Check out this "unbiased" report from the Dallas Morning Snooze. Apparently, UT sits in the endzone, at least for Gresham's first td. I'd say the guy is a longhorn. Please notice the Vince reference. What a sniffer.
Written by Tim McMahon
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http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/texas/stories/100707dnspochatter.38d623b.html
View from Interstate 30 not good
Bumper-to-bumper traffic puts crimp in pre-game plans
12:33 AM CDT on Sunday, October 7, 2007
My assignment was to capture the unique pregame atmosphere of the Red River Rivalry. My interpretation of this was sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for a couple of hours.
This wasn't quite what my bosses had in mind. They were expecting neat little anecdotes about the sights and sounds of the State Fair.
Well, I did snicker when I saw a full BEER ONLY line at the Granny's Funnel Cakes stand while I was hustling into the Cotton Bowl. Other than that, consider this column a complete failure.
Thanks for continuing to read.
Oh, about the traffic. Nothing like watching two truckloads roll side by side for a half-hour, hollering at each other while exchanging silly hand symbols, moving all of a mile the whole time.
Someone please explain to me why slamming Texas is such a way of life for Sooners fans. They throw the Horns Down sign at every opportunity. They have the matching bumper stickers and T-shirts. At least the KEEP NORMAN NORMAL T-shirt was a creative shot at UT.
I get the passion of the rivalry. But you'd think a program with such proud history wouldn't want to incorporate its rival into so many traditions and so much merchandise.
Aggies, feel free to chime in on this issue.
For NBA fans only: One positive thing about sitting in traffic for so long was that I got to listen to the Ben and Skin Show on The Ticket.
The show was a little light on Red River Rivalry analysis and heavy on Tex-Mex food discussion. But I'll let Barry Horn handle the media critiques.
I believe it was Skin who came up with this classic line: "Mark Cuban is paying half of Jermichael Finley's tuition to Texas."
I feel like I owe college football enthusiasts who aren't MFFLs an explanation. You see, it's a play off Michael Finley, who managed to earn a championship ring with the Spurs while being the highest-paid guy on the Mavericks' payroll.
On to serious football matters.
Tyler Rose would have run him over: I enjoyed reading colleague Chuck Carlton's heartwarming tale of the bond that has formed between Longhorn legend Earl Campbell and current UT tailback Jamaal Charles.
I can only imagine what The Tyler Rose was thinking after Charles managed to get tackled by the umpire.
It was far from a textbook tackle. The ref clumsily tried to get out of Charles' way on a short pass across the middle and tripped the tailback.
No way Campbell would have gone down on that play. The umpire would probably still be picking blades of grass out of his teeth if he got in the hard-running Heisman Trophy winner's way. They just don't make UT tailbacks as tough as they used to.
What's really wrong with UT: You can point to turnovers, a lack of a power running game or a lot of other things to try to explain how the mighty Longhorns are 0-2 in Big 12 action.
Or you can chalk it up to karma.
Vince Young's No. 10 ought to be retired. After all, the dude delivered the Longhorns' only national championship of my lifetime.
Maybe you think it's too soon to honor Young in such a way. But two UT freshmen – WR James Kirkendoll and LB Keenan Robinson – are wearing No. 10. Nothing against those guys, but the football gods are obviously frowning on this development.
TE needs to tone it down: OU's Jermaine Gresham, a 6-5, 263-pound sophomore with amazing athleticism, is a phenomenal tight end prospect. He's going to score a whole bunch of touchdowns, so somebody needs to talk to the young man about celebrating with style.
Gresham followed up a Horns Down symbol by making a throat-slashing gesture toward the UT bench after his first touchdown Saturday. The throat slash is tasteless under any circumstances. It's especially lame when it happens with a one-score lead in the first quarter.
Gresham celebrated his second TD with an equally played-out but much classier move – showing off the SOONERS on the front of his jersey with a thumb tug.
Yea i read this this morning.
Definately a whorn fan, no question.