Fox thinks another subpar season would make it so. The Link I think it would take major injuries or a complete implosion at the quarterback position not to have a good season as in 9-10 wins. The OU, TCU, WVU, and KSU games will most likely determine if Texas has a great season and a BCS bowl game. Probably need to go 3-1 or maybe 2-2 to reach that status. Yes, we could stumble against OSU or Tech on the road, but we shouldn't on talent level anyway. Ole Miss on the road and Baylor at home you can't take for granted, but should win. It just dawned on me that some people may make light of the title of this post title because of innuendo. Now it just dawned on me some may make light of me using innuendo to describe this post title. Damn you Sandusky!
Methinks Mack's seat is cool, and will remain so. Unless he were to sit on a bleacher at the stadium at 4:00 pm wearing very sheer burnt orange coaching shorts, in which case his seat might warm considerably. Fox sucks. Do not watch any Rupert Murdock owned tv, or read any murdock owned written media. That is all.
The only way his seat gets hot is if Mack catches a late afternoon game at the Death Star when the temperature's over 100. He could join the lady who's suing after getting a case of the red a$$ at that place.
Fox once again shows how clueless they are!! Mack's seat is ANYTHING but hot right now. You do realize that this team is poised to bring back 20...TWENTY starters next year provided Jeffcoat sticks around for his senior season. If he looks around and sees this team primed for a NC run he may do just that. if you think about it, this team has the potential to be incredibly friggin scary this year. As several of us mentioned last year, things are about to get realllly good for the Longhorn Nation!!! Below is an ESPN Insider article on the state of the Horns. If this doesn't ease your mind about the state of the program, NOTHING will!! Big things still to come Big things still to come Texas could return 20 starters in 2013 Updated: August 21, 2012, 10:49 AM ET By Max Olson | HornsNation The tectonic plates underneath this Texas program are shifting in the right direction. The pieces are falling into place. All signs point to 2013 being the next big season. Remember, Texas only has 10 scholarship seniors. With the exception of Alex Okafor and Kenny Vaccaro, most are role players or part-time starters. Malcolm Brown will be one of a stable of experience, talented running backs for Mack Brown in 2013. They're tasked with leading these Longhorns, yes, but they must also help bridge the wide gap between good and great. Construction is almost complete. What might Texas' roster look like by this time next year? If everything pans out as planned, UT could have a team loaded top-to-bottom with experience. Here's the best-case scenario: The 2013 Longhorns could feasibly field a team with more than 20 returning starters. A junior (David Ash) or a senior (Case McCoy) would be under center with three freshmen (redshirt and true) developing behind them. Two running backs, Malcolm Brown and Joe Bergeron, would be veterans as third-year juniors. By then they might even be backing up sophomore Johnathan Gray. At receiver, Texas brings back two veteran starters in senior Mike Davis and junior Jaxon Shipley. By 2012, that duo could have a combined 47 career starts. Not bad. Marquise Goodwin graduates, but by then Texas' depth questions at receiver should be settled. Between John Harris, Marcus Johnson, Cayleb Jones and Kendall Sanders, a No. 3 and 4 receiver will emerge. Plus, if we're talking best-case scenarios, Ricky Seals-Jones also enters the mix. So do touted freshmen Jake Oliver and Jacorey Warrick. Tight end is an issue if M.J. McFarland doesn't have a breakout 2011 debut. Texas needs a few converts -- Greg Daniels, possibly Miles Onyegbule or Caleb Bluiett -- to develop, and freshman Durham Smythe is a tall receiving option. The offensive line is the real strength. Four returning starters, plus overflowing depth on reserve thanks to two impressive freshman classes. If backups Sedrick Flowers, Thomas Ashcraft, Garrett Porter and Garrett Greenlea take big steps in 2011, Texas will be downright stacked. Stacy Searels can find 10 good men from this group. ESPN's HornsNation HornsNation Join the discussion about all things Longhorn football and recruiting exclusively for HornsNation fans in The Tower Insider And then there's the defense. Imagine, if only for a moment, that Jackson Jeffcoat turns down the NFL's burlap sacks of first-round cash. The logic? A chance to win a national title in his senior season. The defensive end might be tempted to come back after surveying Texas' potential lineup for 2012. He'd be the star of a line that features three veterans at the end spot and four at defensive tackle. Between Malcom Brown, Shiro Davis, Jake Raulerson and A'Shawn Robinson, UT coaches should have no trouble finding a few underclassmen to complement the juniors and seniors. All three projected starters at linebacker would be upperclassmen. The depth behind them needs to be shored up by 2012, but there's a chance UT's top three backups this year will be sophomores. And then there's the secondary. Vaccaro is a significant loss, no question, but few programs can boast having three-year starters at both corner spots. The top candidates to replace Vaccaro would both be juniors: Mykkele Thompson and Sheroid Evans. They'd play next to senior Adrian Phillips. Add in versatile juniors Josh Turner and LeRoy Scott and sophomore Duke Thomas and Texas should have no trouble piecing together an experienced secondary for any coverage situation. As for the kicking game, Penn State Anthony Fera would be a senior in 2012 and can pull double duty on field goals and punts. If he can't do both, Texas could have as many as four kickers battling for roles. That's a good problem to have. The returns game won't be an issue with Shipley, Quandre Diggs and a handful of young speedsters returning. The biggest question mark, quite honestly, is the coaching staff. If Texas does return to the national stage this year, will Manny Diaz and Bryan Harsin land head-coaching offers worth taking? Will any assistants chase coordinator gigs? Granted, any number of things could get in the way of Texas' 2013 plan. Injuries and roster attrition are a given. Those who don't play usually don't stay. But if they stick around, next year's Longhorns could have everything. Right now, though, that's only on paper.
I'm old enough to remember the grumbling about Darrell K. Royal, the greatest coach in UT history, when he lost 5 in a row to OU (1971-75) . Never doubt that the alumni with the money can start to turn on MB with another disappointing season. It will not surprise me. That said, Mack keeps saying that we're going to be "REALLY GOOD" next season. I think he better make good on that promise.
A losing record this year will put Mack in the unemployment line. 6-6, 7-6 or 8-5 makes his seat hot for 2013.
The OP article may be off-base, but I'm not sure that citing a HornNation article that starts off with the metaphor "The tectonic plates underneath this Texas program are shifting in the right direction." That is some crap writing...
20 starters on a ****** team are 20 ****** players coming back. I always laughed with Texas Tech would brag about 10 starters coming back on the worst defense in the Big XII. If you have a bad team, I would want all new blood, not the 20 players that sucked the year before.
Anybody want to change their thinking on that article now. I know I do. He is not going to quit though, so unless he is forced out he will be back.
It's hotter than hell but most fans don't realize it. One of the sources of the heat is Mack's own internal struggle ... Look at that person. Yeah.
Mack's not stressing in that picture...he's thinking if there is anyone on the K-State sidelines he forgot to hug.
I remember this post, and we went 0-4 against those 4 teams. I you lose 4 of the 5 toughest games after two subpar seasons, shouldn't the seat be almost burnt up?
