hey, i know you guys are basking in the nice feeling of a rose bowl win. i know i do after a big win. but i thought i'd post a link to a texas highlights video of our close game with nebraska. what nebraska did to arizona makes me feel a little better about the tight nature of our game with the nebs.
we need to complete the dismantling of the sec/pac-10 monster, and, hopefully, walk into a new conference pairing the two teams who cut them down to size. this vid only shows our highlight plays, so it isn't representative, but i particularly hope you'll take a look at a couple of guys who give me heart going into the game who weren't likely to be go-to guys by this part of the season.
what i would love to show you is an offensive lineman or two who have just come of age who can handle ndamukong suh, but, alas, we don't have such. these two guys are offensive players, though.
malcolm williams (9) is a sophomore wr who showed flashes last year and earlier this year of being a real hoss, but problems with inconsistency have dogged him. colt won't throw when he has doubts about a guy. he has seemed to find a grove late in the season, and he's becoming a big source of production. plays at 4:06, 7:38, 7:54.
we've struggled all year to find somebody at rb who can function effectively and stay healthy. rs freshman tre' newton (23) has shown the skillset and resolve we need but missed some time due to a mild concussion (don't tell mike leach we didn't play him). tre' is son of former dallas o-lineman nate newton, and came to us lightly regarded. the regarders were wrong. he had been a fixture in multiple state championship runs in high school, playing in an offensive similar to ours. he started the season way back in the depth chart, but when given the opportunity to show what he can do fairly early in the season, he responded. i like what i think he can do in the game thursday. some plays: 0:06, 2:42, 4:56. nice fake at 2:02 which drew a linebacker away from the play.
a look at the future: true freshman marquise goodwin (84) at 8:14. goodwin started the season as a track scholie football walk-on. obviously he is a football scholie now. earned his new paper in the first game of the season. watch out for him; he was a 3-star. texas and ohio state know a thing or two about 3-star players. : ) goodwin scored the late kick off td that sealed the game with the ags.
Nebraska Game Highlights
one guy on defense needs mention. soph christian scott is very good and was set to start the season beside earl thomas at safety, but he was disqualified for lack of academic progress. he has addressed the problem and will play thursday, but we doubt he sees much work at safety. probably show up for special teams. wherever he plays he might be worth watching.
one more thing. after talking about how horns like pryor and how he is doing, i saw a post over here that said just the opposite. i realized that i need to say that when i speak of what a horn fan says, i'm probably not talking about some ding dong with a keyboard, but one of the guys on burnt orange nation or barking carnival. those guys know what they are talking about, don't get caught up in silliness, and have large readership following them.
congrats again, bucks.