Various and Sundry
According to all the somewhat reliable reporters and bloggers who cover Texas Football, the issue has been decided. Mack Brown will resign at the end of this season. But this season is still young so here are various and sundry observations on the season to date and the remaining 9 regular season games.
1. Before the season started, a 1-1 record versus BYU and Ole Miss shouldn’t have been considered a disaster. But 0-2, losing by an average of 20 points per game is.
2. Texas’ next two opponents: Kansas St. and Iowa St. are bad. Texas should and probably will start the Big 12 part of their season 2-0. Texas is favored by 6 over Kansas St. If I bet on sports, I’d take Texas.
3. Texas’ problem isn’t their offensive and defensive schemes. Their problem is that they’re getting shoved around both on offense and on defense.
4. There is no excuse for Mack Brown not to have a more capable #2 quarterback than Case McCoy.
5. David Ash is a solid major college second team quarterback.
6. Holy Jim Boeke. Texas first and goal from the one and they commit two straight false start penalties.
7. Ole Miss didn’t know how weak Case McCoy’s arm is. If they had, the score would have been something like 51-16.
8. I wonder what Mack Brown does Sunday-Friday. Especially over the last two weeks.
9. I wonder what the actual attendance will be for the Kansas St. game.
10. Mack Brown said Texas would be part of the national conversation this year. They are that.
11. It seems weird to me that, on the advice of doctors, David Ash wasn’t on the sideline Saturday night.
12. Texas fans booing Mack Brown Saturday night reminded me of Philadelphia Eagles fans booing Santa Claus.
13. I wonder if Mike Davis regrets his decision to come back for his senior year.
14. I would hate Nick Saban as the choice to be the next coach, and I don’t think he would be a good fit.
15. The people who defend Mack Brown by talking about all that he has done for UT make is sound as though he does it on a volunteer basis.
16. Bob Stoopes has rebuilt more in 3 games than Mack Brown has rebuilt in 27.
17. I hope all of you who intended to sell your OU tickets have already sold them.
18. I’m shocked, shocked that college football players are getting paid.
19. Wouldn’t Mack Brown be a good fit as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys? Their fans seem to have a bottomless well of patience.
HooK eM,
W.E.
Over/Under Results
From a grader’s perspective it was weird week for over/under. Out of 17 contestants: eight contestants scored 6 correct answers and six answered scored 7. Pledge brother Swan whose been coming on strong as of late notched his first win of the season with 9 correct answers. Keep those entries coming. We gotta have something to play for. Oops, I forgot that all our pre-season goals are still in front of us.
