This Texas vs. A & M game is the perfect storm. The reason we all bet on college football becuase you really can't come up with a line for this game. Texas needs to win big and can easily drop 60 points on this team. Throw in the fact that their defense shouldn't give up over 10 points, I gotta like the horns.
Take the horns this is an ass whipping two years in the making. Also remember A&M beat a freshman McCoy and as a sophmore McCoy was injured after the first drive. I think longhorns try to make a statement here to keep there number 2 spot. I see Mushchamp looking for shutout while Colt looks for heisman.
McCoy being a freshman (while going 9-2 to that point) is a horrible argument, and Texas was at home when he was a freshman. Texas being able to drop 60 points is highly possible, extremely explosive offense. But, is their D better than OU? Yea Texas beat them but tech beat texas and OU Defense romped Tech's O line. And A&M put up 28 against OU
The all time record for this "rivalry" is Texas leading 73-36-5 starting in 1894
The record as of 1985 A&M leads 13-10
The reason i put "rivalry" in quotes is because Texas does not view A&M as much of a rival any more. Since the stead decline of A&M football, they have just kind of faded out. A stretch from 2000-2005 losing streak against texas. The fact that A&M beat Texas the past two years is irrelevant... This is NOT the same team. JJ is young and has a lot to learn. Sherman is still pulling from frans talent pool, his option talent pool, and a horrible young beat up D line. This game will not be pretty. I would be very surprised if A&M wins, or even comes close (30 points close). 35 may be too much, but who knows. To my knowledge ive never seen Stoops or Mac Brown run up the score. Too much class, unlike leech who will do it just for fun. I dont know if they have it in them, even with a NC on the line.
The all time record for this "rivalry" is Texas leading 73-36-5 starting in 1894
The record as of 1985 A&M leads 13-10
The reason i put "rivalry" in quotes is because Texas does not view A&M as much of a rival any more. Since the stead decline of A&M football, they have just kind of faded out. A stretch from 2000-2005 losing streak against texas. The fact that A&M beat Texas the past two years is irrelevant... This is NOT the same team. JJ is young and has a lot to learn. Sherman is still pulling from frans talent pool, his option talent pool, and a horrible young beat up D line. This game will not be pretty. I would be very surprised if A&M wins, or even comes close (30 points close). 35 may be too much, but who knows. To my knowledge ive never seen Stoops or Mac Brown run up the score. Too much class, unlike leech who will do it just for fun. I dont know if they have it in them, even with a NC on the line.
This is very true, and I have mixed feelings about the fading of Texas' most historical rivalry. Texas fans still despise A&M and all things Aggie-related during the week of the game (there are few things more annoying than a bunch of weird-ass Aggies doing their little cheers on the steps of our capitol) but other than that they're just not thought about very much. If anything they're sort of pitied because of how far they've fallen.
The year-round hatred that used to exist between Texas backers and our snuff-stained cousins in College Station isn't there anymore. On the one hand it's nice for Orangebloods because it is a sign that the football program is far and way tops in Texas, but something that was once unique has been lost. It's the day before Thanksgiving as I write this and I'm not even pissed off at the Aggies. That'll change at about kickoff tomorrow, but 15 years ago the whole city of Austin would have been edgy for an entire week.
Luckily there's still enough passion left in this fading rivalry that the moment I see one of their pretend soldiers parading in his knee-high boots that I'll begin wishing for Colt McCoy to make his Heisman-candidacy move. Still, it's nothing at all like it was when I was a kid.
Texas A&M has a very difficult road ahead of them if they hope to return to national prominence. Mike Sherman is not a particularly dynamic coach or personality and it will be extremely difficult for him to persuade top recruits to spend their college years in dogass College Station rather than getting glamour time with Texas, Oklahoma or, now, Oklahoma State or Texas Tech.
The question for tomorrow, though, is whether or not any of those pimply-faced pretend soldiers will ever get a chance to make out with their pudgy dates. I'm not convinced Will Muschamp doesn't get the shutout he so badly wants for his defense.
HAHA funny thing is, most of the them are made fun of anyway. Fact is, its not just the core who get to make out with the dates... Here are some more stats for you.
Largest Margin of Defeat (current 2008 line at 35):
48 (1898) 0-48
38 (1894) 0-38
38 (1970) 14-52
37 (1969) 12-49
36 (1996) 15-51
35 (1972) 3-38
for you A&M and OU fans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r53zA57GQpI
And a reason why A&M fans will always have respect for UT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLj3vw5fwI
I remember that bonfire week. Texas immediately canceled it's Hex Rally and replaced it with a blood drive. Both schools had declared their would be no jeering of the other school. Then when he scored a touchdown, the first thing Ja'Mar Toombs did was give the Longhorns the throat-slashing gesture.
In a long line of classless moves that may take the top spot.
In a long line of classless moves that may take the top spot.
Funny thing is most of the alumni did not want Sherman in the first place... and the more the season goes on, the more they are jumping on board. If im not mistaken, faster than fran.
I still dont know what to think of sherman, but he has done worse than fran in 1 year, than it took fran 3 years to accomplish. I do want to say this... These are still frans players! The 3 wide receivers that are doing really good are all shermans recruits, FRESHMAN.
Anyway... Texas scores on nearly every drive... maybe 1 or 2 they screw something up. If i do bet this game it will be the over... A&M will score more than 7
