Red River Shootout

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 3:47 PM CDT Comment 80 comments

What a game!

I much prefer nail-biter games to the lopsided blowouts of the past. Last year's game and today's game have surely renewed this rivalry.

Congrats to the Horns on "upsetting" #1 OU. Jordan Shipley is a beast.

Congrats to the Sooners on hanging 35 on Muschamp's defense.

Solid performances by both QBs. The officiating was horrible, but I think it's a wash in the end, not favoring either side.

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Excellent game

I was just going to post an open thread since no one else had, then my screen refreshed and i saw this.

that was one of the best tx/ou games in recent years. Now to see who comes out being #1 and #2 after tonight.
Next week could quite possibly be #1 vs #2 in austin.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I give props to Texas

The refs sucked on both sides of the ball today but the Sooners D is bad. Congrats Longhorns. Good luck with Mizzou.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 11, 2008 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Where do you think OU ends up?

They’re too good to not go to a BCS game, I would think.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on how MIzzou does.

If they make it undefeated to the Big 12 Championship game and lose to UT (assuming Texas didn’t lose any other games), they would be the second team.

In the very possible event that Texas loses 2 more games and it’s OU-Mizzou in the Big 12 Championship game, then OU could feasibly make a BCS game if they don’t win the Big 12.

by GhettoBear04 on Oct 11, 2008 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OU

could still lose as well. They still have to play @ OSU where they’ve had problems in recent years.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Oct 11, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OU could still end up top 5

They can’t drop down that much after losing to a number 5 team in a close game.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Oct 11, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

refs

they were horrible on both sides i agree. it all started when they didnt even review OU’s first touchdown and it was plain as day he was down, you could see it as the play was happening even.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Agreed

Then the int but still I make no excuses the Longhorns beat us straight up.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 11, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

bad calls went all directions, like some of those personal foul calls when they hit mccoy, then that freaking ridiculous roughing the kicker call. I dont think i’ve seen a worse roughing the kicker call in my life.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was a good call

Just like a receiver has to control the ball throughout the entirety of the catch a defender must maintain control all the way through. As soon as he hit the ground the ball came out which is the definition of not maintaining control throughout. The fact that both referees who were there made the same call (incomplete) as soon as it happened makes me feel better about them not reviewing it.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Oct 11, 2008 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good game. I'm happy.

Mack and Colt win a big game. Yay!

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"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 3:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I still think there's a serious John Chiles problem

This kid is not a QB. But where do you put him? WR? We’re already stacked there.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 3:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Running Back.

"until they are good, they are not good" - seth

by Chase Irwin on Oct 11, 2008 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know

last year he made people miss, but this year he doesn’t seem to have the explosiveness or the moves to make defenders miss. He just runs right into them and falls down.

by uthornfan on Oct 12, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe Gilbert will be

semi-ready by 2010.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 12, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He should be

and he should be a redshirt freshman that year taking over for McCoy.

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 12, 2008 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

UT/Mizzou next week

looks pretty huge right about now

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Oct 11, 2008 4:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

OSU will beat Mizzou tonight.

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's a bold prediction

And if that happens, do you think OSU will give UT problems in ATX?

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

can anyone really give the Longhorns problems now?

Mizzou’s overrated as hell. OSU won’t be a problem. The Tech game is the only one I’m worried about with that offense of theirs, but UT could easily outscore them with that defense.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Oct 11, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

UT better be leary of Mizzou

They look strong.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 11, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We better be worried about all of them.

This is the Big XII, and just because we beat OU doesn’t mean that we won’t lose to someone else if we have a bad day.

We’ve gotta play every game like we did today, and if we do, absolutely no one will beat us. No one.

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Oct 11, 2008 6:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the use of the words “we” and “us” make me cringe.

exploding highfive

by sarnold on Oct 12, 2008 2:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm sorry?

Who cares?

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Oct 12, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We do

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Oct 12, 2008 10:10 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Unlike in professional sports if someone attends or is attending UT shouldn’t they be allowed to use “we” and “us” when referring to their college team?

by rcreative on Oct 12, 2008 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well in both cases

you don’t play for the team. That’s what gets on people’s nerves.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Oct 12, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

but

as a member of the school, you are a Longhorn

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Oct 13, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

but not a member of the team

you don’t put in the time. you don’t put in the effort.

exploding highfive

by sarnold on Oct 13, 2008 2:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

OSU is problematic

The past few years have been too close for comfort. That’s the biggest trap game of the season for UT, I think.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I wouldn't call that a trap game

They’re ranked as of now. I can’t imagine they’d take that team lightly.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Oct 11, 2008 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

well....

when you think about it, OSU is probably the weak team in Texas’ 4 game schedule of OU, Mizzou, OSU, and Tech (though the Raiders are doing a pretty good job of trying to prove me wrong today). It could very easily be a trap game.

In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home

by hinduplaya on Oct 11, 2008 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha, well I did think about it

But, I don’t see how that’s a trap game. You don’t overlook someone who is ranked.

But, if you want to go that way, I’d say at KU is more of a trap game than OSU at home.

I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles

by Dirk Diggler on Oct 11, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mizzou

they have a pretty potent offense, I wouldnt say they are overrated at all.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mizzou is not overrated.

They may not be unstoppable, but Chase Daniel is playing QB as well as anyone in the country. Maclin is phenomenal and their defense is good enough (although lacks depth).

by GhettoBear04 on Oct 11, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Told you chief (pun intended)

and, yes, OK State will give UT problems, as they would give any team problems…they’re pretty good, top 5 team for sure…

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hey OU

Might wanna learn how to play defense. Assholes looked like KU out there. I mean you just let people go by you, stood off the line, CONSISTENTLY let white guys beat you all day. That is simply unacceptable in my eyes.

So many DB’s could of stepped right infront of those patterns, but they were playing back and zone like pussies. Hell get a man and stick with him. Disgusting.

Lost 50 dollars on that shitty, shitty defense.

by SaltyGoesYard on Oct 11, 2008 4:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You should know

to never bet on a game like this. I don’t feel sorry for you at all. Never bet on a riviary game that is just stupid. I’m a Sooner fan and I would never bet on the Texas or OSU game.

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Oct 11, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

true

I had the same conversation with a guy at the poker table of the cruise I was on. Never bet on TX/OU. Never. Unless you’re taking the over.

At this rate, he’ll be throwing 107-110 by 2012

by trident on Oct 13, 2008 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Solid performances by both QBs.

I agree with that…Colt came out on top, and sounds like a helluva great young man, but Bradford’s gonna play on Sunday, isn’t he? What an arm.

OU was crushed by loosing their defensive QB…I can’t remember his name…

Bummer, I wanted OU to win.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2

by Rodney on Oct 11, 2008 4:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Bradford

i’d doubt he’s a first day pick…he’s Jason White with good knees.

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

bradford

thats way underrating the guy. he has nfl qb written all over him. He plays very smart.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

he can play smart, like all the OU QBs before him

like Heupel or White, but once they start critiquing him and projecting him to the NFL game, i don’t think he’ll be a high pick at all…

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

NFL

Smart doesn’t make a difference when they start measuring guys and timing them and critiquing them. If it was about smarts then Stanford QBs would be #1 draft picks every year. What it comes down to is speed, height, and arm.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Oct 11, 2008 7:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Bradford

He probably won’t come out after this year but he’s being projected as a first rounder in the 2010 class.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Oct 11, 2008 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Reynolds

The Sooners D really struggled without Reynolds in the game. Texas did a nice job of going after his replacement the rest of the game.

--Brian

by BCanfield on Oct 12, 2008 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't bode real well

for the rest of the season since he’s out. I guess they will at least be able to game plan around it moving forward, as opposed to it happening in the middle of the game.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 12, 2008 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, TT is

fitten to loose…

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2

by Rodney on Oct 11, 2008 4:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

24-24 6:06 left...

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2

by Rodney on Oct 11, 2008 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tech's annual choke

There’s no reason they should lose this game. Best pass offense vs one of the worst pass defenses… but yet they do this every year.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Tech

Getting so lucky. Making me sick

by SaltyGoesYard on Oct 11, 2008 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Holy hell

That Tech QB has a freaking cannon for an arm.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 5:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yes he does

He can run a little bit when he has to too. I watched him play in high school and I was constantly amazed at his abilities.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Football is like having a fling once a week. Baseball is a relationship." - oc

by baseballismyboyfriend on Oct 11, 2008 5:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

SON OF A BITCH

Tech so damn lucky. Dirty ass dirt people of Lubbock.

They gift wrapped that for Nebraska, and then escape…

by SaltyGoesYard on Oct 11, 2008 5:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

WTF?

Ganz threw a pick at his own 25? in OT?!?!?!?

Fuck me runnin’!

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2

by Rodney on Oct 11, 2008 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

That was Big Red being Big Fail for sure.

by chief on Oct 11, 2008 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

What a game!

I seriously can’t believe I was lucky enough to have been there. I had the time of my life, and the game was phenomenal.

Congrats to OU on a fantastic game, especially the performance by Sam Bradford and his exceptional WR’s. You guys could be equally as awesome next season, if not better.

However, I MUST give some credit to four Longhorns:
- Colt McCoy: What an awesomely played game. No picks, no fumbles, just good, hard, well-played football. The kid is UT’s leader for a reason.
- Jordan Shipley: The dude just went off today. 96 yards on a KO return for a TD, and 112 yds. receiving with a TD. He is, without a doubt, a baller.
- Chris Ogbonnaya: He stepped up when we needed it most. Say hello to our new starting RB this season, UT fans.
- Will Muschamp: The guy may not have had a shutout brewing or anything, but he did enough with his game plan and defensive talent on the sidelines to call a game worthy of holding (yes, HOLDING) OU to 35 points. As good as they were today, I believe that’s saying something.

What a fantastic day, game and atmosphere. I’m pretty sure this is going to have me on a spiritual high until… oh… next Saturday.

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Oct 11, 2008 6:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

You've pretty much described it perfectly

from someone who sat front row next to Bevo, this was the LAST result that I was ever expecting.

Texas fucking fight.

"until they are good, they are not good" - seth

by Chase Irwin on Oct 11, 2008 8:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Amen.

I was in the upper deck in the student section in 127. It was an awesome view, and all the UT students up there made for an amazing atmosphere. Luckily, having formerly been one myself, that kinda made it a whole lot of fun! haha.

I definitely was thinking the same thing you were Chase, and I’m glad we were both wrong. It’s good to be wrong once in a while. =)

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Oct 11, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOLOLOL

refs went back and reviewed a play that was 2 plays ago at the end of the Notre Dame/UNC game. WOW.

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 6:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah......uhhhh

WTF was that? They got the play off before time was halted, unless the booth buzzed down before the spike play.

Major controversy coming soon!

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2

by Rodney on Oct 11, 2008 6:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yep

i thought they were actually reviewing the last play where they were 12 players on the field for UNC…

Unbelievable that they go back to the previous play to review it…

posthocergopropterhoc
"Why bring dividing politics to this blog Adam? Why? I get enough of it everywhere else. I don’t want it on the sports blogs I read." - tasan

by Longhorn on Oct 11, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Quick story

I spent the afternoon along the Red River Valley [pics forthcoming]. Anyway, I drove back home along I-35 coming south outta Gainsville. Just north of Valley View, along the northbound service road, about 2 dozen UT guys had erected a huge “TEXAS LONGHORNS” sign and put up banners and pennants. As the forlorn OU vehicles would pass going home north on I-35 the UT guys would go apesh!t jeering them, jumping up and down and waving their beers at them. It was hilarious – triumphalism in full bloom. I wish I woulda got some pics but I wasn’t driving.

by shroomer on Oct 11, 2008 6:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

haha

thats just awesome.

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 11, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Something really weird

The connection with the OU/Tex game and FSU/Miami

2008: FSU and Texas win
2007: Miami and OU win
2006: FSU and Texas win
2005: FSU and Texas win
2004: Miami and OU win
2003: Miami and OU win
2002: Miami and OU win
2001: Miami and OU win
2000: Miami and OU win
1999: FSU and Texas win
1998: FSU and Texas win
1997: FSU and Texas win

by AdaTex on Oct 11, 2008 8:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

so, ummm

go fsu?

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Oct 11, 2008 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha that's pretty freakin' weird.

"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin

by utlonghorn24 on Oct 11, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

On a side note

UNT may have the worst defense in the history of football.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Oct 11, 2008 11:32 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yep.

Thankfully I went with some SMU buddies to the game vs Tulsa. Pretty good game. Tulsa converted a 4th and 22 I believe that absolutely killed SMU. I was very impressed with SMU. June Jones is gonna turn that team around. Sadly, the same can not be said for Dodge.

Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 59-30 to U LA LA? Come on.

by sprite on Oct 11, 2008 11:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dodge will be coaching at a 5A high school in 2010

Say whatever you want about the talent level, but he has been a disaster at UNT.

by uthornfan on Oct 12, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

No he won't

He had about 6 weeks after he was hired to recruit in 2006. His first season he was playing with the previous coaches players. In a completely different system with guys who weren’t tailored to it. This year was his first true year to recruit. All those guys are redshirting or are freshmen. Its gonna take a few years but once he gets that roster full of his players and guys who fit his system they will win. Plus now with the addition of June Jones to the metroplex he is fighting for recruits really hard. He has to deal with the big boys in Texas, OU, Tech, OSU and then the local heavyweights in TCU and now SMU with Jones. North Texas doesn’t exactly have the tradition or facilities that any of those other schools do so he is fighting an uphill battle. He has ins with just about every high school in the state due to his success at SLC. He will turn that program around but its gonna take a few years.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Oct 13, 2008 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

rankings

so texas has a good shot at #1 this week, but it will be REALLY tough to win out the next 3 games vs missouri,osu, and tech

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Oct 12, 2008 5:02 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Four top 10-15 teams in four weeks, amazing.

by Brett Perryman on Oct 12, 2008 1:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

If only Jevan Snead was still at UT

They might have won by 30.

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Oct 12, 2008 8:42 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

good for mack brown...

i’ll lay off him for awhile

by studcrackers on Oct 13, 2008 5:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

3 wins in 4 years vs OU

should get you some credit. He’s a top 5 coach in the country.

Just watched the game after being out of the country all weekend. Tivo is like the best thing ever. Incredible game, I’m so pumped for Mizzou already. My dad’s coming in town and he and I are going together, he went to Texas in the early 70s so he’s pretty rabid as well.

I hope the Jevan Sneed comment was facetious.

TEXAS FIGHT

At this rate, he’ll be throwing 107-110 by 2012

by trident on Oct 13, 2008 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs