Hoarding
So Charlie, besides Jerrod Heard, who else have you been saving for some time in the near or distant future? We sure could use some run-stopping defensive tackles. Do you have any of those? I think we all were thinking that Heard must throw like a girl. Uh… he doesn’t throw like a girl. But seriously, Charlie, how in the heck could you not have been playing a player on offense with such obvious—if not electrifying—play-making ability for your team, which has been so desperate for playmakers on offense? Everybody except Shawn Watson is happy that Heard is now the starter, but I for one will be scratching my head wondering for a long time why in the wide, wide world of sports you weren’t playing Heard a whole lot sooner.
A Beaumont Expression
Daje Johnson’s performance against Rice reminded me of something my college friends from Beaumont used to say. “That sonbitch can go.”
Finally
After years of watching Westwood and McNeil High School kickers boom kick-offs out of the end zone on Friday nights, I now get to watch Longhorn kicker Nick Rose booming kick-offs out of the end zone on Saturday. So we got that going for us…which is nice.
Ray Clay
I watched Rice pregame warms up with Mark Adams who sits with his brother Dan in the T-Man section. Raymond Clayborn stopped by to say hi and Mark introduced me to him. Clayborn,a three time Pro Bowl selection, has been named a 2015 finalist for induction into the New England Patriot Hall of Fame.Very cool.
A Win is a Win, But
It was great fun watching Jerrod Heard running, throwing, and doing pushups and Daje Johnson—who can go—reminding me of Johnny Rodgers. But after watching Rice dominate the Longhorns on both sides of the line of scrimmage, I came away thinking that four wins was the best we can expect this year. In addition to Rice, I have Texas beating Iowa State, Kansas, and either California, Texas Tech, or Kansas State. Unless there is dramatic improvement along the front lines, we’re going to see lots of lopsided times of possession stats and lots of Ls.
You Asked For It.
At press time it was reported that Steve Patterson has been fired but my thoughts are so profound I thought I’d share them with you anyway.
Evidently Steve Patterson has alienated almost all of UT’s big money donors, most of the fan base, and many on UT’s faculty and staff. UT President Gregory Fenves is reportedly considering firing Patterson. This situation is rather ironic because Patterson has alienated all these folks by doing exactly what he was hired over the more affable and diplomatic Oliver Luck to do, which is to grub and gouge every penny possible from the loyal Longhorn athletics’ fan base. UT, which had been grubbing and gouging long before Patterson was hired, evidently has decided they might need to go back to grubbing and gouging in a nice way. I’m I was kind of enjoying this situation.
I don’t care for Patterson’s public demeanor or the 25% increase in price for my football season tickets, but if he’s responsible for reducing the volume and number of commercials on the jumbotron which fans were subjected to during the Rice game compared to the last 10 years or so, then I applaud him for that.
Over/Under Results
After week one when the average score was 7.2, most Over/Under contestants struggled in week two with an overall average of 5.5 correct answers. One player who did not struggle was Wade Wallace, who followed up his flawless performance in week one with a near flawless performance in winning again in week two, answering nine questions correctly. Wade’s comeback story is for real.
Jeff Johnson and Mark Steven Adams finished tied for second with eight correct answers. There was a logjam for third place with Helen Frink, D.R. Flower, David Bergstrom, and Homer Mark posting sevens.
HooK ‘eM,
W.E.
