Golfing, Boating, Burgers with fried eggs: BYU @ Texas

[pellegrino]

That 10 win team is a bit deceiving. They won 10 games against teams who had won a combined 38 games. Their best win was Ball State who also won 10 games. Take that game out and they played 9 teams who had won on average just over 3 games each.

But I agree that their defense will be better. They always had athletes and talent there but were in poor positions to make plays.

Everyone is talking about Taysom. But people forget that Baby J gashed them for 182 yards and Lasike had 87. Most of those were runs between the tackles. Forget Taysom, they couldn't even take the dive away from the read option.

The difference this year is our offense is improved as their defense is also. But their offense is not good and our defense is still good. They had issues last week. Sure they won handily, but they only had 350 yards of total offense and converted about 25% of their 3rd downs. Now their starting QB is out, their starting center (started 40 consecutive games) is out and their two tackles are out. Their offensive line this week will have just 4 combined starts among them. They're moving a guard to play tackle. Swoopes is not the second coming of Vince Young. Fua and Bronson are going to have monster games. I wouldn't be surprised if Swoopes doesn't finish the game and they burn Jarrod Heard's redshirt.

Couldn't agree more. UT's win over North Texas means absolutely nothing. It was a glorified scrimmage for them and they aren't even fielding the same team against us. I think we win. I hope we win handily, but I'm not as confident in our rush defense, even with their modified O-Line. BYU wins, but it could be a really close game. The only way it will be a blowout is if we jump ahead 21-0 in the first quarter and I just don't see that happening.

[Paperback Writer]

Different talent. Different coaching staff.

Agree. Texas has better talent than they did back in 1998 and Strong is probably a better game-day coach than Brown.

He also rushed for 259 yards. Swoopes isn't going to do that.

Swoopes won't need to set QB rushing records to keep the Longhorns in a close, defensive game. I find it interesting that some BYU fans would think that Swoopes may not be a crediable enough passer when their own QB has faced the same criticism, at least to this point in his career, yet BYU has still won.

I wonder what the BYU upset this year will change at UT....

Will a BYU win over Texas really be considered an upset? Last I heard, the point spread is very close. Charlie Strong has a long rope at the moment. But the Horns face a tough first half of their schedule with BYU, UCLA, OU, and Baylor. If UT wins the RRS against OU, fans will quickly forget a loss to BYU.

[Uncle Ted]

Will a BYU win over Texas really be considered an upset? Last I heard, the point spread is very close. Charlie Strong has a long rope at the moment. But the Horns face a tough first half of their schedule with BYU, UCLA, OU, and Baylor. If UT wins the RRS against OU, fans will quickly forget a loss to BYU.

No matter the point spread it will be considered an upset by "the eyes of Texas" if UT falls to BYU (again).

[Jeff Lebowski]

No matter the point spread it will be considered an upset by "the eyes of Texas" if UT falls to BYU (again).

Virtually every person I have spoken with here in Austin so far is predicting a BYU victory.

[old_gregg]

Virtually every person I have spoken with here in Austin so far is predicting a BYU victory.

sandbaggers

[Paperback Writer]

No matter the point spread it will be considered an upset by "the eyes of Texas" if UT falls to BYU (again).

By that standard - "the eyes of Texas standard" - any loss to any team on the Longhorn's schedule would be considered an upset by Longhorn fans save a loss to OU.

[MarkGrace]

I'm nervous for the game.

#wmph

[Paperback Writer]

By that standard - "the eyes of Texas standard" - any loss to any team on the Longhorn's schedule would be considered an upset by Longhorn fans save a loss to OU.

Virtually every person I have spoken with here in Austin so far is predicting a BYU victory.

Given that intel, I suppose I should ammend my previous statement about Longhorn fan expectations. Good to hear Strong may be getting a grace period, as he should. But it won't be long before Longhorn fans' expectations return to the "eyes of Texas standard" and it will be because Strong has the Horns back winning.

[cougjunkie]

I'm nervous for the game.

#wmph

Not me. I guarantee a BYU win. In fact I think we blow them out.

[YOhio]

Not me. I guarantee a BYU win. In fact I think we blow them out.

Me too! Except I always get a little anxious when BYU plays a credible opponent.

[Uncle Ted]

Virtually every person I have spoken with here in Austin so far is predicting a BYU victory.

That is just longhorn pre-game hospitality.

But things are already getting out of control over at the ShaggyBevo... http://www.shaggybevo.com/board/show...-will-be-a-war! They are hungry for revenge. They even are talking about starting flights in the stands:



But note the color of the shirt of the guy doing the *ss kicking.

[pellegrino]

Not me. I guarantee a BYU win. In fact I think we blow them out.

dammit, why do you have to jinx us like that?

[MarkGrace]

dammit, why do you have to jinx us like that?

For reals. It's this type of overconfidence that everyone seems to have that is making me nervous!

#wmph

[Harry Tic]

Given the bandwagon mentality I sense beginning to build here, I hereby retract my earlier statement of unfettered optimism. The Pigskin Gods do not look kindly upon the sin of hubris and they seem to take a particularly keen interest in holding BYU accountable for its sins.

Brothers and Sisters, I implore you to recall the message of the The Keystone Of Our Religion and forsake your pride before it is too late. Have you already forgotten Max's t-shirt? The tokens already appear.

[SCcoug]

Swoopes won't need to set QB rushing records to keep the Longhorns in a close, defensive game. I find it interesting that some BYU fans would think that Swoopes may not be a crediable enough passer when their own QB has faced the same criticism, at least to this point in his career, yet BYU has still won.

Yeah Taysom faced that criticism at the beginning of last year. The difference is that Taysom had had a couple decent to good games before that (and he was a good passer in high school). Swoopes has never been accurate (although to be fair I haven't seen his middle school or Pop Warner stats). If Texas can run the ball, force turnovers, and make it a defensive slugfest then yes it won't matter that Swoopes can't complete passes.