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Mack Brown has been puckered for weeks thinking about this Saturday!!

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Sounds like smoke and mirror coach speak to me. Like BKB said. Holtz always pulled this kind of thing. I'll wait till Saturday before I declare Brown scared of Tressel. I do think that we'll win, mostly because we have the better coach, but I don't think that Mack actually thinks that too.
 
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scarletngrey77 said:
if someone has the picture where brown has that "shit im screwed" look on his face when he learned he still had to play ohio state this year, then it would be a good time to post it now...
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Will this do?

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BB73 said:
I've been thinking that Texas was in a position to be able to recover from a loss, and still have a decent shot at the BCS....

So if they lose Saturday, they will have a tough time climbing back above other 1-loss teams over the course of the season.
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Texas could lose this game and still get into position to play for the national title, provided there aren't two or more undefeated BCS conference teams (and the BigEast could possible be excluded from this equation) at the end of the year. If it comes down at the end to a pick between one-loss teams, who better than a team whose only loss was early in the season, on the road, to a top-ten opponent?

edit: I don't infer from the article that Brown is scared, at least not more so than the majority of other big-program coaches. It did seem that maybe Brown views next weekend's game as an obligation, whereas Tressel views it as a privilege and an opportunity. The avoid-tough-games approach is pragmatic, but you've gotta like Tressel's approach, and I'll take a slightly diminished shot at a national title in exchange for seeing the Bucks play in some superior matchups.
 
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zincfinger said:
Texas could lose this game and still get into position to play for the national title, provided there aren't two or more undefeated BCS conference teams (and the BigEast could possible be excluded from this equation) at the end of the year. If it comes down at the end to a pick between one-loss teams, who better than a team whose only loss was early in the season, on the road, to a top-ten opponent?
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Compare a 1-loss Texas team to a 1-loss Tennessee, LSU, Georgia, or Florida team. Compare who Texas will have beaten (if their loss is to tOSU) to how many quality opponents those other teams will have beaten. That's just some of the teams that could be a better choice for a 1-loss Rose Bowl team than Texas. Voters and computers will look at who you beat as well as who you lost to.

Oklahoma's loss made this Saturday's game more important for Texas.
 
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First of all, AWESOME ARTICLE! It's great that the OSU's, ND's, and Miami's get recognized for playing tough non-conference games. Fuck the Minnesotas and Kansas States of the football world. Pussies.

However, I think I'm in the minority here - I don't think this is "I'm scared of OSU" talk. I think it's "Showing respect for my opponent" talk. I don't think it's demoralizing his team or fans. I'm mean seriously, if you were a Texas player, would you be demoralized that easily? This is no big deal.

Also, losing to OHIO STATE (or Texas, for that matter) is not a huge deal this early in the season. Imagine a Texas team with wins over Oklahoma, T A/M, and the Big 12 title game. They're almost a shoe-in top 4 team, and have an excellent shot at the top 2. No biggie, and as Tressel pointed out, these games make a team stronger for the conference run.

Texas is a quality program, with top-notch players, and a considerable number of respectable fans from what I've read from these posters. However, the Horns are ABSOLUTELY no match for the energy they will encounter Saturday night. They have no idea how fast this team is, how determined the coaches are, and how drunk the fans will be.

Bottom line: the Texas coaches and players aren't scared now, but they will be.
 
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If , as some would believe, "a team reflects it's coach", the Buckeyes will not back down from the challenge. Lot's of big talk coming from the Texas player side. Will all the questions be answered Saturday night? I feel good about our coach , win or lose!
 
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BB73 said:
Compare a 1-loss Texas team to a 1-loss Tennessee, LSU, Georgia, or Florida team. Compare who Texas will have beaten (if their loss is to tOSU) to how many quality opponents those other teams will have beaten. That's just some of the teams that could be a better choice for a 1-loss Rose Bowl team than Texas. Voters and computers will look at who you beat as well as who you lost to.
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Yeah, voters will look at who you beat as well as you you lost to, but I think the timing of the loss counts for more. Texas with a sole week 2 loss would have the upper hand over an SEC team with a week 9 loss, if the lesson we learned in '98-'99 has anything to say about it.
 
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zincfinger said:
Yeah, voters will look at who you beat as well as you you lost to, but I think the timing of the loss counts for more. Texas with a sole week 2 loss would have the upper hand over an SEC team with a week 9 loss, if the lesson we learned in '98-'99 has anything to say about it.
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The lesson I learned that year was the good old:

Don't get too comfortable at your seat in Damon's while you eat your cheeseburger and assume Arkansas can hold off Tennessee. Just because they ahead and have the ball doesn't mean jack shit when Cliff Stoerner is running the offense. Because, he is, after all, the inventor of the famous "Drop back 5 yards, put the ball on the ground, and fall helplessly to the right while Tennessee d-linemen jump all over the fumble like stink on shit" play. Then (and probably most importantly), don't assume everyone in the restaurant will be "okay with it" when you jump up and yell "YOU STUPID FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK WRONG WITH YOU, YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A QUARTERBACK! FUCKING HELL!"

I guess it's a lesson that's all part of becoming a man...
 
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Yertle said:
The lesson I learned that year was the good old:

Don't get too comfortable at your seat in Damon's while you eat your cheeseburger and assume Arkansas can hold off Tennessee. Just because they ahead and have the ball doesn't mean jack shit when Cliff Stoerner is running the offense. Because, he is, after all, the inventor of the famous "Drop back 5 yards, put the ball on the ground, and fall helplessly to the right while Tennessee d-linemen jump all over the fumble like stink on shit" play.
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The inept play was made by Clint Stoerner. You just felt that he drove tOSU's BCS game chances over a "Cliff".
 
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Yertle said:
The lesson I learned that year was the good old:

Don't get too comfortable at your seat in Damon's while you eat your cheeseburger and assume Arkansas can hold off Tennessee. Just because they ahead and have the ball doesn't mean jack shit when Cliff Stoerner is running the offense. Because, he is, after all, the inventor of the famous "Drop back 5 yards, put the ball on the ground, and fall helplessly to the right while Tennessee d-linemen jump all over the fumble like stink on shit" play. Then (and probably most importantly), don't assume everyone in the restaurant will be "okay with it" when you jump up and yell "YOU STUPID FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT! WHAT THE FUCK WRONG WITH YOU, YOU SORRY EXCUSE FOR A QUARTERBACK! FUCKING HELL!"

I guess it's a lesson that's all part of becoming a man...
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:slappy: That was you? I was the guy that got thrown out for throwing my beer at the TV screen! Did you know those things cost $7,500?
 
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