Yea we were in the game after the first quarter ... just look at the final score. Look at each quarter's scoring after the 1st. Look how we held CU to only one TD in the second half. We lost and deserved to lose, but it was a good game.

if simms is busting his ass for fans that dont like him, he should go to a school where he is liked...its not that hard, if he is as good as the media says he is then he could take an ok team and make them better, as randy moss did for marshall (although he didnt have the choice to stay at fsu). how could you play for fans that hate you? you see all the super stars in college football, though they might make a mistake, the fans still cheer them, joey harrington fumbles and almost gives the game to oregon state, but HE wasnt booed. you win and lose with your players, we all know that. play your best players and let them decide it. randy mcnown wasnt the best of qbs for us 2 years ago, but he was the best that we had, and he got it done when it counted. thats what texas needed, they have all the talent in the world, they just needed a leader in the big ones. simms isnt a leader. thats just my opinion, but i could be wrong.

oh, and reggie isnt a WR, hes the #1 qb in texas (#2 in the country) and i hope RC doenst fuck up his college years like he has with so many before him (sirr parker being a prime example)

Responding to the comments on the frontpage of the site... I still can't believe any of you thought Texas was really in that game after the first quarter. It may have been close in the score, but it wasn't close in the game. That's like saying the 21-7 Aggie loss to UT was "close", when it really wasn't at all.

He has fans left... I just hope he doesn't let this get him down.

Chris Simms is going to get booed regardless of his performance. Whether he throws 4 TDs or 4 INTs, it doesn't matter. That's how it goes when you're Chris Simms. You get way overhyped, and then when you make a mistake (or 3 or 4) you get disowned, but when you make a respectable showing, it's "well that was nice, but Major would have done it better." I've been defending the guy all season because, it seems, I'm one of few Texas fans who realize the guy is only human and he never asked for all the hype to begin with. But there isn't much to defend anymore. He showed his ass on Saturday and he knows it. The thing that kills me about UT fans and Chris Simms is that away from the football field, people at this school act like he is a movie star. Everyone has to point him out when he cruises around campus in his Escalade. Everyone has to follow him away from the Torchlight and Hex Rallies to beg for autographs and pictures, which, I admit, he gives with a smile, even to people who then say "you suck, but this might be worth money someday." Forgive me if I find this behavior a tad ridiculous, but hell. It is ridiculous. These are the same people holding up "We want Major" signs at football games and booing Simms even after he throws touchdown passes. I'm not saying everyone should forget what happened, and pretend that Simms is the best thing that's ever happened to Texas football. But let's be realistic. If you want to boo the guy, fine. That's your business. But don't be two-faced about it. And let's not forget that Simms isn't the only reason Texas lost. Had Dusty Mangum not missed that FG, would the Horns not have won? Had the defense realized they were playing against the same offense that only put up 7 points on them a month ago, would the Horns not have won? It's easy to blame Simms. I mean, 4 turnovers hurt. And it's convenient to pretend that there were no other factors in the loss. But if we are all as smart as we claim to be, we would realize we are kidding ourselves. Chris Simms is going to be the starter next year, whether we like it or not. It would be better for everyone concerned if we stopped acting like the guy has no talent at all and give him a reason not to choke in the big games. For instance, wouldn't it be nice if the guy had some fans to win for? And don't tell me he has to earn it. He busts his ass everyday to represent this University full of people who can't stand him. That alone should earn him more respect than he's getting, not to mention the fact that he has led the Horns to a 10 win season. Something Major has never done. And I'm still not convinced that he should have been the starter all season. I don't know that he could have led Texas to a better record than Simms did. But that's really beside the point. How great would Simms have been after spending most of his 3 years on the bench? At least now he knows what NOT to do in big games. How popular would he or Brown have been if they waited until next year to show us that? So let's use some common sense before we denounce the QB and the head coach of a team that won 10 regular season games for the first time since the creation of the Big 12.

reggie will make a damn good receiver for farris (finally someone for a talented qb to throw to). now if the rest of the team stays healthy, atm could be good next year.

Maybe Mattress Mack will give R.C. and Farris a discount on some bedding.

also to thejackal:

wanna know why cu is behind nebraska? check out the loss column. uno beats dos when it comes down to the nc most times. is it right? not always. do i mind? nope. sure nu "lost big"(26 IS a HUGE loss by nu standards), but look who they lost to. furthermore, look at who colorado lost to...fresno at HOME, and tu by 34. however, no one talks about cu getting "blown out"; they just call it a tough game on the road. and yes, colorado is the hottest team in the game right now; but, i'm willing to bet my hard-earned scholarship refund check that in lincoln, or on neutral turf for that matter, nebraska wins in a rematch. regardless of the fact that i believe nebraska is a better team than cu, just look at how hard it is to beat the same team twice in one year. hell, ask mack.

bottom line, if lsu beats tennessee, nebraska deserves to go to the rose. i think they win, and then the cu/nu controversy arises. cu has scoreboard(for the first time in how many years?), but the huskers will have the best record in the nation(screw the mormons). of course, we are absolved of all of this controversy if tennessee takes care of business this week. so we wait...but rest assured i'll be yelling against that other ugly orange team on saturday.

p.s. -- who deserves the heisman? i say crouch. i've been a husker all my life, and he's one of my favorite players to ever wear scarlet and cream. he's a classy guy, has the ability to singlehandedly carry his team, and is the most balanced offensive threat on the heisman watch list. your comments?

galleryfurniture.com...rc will be proud to let his team lose in a bowl with such a great sponsor.

To TheJackal:

Where in the fuck did you get the idea that UT fans liked Simms? Seriously, it's been a huge debate all year that fans want Applewhite to start. It's sportcasters that hyped up Simms. Get your shit straight.

Well, thats the way I've always felt. I mean, take a team like BYU. Suppose based on the preseason that some pollsters thought they were the best team in the nation. They would have gone through an entire season of winning, but really not proving they deserve to be #1. I feel that is largely why Texas was so overrated this year. Texas never really won any big games, they stayed as high as they were in the rankings based on the preseason. As far as CU and Nebraska goes, it really comes down to who you believe is the better team is who should be ranked higher. Say take a fair sample of 10 games, does anyone really think Colorado could win the majority of them against Nebraska? I sure don't.

good call bluto, there are always several teams that are WAY over-ranked...CU should be above nebraska, thats kinda fucked up

Well I ain't no expert, but who is to say that the pre-season rankings are even close to being accurate, since they are not based on any games played?

Am I the only one who really doesn't mind the computers? Here's the thing - if you're rated in the top, say, 7 to start the season, and you win out, you have probably a 70% chance of playing in the NatChamp game. If you're rated in the top 2 and you win out, you WILL be in the Nat Champ game. Come November, if you're rated in the top 5 and you lose, you will NOT play in the NatChamp game. Folks, we've already got a playoff. Don't lose in November.

I love the pompous pageantry that is the college football bowl system. I love the fact that sportswriters and coaches get a say in who wins the mythical national championship. College football is about youth, and hope, and weird-wild-stuff. It's not supposed to be analytical and straight-and-true and dry and boring like the NFL. Don't change a thing, NCAA. But, if you do, do away with the BCS. Two polls, split NC's, bring it all back.

I like beer.

Yes, the computer system sucks because it has to take account for the entire season. If Colorado would've beat Fresno State, they would probably be #2 in the BCS.

My bad...I was looking at the Coaches poll...but in the BCS, CU (#4) is still sitting a spot behind Nebraska (#3), so the same holds true.

Oh, and I'll bet they are royally pissed off up in Boulder right about now. Colorado wins the Big XII championship against #3 Texas, and yet Nebraska is sitting at #4 in the BCS and will go to the Rose Bowl if Tennessee loses...and Colorado gets stuck at #5 behind Nebraska, a team they whipped on last week. Fucking computers...

Well, even Mark Farris didn't get booed by the Aggies, and his performance all season was much worse than Chris Simms. Most UT fans were loving Simms...that is, until he makes a mistake, and then everyone starts saying, "See we told you Major Applewhite was better". Apparently UT fans will tout their QB all season and then kick him to the curb when he makes a couple mistakes.

any quarterback who accounts for 4 turnovers in less than one half of a football game deserves to be booed if he is still in the huddle.

I thought it was just too ironic when UT fans began booing their own team and quarterback before the 2nd quarter had even finished. I mean, weren't these the same UT fans who were cheering so loudly and rubbing it in everyone's face when their team beat A&M and was "smelling roses"...? Talk about fair weather fans...

If anyone cares, my opinions are up on www.whatisplanb.com. I'm not going to talk about it here.

Go CU - fuck em up in the Fiesta.

First of all, the Big XII's only chance of having representation in Pasadena is for Tennessee to lose to LSU. This is based on unofficial BCS standings, which should be pretty accurate, that have the top 5 BCS as Miami, Tennesse, Nebraska, Oregon, and Colorado. If Colorado hadn't lost to Fresno State, roses could've been in their future. However, they were mathematically eliminated from being one of the top two BCS teams before the Big XII Championship was played. Second, the Big XII is not an underrated football conference. The Big XII was formed to be a football powerhouse. We currently boast 4 teams in the top 25. Two of those are in the top 5. It's a shame we can't send Baylor to the WAC for football purposes. Of course, I am sure the SEC would love to do the same thing with Vanderbilt.

Hey yarmy,
Lufkin will either play at SFA or in the dome in houston. I'll be rootin' for Spring Westfield though. But yeah reggie looks damn good.

I have been saying that all season about Simms choking under pressure. Hopefully after being booed off the field he will realize pressure or no pressure you still have to know how to play. I love you Chris, but you aren't as good as what Mack wants everyone to believe. I good QB doesn't choke EVERY time he is under a little pressure. I didn't watch the game due to a paper that I had to finish in order for me to go to Galveston. I am so pumped about CU though. When I was a child my family had their teams OU (due to the fact that we are from the Norman area of OK), and being OU fans we obviously didn't like tu or Nebraska too much. We also liked CU, CSU, and Wyoming for some reason I do not recall. I also have a real dear friend of mine at CU right now. Personally I would love to see the BIG XII in the Rose Bowl, due to my personal oppinion of us being an underestimated division.