Positive or Cynical?
Positive fan: Texas averaged 5.3 yards per carry against UCF–Greg’s a top-notch OC.
Cynical fan: Take out Jamaal’s 27-yard, 28-yard, & 46-yard run and Texas averaged 3.2 yards per carry the rest of the game. Add in two lost fumbles, and it’s clear Greg rides the special bus to work.
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Positive fan: Texas is averaging 30 points per game–Greg rocks.
Cynical fan: SMU scored seven more points than UT did against Arkansas State. Greg’s head is full of rocks.
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Positive fan: Jamaal Charles is 9th in the country in rushing yards per game. Woo-Hoo!
Cynical fan: Among the top 100 rushers, he’s 47th in yards per carry. Boo-Hoo.
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Positive fan: We’ve got two WR in the top 25 in catches per game (Nate Jones is #11, Quan is #21). Our passing attack is great!
Cynical fan: Quan is averaging 7 yards per catch (86th of the top 87 receivers), and Nate 9.25 (76th of the top 87). 45 catches, 2 TD’s between them. Malcolm Kelly of OU is averaging 21.5 yards per catch, and has 7 TD’s so far on 14 catches. Our passing game is a piss-poor imitation of Tech’s (where Michael Crabtree is averaging 14.16 per catch, and has 8 TD’s on 38 receptions). Our all-american candidate, Limas Sweed, has 5 catches for 35 yards in the past two games. Ugh.
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Positive fan: Colt McCoy has completed 67% of his passes this year–he’s picked up right where he left off last year.
Cynical fan: In the last six games of his career, Colt McCoy has thrown more INT’s (8) than TD’s (6), and went from averaging 8.33 yards per attempts his first 10 games to 7.21 YPA the last three games of 2006 to 6.11 YPA the first three games of 2007 (5.5 vs UCF). Colt’s becoming less and less of a downfield threat.
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Positive fan: Jermichael Finley’s really picking things up–he had 7 catches against UCF, one off his career high set against Iowa.
Cynical fan: And as was the case in the Iowa game, Jermichael managed fewer than 8 yards per catch. The words “offensive weapon” are oxymoron’s in Greg Davis’s 2007 offense.
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Positive fan: Texas is 3-0–and that’s the bottom line. Lots of teams would love to be 3-0.
Cynical fan: While that’s hard to disagree with, there are 31 other undefeated teams in D-1, including Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Hawaii, Air Force, Connecticut, Indiana, and Tulsa. Good company? Let’s re-visit this one after the OU game.
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More? Got some?
September 17, 2007 at 8:04 pm
P: Ten wins a season! Most in nation!
C: A conference title. A title game.
September 17, 2007 at 10:57 pm
yeah we are going to be in a title game alright, unfortunately the title of that game will be the thrifty rent a car alamo bowl…pitting the 4th place big 12 team vs. 3rd place team from conference USA…
September 18, 2007 at 7:44 am
Realist.
The next three weeks will tell you everything you need to know about this season (presuming that you didn’t already have a good idea).
The lack of coaching and guidance on this team is a freaking travesty. It’s like a classful of gifted & talented 3rd graders left without a teacher - a mass of talent in complete chaos.
September 18, 2007 at 7:55 am
While surprised that UT has struggled so mightily, something tells me that OU isnt going to be able to handle you like Miami.
September 18, 2007 at 7:56 am
“I’m levander williams.”
“No, I’m levander williams”
–…he’s about 16
…”I can show you about 16!”
September 18, 2007 at 9:10 am
Positive fan: Mack wins a lot of games with a family atmosphere.
Cynical fan: He only wins the big ones when Vince is around and this “family” is Manson like.
September 18, 2007 at 9:29 am
Coach McGrath, holla!
September 18, 2007 at 2:31 pm
“make a path for coach McGrath!”
signed,
your pussies
September 18, 2007 at 2:32 pm
LW, nice handle.
September 18, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Realistically, it’s clear where you fall, just from which side you chose to flesh out more.
Dead on imitation of each side though. Nice job.
September 18, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Superfan, I appreciate what we have today (I attended UT from ‘85-’93), but I don’t appreciate Mack & his pr crew pissing on my leg and telling me it’s raining.
September 19, 2007 at 3:32 am
CK: Well done. And, ‘89-’94, here. So, yeah I get it too that we’ve got it good, now (relatively) - I’m tired of the political answers, all the time. Admit we’ve got some real issues, damn it!
September 19, 2007 at 6:47 am
One quick note that I thought interesting.
DeSean Jackson is one of the most explosive WR’s in football. The media tells us so, and watching him return the ball on ESPN highlights you can see it.
Jeff Tedford is a wizard as an offensive schemer. That’s a given for most college football fans, right?
Yet DeSean plays WR for Jeff, and is averaging 8 yards per catch this season. On 14 catches. No TD’s.
Matter of fact, through 3 games, Cal hasn’t had a 25+ yard pass completion to any player other than a RB.
Does Jeff ride the special bus too?
September 19, 2007 at 8:11 am
Cal also averages 6.7 yards per carry with a shaky OL. I’ve watched two of their games and when they double Jackson, Tedford shrugs and runs the ball.