Questions

I have some questions.

1. Why was this year’s OU loss the tipping point for so many of Mack Brown’s most ardent supporters? I’m fascinated by this. I’ve been ambivalent about Brown since 2010. I think his job security is bullet proof and I’m not calling for his firing or resignation. Not that anyone should care what my opinion is. So I open the forum to the question, if you’ve been a die-hard Mack fan until now, why was this the loss that made you lose faith?

2. For those of you who have lost faith in Brown would a 9-3 or better regular season restore it? I think 9-3 is very possible. If I were a gambling man I’d bet that Texas wins their next two games against Baylor and Kansas. If they do that means they only have to win three of the last their last four to finish 9-3.

3. There are several credible reports on the street that Mack Brown is calling the shots this year not Brian Harsin and Manny Diaz.  The reports say that it’s Brown who is responsible for the conservative play calling and that he has insisted on a “dumbed down” plan on defense. Why has Brown climbed down from his CEO perch and become a micro manager?

4. During the West Virginia game, I think it was in the first half, during a time out all the Texas players started exuberantly jumping up and down. All the players. It was weird. For a second I thought maybe they were doing some kind of team motivational ritual. My 25 year old son who was sitting with me informed me that they were jumping up and down to the song being played over the P.A. system, “Jump Around” by The House of Pain.  Maybe I’m an old fuddy duddy but I thought this showed a pretty major lack of discipline and focus. The game against West Virginia, the #8 team in the country and a conference foe, wasn’t enough to hold their attention and not to react like they were the Sig Eps in 1978 and the band was playing “Never Been any Reason? ”  Did anyone else think this was out of place?  By the way West Virginia wasn’t “jumping around.”

5. Since the first two games of the season, which made clear that our 2012 Longhorns weren’t nearly as good as the hype machine had made them out to be, I’ve been feeling like Barry Manilow in his song “Tryin’ to get the Feeling.”  I’m almost as angst ridden as Barry was. I’ve been doing some soul searching wondering why I’m not “feeling it” this year.  I guess it’s because there’s something phony about the program and the team right now.  Has anyone else lost the feeling?

6. Does anybody really know what time it is?

7. Why have the Longhorns regressed since the end of last season in the midst of what was supposed to be a rebuilding.?

8. Does anybody really care?

9. Did you know Texas is 7-13 in their last 20 Big 12 Games?

10. Do you know without Googling the name of the Longhorn who has the longest run from scrimmage in Texas Football History?

11. Did you know Mack Brown’s record in the games immediately following a loss to OU by 38 points or more is 2-1?

12. What do you think the atmosphere in Memorial Stadium will be like at the start of the Baylor Game Saturday night?

HooK eM,

W.E.

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