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[moondog_LFZ]

 

[Horn6721]

Quinn looks and acts like a completely different person.
Like a leader.

 

[dukesteer]

Duke,

That may be the most difficult question ever on this site. A few:

1) 73 OU I think that was 62-13 & the third loss in a row to OU was the beginning of the end for the DKR era

2) ND in 71 Cotton Bowl - dirtiest damn team I've ever seen.

3) 79 A&M We were headed to the Sugar Bowl with maybe our best defense ever, a defense which I think was on the field 50 minutes of the game. A&M coaching staff did an outstanding job of scheming and carrying out their plan.

4) UGA Cotton Bowl

5) UCLA - Might be higher up if not for that face saving FG so Mackovic wasn't shut out

6) Freedom Bowl - that was a political nightmare. Fred accepted bid without Deloss knowing and to get even the "we hate Fred" group kept the school from offering tickets. Season ticket holders got no notice or opportunity to purchase tickets. Miserable conditions in SoCal and worse performance.

7) Cotton Bowl against the convicts

8) Third Ward in the Dome I think we threw more picks than completions

9) Miss State & Jackie Sherrill tie with Loserville & Schnellenberger

10) Mack Brown era needs its own catagory for losing to far less talented teams

Great (and painful) walk through memory lane. Your memory is better than mine is.

I have to agree with 365 about the 2008 Tech game although the loss to Alabama in January 2010 was much more impactful for the program, and not in a good way.

In that Tech game, the room service drop is a play that none of us will ever forget, Earl Thomas’ “whiff” was inexplicable, the poor late game time management was questionable, and the constant holding of Orakpo… assuming (of course) that having your OLs arm wrapped around the neck of an oncoming rusher, preventing any progress, is actually considered a holding penalty in Lubbock by the home team.

The Freedom Bowl is also a tough memory for me. As you mentioned, the weather was terrible. Jerry’s Kids were absolutely torched by Chuck Long, as if they were playing in concrete boots. My best friend at the time joined me with his wife, who remained in the car (in the parking lot) for the entire game. She wasn’t a happy camper. I think I still have the program for that game.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

 

[mchammer]

On some of these lists, UT is left off the list for some obscure reason.

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Quinn looks and acts like a completely different person.
Like a leader.

Age and increasing maturity is a wonderful thing, isn't it?

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

In that Tech game, the room service drop is a play that none of us will ever forget

That drop and Craig Curry's dropped punt against Georgia cost us one Natty for sure, and probably two.

 

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[HornHuskerDad]

Craig Curry's dropped punt against Georgia cost us one Natty

I hear you, Sangre, but Let's also point out that the fumble would not have made the game difference if the offense hadn't settled for three FGs against Georgia. Make that two TDs and a FG and it's till a W (and a National Championship).

 

[txhorn_et]

Okie Lite defender is still looking for his jock. I give him one thing, he sure could jump!

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

I hear you, Sangre, but Let's also point out that the fumble would not have made the game difference if the offense hadn't settled for three FGs against Georgia. Make that two TDs and a FG and it's till a W (and a National Championship).

I agree with you here, but the parallels between the two plays are just really easy to see, as are the consequences.

 

[SabreHorn]

LC,

How bad are things in Gainesville? Just today I have received 7 emails from UF asking for money; these include emails from Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerfel (sp), and Barbie (yes, the University president is named "Barbie"). Kinda disappointed that I didn't get one from Tim Tebow YET.

 

[Horn6721]

Sabre? How did you end up on the "preferred BIG donor" list at UF?

 

[Horns365]

LC,

How bad are things in Gainesville? Just today I have received 7 emails from UF asking for money; these include emails from Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerfel (sp), and Barbie (yes, the University president is named "Barbie"). Kinda disappointed that I didn't get one from Tim Tebow YET.

I get bombarded with about seven emails per day on and leading up to 40hrs for the Forty Acres. And not a single one is from VY.

 

[Horn6721]

If our VY asked how would you respond?

 

[WorsterMan]

73 ou score was close Sabre. Final was 52-13 .... just an awful game.

I remember where I was watching that 1973 debacle - Nacogdoches. Marty Akins trying to keep us in the game. My former HS teamate LB Sherman Lee was in his Sr. year at UT.

 

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[1sahorn]

We light our joints with $100 bills.

 

[1sahorn]

Sonebody, please tune that piano.

 

[LonghornCatholic]

Some loud baseball stadiums we can expect to play in….

 

[moondog_LFZ]

It’s past time to stop applying conventional wisdom to Arch Manning

 

[moondog_LFZ]

Texas Football Phenom Colin Simmons Bulks Up, Dominates Winter Workouts

 

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[Gylcomer]

I hear you, Sangre, but Let's also point out that the fumble would not have made the game difference if the offense hadn't settled for three FGs against Georgia. Make that two TDs and a FG and it's till a W (and a National Championship).

If only he had been told not to field it. And the refs refused to call holding on Georgia on the their last drive.

 

[everette]

What a load of...

 

[LonghornDave]

I guess this is not a surprise, but what will the result be? I assume BIG and Sec are the only real choices. Will the big 2 fight or collude over the remaining brands? Does any of this matter? Is anything worth 100 million when no one seems to know eher this is going?