Jacie
1/4/2009, 02:50 PM
. . . would get tired of this, always having to rely on someone else to do the thing that will lead to their desired result instead of taking care of business themselves to get what they want.
After losing to Tech they were counting on okie state to put them into the Big XII championship game.
After that they were hoping the voters in the coaches poll would put them in the BCS CG.
Now here they are again, trying to influence the AP voters to give them that oh-so-coveted split NC.
After the Musberger-Herbstreit love fest with SUC and the beat down of the Crimson Tide by the undefeated Utah Utes, you'd think the chances of the horns being voted #1 in any poll would have a snowball's chance during August in Austin but now we are being treated to yet another bottle of Texas wine from the 2008 crop of sour grapes.
Keep it up Smack, keep it up Ponyboy, keep up the O-racket-po so the AP voters won't forget ya. And if you are a fan of the burned orange, please, please, please contribute to banner-pulling-airplane fund.
Check out the quote I put in bold at the end. Hell, maybe that saying about blind pigs and acorns applies to Mack Brown and getting a clue, you think?
January 4, 2009
Olin Buchanan
Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The national championship game is three days and three time zones away, but national titles – good and bad – may be at stake when Texas and Ohio State meet in Monday night's Fiesta Bowl.
The Longhorns (11-1) cling to scant hopes that an emphatic victory over Ohio State could result in their receiving The Associated Press' version of the national championship.
"You definitely get to make a statement for the next season [with a win]," Ohio State fullback Brandon Smith said. "With the way the BCS is and college football is, if you start off at the top and take care of business, you won't fall too far. I think that is in the back of our minds."
Positioning for next season is important, but it's nothing compared what might be at stake for the Longhorns. Texas was at the center of the season's most controversial issue when the Longhorns fell behind Oklahoma in the BCS standings even though they defeated the Sooners 45-35 on a neutral field in October. But there is a chance that a decisive victory by Texas could influence AP voters to choose Texas their national champion. USC was voted the AP national champion in 2003, and LSU won the BCS championship that season.
"From what I understand, we can [still be national champions]," Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya said. "I don't know what needs to happen. Right now, our focus is Ohio State and, really, that is all that matters. We can't talk about being in the national championship picture without having a victory against them."
But that doesn't mean they can't be thinking about one.
"Our goal is still there," Longhorns cornerback Ryan Palmer said. "We still can do it if we play well. Our main goal is to get 12 wins, get another bowl win and go out there and have a great performance."
The performance is what coach Mack Brown is focusing on.
"We talk about playing the best we can and then all of the other stuff takes care of itself," he said. "If you start talking about stuff that is at the end, then you probably won't get the results you want.
"What we will do is try to play the best we can play, and we'll end up where we end up."
Texas fans = crybabies
After losing to Tech they were counting on okie state to put them into the Big XII championship game.
After that they were hoping the voters in the coaches poll would put them in the BCS CG.
Now here they are again, trying to influence the AP voters to give them that oh-so-coveted split NC.
After the Musberger-Herbstreit love fest with SUC and the beat down of the Crimson Tide by the undefeated Utah Utes, you'd think the chances of the horns being voted #1 in any poll would have a snowball's chance during August in Austin but now we are being treated to yet another bottle of Texas wine from the 2008 crop of sour grapes.
Keep it up Smack, keep it up Ponyboy, keep up the O-racket-po so the AP voters won't forget ya. And if you are a fan of the burned orange, please, please, please contribute to banner-pulling-airplane fund.
Check out the quote I put in bold at the end. Hell, maybe that saying about blind pigs and acorns applies to Mack Brown and getting a clue, you think?
January 4, 2009
Olin Buchanan
Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The national championship game is three days and three time zones away, but national titles – good and bad – may be at stake when Texas and Ohio State meet in Monday night's Fiesta Bowl.
The Longhorns (11-1) cling to scant hopes that an emphatic victory over Ohio State could result in their receiving The Associated Press' version of the national championship.
"You definitely get to make a statement for the next season [with a win]," Ohio State fullback Brandon Smith said. "With the way the BCS is and college football is, if you start off at the top and take care of business, you won't fall too far. I think that is in the back of our minds."
Positioning for next season is important, but it's nothing compared what might be at stake for the Longhorns. Texas was at the center of the season's most controversial issue when the Longhorns fell behind Oklahoma in the BCS standings even though they defeated the Sooners 45-35 on a neutral field in October. But there is a chance that a decisive victory by Texas could influence AP voters to choose Texas their national champion. USC was voted the AP national champion in 2003, and LSU won the BCS championship that season.
"From what I understand, we can [still be national champions]," Texas running back Chris Ogbonnaya said. "I don't know what needs to happen. Right now, our focus is Ohio State and, really, that is all that matters. We can't talk about being in the national championship picture without having a victory against them."
But that doesn't mean they can't be thinking about one.
"Our goal is still there," Longhorns cornerback Ryan Palmer said. "We still can do it if we play well. Our main goal is to get 12 wins, get another bowl win and go out there and have a great performance."
The performance is what coach Mack Brown is focusing on.
"We talk about playing the best we can and then all of the other stuff takes care of itself," he said. "If you start talking about stuff that is at the end, then you probably won't get the results you want.
"What we will do is try to play the best we can play, and we'll end up where we end up."
Texas fans = crybabies