no. that was Mack Brown getting his pants coached off by Bill Snyder, right?
Dude...that was Mack Brown's first year coaching. He didn't have the needed type of players to compete and we were playing at #5 Kansas State. Kansas State was simply light years ahead athletically and one of the elite teams in the entire nation. IIRC, that Kansas State team was knocked out of the National Championship game in the Big XII championship game. How can you possibly say he was outcoached when everyone expected us to lose that game?
he certainly didn't have very many. as it stands, before 2005, Brown's record was startlingly similar to John Cooper's tenure at Ohio State: sure, he could get the team up for the occasional big game, but he sucked balls against his rival and stunk up the Bowl games... i hope for your sake that Mack winning it all wasn't a curse in disguise. you have no idea how thankful i am in retrospect that Ohio State DIDN'T win it all in 1998. we would probably STILL be stuck with Coop...
Do you even know what Mack Brown's bowl record is? It's 5-3. I don't know what standard you expect your coaches to uphold to, but I'm pretty happy with that record. I would also go out on a limb and say that most Longhorns also mimic this same opinion. More importantly, he's 2-0 in BCS bowls. He also has a victory over LSU in the 2002 Cotton Bowl. I guess by your standards, Mack Brown must have outcoached Nick Saban.
As far as rivals are concerned, Texas A&M is our main rival and will always be no matter how far back they may fall. I would much rather lose to OU than a loss to A&M. Other people may have different opinions. At least against the Aggies, Mack Brown has only lost once and hopefully he'll keep it that way. No matter how bad/good Michigan may get, I'm guessing that they will always be your main rival (even if [insert other Big 10 team considered a rival] might be good). I think Tressel's opening statements might also mimic this..."
I can assure you that you"ll be proud of our young people, in the classroom, in the community and most especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan!"-Jim Tressel. The troubles with Oklahoma have been well stated, but instead of focusing on the 5 straight losses, one should focus on what changes Mack Brown has made. He fired his defensive coordinator as well as our offensive line coach. These changes can be reflected with our improvement in at least "competing" with Oklahoma. For a man like Mack Brown, the concept of firing a long time friend and coordinator is not an easy task. You just have to spend some time with Mack Brown to realize this concept.
I don't understand what your problem is or need to flame and put down Mack Brown as if he is a 2nd rate coach. Everyone knows that he has had the problem of winning the big game, yet wins against tOSU in the Shoe at night and against the greatest offensive juggernaut to have appeared in the modern era of college football still simply aren't enough. This isn't a contest of who is better...Tressel or Mack Cooper. Even if he does go on to become a "curse in disguise", he still will have brought something that we have been waiting for 36 years.
