It feels like a long time since Texas has lost a regular season game so there is some shock to get over here.  I do see some glaring issues with this edition of the horns.  For one, we lack an offensive leader or a personality that brings the party together.  For more than half a decade we have had the good fortune of having 2 very good, and also very charismatic signal-callers.  Gilbert may have the talent but he is not the field general (yet) that VY and Colt always seemed to be every Saturday.  This wouldn't be a huge issue if we had some senior leadership at some other offensive positions, but lets face it...we don't.  The O-line is full of talented softies.  The wide recievers are varied in their talents but none is a bonefide offensive leader or play-maker.  Malcolm Williams should have had a Roy Williams like career because he has all the talent in the world but he is either too soft mentally or simply doesn't have NFL hands.  Ahh, on to the RB crew.  Cody Johnson is not anywhere near a dynamic enough runner to ever be named the starter for a school that has produced 2 RB Heisman winners and the one time NCAA leader in Career rushing yards.  How the staff ever came to that conlcusion in the first place scares the hell out of me.  I know he is no longer the starter but its the principle.  Secondly,  DJ Monroe and Fozzy are basically the same back.  Both are very quick  but don't seem to change direction as fast as guys like Noel Devine, Trent Richardson, LaMichael James, Kendall Hunter, or Quizz Rogers.  I mention the last 3 guys specifically because they all played high school football in the great state of Texas.  They have what I would call dynamic speed or more plainly, football speed.  I wonder how or why we couldn't land atleast one of them.  Is it poor scouting, bad recruiting, or just bad lack?  Maybe we need to be looking more to Florida and the Southeast for the perimeter and skill positions.  All that being said, DJ and Fozzy could be mildly successful if our line was alot nastier and more geared to run block.  It starts and ends in football with the heaping mass at the line of scrimmage.  The Defense is fine and has the leadership it needs in Sam Acho, Aaron Williams, and suprisingly Keenan Robinson.  JJ is going to be a stud especially if he can get a tick faster and stronger.  Overall, im proud of the way the defense played against a tough scheme.  They kept us in the game for quite a while and maybe lost a little passion late in the game.  Mack said in a team meeting earlier this year, "there is some entitlement on this team, there is some selfishness on this team."  It's time to get that stuff cleaned up.  Fortuneatly, we didnt lay this stinker in conference play so we can still whole-heartedly go after one of our major goals every year and that is to first win the Big12 south and then win the conference.  That journey begins next saturday in Dallas where I expect the horns will come out with a much different mentality.  What this team must realize (and all of us for that matter) is that uniforms, emblems, and block letters that spell out TEXAS do not win football games and never have.  Players that are lucky enough to be adorned with those uniforms win games.  Players have to come out and play like they deserve to wear that uniform and they have to play up to a standard that represents the emblem on the helment.  If they dont, we are just your average college football team and are hence very suceptable to upsets like this.  Anyhow,  always proud to be a HORN.  Hook 'Em.

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hadnt seen or heard this before. i know this is supposed to be a fanshot but its late and im impatient and cant figure fanshots out.  anyway, i think its suprising to read that there may be an under armour connection that is being made between leach and maryland.  i think this would be a good move for leach, at least on the surface it appears that way.  the captain should be able to snatch just enough athletes and playmakers to become relevant again.  he knows if this works out but wouldnt a tech vs maryland series in the future be exciting, yet kind of awkward.  anyway i gotta go to bed.

My father is a tech graduate and a tech guy all the way.  He worked for the city of Lubbock in the 80's and 90's and still maintains many of the connections he made while at the job. (He now works for the city of Austin.)  He spoke to a close friend who speaks with a few members of the BOR on a regular basis and his friend let him in on what some of the board or regents is saying about the open coaching position.  Apparently they are looking to hire tuberville as HC, give ruffin a raise and keep him as the DC and promote lincoln riley to OC.  Now im still furious about the leach railroading and it will take me a long time to get over how the big wigs handled that sitiuation but if this is how the coaching vacancy is filled then I will remain excited about techs future.  I believe this is the best way the chips can fall and I would have confidence that our staff would be atleast the 2nd or 3rd best in the big 12.

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although i am a current tech fan because i attend the school i did live in austin my whole life before this so i cannot help but feel an extreme sense of pride upon reading this comment

Trey (Nashville): If you were a head coach, where would your dream job be and why?

 Bruce Feldman: Texas: Awesome facilities..huge recruiting base..great history... cool city. I'm not sure what beats that on all four of those fronts.

Nicholas (Austin): Hey Bruce, I am sitting here in Evidence class listening to some boring expert witness stuff. Figured this was more worth my time. What did you see in the Okie State/Tech game to elevate the Raiders to the NC game? I appreciate the move, and agree, but was wondering since you had them as low as the Holiday Bowl the week before?

 Bruce Feldman: Always happy to help someone get away from some school work...to bad I was 10 years too late for the web when I was in school...I'm more convinced on Tech's defense now. I don't think it will shut down OU but I think it's respectable and I think OU will have problems with Tech given how hot Harrell is right now. Tech is playing with a ton of confidence.

Lovie Smith (Chicago): Which one of these guys is the best NFL prospect? Crabtree, Macklin, Benn?

 Bruce Feldman: Crab. I think he's the best pure player in college football. I talked to some NFL DBs who tried to cover him last summer and they said the guy is a beast