I Like Texas’ Chances This Weekend

If you look at the numbers, pretty much any of the numbers, the Texas Longhorns don’t have any chance of beating the Oklahoma Sooners Saturday in the Red River Shootout (as it will always be known, as far as I’m concerned). And, going into the season, I would have agreed.

But, something strange happened on the way to winning our first four games: I began to believe in this team.

Don’t get me wrong, I still think the most likely …

Predictions for the Rest of UT’s Season

After the horrible, embarrassing loss yesterday to the UCLA Bruins 34-12, what can we expect for the rest of the Longhorn season?

Oklahoma in Dallas
The team that showed up this weekend gets blown out by Oklahoma, but it’s a rivalry game, so who knows? I don’t really expect it to be close, however. Loss.

At Nebraska
This one could be bad. We’re down, they’re up, it’s at their house, and they’re very angry. Big loss.

Iowa State
We should …

The Big 12 is an Undead Conference

The Big 12 Conference is dead; it just doesn’t know it yet.

There is no question that the Big 10 Conference intends to grow. The only question is how many they add, and who they take.

On the first question, they want to add at least one team, which will give them twelve (they actually have eleven teams right now). This allows them to have a conference championship, increase their revenue, and still be part of the conversation on the …

Thoughts on Oklahoma versus Texas

I will always take an ugly win over a pretty loss. And Saturday's 16-13 win by the Texas Longhorns over the Oklahoma Sooners certainly qualifies as an ugly win. Especially the first half, where Texas managed only 59 yards of offense (compared to Oklahoma's 192). Colt McCoy was sacked four times in the first thirty minutes.