It's on - Official Tech vs. UT thread

DVauthrin, what a load of crap. BJ was not dragged down on that INT. To blame the closeness of this game on the refs is downright p***y.

Drew was right and you simply can't admit it. I have to admit, as a diehard UT fan, that was one thing I could take solace in last night as the game was in doubt. The verbal and typed abuse that Drewdog received for his correct prediction I figured would lead to you or haven at least apologizing or recognizing Drew's opinion. Of course, you blame the refs. I'll withhold commenting on haven since there's a good chance he hasn't logged in yet.

Good game Drew and good call.

 

That interception was B.J.'s fault, it wasn't a great throw, but B.J. just fell down. He wasn't pulled down, he just fell.

Mack showed some toughness by playing Mock on that last drive.

 

There's no evidence that VY could not have engineered something similiar.

If you look at the replay, Mock actually underthrew Roy.

Mock did a great job but VY needs to play every down. He's our only hope of beating OU and he needs crunch time experience.

 

FWIW, there was one game I was scared of coming into the season: Texas Tech. I wasn't worried so much about handling Arkansas, KSU, or Nebraska, since we'd beaten the latter two teams on the road last year, and Arkansas just isn't as talented. But, our D didn't come close to stopping the Tech offense last year, and it looked like Symons was running the show even better than Kliffy. Carl Reese is incapable of making in game adjustments, as he proved last night, which is why I thought that this game would be a loss.

However, after Tech got blown out by Mizzou and lost to OSU I thought that we could win this game. Meanwhile the Horns win big against an overrated Cornhusker squad and a banged up OSU team, and my confidence gets higher. Didn't think that Tech would school our defense like they did last night. BJ Symons is what college football is all about. Playing his ass off against the #5 BCS team in the nation on one leg.

 

Also, I thought the best play our defense made all day was to let Taurean Henderson run into the end zone untouched. This tactic is otherwise known as the "Video Game Defense."

Since Texas had NO timeouts left, all Leach had to do was to take a knee a couple of times, as the clock rolls down to less than a minute. Throw the ball out of bounds or spike it, then kick the game winning FG. I thought that once they converted the 4th and 4 the game was over. I would've killed clock, kicked the FG, and left Austin happy.

 

You think that was on purpose? We're not smart enough to do that.

Evidence?

1st and goal with 45 seconds left, what would a really smart coach do? Run it on 1st down, get some yards, run the clock down to about 25 seconds and then throw it 3 startight times to the end zone.

Do we do this? No. We throw it on 1st down, score and give Tech 40 seconds left. We're lucky they missed.

Another observation: If that Tech receiver caught that pass on the play immediately proceeding the kick, Tech wouldve run out of time because it was in bounds and not enough yardage for a first down. By the time they got to the LOS and snapped the ball, the clock wouldve run out. That was a dumb call by Leach. Any pass within 10 seconds should be thrown into the endzone or to the sidelines.

 

I agree. To say the Texas defense played smart by letting Henderson score is giving them too much credit especially after the play described above.

 

Did I say 2/3 of the snaps? All I said was bring VY in on the 3rd series.

 

Actually, I was being sarcastic.

 

I wasn't sure.

With our coordinators, when in doubt, always assume any blessings in disguise is due to luck and not good coaching.

 

If you want (and I highly recommend it for the UT coaching staff) to see how to stop the Tech offense, watch the Tech OU game this weekend.

 

Bad calls went both ways. I remember Tauren Henderson being held on a 3rd and long should have been called would have been a first down. UT c'bs also had 2-3 pass interference that should have been called. Not to mention the fuzzy clock work in Austin towards the end. 13 seconds Tech spikes it. It says 13 seconds for the longest time than all of a sudden it turns it into 9 seconds. HUh? I cant belive the announcers didnt say anything.

But UT did get some bad calls as well probaly more than Tech but to say that UT blows them out if they get calls is insane.

 

Wow, I made Drewdog's sig. You must be real proud of your team's almost-win, chief.

I'll agree with RM95 on this, making excuses for the closeness of the score is p***y. Tech played a great game. But a W's a W, and a L is a L.

 

Nope not from me again.

It will be extremely close, OU almost lost to Bama they're not invinsible like everybody says they are. Also word around here is that Ou has known Techs hand signals the last few years hopefully there is some truth to that.

BTW thanks for not adding me to your new sig Drew. I should have known better but the Missouri game a few weeks back was still itched in my mind

 

I didn't predict a blowout in yesterday's game, but I am going to predict a stomping by OU.

The key to stopping an offense like that is preparation. We both know that the Stoops boys will be beyond prepared.

It won't reach 65-13/77-0, but I see OU rolling in this one.

BTW, anyone who says that Symons isn't a great QB didn't watch last night's game. The guy simply gets the ball into his receivers hands in the clutch. There is nothing more frustrating to a defense than to give up a 4th down conversion, and BJ converted them as if the 4th was just like any other down. Even more impressive when you learn that he was on a bad leg the whole night.

 

They can't be stopped, only held down to a normal level....OU might give up a few yards, but I doubt if they'll let them score more than 4 TDs...Should be a great game, probably the 2 best offense in the country going at it...And one of the worst D's in the country

Wish I could've seen the game last night, but I had other things to do...