Ick’s Corner

Signs like the one above were everywhere last night in Austin. With last night being the final game of the Longhorns regular season, the fans wanted to send a message to the powers that run the BCS. My question is this, why? I’m gonna break it down for you delusional Longhorn fans, everyone gather around real close.. WE BLEW IT! We were in the drivers seat going into Lubbock, when we decided to play flat for an entire half of football. You guys remember that right?? Let me refresh your memories on some KEY events from that game.

1. Texas played flat the entire first half. Score 22-6 at the half

2. Colt McCoy is leading his team down the field, in the last few minutes of the game

3. Colt McCoy decides to tuck the ball and run with it inside the 20, and RUNS OUT OF BOUNDS. Stopping the clock, the Horns would score on the next play to take the lead.

4. Texas leaves Texas Tech with around a minute and a half on the clock.

5. Texas special teams falls alseep and allows a huge return giving Tech the ball near midfield.

6. Texas Tech marches down the field, and were WELL in field goal range.

7. Texas secondary gives all Texas Tech fans a early Christmas gift, dropping a sure interception.

8. Finally, a combination of Roy Williams arm tackling, and a circus catch.

Realistically speaking OU should be ahead of the Longhorns in the rankings, plain and simple. So we all just need to suck it up, and hope that we make a BCS bowl game appearance and be HAPPY with an 11-1 season. We did beat OU on a neutral field, and yes it was a really great win, but Oklahoma has had a better  non conference schedule this season. They have basically run the same gauntlet the Longhorns did this season. They also did it in better fashion, embarrassing teams.  They are the sexy team right now, and after they took apart Texas Tech on national T.V. they have established themselves as not only a powerhouse in the Big 12, but in all of college football.

Mack Brown can lobby about how great this team is (which they are a very talented team), he can bring up the points about beating OU on a neutral field, he can bring up how much Colt McCoy has ment to this team, but at the end of the day, the Longhorns fate is no longer in their hands.  With the release of the BCS rankings last Sunday came the uproar from the fans about Texas moving into the number 2 spot, and OU still being ranked below them. Even after OU was ranked ahead of Texas in the Coaches poll, and the AP poll.

When Oklahoma rolls into Stillwater this weekend, you can expect one thing. Bob Stoops will have his boys ready to play, and ready to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Sooners deserve to be ranked ahead of Texas.  Sure Texas beat A&M last night by 40, they were supposed to!! Hell the spread for the game last night was 35!

If after reading this post, you want me to surrender my *Fan Card* forget it.. Someone has to be realistic around here!