Watching the Oklahoma – Oklahoma State game last Saturday night, I couldn’t help thinking the Longhorns should have beaten these teams. And I couldn’t help noticing that Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have improved since the Longhorns played them while the Longhorns have regressed. If Texas were to play either of these teams now, the games would not be competitive. This is a troubling observation for Steve Sarkisian, Chris Del Conte, and Texas fans.

Heading into the offseason, I’m far from confident that Steve Sarkisian will be successful in turning the program around. To me, the aura of his program feels hauntingly like Charlie Strong’s.

I look forward to pointing out how wrong I was.

The Green-Eyed Monster

Comparing Steve Sarkisian to USC’s and LSU’s new coaches Lincoln Riley and Brian Kelly has me feeling bitten by the Green-Eyed Monster. I have little doubt that Riley and Kelly will be successful at reviving their new programs and I’ll bet you right now that they won’t have losing seasons in their first year with their new teams.

Gary Patterson Coming to Texas?

There’s less chance of this happening than a coach with four straight winning seasons and four straight bowl wins being fired.

There’s less chance of this happening than a team favored by 31.5 points losing at home.

There’s less chance of this happening than a popular coach at one of the top five all-time football programs with a 74% winning percentage over 12 seasons and two recent College Football Playoff berths leaving for another program.

There’s less chance of this happening than Texas not having a single player named to the first or second-team defense All-Big 12.

But seriously folks, knock me over with a feather in Gary Patterson serves in any role at Texas in 2022.

Over/Under 2021 Season Accolades

Over the 12-game season, 27 different players entered Over/Under at least one time. The largest turnout was for Arkansas with 21 players. The lowest turnout was for Baylor with 13 players.

D. R Flower posted a perfect score in the TCU contest and Andy Garrod was perfect in the Tech contest.

Over/Under 2021 All-Stars         

Dan Adams         2 wins

D.R. Flower         2 wins

            Here is your Complete Over/Under  Winners Circle for 2021

Louisiana         David Frink

Arkansas          Reed Ramlow

Rice                  Clayton Frink

Texas Tech        Andy Garrod

TCU                   D.R. Flower

Oklahoma         D.R. Flower

Oklahoma St.    Wade Wallace

Baylor               Steve Holstead

Iowa St.             Greg Swan

Kansas               Dan Adams

West Virginia    David Bergstrom

Kansas St.          Dan Adams

It’s the Little Things

Throughout the Texas Football season, I review Willie Earl’s distribution list, blog comments, and Over/Under entries and see names of friends from Rummel Creek Elementary school, Herndon High School, The University of Texas including Sigma Phi Epsilon, and The Daily Texan, The Bluffs of Barton, Time Warner Cable, all the friends and acquaintances I’ve made over the last 40 + years, and of course family members and their friends. Seeing those names blended together brings me pleasure and a smile. It’s like reviewing the guestlist for the greatest party I could ever attend.

Thanks to each and every one of you for reading and playing.

See you next year, if not sooner.

Regards and Hook ‘Em,

Willie Earl