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National Championship Game Thread- Texas vs. Bama
- Thread starter Hardcore Texan
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awtysst
Draft Guru
Maybe he will request a Medical Redshirt year!!!
mexican_texan
Furry Tractors
Didn't you call this two years ago?
bckey
All Pro
These two posts by michaelm sum up exactly how I feel about this game.
mexican_texan
Furry Tractors
That's the same thing USC and its fans said after they lost to UT. This is football, the best team doesn't always win; that's what makes it fun.
michaelm
vox nihili
I totally agree that the best teams don't always win... USC was wrong though, Texas was the better team! LOL
BattleRedToro
Thread Killer
gilbert = vy #2?
He did remind me of VY, throwing all of those interceptions.
SheTexan
Hall of Fame
Already started!! Just listen to Tim Melton and Bob Allen! Damn, I wish Longhorn fans didn't remind me so much of Cowboy fans!
For a little while I was actually pulling for the young QB Gilbert to pull it off. Just have a soft spot for the underdog. Looks like he just might be the Horns QB of the future. BUT, happy the Tide made my life a little happier!!
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That's where I'm at..let the boo-hooing begin. I'll just ask those same fans if they were crying over the Heisman winning RB out early in the 2nd half w/ calf cramps. Or the 1st or second Shipley TD being completed against a DB who they repeatedly showed as fighting off some sort of ailment as well during the game.
Injuries are part of the game which you had best be prepared for with depth. I honestly have to say this for Mack Brown - he did the RIGHT thing by Colt. He took the big picture on his future health and/or career by keeping him out.
Carr Bombed
Hall of Fame
So a RB = a QB.
That logic is so flawed I'm not even going to comment. Especially with the backup option Bama has.Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitching about the loss....Texas lost, but to act like losing Colt didn't drastically change the game is ignorant.
TexanSam
Hall of Fame
Already started!! Just listen to Tim Melton and Bob Allen! Damn, I wish Longhorn fans didn't remind me so much of Cowboy fans!
Yup. They are both very irritating. I'm glad there were a few Alabama fans at Pluckers tonight just to heckle all the UT people
Ah, but you did anyways...right? Yep two Heisman candidates, one of which who won. I guess if being a Texans fan hasn't taught you the value of a good RB yet, nothing will. (I never said QB and RB were EQUAL and nice avoid on my mention of the injured DB that UT gets their TD against)So a RB = a QB.
Would it have been a BETTER game w/ Colt? - no doubt in my mind. But any UT drone who tries to tell me tomorrow that Bama played their best football ALL the 2nd half, rather than just trying to run clock will lose just as much credibility with me as I evidently have with you.
I had no dog in this particular hunt - I still think the better (more talented) team won.
Brisco_County
Apples and roadmaps
Alabama was not the better team. They barely beat our second string offense.
Carr Bombed
Hall of Fame
But, but but this team had one of the best RBs a year ago, (talking about the Texans) but didn't have the QB due to injury....Gasp, the top two seeds in the NFL this year have crappy running games. gasp your argument went into the crapper.
umm...sorry pal, if you're really going to sit here and act like Ingram is a more important loss than Colt, you're flat out CRAZY....and yes, that stance is IGNORANT. (Care to tell me what else I "learned from being a Texans fan", sorry been through it all and seen it all) That is flat out crazy.... a QB is hands down more important than a RB. I mean if you're a "Texas hater" more power to you (which it seems that's all you are)........but don't play the "well Bama lost Ingram for just a little while" Card, because that's dumb. You can say you don't think (in you own words) the "QB and RB were EQUAL" but then you proceed to act like they were...so what is to be made of that statement?
One team lost their QB completely, another team lost their running back for just a little while even though he was in the game long enough for 22 carries and 116 yards rushing and 2 TDs... Obviously he didn't miss that many snaps. But lets act like both losses were equal
Yeah, that equals out, but I'm not trying to act like a RB = a QB in terms of loss.
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GuerillaBlack
Hall of Fame
lol, Gilbert threw an interception to Arenas.
Kaiser Toro
Native Mod
I was yelling at the TV for Davis to allow Gilbert to air it out and get a feel. Davis single handedly killed the Longhorns after the McCoy injury. The first half was so Kubiak & Kids that I had that sick feeling in my stomach again.
BattleRedToro
Thread Killer
Don't claim your team was better than the team that just beat your team. It makes you look like a crybaby.
I wish Colt McCoy hadn't been injured so I could hear some other whining excuses for why the Longhorns lost, instead of just accepting that Alabama played better, which makes them the better team atleast for that night.
Scooter
Funky
gilbert didnt stand a chance. between the playcalling, drops, and officiating ... the dude was doomed. who DIDNT tell their television in the first quarter "ok, you have to let the kid try to join the game eventually"? run, run, 3rd and 14 - good luck freshman. williams couldnt catch a cold, shipley had atleast 2 drops, and the far side line judges wouldnt have called a foul for beating someone with a stick. not that anything was inconsistant per team ... near side judges called a couple of penalties for looking at someone the wrong way.
anyone remember the crap that kubiak got for allowing grossman to throw when schaub went down? yeah ... there's the alternative.
anyone remember the crap that kubiak got for allowing grossman to throw when schaub went down? yeah ... there's the alternative.
Silver Oak
All Pro
last nights unannounced entertainment. sure wish the police would start using tasers to bring these guys down.
Scooter
Funky
first, i hate UT. second ... what game did you watch? with colt, the game ends 45-10 texas. congrats alabama ... you were able to stop a spread offense running the ball exclusively for 3 quarters behind a true freshman quarterback, but needed a few gifts to do so. ummm, no.
BattleRedToro
Thread Killer
This is why I like internet message boards.
kastofsna
Hall of Fame
i dunno, what did i say?
Mr teX
Hall of Fame
HoustonFrog
Dallas Frog
You know how they constantly tell us that Shipley is McCoy's roommate. Well I hope that Williams kid isn't Gilbert's roommate, because he must hate him. Did he drop 6-7 passes, including a TD.
I agree with someone above...I'm a TCU guy but UT is winning this game, IMHO, with McCoy. The running game, with the speed backs, wasn't too shabby. Colts's poise and accurary doesn't give Ala that mo or run in the 1st half.
I agree with someone above...I'm a TCU guy but UT is winning this game, IMHO, with McCoy. The running game, with the speed backs, wasn't too shabby. Colts's poise and accurary doesn't give Ala that mo or run in the 1st half.
Goatcheese
Texan
I was impressed with Earl Thomas' run defense. Other guys were bouncing off Ingram, but when he got 2 hands on him it was hit, wrap and play over. None of this lower your shoulder and bounce off horse ****.
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Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
Tackling, tackling, tackling. 
It's a shame for the 'Sips that Colt got knocked out of the game. I thought Texas had a legitimate chance to win that game.
Why didn't VY touch Colt's head? After all, Vince has "healing powers".
It's a shame for the 'Sips that Colt got knocked out of the game. I thought Texas had a legitimate chance to win that game.
Why didn't VY touch Colt's head? After all, Vince has "healing powers".
SheTexan
Hall of Fame
I bet Mack Brown had nothing to do with that decision. Colts DAD looked like he was pretty much in control of that situation. NO WAY was that man gonna let MB ruin his son's chances in the NFL. JMO!!
Mr teX
Hall of Fame
So a RB = a QB.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not bitching about the loss....Texas lost, but to act like losing Colt didn't drastically change the game is ignorant.
Nobody's saying it didn't hurt texas to lose colt, but it does explain in part why Bama struggled a bit to execute their run game in the 2nd half when the main guy that makes your offense go misses over half the 3rd & 4th quarters due to cramps or whatever it was.
A key part of why Ingram was so good this year is b/c of yards after contact & undoubtedly some of the times Richardson was tackled Ingram would've broken through them to extend the play..
Second Honeymoon
Hall of Fame
what chances? i was never a huge Colt guy because of his size, but I felt sorry for the guy.
anyone who got pleasure out of seeing Texas lose is a loser, fwiw.
Mr teX
Hall of Fame
well call me a loser then...
Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
Anyone who tries to dictate who one should root for is a loser.
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It ain't worth snot.
Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
You're not a loser because Doug says so.
Mr teX
Hall of Fame
It doesn't bother me what doug says, b/c at the end of the day i go home to the wife & kids......& also i know it's b/c he's a bit upset about last nights result.....
headsplint
Rookie
Scooter
Funky
..logic like this is why i have to take breaks from this place at times..
where did i miss? UT stops the first drive and sniffs out the trick play, drives the ball and their spread offense (you know, the easy 2pt conversion type) is handcuffed at the 1yrd line by "oh noes, colt's out we should try to bulldoze when we're not a heavy team" - i thought you learned that from kubiak. UT kicks short and capitolizes on a mistake ... with gilbert and an OC that could actually locate his testicles this is a touchdown on momentum alone. at the end of the half ... worst case scenario, when do you see colt not only throwing, but missing an inside toss? nevermind that with 15 seconds left texas would be going into halftime favorably.
alabama won PFG ... which is points from gilbert. they dang sure didnt do anything else. alabama's pass defense was exposed, and only being ignored right now because of drops and UT's offensive coordinator being a tool. last i heard, the new york jets are filing a protest for a game being given away.
i tend to root for texas based teams but found myself more often cheering for alabama. this game only showed me again that the best team doesnt always win.
It didn't matter what Colt's dad thought or didn't..Colt said after the game his arm was dead and he couldn't feel it. He tried throwing in the tunnel and couldn't. There was no way he was going back in that game.
I thought the frosh played admirably..he made a ton of mistakes but he'll learn and I can only imagine the butterflies in his stomach were the size of the new skyscaper in Dubai.
They'll just reload. They always do.
I thought the frosh played admirably..he made a ton of mistakes but he'll learn and I can only imagine the butterflies in his stomach were the size of the new skyscaper in Dubai.
They'll just reload. They always do.
Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
It doesn't bother me what doug says, b/c at the end of the day i go home to the wife & kids......& also i know it's b/c he's a bit upset about last nights result.....
Right on!!! Good for you, bro!!
I have to admit that for one of those rare moments I was pulling for Texas University, but I'm not all butt hurt because they lost.
Texan_Bill
Hall of Fame
F.U. Shorthorn Scott!!
Hey Longhorn Scott,
Hey Longhorn Scott,
Silver Oak
All Pro
It doesn't bother me what doug says, b/c at the end of the day i go home to the wife & kids......& also i know it's b/c he's a bit upset about last nights result.....
