Got no memory of 63-14, either ...

I guess you chose to forget the loss to Baylor in '97.

Ashley - the difference seems to be, the first thing I notice are the things we do well, and the first thing you mention are the things we did wrong (or a backhanded compliment, like "at least we were only playing Tulane"). I notice all the other things that you're talking about, too, and I'm just as concerned about them. But no football team plays perfectly every game. The only things that I really bitch about are problems which have manifested themselves over long periods of time. The OL, for one. We've had trouble with our run-blocking schemes for THREE YEARS now. It amazes me that Tim Nunez still has a job, but I'm impressed with the changes made after UNT. Our special teams play is another, but it's beginning to look like this last offeseason addressed many of those concerns, except for deep snapper (which will burn us at some point this year). What I don't bitch about are turnovers, especially of the type we've given up in the last two games. I don't bitch about "effort" or "the offense being asleep" because fuck, we WON. It's a GOOD THING. Good teams win when they aren't clicking like that. The result of the game is a POSITIVE, not a "but .... ".

And I remember all to well what happened in 1997. I remember 4-7. I remember losing to NCSt, and KSt, and (shudder) UCLA. And I know that those things won't happen again anytime soon, and it gladdens me. Go ahead and talk like the glass is half empty. It ain't - in fact, it ain't half anything, it's full, period. We may not be the best team in the nation. Hell, we may not be as good as OU (we'll find otu soon enough). But fuck, we're so much better off than we were even TWO YEARS ago, and next year looks to be every bit as promising as this year. So smile and enjoy it.

Ashley, I think it would be hard for any team to stay completely focused when they start off the year with 4 cupcakes.

Brad, I don't think we have a choice.

I dont' know that you can knock on Benson's yardage since Mack was trying to limit the number of carries he had this game... I think that they realized letting him make 38 carries in a game might not be wise this early in the season--that, and they wanted Selvin Young to get some experience.

Betik, A lot of my boys and I are coming to College Station for the game, lets get drunk.

Brad

Josh, the reason people hate Texas fans is because we act like we own the world when we beat teams like Tulane 49-0, then we choke against good teams and decide to blame it on our QB.

I don't have unrealistic expectations. Like I said, I'm not disappointed in the score. But people who didn't see the game aren't getting the whole picture. There are several teams who could have beaten Tulane that way. Am I glad we kicked their asses? Yes. Am I satisfied with the way we did it? Hell no. And there is a difference. We didn't play a bad game, and I saw a lot of promise from the freshmen, but for the most part, our offense played like they didn't give a shit. They have the talent to be even better than Miami, yet I didn't see anything from Saturday's game that tells me our offense is ready for some of the defenses they're going to face in conference play. Simms didn't break 200 yards passing, Benson didn't break 100 yards rushing. Against freaking Tulane. That doesn't bode well for us against teams that have real defenses.

Yeah, we're #2 in both polls now and maybe that gives you a false sense of security, but I happen to see a few weaknesses. I hardly think I'm the one who's being unrealistic.

In response to your Karen's Kountry Kitchen" sign there is a small town about 140 miles northwest of Austin called Hico which has a Koffee Kup Kafe, and I am pretty sure everyone in that town is a racist.

man, am i the only that's not totally absorbed in football?

Damn, I wish I could run the "14 points be default" offense. How does that work, exactly? Do they pay off the scoreboard operator, and start each game ahead 14-0?

LaTech fucking sucks. You guys scored 31 against LaLa, too.

Ashley, there's a difference between discussing things that worry you, and bitching because your football team didn't win 145-3 with 600 yards of total offense. Yes, we've had 5 turnovers in 2 games, but if you look at them, only two of them even really mattered. Simms first interception was a ball that should have been caught, and was then intercepted because the defender fell on Tony Jeffery instead of the ground. Two of the other fumbles were by true freshmen in garbage time, which is exactly the reason the freshmen were playing, and exactly when you'd rather have them fumble, because you can bitch them out about it, they learn from it, and it has NO impact on the game. The pick and the center exchange fumble against Tulane were pretty brutal, but every team has turnovers, even Miami.

Unrealistic expectations are part of the reason why people hate Texas fans, and why Texas fans are bitter people in general. I'm not saying that you need to ignore the negative and pump sunshine all day, but ENJOY the fact that we can win 49-0 and play every person on our roster that wasn't hurt, even on a day when perhaps we didn't have our A game. It's been a LOOOOOOONG time since we could say those things in Austin.

And just so we're clear, Miami struggled with Temple and BC. Bring those fuckers on - give me a straight up game, and we'll win 50% or more of them.

I didn't see the A&M game, but I was impressed by the numbers. I talked to a few friends of mine from A&M, and they said it could easily have been about 45-3. Whatever the offense did, the defense must have been spectacular. The very nature of LaTech's offense guarantees them at least 13-14 points a game against most teams. Congrats.

I won't make any outrageous claims about the potential of our offensive, but at least we showed major signs of improvement against La Tech. Although they are La Tech, they still beat OSU and have a defense rated higher than LCC's 85th ranked defense. I am anxious to see what your offense, which only scored 12 points last year at home while allowing 7 sacks, can do against our 3rd ranked defense.

I just realized that I probably have a better chance of 1) winning the lottery or 2) finding a parking space on campus than I do of EVER understanding guys. What gives?

I must say, that despite my disdain for everything maroon, this site can be genuinely amusing at times. No No, im serious. Take for example, when former ag says "A&M is back" and "we're unstoppable", genuinely hilarious. Why? because i began laughing profusely when i first read that, and now (5 minutes later) i am still chuckling. I also see aggies have mastered the art of sarcasm, as is obvious when statements such as "the aggies would score 70 points a game" are posted. LOL, greatly amusing, hahaha, thankyou.

YOUR OFFENSE COULDN'T SCORE 70 POINTS IF THEY WERE PLAYING DISABLED GIRLSCOUTS, THREE WEEKS IN A ROW, WITH 20 PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.

YOUR "FEARLESS LEADER" MARCUS FAGGIS(or whoever the hell your QB is this week) SHOULD LOOK INTO GETTING A GOLF SCHOLARSHIP, HE WON'T HAVE TO THROW ANYTHING, AND HE CAN TAKE A BREAK WHENEVER HE GETS HIS FEELINGS HURT. LIKE NEXT WEEK, WHEN TECH COMES TO TOWN. I HEAR COACH LEACH IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING YALL, SEEMS LIKE OUR 4TH STRING D WANTS MORE PLAY TIME. TOYING AROUND WITH YALLS RB'S WILL BE GOOD FOR THEM. MAYBE IF THEY PLAY GOOD ENOUGH, THEY CAN MOVE UP AND PRACTICE WITH A DIVISION II LEVEL OFFENSE NEXT TIME. PEACE

i was coming back to austin last year when i was surrounded by a group of riders. i about shit in my pants when a dude pulled a 70mph manual. ah, what i wouldn't give to get an R6.

matt- someone totally left stuff on our doorstep too. what's up with melrose?? and more importantly who the hell is doing it?? but anyway the same people who left it have started prank calling us.... it's a chick... but that's about all we know......

I know what happened. I was there. And I wasn't terribly impressed. We were mediocre at best. I'm proud of our D because it's hard as hell to hold any team scoreless, but what concerns me is that we aren't playing as well as we could be and should be playing.
Like I said, the defense did a nice job, but the fact that we had so much trouble getting something going against Tulane is not very comforting. It's not about the score, it's about the way we played overall. LCC beat New Mexico 49-0 also and you don't hear anyone tooting their horn. Well, not anyone who counts anyway.

Turnovers are another issue. We had no turnovers in either of the first two games, and we've had 5 in the last two. To me, it looks like we're falling into the same situation we fell into last year. Beat up on a bunch of crappy teams in OOC because we can, and then swagger into Dallas thinking we're invincible. Luckily this team appears to be a little more focused than last year's team, but they were looking awfully relaxed yesterday, if you ask me, and we've got a tough slate of games coming up in October (OSU, OU, KSU, ISU). Now is not the time to get lazy.

Talentwise, we can run with Miami. I have no doubt about that. But Miami would have kicked our ass yesterday, maybe even with their second string. I'm hoping that we're just holding back until we play a real team.

Fat Tire - my roommate is good friends with Haydn. I'm sure they know the chick that was riding that 750 ... good riders, those guys. Serious fucking crazed in the head, but good riders nonetheless.

Ashley - we pitched a shutout and scored 49 points. We would have beaten any team not named Miami on Saturday. Penn State and Nebraska LOST - thank god we aren't them. And thank god we get ISU at home. Is Seneca Wallace a senior?

Yeah, I saw the LCC game Friday night. It was about as exciting as watching old people play bridge. I was just rooting for Kliffy to get creamed.

Pace is the biggest nerd ever. Why do you think we care about you falling off a roof or being stuck in dirt in Lubbock?

I think I'd rather spend my time at the dentist's on a Friday night than watching Tech play football. Just an observation, though. And I second Ashley's concern about Iowa State...

Just wondering if anyone saw the Tech game on Friday night? Not too shabby. Also, went to the best party all year yesterday. The SAE Chili Cookoff...sure dirt was flying everywhere but no one cared because we were all so drunk. Awesome time. Also, sometime last night after getting home, I was up on the roof of my friend's house and somehow fell off, busting my lips. Great times.

Don't pick on the excited Aggie. Can you really blame them for getting high off a 31-3 victory over LaTech? Who cares if they have about as much to be proud of as we do for blasting Tulane 49-0?

We owe 5 of those 7 TDs to freshmen, 3 of them to Selvin Young alone. Unbelievable. Edorian McCullough had a nice game too. Defense was pretty good. They stopped Mewelde Moore, and that is no easy task. Reed Boyd was really good. Props to Josh for pointing that out last week, BTW. But, if you ask me, we wouldn't have beaten a solid team yesterday. Just my opinion, but I'm a little worried about that. No way should we only be up 14 points on Tulane in the 3rd quarter. The final score looked good, but the game looked awful. We're really going to have to step it up against OSU next weekend.

I don't know about the rest of you Texas fans, but I am now officially more concerned about Iowa State at home than Nebraska on the road, and I never thought I'd say that. Seneca Wallace is getting it done.

i saw a rather attractive chick getting on a gixxer750 the other day. that was a first. same day, this dude i met on the NR last year, Haydn, who also rides a gixxer750, was on the radio saying "now, i don't think i can compare to her, but i'm a stunt rider."

my tongue piercing night was like that. 'cept it ended in an ambulance with a fucked up lip.

OK, so this was the most random night I've had in a while. I started out going to dinner with a friend, wound up at a coffee shop, and then suddenly, at 1 a.m., I was downtown getting my navel pierced. It's going to be a fun few days of not leaning forwards and wearing the same low-rise jeans over and over.