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Game Thread Game Two: #1 Ohio State 24, #2 Texas 7 (9/9/06)

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If I'm the Texas offensive coordinator(Greg Davis) I take the ball game out of my young QB's hands.
Davis without VY. Will he revert back to his conservative play calling?

I try to run the ball as much as possible. Use short passing game.
That's their best bet for a win.

If they can't run the ball consistently, they are in deep doodoo! :biggrin:
If they get behind by much, they are in deep doodoo. :biggrin:
If their young QB struggles, they are in deep..........

In the big, tight games, it comes down to QB play.
I like our big game QB!
I like us to find a way to win.
 
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Taosman said:
If I'm the Texas offensive coordinator(Greg Davis) I take the ball game out of my young QB's hands.
Davis without VY. Will he revert back to his conservative play calling?

I try to run the ball as much as possible. Use short passing game.
That's their best bet for a win.

If they can't run the ball consistently, they are in deep doodoo! :biggrin:
If they get behind by much, they are in deep doodoo. :biggrin:
If their young QB struggles, they are in deep..........
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I read somewhere where he said he would probably be more open this year than ever before.

The offense will continue to be wide open, Brown said. even with two freshmen dividing time as the starting quarterback. "We're going to be as aggressive offensively as we've ever been," he said.

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scarletngrey11 said:
I read somewhere where he said he would probably be more open this year than ever before.

The offense will continue to be wide open, Brown said. even with two freshmen dividing time as the starting quarterback. "We're going to be as aggressive offensively as we've ever been," he said.

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Call me a skeptic, but I would wait and see on a wide open offense with a freshman QB!
 
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Taosman said:
If I'm the Texas offensive coordinator(Greg Davis) I take the ball game out of my young QB's hands.
Davis without VY. Will he revert back to his conservative play calling?

I try to run the ball as much as possible. Use short passing game.
That's their best bet for a win.
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One of my optimistic thoughts after Texas won the NC, was that Mack and GD really feel that a monkey is off of their back, and realized that UT has won so many games, not only because of Vince the athlete/person, but because they let him loosen up the team, and they opened it up a lot more. Pre-VY, UT had a stud WR corp. and Simms, and yet played awfully conservatively in the past. If Greg and Mack revert back to the heyday, than UT will be in big trouble, as I fully expect that tOSU's defense, green or not, can handle Greg's old play calling.
 
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9/10/06

Hopes high as Texas gets back to work

By KIRK BOHLS

Wednesday, August 09, 2006
You think Texas isn't loaded this college football season? Listen to what Michael Griffin has pegged as the Longhorns' biggest question mark for 2006.
"I don't think it's the quarterback," the senior safety said Sunday on the eve of fall practice. "I worry that the big-screen television (scoreboard) will distract us. I may sit there and watch it because I know I'm going to be watching a few replays."
<!--endtext--><!--begintext-->There you have it.
If Longhorn Nation is treated to a replay of last year's perfect season, it shouldn't come as a shock. Texas could be that good. Not without-weakness good. But very possibly 14-0 good in a year without a clear favorite.
Vince Young, one of the greatest football players to ever wear the burnt orange, is gone. But at least one Longhorn veteran frets most about the new, disconcerting $8 million scoreboard still under construction in Royal-Memorial Stadium's south end zone, which is the biggest in the world until Japan finishes installing one that is supposed to be 3 feet larger.
Some wondered out loud Sunday if Texas, as defending national champion, isn't deserving more respect. The recent USA Today coaches' poll made Ohio State a solid preseason No. 1 team. That's the same Ohio State team that Texas beat in Columbus last year and the same Ohio State club that lost nine defensive starters.
"We're always going to have a chip on our shoulder," said cornerback Tarell Brown, ticked off that the Buckeyes were ranked ahead of the Longhorns. "Any team we play, I guarantee it, we will not be intimidated."
Mack Brown was much more tactful. And restrained.
Had Young returned for his senior season, the ninth-year Texas head coach assumes correctly that his team would top every poll instead of receiving just 11 first-place votes to a slightly overrated Ohio State's 28. The Buckeyes may be deserving of that spot, but probably in November and not August and definitely by not that big a gap. Both teams are clearly top-five caliber now along with West Virginia, Auburn and Notre Dame.
"I fully understand why they're No. 1 and we're No. 2," Brown said.
Personally, I can understand why Texas is No. 1, but not behind Ohio State. But that represents just one parallel with this year's Longhorn team and the one that completed back-to-back titles in 1969-70.
Like this team, the '70 club began the year trying to extend a 20-game win streak and also found itself ranked second behind Ohio State to start the season. Those Horns also broke in a new quarterback, who had to replace a charismatic winner, but Eddie Phillips continued James Street's magic.
In the glow of this post-championship era, we won't dwell on the fact that Texas lost its bowl game to a No. 6-ranked Notre Dame team and had its 30-game victory string snapped.
"I think we're more hungry than when we won the national championship," defensive end Brian Robison said. "We're like sharks in bloody water. He gets a taste, he wants more."
The Longhorns do not hold the top perch this August for one reason and one reason only. Young was that dynamic and that important. He may be gone, but he's hardly forgotten with 79 individual pictures in this year's Texas 208-page media guide. McCoy has six shots. That number will grow this fall.
None of the players seem overly concerned about the winner of the quarterback battle. Ostensibly, it will be decided by the 26 practices leading up to the home opener against North Texas on Sept. 2 — including two scrimmages on Aug. 19 and Aug. 23 — but the smart money will ride on redshirt freshman Colt McCoy holding off freshman Jevan Snead in 2006.
Brown loves them both, but McCoy's presence on campus for seven more months than Snead will bolster his chances tremendously. Brown called McCoy "a faster Major Applewhite," a nice combination.
Texas might well repeat if its new quarterback is steady, the linebackers improve, Brown finds a worthy place kicker and the team responds when it's trailing in the fourth quarter.
"We want to prove to people we're not a bunch of chumps because Vince isn't on the team any more," senior offensive guard Kasey Studdard said.
Senior offensive tackle Justin Blalock said he's seen Texas' epic win over Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl just once in its entirety. Same for Robison.
Mack Brown has seen clips of it but watched a full replay of the game only once when he was flipping channels one night during his lengthy rehab after his knee replacement surgery in May. He stayed up until 3 in the morning.
"It's not a time to sit and bask in it," Blalock said.
That time has passed. The rings have been put up. The DVD packed away. And last season has come and gone.
A new and promising year awaits, along with a huge scoreboard to chronicle the highlights.
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8/10/06


Texas fans pay big bucks for game tickets


[SIZE=-1]06:01 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 9, 2006

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[SIZE=-1]By MELISSA MCGUIRE / KVUE News[/SIZE]

At face value, a ticket to the Texas/Ohio State game on September 9 is $85, but fans will pay much more.
“Tickets are expensive for this game. They're running anywhere from about $350 to close to $1200,” Ticketcity.com CEO Randy Cohen said.
On the website Craigslist.com, they're selling for hundreds of dollars.
“I'll be surprised if by game time people aren't paying $1,000 or $1,500,” Jerry Scarbrough of the ‘True Orange’ publication said.
Scarbrough has been writing about Longhorn football for almost 20 years. He says if you've got the money, this is the game to spend it on. And other sports fans agree.
“The last time a number one team came to Austin was in 1950, and that was SMU,” Scarbrough said.
“This is the biggest game to hit UT that I can remember - probably since the Notre Dame game,” Cohen added.
Last year, Texas beat Ohio State in Columbus.
“They want revenge,” Cohen said.
OSU alumni are among those paying big bucks for tickets.
“We estimate over 5,000 Buckeyes will be here that weekend, that’s a low estimate, and there aren't that many tickets out there,” said OSU Austin Alumni Bob Harkins.
According to the Associated Press, since 1936, the number one and number two ranked teams have played each other only 36 times.
This September 9 will make 37. To some, that game, and its outcome are priceless.
“The team that wins that has a legitimate shot at playing for the National Championship. The team that loses it will have a hard time getting back to where they have a legitimate shot,” Scarbrough said.
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"I may sit there and watch it because I know I'm going to be watching a few replays."

there is no shortage of swagger in Austin. Ever. Last year's national championship team was, without doubt, a very good team but without VY would never have done anything close to what they accomplished. Has no one noticed he now wears a Titans uniform and takes snaps in Nashville? Amazing.

If you got points for arrogance we'd start the game down about 500 points.
 
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DallasBuckeye said:
"I may sit there and watch it because I know I'm going to be watching a few replays."

there is no shortage of swagger in Austin. Ever. Last year's national championship team was, without doubt, a very good team but without VY would never have done anything close to what they accomplished. Has no one noticed he now wears a Titans uniform and takes snaps in Nashville? Amazing.

If you got points for arrogance we'd start the game down about 500 points.
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Couple of quick points

1.) Texas fans and team are no more cocky than any other big time college program...tOSU included
2.) You are really digging for something with this replay quote. We show every play on replay....I only took this quote to mean that Griffen is excited to see what will be the Largest HD Scoreboard in the nation....and who the hell cares if that isn't what he meant...WE PLAY NORTH TEXAS THAT FIRST GAME. For god sakes I hope we get to see more than a couple of highlights otherwise we are in for a long season.
3.) You live in the Heart of Longhorn country, did you expect to have more Buck fans around you? I don't want to come off too harsh here(after all you did go out of your way to say some nice things about EH and I in an earlier post) but you sound surprised that we have a passionate fan base. I can only assume that if I were to turn on local sports talk in Columbus that things would be equally filled with homer-ism....Maybe more since we have all these damn sooners and aggy here
 
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DallasBuckeye said:
"I may sit there and watch it because I know I'm going to be watching a few replays."

there is no shortage of swagger in Austin. Ever. Last year's national championship team was, without doubt, a very good team but without VY would never have done anything close to what they accomplished. Has no one noticed he now wears a Titans uniform and takes snaps in Nashville? Amazing.

If you got points for arrogance we'd start the game down about 500 points.
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The Chris Simms' led Longhorn teams were just as talented if not more so than the 2005 squad, and had its equal share of sniffing national championships. We never played close to the WAY the 2005 team played for multiple reasons, however, not the least was talent. It was something bigger and more intangible, notably philosophy, preparation, confidence, and teamwork. All of those things were resolved following the 2003 season, and it was this overhaul that set the course for all of the great things this team has accomplished since then. All of these things were greater than Vince himself, as he was part of the darkest hour (2003), and unexalted to hero status until the final game of 2004, so that transformation was not he alone. He was a transcendent player without question, however, it was this change in philosohpy and framework that allowed his talents, leadership, and desire to be showcased effectively, unlike previous wonderfully talented players and teams who accomplishments may have been similar but were never truly realized sans this regime change. That is the principle reason why Texas fans are confident and excited. We've always felt we had the players and resources to be great every year as we were last year. Now, the talents and leadership of the coaches has caught up to that, pointed the program in the clear right direction and we're seeing the fruits of that. As good as we were without this fundamental change, more greatness is surely in store, maybe in the fashion of USC and dynasties' greatness of the past. Many people have thought that of a school and recruiting power like Texas getting its first taste of ultimate success. For once, we seem to have some luck too, not holding ourselves back with poor strategies, so that our true potential may be realized. Nonetheless, we're excited as hell, no matter who we have taking snaps.
 
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The Chris Simms' led Longhorn teams were just as talented if not more so than the 2005 squad
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We never played close to the WAY the 2005 team played for multiple reasons, however, not the least was talent.
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"That doesn't make any sense"

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xrayrandy said:
Just as a historical note Texas has played in 5 of those 36 1 versus 2 matchups, so this could be nuber 6 (Depending on where the AP ranks us and which poll you want to count).

UTs record in those 5 games is 4-0-1.
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Texas has actually played in just 4 of "those 36" games, which were all AP poll #1 vs #2. That omits the 15-15 tie with Oklahoma in 1984, where Texas was #1 and Oklahoma was #3 in the AP when they met.

So it's a 4-0 record in those 36 games, which only used the AP poll. Not a bad record.
 
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High Lonesome said:
I can only assume that if I were to turn on local sports talk in Columbus that things would be equally filled with homer-ism....Maybe more since we have all these damn sooners and aggy here
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The Buckeye h8ters are just as vocal as the Buckeye fans in Central Ohio, and there are millions of them. You cannot go anywhere in the state and not run into an Ohio born Michigan or Notre Dame fan, so do not underestimate them. The evening of a loss to Michigan is awful, because they crawl out of the woodwork. The build up to the Fiesta Bowl made me nauseous as well.

You don't even need those special sunglasses like Rowdy Roddy Piper in They Live to find them either.
 
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