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People say this is the year for UT, I'm pessimistic

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by JBIIRockets, Aug 25, 2001.

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  1. JBIIRockets

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    In the past years, UT has been just hype and nothing else. They have not done it on the field (in terms of going to a BCS game)

    So many say that this is the year for UT. Well, I just don't know about that. I get this feeling that UT will once again fail in a game that is big.

    Why am I taking the pessimistic approach you ask?

    Well, I'm preparing myself NOT to be stunned and shocked when Texas loses a BIG GAME or A GAME THAT THEY SHOULD NOT LOSE (ex. Stanford 2000 game.) That way my heart won't be broken as much as other UT fans. It is safe to say that my expectations aren't as big as other fans.

    I mean they should win it all with the talent they have, but Corso was right, Texas needs OU's heart and grit to be the best, and I am not convinced that they have that. So a team needs more than talent to win.

    I badly want UT to win it all ,especially since I'm a student, but don't be surprised if they don't even make it to a BCS game because.........

    They will probably have to beat OU to do it.

    JBIIROCKETS
     
    #1 JBIIRockets, Aug 25, 2001
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    Corso isn't right, ever.
     
    #2 Tolpatcsh Verkinder, Aug 25, 2001
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    The year before, when OU wasn't that good, where was this mystical "heart?" When Oregon St. failed to make it to a bowl game for 25 plus years, did they simply lack heart, and then magically have it the last two years?

    My BC Eagles had more talent than West Virginia or Pittsburgh last year (Pitt is overrated - it's the A. Bryant show)... but lost anyway. They were then supposed to lose to a slightly more talented Arizona St. team in their bowl game... but knocked the crap out of them. Did their heart suddenly come back to them?]

    Teams win, teams lose. Sometimes it's luck, sometimes it's a lack of talent (BC v Miami :mad: ), sometimes it's an abberation. OU had a magical year of cohesiveness; maybe that team really did have heart, maybe the planets aligned perfectly, or maybe they just "clicked." Whatever you want to call it.

    But in college athletics, when the teams experience such turnover every year, I don't question a programs "heart." I look for other problems: like dissatisfaction with a coach, bad playcalling, inept special teams performance (Texas!), etc.
     
    #3 haven, Aug 25, 2001
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