On the Verses Network. A network of poetry or some shit. This game will be like 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' for Wyoming.
Oh. Versus. As in two teams pitted against each other. Or some shit.
As one of only 3 people in the continental United States who actually has this network, I get the task of liveblogging the game. Exciting!
Looks like Versus has quite the preview up on their website (they have a a website). So you can entertain yourself for the next four hours or so by reading a talk show host in Salt Lake City and a graduate student at Wyoming.
She's Laramie hot.
And we're live.
We look fast and aggressive on defense. Quick three and out for Wyoming.
Bad throw by McCoy on 3rd and 4. If you're relying on the receiver juking his man, you can't make him leave his feet to catch the ball.
Wyoming picks up a first down, and the crowd goes something very close to wild. They pick up another.
MissouriWyoming running against our nickel.
Acho gets cut, gets up and makes the sack. Great effort. Good coverage allows you to do that.
I'm no Dick Lebeau, but we will shitstomp these guys if we make the qb throw anything more than a curl.
Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote. History will judge whether or not that was the correct decision.
Three and out for Texas with two incompletions. But Wyoming roughs the punter for an automatic first down.
Dave Christensen is either wearing a snake or a Chinese finger puzzle around his neck.
McCoy looked very uncomfortable on that option play. And he's not his usual accurate self. Most OCs would maybe call some running plays.
Wyoming isn't blitzing 34% of the time or whatever so we're not sure what to do on offense.
Lindy Thackston is Laramie hot.
Blake Gideon 'is the big hitter in the secondary.' Somewhere in Houston an enraged Texas fan just threw their Zima at the tv.
Gideon jumps a route...and drops the interception. Good read though.
Colt is 6-11 for 35 yards at this point. Three and out again. Our offense is horrible at this point. Wyoming must be doing what we didn't expect.
Another great play by Acho. Kindle gets a hit on the qb, but Wyoming gets a first down.
Quarter. We Vondrell McGee averaged 6.8 yards per carry, and McCoy averaged 3.2 yards per completion.
Joe Beninati is a mob accountant.
Houston is up 10-0 on Oklahoma State.
Vasherized is in Laramie, but he's at some 'Brokeback Mountain' reality tour. Hopefully he'll give us updates.
Our running game is an abomination.
That was the dumbest fucking call in the history of football by Brown.
That was the worst fucking call in the history of football on Brown.
"Dave Christensen on the prowl on the sidelines."
Thank God for Will Muschamp.
Michigan up 14-3 on Notre Dame after one quarter.
Nice kick return by Malcolm Williams, bulling his way to the 37.
We're determined to attack the sidelines. And as soon as I type that we complete a pass to Kirkendoll down the middle.
Charlie Tanner has had a great drive. His man pressures McCoy on first down, and then he steps on McCoy's foot for a loss of four two plays later.
Fucking Adam Ulatoski just jogging around while McCoy scrambles to his left. McCoy fumbles when he should have just thrown it away. That's what happens when you try to force things.
This whole game is a fucking abortion.
Oh shit. They're blaring Cher's 'If I Could Turn Back Time' over the loudspeaker.
Just got a text from Vasherized. 'Bucked off a guy who looked like Festus Haggen.'
Wyoming gets pressure by rushing two guys. Two. Field goal makes it 6-3.
The good news is that Wyoming won't score again unless we try a fake 95 yard field goal or something.
Getting texts from ChrisApplewhite.
'Davis is getting worked.'
'Worse than usual.'
'Wyoming is running the same coverage over and over.'
Oh yeah? Well rpongett will prove that they only ran the same coverage 94.8% of the time.
And BC goes down. That's what we get for using dial up.
Our offense is horrible. Wyoming does cover two with their corners playing eight yards off, and we continually go horizontal.
And we're back.
Great fucking play by Keenan Robinson. Takes on the guard with his inside shoulder and wraps up the quarterback short of the first. He's like a linebacker and shit.
McCoy is horrible. He must be thinking about fly fishing or something. We convert a big third down that is erased on a bullshit holding call against Chris Hall. That dude doesn't even curse.
Wow. Wyoming blocks a punt for a touchdown. 10-6. echeese is blaming this on Muschamp.
Two quick first downs to Shipley. We're past midfield.
Houston up 24-7 on Oklahoma State.
Great run after the catch by Kirkendoll. He fooled more white dudes on that play than Mumia Abu-Jamal. 13-10.
Christensen decides to kneel the ball and run out the clock. Mack Brown agrees with the call. It's windy in Laramie.
Brown just said that it was Justin Tucker's decision to run the fake punt.
Halftime stats.
McCoy 17-129 166 yards 1 td 1 int
Benjamin 9-23 58 yards
Texas rushing 17-71
Wyoming rushing 15-41
But we've gifted them 10 points in the kicking game.
DJ Monroe returns the second half kickoff to the Wyoming 40.
We come out in no huddle and pick up two quick first downs. McCoy looks a lot more comfortable running that option and it's 20-10.
We get John Chiles the ball in the worst possible way. He can't juke anyone yet we call a play that requires him to do just that. And he doesn't run a sub 4.4 either.
Acho recovers his third fumble of the year after Aaron Williams strips it.
We hold Wyoming on a three man rush erasing a third down conversion. Our guards are not very good at helping out on inside rushes against three man fronts.
And the entire world knew we were faking that field goal.
Dez Bryant runs a punt back for OSU. 24-20 Houston.
McCoy shakes off a sack, rolls out and then hits Buckner for a touchdown.
Oh shit. Fred Akers being interviewed.
Ben Alexander just went to a Wyoming frathouse and removed a couple of cases of Miller High Life.
Kindle getting held with regularity.
OSU up 28-24 on Houston.
Our offensive line is really struggling in pass protection, but we convert on a 4th and six.
Tre Newton on an inside zone run for a touchdown. 34-10.
The defense has lost their intensity.
Houston scores to go up 31-28 on OSU.
End of the 3rd quarter in Laramie. Pretty sure Trips smokes Laramie cigarettes.
Wyoming is 1-12 on 3rd downs.
Second penalty on Chris Hall. Darn it!
McCoy and Shipley 'watch those deer hunting shows on Versus.'
"Let's talk about Karsten Sween." What does that even mean?
The new Wyoming qb apparently kept his maiden name.
Earl Thomas drops a touchdown. Dustin Earnest makes a sack and looks, dare I say, quick.
"College football on Versus is sponsored by Natty Light."
We get the ball to Chiles with blocking, and he scores easily. Hmm.
Houston now up 38-35 on OSU.
McCoy's teammates said his moustache made him look 'like an '80s tennis player.' I'm pretty sure that's not what they said.
Gilbert now in at quarterback, and they let him throw on 2nd down. I like it.
Ben Alexander has had his best game as a Longhorn, FWIW.
And this one's done.