
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply actions
I know it’s only a 3 point deficit. It sure seems a lot more, though.
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply actions
It is unbelievable that people who announce sporting events know absolutely nothing about the teams involved or sports in general, even with replay.
This douche just confused Quan with Brandon Collins 3 times.
Secondarily, did anyone notice when the play-by-play announcer compared Muckelroy to Derrick Johnson because of the number of tackles Muck had this season? Are you kidding? Has this guy even watched one college football game this season?
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 8:52 PM CST reply actions
Been keeping track. 2nd down = throw 2 out of 5. ’Course one of those was a run for no gain on 1st down.
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 8:53 PM CST reply actions
This much is clear…. Fox sucks on multiple levels, Ohio St. should be killing us, and Colt’s girl is sooooo fine.
Oh sheeet… Colt just turned into Romo.
by Art Vandelay on Jan 5, 2009 8:53 PM CST reply actions
Once again, our coaching staff gets schooled. Gee, did anyone think osu might, oh i don’t know, run the ball? Not Muschamp. Gee, did anyone think osu might blitz alot? Not Davis, who might just be the most incompetent person I know in any job anywhere. No runs for McCoy? No Vondrell? No fozzy? No attempts to run the ball past their blitz? No deep throws? idiot
by RansomStoddard on Jan 5, 2009 8:54 PM CST reply actions
To sum up the first half:
Our Defense is brain dead and too slow to contain Pryor.
We are getting destroyed on both lines.
Somebody abducted Rod Muckelroy and subsituted Pee Wee Herman in his uniform.
Colt is playing like he’s a junior back at Jim Ned.
And Fuck Greg Davis.
Did I leave anything out?
by EyesOfTX on Jan 5, 2009 8:57 PM CST reply actions
As bad as that half was, we are only down by 3 and should have been tied or ahead.
If out boys pull thier heads out just a little, we ought to win.
by Big Horn on Jan 5, 2009 9:01 PM CST reply actions
Bubble screen or bust tonight. Greg Davis is killing our d the flood gates might open up with our defense not getting rest because colt and GD are unwilling to throw it deep unless it is to a running back?Wtf? Also minus 2 rushing?
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 9:01 PM CST reply actions
Been keeping track. 2nd down = throw 2 out of 5. ’Course one of those was a run for no gain on 1st down.
I’ll say again, GD has never met at 1st down marker he didn’t like, tho in all fairness, Ohio State defense is not allowing enough time for much else. The Colt throw to Kirkendoll(?) was the exception. That’s one.
C’mon halftime adjustment.
What’s with this obsession with Colt’s girlfriend? She looks a little hard to me.
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 9:01 PM CST reply actions
Eyes,
I actually thought our front 4 have been doing decent but our LBs have taken a page out of Bobino’s 2007 playbook and just velcro’d themselves to the first blocker they’ve seen.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 9:02 PM CST reply actions
That smeared stain on the turf is Muckelroy who got his weak ass royally kicked in the first half.
by RansomStoddard on Jan 5, 2009 9:02 PM CST reply actions
Eyes, you left out the fact that Fox’s coverage is directed by somebody at Jim Ned.
by Bobby Jack Akina on Jan 5, 2009 9:03 PM CST reply actions
Dig that the band is playing Zeppelin!!!
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 9:04 PM CST reply actions
How on earth to the Buckeyes only have six points?
Oh, yeah, Jim Tressel.
by Bobby Jack Akina on Jan 5, 2009 9:04 PM CST reply actions
Stairway to Heaven!!!!
We won halftime!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by EyesOfTX on Jan 5, 2009 9:05 PM CST reply actions
Eyes – pretty good summary of my feelings. And I’m pretty sure “Stairway to Heaven” was called by Greg Davis too.
by ATXHornsFan on Jan 5, 2009 9:05 PM CST reply actions
Will there be adjustments? Or should I watch the cocaine cowboys on dvr?
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 9:06 PM CST reply actions
is it 60-3 or 6-3? At least we won some ridiculous reality crap from Fox and got a little Zepplin working at half.
by Art Vandelay on Jan 5, 2009 9:06 PM CST reply actions
Muschamp has proved he can make in-game and halftime adjustments. GD…well he’s retarded.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 9:07 PM CST reply actions
Funny text from my buckeye friend regarding Jim Tressel and his offensive mind:
“Mr Field Position. In his mind we are up by 28”.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 9:08 PM CST reply actions
The LBs are strugging. They are having to do stuff they aren’t used to, like be linebackers. That one run where Muck took the wrong gap is a great example. That’s an obvious bad LB play from him.
by ChrisApplewhite on Jan 5, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply actions
….announcers talking about putting 8 in the box. You’re only down 3. Don’t give in on scheme yet. Go score here and you’re fine.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 9:09 PM CST reply actions
Oklahoma has to be wondering if they aren’t next.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:10 PM CST reply actions
This isn’t even an SEC defense. It’s fonking Ohio State.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:10 PM CST reply actions
different teams, different game. OSU knows their only chance is to keep this game in the teens. No bold prediction of conquest here, but a different scenario.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 9:11 PM CST reply actions
Different teams… no kidding. Brandon Spikes would make Laurinaitis cry.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:13 PM CST reply actions
We will score on this drive and never trail again. You heard it here first.
by EyesOfTX on Jan 5, 2009 9:18 PM CST reply actions
Story of this offense. We are more likely to convert a 3rd and 7 than a 3rd and 2.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 9:20 PM CST reply actions
Why is our fake punt up-back 7 yards deep?
Greg Davis’ play calling is an abortion
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions
3rd and 3, 2 yard out. How does Greg Davis not coach for the Cowboys?
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 9:23 PM CST reply actions
The Buckeye O hasn’t been on the field for a good hour now. Hopefully they’ve gone cold.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 9:26 PM CST reply actions
Ha. 15 plays and 6 minutes is the longest drive of the season. Jeez.
The B12 should just start each possession at the opposing 25, OT style, next year.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:29 PM CST reply actions
Huge 3rd down here… If we can stop them, it could really turn the tide.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 9:30 PM CST reply actions
Good stop for Texas there. Pryor cannot throw.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:31 PM CST reply actions
That must be the kind of qb play you’re used to in the SEC.
by kevwun on Jan 5, 2009 9:32 PM CST reply actions
James Laurinaitis might be the most overrated player in CFB history.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:34 PM CST reply actions
Through the 1st half of the Fiesta Bowl the only aspect of this game that sucks worse than the UT offense is the FOX network. They have missed at least 4 plays in the 1st half. Beyond a playoff system can we stipulate that the broadcasting network be qualified?
HornFan
by Hunter on Jan 5, 2009 9:34 PM CST reply actions
That must be the kind of qb play you’re used to in the SEC.
Ask 11-1 Texas Tech.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:35 PM CST reply actions
Quan is playing like there is no tomorrow unless he plays like there is no tomorrow.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 9:36 PM CST reply actions
Which CBs are in for Ohio State right now? Quite a marked change. Wondering if the second guy who went down is back in yet.
Maybe it’s the timing or protection…
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 9:36 PM CST reply actions
I’ll ask Tech when you tell me where Jevan Snead transferred from.
by kevwun on Jan 5, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions
Bullshit. Pryor got away with one in the first half.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions
Colt looking like Harrell in the Cotton Bowl. Used to having a lot more time to throw clearly.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:37 PM CST reply actions
3rd and 29 = run. A GD special. What a throwaway down.
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 9:38 PM CST reply actions
Colt with a lot of time to throw? Have you watched a Texas game this year?
by kevwun on Jan 5, 2009 9:39 PM CST reply actions
Run or screen is the correct call there. You aren’t going to get a first. Trying to is how you dig your hole a lot deeper.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:39 PM CST reply actions
Colt with a lot of time to throw? Have you watched a Texas game this year?
Yes. I’ve also watched B12 defensive lines.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:40 PM CST reply actions
what is the best case scenario for that run play. particularly running at the strength of the D. Between that play and Colt not chuncking earlier on 2nd, field positition and momentum were both lost.
by Big Horn on Jan 5, 2009 9:40 PM CST reply actions
Wtf? Worst game ever thank the lord we are playing tosu and not Utah or tcu and the like
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 9:42 PM CST reply actions
The D give em another 3 and out. Time to stick it in the endzone.
by Big Horn on Jan 5, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions
Pryor is zero threat to throw against a solid defense at this point in his career.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions
Rock… Buckeye D is cold as the water in the lake Colt and Jordan fish in is this time of year.
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 9:43 PM CST reply actions
Go down and score TD here and you win.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 9:44 PM CST reply actions
Tressel vs Davis in the abortion bowl.
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 9:45 PM CST reply actions
Can we give GD credit for what appears to be a working offense in the second half?
Serious question.
Was the first half just a feeler to check things out?
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 9:46 PM CST reply actions
Hurry up starting to wear down fat Big 10 players
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 9:48 PM CST reply actions
Ha. OSU is exhausted. What a total joke of a team.
James Laurinaitis is fat and white and slow.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:48 PM CST reply actions
TX now puttin the wood to Big 10 hacks on both sides of the ball
by Hunter on Jan 5, 2009 9:50 PM CST reply actions
After one of the two worst first halves of the year, we play maybe our best 3rd quarter. complete domination all the way around. Very, very nice.
by EyesOfTX on Jan 5, 2009 9:54 PM CST reply actions
Basically the perfect 3rd quarter. Looking like complete dominance both ways.
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 9:55 PM CST reply actions
Great adjustments by the Texas coaches to give McCoy some quicker routes. That delayed crossing route was taking too long to develop.
And now OSU’s defense is too tired to put up much of a pass rush.
Man… Oklahoma is going to get destroyed though. They have no idea what’s coming.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:56 PM CST reply actions
Texas_Dawg, I ain’t taking the bait. This string’s about the Texas game
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 9:58 PM CST reply actions
Hey, I’m rooting for you. But it’s going to be sad.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 9:59 PM CST reply actions
Is sideline reporter Laura Okmin hot? I can’t decide.
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 10:02 PM CST reply actions
If they can muster a long, clock consuming drive for a TD it’s over….fingers crossed.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:03 PM CST reply actions
That was the perfect play for that blitz…perfect throw too.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:04 PM CST reply actions
OSU is finding it’s hard to stand up when you lean back on your heels for too long.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions
Don’t take off the breaks.they are tired now.
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 10:05 PM CST reply actions
If anyone falls for the GD second half recovery, I will vomit. There is no “feeling out” the other team. There is only incompentence and then Major talking some sense into him at halftime.
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 10:09 PM CST reply actions
should’ve been thinking FG after loss of 8. Don’t like 2nd down call. Get to FG range, then take deep shot.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 10:10 PM CST reply actions
Is anyone ever going to figure out that the rugby punt does not work from anywhere beyond your own 40?
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions
Yes, I’m sure it was all Major at half time. Don’t particularly like Davis, but the cultists crack me up.
by chitwood on Jan 5, 2009 10:11 PM CST reply actions
Getting damned fed up with this Robiskie lucky play shit. Would like to think the D gets to Pryor soon enough for a fumble or INT…
Where is Wells?
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:13 PM CST reply actions
Sideline reporter is not hot. Sideline reporter is Ann Coulter.
by Colby on Jan 5, 2009 10:15 PM CST reply actions
Sideline reporter doing her best Holiday-Bowl-version Erin Andrews coke-head impersonation.
by Big Game Bob on Jan 5, 2009 10:16 PM CST reply actions
Meanwhile Pryor IS pulling a VY. Texas’ D is in all the wrong formations though for the downs.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:16 PM CST reply actions
This next down may very well determine the game.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions
Did we not have Chiles running the scout team this week? We get our ankle broken every time Pryor leaves the pocket and we take horrible angles.
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 10:18 PM CST reply actions
these nfl-“educated” fuckheads on fox are killing me.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:19 PM CST reply actions
Why was there no pass interference on that last pass? That shit looked catchable to me.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:22 PM CST reply actions
I’d take Harrell into a dark alley as my backup vs Pryor. What a bitch.
by WWGDD on Jan 5, 2009 10:23 PM CST reply actions
Does Texas have no way to just line up and run the ball hard to run the clock out? That sucks.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 10:26 PM CST reply actions
Applewhite, it’s not too late to get another beer. That possession took 45 secs.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:27 PM CST reply actions
Is Wells in this game or not? Perhaps too many drinks…
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:28 PM CST reply actions
We seem intent on keeping this a close game so we can get screwed in the end.
by Big Horn on Jan 5, 2009 10:29 PM CST reply actions
Almost got that fumble. Of course we had nothing to do with it.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:29 PM CST reply actions
HEre’s what Fox needs to do now. Run one of those grids where they show pass plays and completions of under 10 yards, 10-20 yards and 20+ yards. I guarantee you that McCoy is perfect from 10-20 yards and 0-1 in 20+ yards. And yet we still run the under 10 yard pass plays.
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions
Shit. This is starting to remind me of the Tech game.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions
I think we should hire the defensive coordinator as head coach. Jesus.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:33 PM CST reply actions
That is the LARGEST AMOUNT OF BULLSHIT in a ‘single’ call I have ever seen.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:34 PM CST reply actions
Ok, Colt, this is what legends are made of. Two mins and two timeouts.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 10:35 PM CST reply actions
good coaching vs average coaching. hmmm, a month for tressel to prepare vs a month for ol greg. not good. clap, clap, clap mack.
by Groundhog Day on Jan 5, 2009 10:35 PM CST reply actions
Beasley and Gideon should both be kicked off the team tonight. Jesus tapdancing Christ. I don’t even know how Gideon walked off the field with 2 broken ankles and a repeated breaded cutlet from tOSU.
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 10:36 PM CST reply actions
An OPI? Did this baseball bearded douche of a color commentator really just call it that? As opposed to a DPI? Thank fonking Dawg ESPN is taking the BCS from Fox soon.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 10:36 PM CST reply actions
I was at the Fiesta Bowl when we lost to JoePa, and this hurts so much more.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:36 PM CST reply actions
All game long Shipley has run KOs directly into the pile at the 20 yard line. Like clockwork.
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions
Oh crap. That WAS Gideon on the Pryor catch for a TD.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:37 PM CST reply actions
True freshman vs veteran horns we are fucked if we play them the next two years
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions
I have a recurring nightmare in which Gideon is a four-year starter.
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 10:39 PM CST reply actions
“finely tuned offense put together by Greg Davis”
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 10:40 PM CST reply actions
Your welcome, but really I had nothing to do with it.
by God on Jan 5, 2009 10:41 PM CST reply actions
Gideon is terrible. We’d be better off giving his scholarship to Turtle from Entourage and just letting him drive Colt and Garrett Gilbert around 6th Street picking up tail for them.
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 10:42 PM CST reply actions
Under :40, though, no more 5 yard stuff.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 10:43 PM CST reply actions
4th and 3 Greg Davis calls it safe for two and a half!
by mysterious package on Jan 5, 2009 10:43 PM CST reply actions
Just WHAT IN THE Hell do the refs have against our hurry up?
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:45 PM CST reply actions
Glad they didn’t take my advice and call a timeout….
by gingerballs on Jan 5, 2009 10:46 PM CST reply actions
GO BIG XII!!!!!!
LOL!
24 points… against Ohio State.
Man, Thursday is going to be ugly.
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 10:48 PM CST reply actions
Major fuckup by OSU defense going blitz and man with 20 seconds left.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 10:48 PM CST reply actions
Did Beasley manage to screw up again without even being involved in the play?
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 10:49 PM CST reply actions
tOSU may have the coin, but they will never have the QUAN
by Rod Tidwell on Jan 5, 2009 10:49 PM CST reply actions
My heartfelt congratulations to UT and Quan. I’m a Mizzou fan and just woke up my kids with a bellow.
by Gene Claude on Jan 5, 2009 10:49 PM CST reply actions
Who’s Billy Ray Cyrus-werewolf guy on roids they keep showing on the Horns’ sideline?
That excessive celebration call was BULLSHIT.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:50 PM CST reply actions
I haven’t heard “linebackers mugging” that much since ol’ Carl Reese
by bob on Jan 5, 2009 10:50 PM CST reply actions
Congrats on the win, guys. Best game of the bowl season so far.
by NorthDallasSooner on Jan 5, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions
Woohoohoooo! Too close for comfort, but a hell of a lot better than losing!
by blutroniq on Jan 5, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions
Sauted breaded scallops and absinthe. Whot a victory feast.
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions
Congrats UT, the Big 12 at least needed a win…no matter how
by gingerballs on Jan 5, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions
God damn. I hate Ohio State. Thank you McCoy and Cosby!
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:53 PM CST reply actions
Never a good sign when your sideline reporter looks like MAnn Coulter and ODed on tan cream.
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 10:54 PM CST reply actions
All in all a horribly called game. I am not familiar with this crew, but they sucked.
Of course I’d sense bias, but my non-Horns friends here (hence my need to comment here tonight during the most tense moments of the game) said it before I had the guts to.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 10:58 PM CST reply actions
We played like hammered dog shit, Colt picked a hell of a time for his worst game of the season, and we still won a BCS game.
The AP title was never a realistic possibility. The win is what we needed and we got it. I’m not thrilled with the performance, but the end result is just fine.
Maybe the BCS gods will start smiling favorably on us after we supply our 3rd exciting finish in 3 trips. This was by far the worst-played of the three, but still.
by Huckleberry on Jan 5, 2009 10:58 PM CST reply actions
The last two minutes reminded me of the scene from Temple of Doom where the dude’s beating heart was ripped out of his chest. Thank God it was OSU’s chest.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 10:58 PM CST reply actions
Texas can beat the other team and Greg Davis! Unbelievable!
by The Wood Shed on Jan 5, 2009 10:58 PM CST reply actions
Colt perseveres one more time.
This time defense holds serve.
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 11:00 PM CST reply actions
Hello youse guys. Jim Tressel’s phone here.
Jim doesn’t have AT&T, and so no bars here at University of Phoenix Stadium.
If Jim did, he’d have gotten the call that Greg Davis is a f-ing idiot. And Sweater Vest Boy could have crammed it up Bevo’s ass. But no, he didn’t get that call, and instead the Longhorns managed to have a horrible game plan for the entire 1st half, a suspect 4th quarter, and still beat The Ohio State University.
Maybe next time Jim.
Hook Em Horns!!!
by ATXHornsFan on Jan 5, 2009 11:00 PM CST reply actions
We finish 4 or 5 in the BCS behind BCS winner, Utah, USC, and possible BCS loser.
When do they losers at OSU get the pretentious “the” taken away from their sorry asses. They don’t count outside the bush league Big 10.
by LosHorn on Jan 5, 2009 11:01 PM CST reply actions
Apparently Jesus Christ is the real reason the Horns won, and not Tressel’s cell phone. haha.
“Colt (honey), you look good in orange.”
Gag.
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 11:05 PM CST reply actions
Big 10(11) is officially 1-6 in bowl games. They’re the major perpetrators in the BCS criminal network.
by Horn in Tyler on Jan 5, 2009 11:05 PM CST reply actions
What did Fox’s sideline reporter say to the battery?
“If you’re eveready, I’m Frito Lay (or Tostitos)!”
by BFL on Jan 5, 2009 11:06 PM CST reply actions
I can now enjoy my alcohol with a clear conscience. Being the guy who makes the work schedule means I get to sleep in after the big games.
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 11:07 PM CST reply actions
Hello youse guys. Jim Tressel’s phone here.
Jim doesn’t have AT&T, and so no bars here at University of Phoenix Stadium.
If Jim did, he’d have gotten the call that Greg Davis is a f-ing idiot. And Sweater Vest Boy could have crammed it up Bevo’s ass. But no, he didn’t get that call, and instead the Longhorns managed to have a horrible game plan for the entire 1st half, a suspect 4th quarter, and still beat The Ohio State University.
Maybe next time Jim.
LMAO!
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 11:09 PM CST reply actions
Until Terelle can win those kind of games on his own he ain’t vince
by bob on Jan 5, 2009 11:09 PM CST reply actions
Game ball goes to whoever knocked Beanie Wells in the head.
by Woody Bombay on Jan 5, 2009 11:13 PM CST reply actions
Until Terelle can win those kind of games on his own he ain’t vince
True, but then Vince was no Vince one year out of HS either. (Not that Pryor will ever be as good as VY.)
by Texas_Dawg on Jan 5, 2009 11:13 PM CST reply actions
Anybody hear this fuckhead Rodney Gilmore on ESPN…. He keeps saying we were dominated by tOSU and they shut McCoy down from going deep… Ever watched a game this yr… Doesn’t happen very often. I do believe he threw for 414 yrds and we outgained them by over 100 yrds???
by Kansas Horn on Jan 5, 2009 11:15 PM CST reply actions
Dear James Kirkendoll,
Quan Cosby will get all the glory for that final TD, but stretching the ball out beyond the sticks on that 4th down play was so unbelievably clutch it makes my balls hurt. I can’t wait to watch you play for the next 3 years. Please teach Blake Gideon how to play football during spring practice.
Love,
Dunstan Pearl
by Dunstan Pearl on Jan 5, 2009 11:20 PM CST reply actions
I haven’t read the thread, yet. I just want to offer props to Colt McCoy. I never dreamed he would be good enough to overcome the abject incompetence of Greg Davis on the big stage the way Vince did. But Colt has proven me wrong. We could possibly win a MNC with him in spite of Davis. It will difficult, but I actually think Colt can do it, now.
Hook ’em!
by DBH on Jan 5, 2009 11:25 PM CST reply actions
Flashbacks to Lubbock as far as I’m concerned. Poor first half, no running game, untimely interception throw by Colt-but, this time we only left them with sixteen seconds. The loss to Tech and tonight’s performance(with a great assist from GD) confirm we are a top 5 team, but probably deserved where we ended up. Much better end result than anyone could have ever imagined in August. Credit the team and most of the coaches for a job well done. Need to find some d lineman, a running game and more offensive audible calls for next year.
by absolut on Jan 5, 2009 11:27 PM CST reply actions
“..so clutch it made my balls hurt”.
Dunstan, that’s one of the funnier lines I have heard in a while. Well done.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 11:29 PM CST reply actions
DBH, I’m not sure. I would definitely be sure if we had won this game by 20…but GD GD called plays like a gigantic fuckstick in the first half, and it damn near cost us the game. Trying to establish the run with C.O. in the first half caused me to drink way more Crown than I was prepared to drink on a Monday night. If we had the same gameplan in Dallas on 10/11, we would have lost by 20.
I think Colt can do it next year, but he will need tremendous help from the defense. Losing 3/4 defensive linemen, we will need help. Our sacks next year will have to morph into the coverage sack variety, and folks like A. Williams, C. Scott, and B. Wells will have to learn the fucking plays so they can get on the field.
I’m very happy with the win, but pissed that we didn’t have a better game plan.
GD gets a D- and Muschamp gets a B-.
Hook ’em!
by uthookem on Jan 5, 2009 11:32 PM CST reply actions
I’ve come to the conclusion that Mack Brown knows for a fact that UT would be an unstoppable monster winning every game, every year, by 20 points if he fired Greg Davis and replaced him with the dolphin from the first Ace Ventura movie. Due to his incredible sense of fairness, he refuses to do so. Kudos, Mack.
Brian Orakpo is the answer. What was the question? Doesn’t matter. Brian Orakpo IS. THE. ANSWER. Double team with only a three man rush? Brian Orakpo. World hunger and poverty? Brian Orakpo.
Should OU do something wildly unexpected and win, any win over Florida would be enough to prove that OU was the better team by the end of the year. Had UT flat out dominated Ohio State, I would honestly be ok with a split championship.
However, since OU still has Venables coaching the defense, I am fully prepared to watch Florida whip OU stupid with more creative schemes and plays making any such argument unnecessary.
by NateHeupel on Jan 5, 2009 11:33 PM CST reply actions
Best liveblog line, ChrisApplewhite: [I]I would pay money to see Pryor and Beasley in an MMA fight. I think there would be 13 slaps then someone would start crying.[/I]
by exuLt on Jan 5, 2009 11:34 PM CST reply actions
Props to this Texas team. This senior class is a special group. We will miss Roy more than people know particularly since we have zero depth and experience. Quan is the man. Our DLine is incredible and we will miss all of those guys. Colt is the man. Our receivers are a talented group.
We need to find some Linebackers. One particular offensive lineman should not be playing as much as he is and there is a certain db that has turned into another Reed Boyd. Do I really have to watch him for three more years? I’m sorry to say but his cult of followers needs to look at his play objectively. Let’s find a way to get our best players on the field back there. If it means playing Aaron Williams at safety so be it.
Need to improve our running game and find a way to get Malcolm Williams involved. He is too talented not to get more touches and throws than that.
by Groundhog Day on Jan 5, 2009 11:37 PM CST reply actions
Awesome factoid: we’ve won 3 BCS games by a grand total of 8 points. Guaranteed ratings.
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 11:39 PM CST reply actions
First question to Mack @ press conference:
It seemed like a tale of 2 halfs out there. Did you guys make some adjustments at halftime?
How do some of these guys have jobs
by Kansas Horn on Jan 5, 2009 11:43 PM CST reply actions
Malcolm Williams should see the field a lot next year. He is the second coming of TO (strictly speaking about his play on the field) and the piece that this offense has been looking for.
by t1climb1 on Jan 5, 2009 11:44 PM CST reply actions
“Awesome factoid: we’ve won 3 BCS games by a grand total of 8 points. Guaranteed ratings.”
As pissed as I am, that is better than losing 55-19 or by two to Boise State.
Hook ’em!
by uthookem on Jan 5, 2009 11:45 PM CST reply actions
uthookem,
I’m under no illusions that it will be easy! The odds are still against him, and it could still come down to which team has the ball last and having enough clock to get it done. But Colt showed me he’s got the ‘nads and the talent. Maybe as a senior, he’ll just ignore GD when he needs to, like Major did!
by DBH on Jan 5, 2009 11:47 PM CST reply actions
All 3 of these BCS games have left me feeling like I passed a kidney stone. Thrilled as hell it’s over, but wondering if I was going to survive until the very end.
by Spawn of Cthulhu on Jan 5, 2009 11:54 PM CST reply actions
“Game ball goes to whoever knocked Beanie Wells in the head.”
No shit!
by DBH on Jan 5, 2009 11:55 PM CST reply actions
Texas came out flat as a pancake and won a football game against a top 10 opponent, in classic fashion I might add. Margin of victory is for losers and head to head is for players with twelve inch cocks. Fuck oklahoma.
by Trips Right on Jan 5, 2009 11:57 PM CST reply actions
“I would pay money to see Pryor and Beasley in an MMA fight. I think there would be 13 slaps then someone would start crying”
that game made me cry. like yer ugly cousin becky. christalmighty!
by scagnetti on Jan 6, 2009 12:03 AM CST reply actions
According to ESPN, Colt completed over 80% of his passes tonight. That’s over 80% of his passes against a very good Ohio State defense. I’m impressed. He made some mistakes, but he didn’t let them carry over to the rest of the game. Great to have a leader like that running our team.
by Sasha_Is_A_Longhorn_Dog on Jan 6, 2009 12:04 AM CST reply actions
A phrase we’ll never have to hear again: “Linebacker Aaron Bobino took a bad angle…”
Thank God we won. My brother said he was so disappointed in our play that he wouldn’t have felt much different if we’d lost. I had to take a more magnanimous approach.
If we’d lost that stinker of a game, I’d have been both despondent and furious, to say nothing of posting everywhere I possibly could about the need to have Greg Davis defenestrated.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 6, 2009 12:19 AM CST reply actions
Congratulations on the great win. We should get together and play more often.
by Jason on Jan 6, 2009 12:20 AM CST reply actions
Or “Rashad Bobino”, for that matter.
Fuck.
by CrazyJoeDavola on Jan 6, 2009 12:22 AM CST reply actions
Pretty staggering when you think that this offense despite the uninspired play calling at times, the minus 41 yards in losses on the ground, and the missed passes (i.e. Malcolm Williams deep behind the Buckeye corner) Texas still had 33 first downs, 87 snaps, 72 rushing yards, 414 passing yards, and 486 total yards against a very good, aggressive, talented defense.
Oh, and it is possible to trade secondary coaches because those db’s at Ohio State can tackle.
by Justaguy on Jan 6, 2009 12:30 AM CST reply actions
“Oh, and it is possible to trade secondary coaches because those db’s at Ohio State can tackle.”
. . . And no how to play zone and bump and run. I was impressed with the back seven from tOSU all night. If Heacock had not blitzed linebackers all night and let those guys drop into the passing lanes, we would have had more problems.
by The General on Jan 6, 2009 10:56 AM CST reply actions
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