Can anyone explain to me the last play before the FG(and the last sequence)? What was Colt and/or Mack thinking doing that? We lost yards on all of our plays. WTF were we trying to do? If we plan on just running out the clock why not use our RB and call running plays rather than let Colt get sacked? And the last play that nearly cost us the game. WTF? I don't even know what to say on that play. Can SOMEONE give me some type of reasoning for calling that play on 3rd down?
My guess is they were trying to get closer for Lawrence to be able to have a better shot at the FG. They wasted a lot of time though.... Colt was just relaxing, snapped the ball... then when Suh came to pressure, he threw it away.... I'm just wondering if Suh never came, would he have been able to throw it away or pass it in time for there to be any time left on the clock. Bad time management, I don't question them trying to get closer to get a better shot at the FG, but that time management was wack, and Colt knew he screwed up. That's the only thing I can think of, or else they couldve just ran it down to about 3 seconds or so and called a timeout and let Lawrence kick it.
Has there ever been a worse showing by an O-line in the history of football? Has their ever been a championship team that was so totally confused about how to adjust their blocking schemes before the snap? Trey Newton was lined up on the left side looking right at an uncovered outside linebacker 20 feet from his quarterback and at the snap he moved to block inside, WTF? I'm as embarrassed as a Golden Domer. Texas should defer to TCU and just go play in the Fiesta Bowl. By the way, if Texas had lost to Nebraska wouldn't that have put two Big 12 teams in BCS bowls and netted the conference about $10 million more bucks?
Probaly the most unimpressive win I've ever seen. That was a complete meltdown regarding the clock. Colt throws the ball a tad higher and its ballgame... But a W is a W and thats reallly all that matters but still very lucky to get out with a W
Did you miss the OU game? Weak schedule, bonehead mistakes, no running backs Has there ever been a less impressive #2?
Texas Tech last year seemed a hair dubious at #2...... And I say that as a Tech grad. 2008 Tech = 2009 ut.
To try and compare those teams is silly and laughable. Tech had a loss in 2008, 2009 Texas doesn't. Does not compute. Even if Texas wouldve lost last night to Nebraska, the 2 teams still arent comparable. The BCS system has its flaws, but to say Texas doesn't deserve a chance at the National Championship this year is just straight wrong. Hook em.
Seriously? UT has a defense. In fact yesterday, that's about all they had. I'm pretty sure 106 total yards of offense allowed is a Big XII championship game record. 2008 Tech was a 1 dimensional team (2009 Tech has dropped to zero dimensions). Texas has at times this season displayed a powerhouse offense (but it was MIA last night) and at times displayed a great D (which was missing against the Aggies). We'll see what facets they bring to the table against Bama.
When they interviewed McCoy after the game, he said "well, I saw the clock with 15 seconds, ..." which is incorrect I believe. The play clock had maybe 15, but the game clock was already at 10 or so when he snapped it. Man oh man, if that balls lands just a tad later, that becomes one of the most bonehead plays in UT history.
Not just UT history, college football history. If the clock had run out, it would have been THE defining moment of Colt McCoy's career. No one will talk about what he did before that moment, it would have been Chris Webber's timeout all over again.
Hey can someone explain to me what happened with that UT kick return where it appeared the guy fumbled the ball on the 1 and picked it up, but they called him down? Are they saying he was actually down before he fumbled it, or is there some rule I don't know about that makes the ball automatically dead at that point? Thanks.
It was a blown call in Nebraska's favor. Since the ball was never secured and the ball was not in anyones possession the ball could not be blown dead when the players knee hit the turf. However, the officials erroneously thought the UT player had secured the ball prior to his knee hitting the turf. Replay showed this to be incorrect but since the ball was blown dead it was not reviewable. Of course Colt but together a very good drive but it ended when Buckner was not able to secure a pass that would have kept the UT drive going... possibly for a TD.
Godowin caught the ball at the one but really didn't have possession of the ball and dropped it. When he dropped it he was on one knee. The ref thought that he had full possession of the ball and slipped and got one knee on the ground resulting on the ball being at the one. The key if you watch the replay however is that Goodwin never had possession of the ball. It was a horrible call that wasn't able to be reviewed.
http://omaha.com/article/20091205/BIGRED/712069849/-1/bigred Carl Pelini marched off the field, advanced a few steps into the dark tunnel. Then he turned back toward the euphoric Texas celebration at midfield. His emotions burst. “You should be ashamed to accept that trophy!” the NU defensive coordinator yelled, pointing at the Longhorns. Advertising “You outta be ashamed to accept that trophy!” he screamed again, then again. Seconds later, his younger brother erupted, too. Bo Pelini had played it cool walking off the field, telling Texas coaches to go win a national title. But he heard about a conflict at the threshold of the tunnel. Seemed a Texas fan and somebody from NU had exchanged words. Bo marched toward the scene. Who was it? Bo wanted to engage the Texas fan. Told nothing happened, he went back toward the locker room, where he saw Marc Boehm, NU assistant athletic director. “Marc, I want to see (Big 12 head of officiating) Walt Anderson in there right (expletive) now!” Pelini shouted. “BCS!” Pelini said as he entered the locker room. “That's why they make that call!” Nebraska lost another heartbreaker to Texas Saturday. You saw it. Felt it. What you didn't feel were the post-game aftershocks reverberating through the concrete tunnels of Cowboys Stadium. It hit hardest the Pelinis, who nearly orchestrated a monumental upset. The reason why they didn't, according to Bo's and Carl's immediate reactions, was the officials' decision to add one second to the game clock after Colt McCoy's last throw out of bounds. Originally, the clock expired, sending a flood of Nebraska players onto the field. But a review changed that call, led to Texas' game-winning kick and sent the Pelinis into madness. According to Dan Beebe, Big 12 commissioner, officials did the right thing. According to Walt Anderson, officials did the right thing. Where was the clock when the ball hit something out of bounds? “There was a second left,” Anderson said. But nothing or nobody could convince Bo Pelini. “I want an explanation!” Pelini yelled outside his locker room. Standing in that tunnel quietly watching him: Harvey Perlman, Paul Meyers, Eric Crouch. “Get Coach Osborne down here!” Pelini said. “Can you go get Coach Osborne?” Minutes later, Athletic Director Tom Osborne walked slowly toward the locker room in black trench coat. He entered the double doors to meet Pelini. From outside the doors, one word could be heard loudest: “Cheaters!” Then Osborne strode back to the field, where Texas was wrapping up its trophy presentation. En route to midfield, Osborne said to a World-Herald reporter: “Where is Dan Beebe?'' Beebe was standing at the 40-yard line talking to Assistant Commissioner Ed Stewart, a former Nebraska All-America linebacker. As Osborne reached Beebe, the commissioner extended his hand. But Osborne didn't shake it. Osborne pointed at Beebe and said, “Would you go see Bo? Right now?'' By then, Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman had come on to the field. Perlman and Osborne walked with Beebe off the field and down a stadium tunnel. The three exchanged no words on the walk. Down the tunnel, Osborne walked three steps in front of Beebe and Perlman walked to Beebe's right. As Osborne walked, The World-Herald asked if Nebraska would appeal any part of the game. His answer: “I don't know.'' Beebe went immediately to the post-game press conference and waited for Pelini. Pelini lightened up a bit during the question-and-answer session. He even cracked a joke. But when he left, Osborne called to him. “Bo! Bo! Dan Beebe's here.” Beebe suggested he and Pelini talk in private. They walked into a quiet area near some shiny SUVs, 100 feet from anyone else. Yet Bo and the occasional curse word could still be heard. Osborne watched the meeting with Pelini's brother, Vince. Time ran out, Vince told him. They took it from us, Vince said. Osborne, whose facial expression never changed, calmed him: “I've been on both ends.” Pelini's meeting with Beebe lasted just a couple of minutes. Beebe wouldn't reveal the details of his conversation with Pelini — “That's between he and me” — but Beebe said he understood why Pelini was upset. At that point, Beebe hadn't seen the controversial play, but he'd been on the phone with Big 12 staff, who said officials got it right by adding one second to the game clock. “I'll be more comfortable when I can see it,” Beebe said. Any concern the call is perceived as conspiratorial? No, Beebe said. From the reports he'd heard, “there was time when the ball hit the ground.” By that time, Carl Pelini had cooled off. He stood outside the locker room, back against a wall, heaping praise on his defense like never before. “They played like champions. And they are champions.” A reporter asked Carl what this one felt like, to lose in that way. “I only had one emotion,” he said. “Anger.” --World-Herald Staff Writer Lee Barfknecht contributed to this report.
I guess Alabama should defer to TCU as well because they had to block two field goals to beat Tennessee 12-10 and couldn't lead in the Iron Bowl until 1:24 was remaining. If you don't want to watch on January 7th, when Texas and Bama play, don't watch. But I guarantee your tune would be entirely different if it was Notre Dame squeaking out that win to go 13-0 and not Texas.
Wah Wah. I guess I could understand his frustration with officiating if it was at least even close but it was not. The ball hit the ground and there was still one second showing on the clock. If anyone should be pissed about officiating it should be UT because that blown call on the Kick Off which put the ball on the 1 yard line could have really screwed UT. If he wants to be pissed at someone maybe he should start with the Nebraska defender that got penalized for a Horse Collar Tackle that put UT in field goal position to begin with.
I have to give credit where credit is due. Donkey Kong Suh. That dude is a man... period. Don't know who has the first pick in next years draft but he made a believer out of me last night. I have no love for NU but Donkey Kong should be the 1st pick in the draft. It's been a long time since I have seen anyone like him.
What cost NU the game? Two mistakes that had nothing to do with bad officiating. 1st - Kick off goes out of bounds putting the ball on the 45 yard line to start the game winning drive. Bo should yell at his kicker for that not the officials. 2nd - The Horse Collar tackle that added 15 yards onto the Shipley reception that put Texas into field goal position. Bo should yell at that player for having a mental mistake that put UT in position to win the game not the officials. If NU had been driving for a game winning field goal but lost a second at the end of the game and the officials refused to put a second back on the clock then just imagine how pissed he would have been. Then he would have had a right to be pissed at officiating. Does he really want a game due to the wrong call?
