Texas Longhorns - Road to the National Championship Thread!

[alby]

big 10 powerhouse michigan loses to nd

will ohio state be the next big 10 team to lose?

UT 3 - 0 OSU

[Drbio]

Vince Young looked like a mental midget on that play. Why in the heck would you throw a floater in the middle of the field?

t.u. loses this game if Young can't get 'r done.


13-10 OSU

[u2sarajevo]

The wheels are flying completely off.

[alby]

Halftime

UT 10 - 16 OSU

UT: 2 turnovers
OSU: 0 turnovers

after two bonehead plays that led to the turnovers on their own side of the field, the ut defense thankfully held them to just 2 field goals..

go horns

[alby]

NEVERMIND!@

after ohio state's stupid decision to kick the ball short AND a late hit penalty with 30 seconds left..

the longhorns took advantage, drove the ball the field, and scored a fieldgoal (off the post)

halftime

UT 13 - 16 OSU

[Five-ofan]

The key will be whether or not davis tightens up and takes the ball out of vinces hands. I cant believe im saying this but ut hasnt run the zone read enough. They cant get scared and get overly conservative though. Great game so far. glad we r playing a horrible team so i dont have to miss the ut game.

[MavKikiNYC]

Vince Young reminds me of Stephon Marbury.

[alby]

turnovers

ut - 3
osu - 0

the ut defense AGAIN holds them to a field goal...

UT 13 - 19 OSU

[Five-ofan]

vince is 18-2 as a starter how is that reminiscent of marbury?

[alby]

UT 16 - 19 OSU


(what a waste of a first and goal...)

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: alby
UT 16 - 19 OSU


(what a waste of a first and goal...)

..can't continue to shoot yourself in the foot.... turnovers and a 5 yard penalty on first and goal... VY's making mistakes on deciding when to handoff and when to keep the ball.

[alby]

UT 16 - 22 OSU

the longhorns AGAIN hold them to a field goal

what a freaking hit by griffin!! (after getting burned all game long)

[Five-ofan]

Why havent we seen melton? We need to give the ball alot on the next possession just to get the linebackers to not key on vince quite as much

[alby]

agreed. using vince as a decoy right would pay good dividends..

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: Five-ofan
Why havent we seen melton? We need to give the ball alot on the next possession just to get the linebackers to not key on vince quite as much

It makes it easier for the linebackers to key on him out of the shotgun.

Another bad penalty.

[Murphy3]

..bad pass by Young.

[Murphy3]

Texas special teams are terrible....TERRIBLE

[alby]

just wondering..

does college football not have the defensive induced false start penalty that is in the nfl? because the osu players have gotten the longhorns to false start a couple times now

[MavKikiNYC]

Originally posted by: Five-ofan
vince is 18-2 as a starter how is that reminiscent of marbury?

He amassed that record while not playing a lick of defense.

[Murphy3]

...If I were a running back, I'd hate to constantly have to run out of the shotgun set.

[alby]

Originally posted by: Murphy3
Texas special teams are terrible....TERRIBLE

then u see osu's punt roll to the 1 yard line, sigh...

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: alby

then u see osu's punt roll to the 1 yard line, sigh...

Yep, they were afraid to make the catch.

[Murphy3]

VY misses another open receiver....terrible pass.

[alby]

that screen had int return for a touchdown written all over it, phew..

[Murphy3]

UT play calling is abysmal.....The worst thing is the freaking shotgun all the damn time.

[alby]

Originally posted by: Murphy3
UT play calling is abysmal.....The worst thing is the freaking shotgun all the damn time.

especially coming out of their damn endzone damnit

[Murphy3]

VY's great in relatively open space, but when he doesn't have a clear line of vision, he seems to struggle.

[Five-ofan]

uts D has been great but they need a big play and by big play i mean a turnover something to change momentum. I got a feeling all these field goals may come back to bite osu in the ass

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: alby

especially coming out of their damn endzone damnit

Running a screen in that situation means that you don't have confidence in your QB to hit an open receiver 7 yards down field.

[alby]

i hope you're right

the turnover battle is still 0-3 in favor of the buckeyes

[alby]

Originally posted by: Murphy3

Running a screen in that situation means that you don't have confidence in your QB to hit an open receiver 7 yards down field.

i think part of it is also not having faith in your receivers, which i think is a huge mistake on the part of mack and company..

[Five-ofan]

the throw to thomas on the run was almost perfect the second one i mean. on the run it was a catch that thomas needs to make. UT needs another playmaker. I thought it would be sweed but what happened to shipley and why havent we seen melton

[alby]

someone PLEASE pull the derrick johnson play and punch the ball out, the osu players are holding the ball so low...................... damnit

[alby]

if ut wins this game, vince young needs to buy steak dinners for everyone on the defense...

[Murphy3]

Originally posted by: alby

i think part of it is also not having faith in your receivers, which i think is a huge mistake on the part of mack and company..

....it's not the receivers... They are fine.
They've had a solid game today.

[alby]

FINALLY a third down conversion, and a quarterback-like throw by vince...

[alby]

Originally posted by: Murphy3

....it's not the receivers... They are fine.
They've had a solid game today.

its not whether they had a solid game or not.. its respect from the coaches or lack there of, which ultimately falls into playcalling

ALMOST ANOTHER FUMBLE DAMNIT

[alby]

all of the snaps are below vince young's knees

4th and 23

at least we gained some field position

[alby]

i think i can kick a football longer than mcgee, seriously.

[Five-ofan]

that was the chance for the big play. we need to put the ball in taylor's hands without having a pitch from charles being involved.