Texas Longhorns gird for third loss this season

[SpiralHawk]

Coming attractions. That is all...

[SpiralHawk]

1. Grinding it out

No team in the country is averaging more yards per carry than Nebraska - 7.7 yards per rush.

[MilitarismFTL]

2. Lucky Nebraska isn't playing Tech!

No matter how bad TTU is, they always beat Nebraska. ;) Wreck 'em!

[El Supremo]

3. Gird?

[SpiralHawk]

4. Gird for the grind

[SpiralHawk]

13. Uh huh

[hughee99]

5. Their one shining moment does put them "one shining moment" ahead of the Pac 10

If I'm reading it right, the entire division hasn't won one in since 1978. I understand they're claiming one in 2003 (not to be confused with the 2004 one they had to vacate), but with the BCS picking LSU, I'm not sure how strong that claim really is. Hell, even the ACC and Big East have 1 BCS championship each, and they don't even deserve the automatic bid.

[JonLP24]

6. They changed the rules of the BCS because

USC was #1 in both polls but computers weighted the other 2 teams higher so they made it highly unlikely that both teams on the top of the human polls to be left out. Also the AP withdrew from the BCS selection process. The claim isn't strong if you feel the BCS is the only true way to award a National Champion but even then it is not official. Personally I feel the AP counts more because it would take a serious error by the BCS for them to award a different National Champion.

[hughee99]

7. If this is the case, then The Pac 10 has only 1 national title since 1972

(granting the one in '03) since they didn't win the AP poll in '78, '76, or '74 (a few other years they had a claim to the National title).

In '03, LSU, the BCS winner went 13-1, losing only to unranked Florida, and defeated 5 ranked teams (3 in the top 10) along the way (Florida finished 8-5 #24 ranked at the end of the season)
In '03, USC, the Rose Bowl winner went 12-1, losing only to unranked Cal, and defeated 3 top 10 teams along the way. (Cal finished 8-6, unranked)

While you can argue that USC had a better team, it's tough to argue that there was a "serious BCS error" that resulted in LSU winning.

[JonLP24]

8. They didn't have the BCS in those years

(this is what I meant) BCS vs AP.

The BCS started because of the Bowl Alliance problem. College football at the time tried to organize the #1 and #2 team to play in the Sugar Bowl, Orange, or Fiesta and coaches were required to vote for the winner (as they are with the BCS today). The problem was the Big 10 and Pac 10 team were locked into the Rose Bowl no matter what their rank is. In 1997 they had a split title because Nebraska won the Orange Bowl (coaches) and Michigan won the Rose Bowl (AP). They designed a system so that the #1 and #2 team would play each other. So 1998 and beyond is what I was referring to.

I think the serious BCS error was that the #1 team in both polls didn't get a shot at it. While after the two games (BCS & Rose Bowl) coaches were required to vote for LSU while AP doesn't have the same restriction. I think the title USC got was legitimate just as other split titles are (I'm not referring to years there were controversies or years when one team should of got all the titles).

[hughee99]

9. Okay, I understand what your saying now.

I didn't realize they were #1 in both polls going into the bowls. For some reason, I thought they were #2 in the polls going into bowl season. If I remember right, that was the year Oklahoma was undefeated and a heavy favorite before they choked in the big 12 Championship, and that F'd things up for the whole system.

In '03, if the Pac 10 had a Conference championship, they probably would have been in the game as the BCS numbers would have worked in their favor with one more quality opponent. That's what pushed the SEC and Big-12 over the top that year. The BCS opportunities should improve when they add the new teams and are allowed to play that game. Same for the Big Ten.

[JonLP24]

10. You're right

I think conference championships work great when the two best teams in the conference are in opposite divisions. Like Florida/Alabama the last 2 years. That year I believe Kansas State had 3 losses(2 conference). The #1 argument at the time for those that favored USC was "Oklahoma didn't even win it's conference", I disagreed with that line because Oklahoma had just as many conference losses as USC while Kansas State was called "conference champions" with more conference (and overall) losses than Oklahoma and Texas. In situations where there are 2-3 teams in one side of the division clearly better than any 1 team(Big 12 '08) on the other side is where I don't like conference championships but I agree the winner gets a boost. So I'm glad the Pac-10 got one.

[SpiralHawk]

11. The kid can run and gun

T Magic

[backwoodsbob]

12. that Nebraska kid looks good

serious talent there

[SpiralHawk]

14. xCommander AWOL flashes eViL feCklEss sAtaNic curse (R)

to no avail...

[El Supremo]

15. Ahem...

[SpiralHawk]

16. Wow - what's up with all the SaTexanism ?

No matter - - eViL SaTexan finger curses will not work this time to add an occult 00:01 seconds to the game tomorrow to hand the Horns a win.

The Huskers have a wicked answer to SaTexanism. It will be thwarted in by The Children of the Corn.

[SpiralHawk]

17. Huskers Vs. Horns - Nebraska favored by 10

But I bet it will be closer than that -- Texas don't want to be embarassed with 3 straight losses, so it should be a Hell of a game...

[SpiralHawk]

18. Gotta toss this into the mix

The Longhorns deserve his FAIL 7 WHINE brand of AWOLism.

[argyl]

27. The asswipe on the left was denied admission to the UT Law School.

[SpiralHawk]

19. The long, miserable backstory to the Texas-Nebraska game today...

"It's not just the fact that Texas has beaten Nebraska eight of the nine times the two teams have met since 1996.

It's how.

It's James Brown passing on fourth-and-inches to derail Nebraska's 1996 national title hopes.

It's Ricky Williams running for 150 yards and ending the Huskers' 47-home game winning streak in 1998.

Every Husker fan has a different opinion on which loss hurt the most. To Joel Ruark, a Nebraska fan living in Baltimore, it's that game in '98 -- which he sees as the beginning of the end of Nebraska's dominant run in the 90s.

That's the one, he believes, "which festered in Husker fans and turned to bitter hatred as the Big 12 matured and Texas kept beating us."

A year later, the Huskers traveled to Austin with arguably the best team in college football that year. Nebraska gained 10 more first downs and 154 more yards than the Longhorns. Texas won 24-20.

Nebraska fumbled the ball away three times, including one by Correll Buckhalter as he reached for the end zone.

Then there was Jammal Lord's last-minute interception as the Huskers tried to rally late in the 2002 game.

There's more.

Along came 2006, when Nebraska rallied for a fourth-quarter lead against the Longhorns. On cue, snow began to fall.

"It was as if the stars had aligned and we were finally destined to be ‘back' as a football team," remembers John Boysen, a 2010 UNL grad.

Then Terrence Nunn fumbled. The snow stopped. Texas kicked a game-winning field goal.

In 2007, the teams met again in Austin and to the shock of everyone, the worst Husker football team in the modern age led Texas 17-9 going into the fourth quarter. Longhorn running back Jamaal Charles rushed for 216 yards in the final period. Texas won 28-25.

And, finally, there was last December. The extra second. The kick. The Texas dogpile at midfield.

Last year's Big 12 Championship Game, Husker alumus Michael Shearer thinks, helped reach "the crescendo" in this Nebraska-Texas rivalry.

"What brought it all together was 0:01," he writes. "It was the game being over. It was about Mack Brown desperately shaking his head with his index finger in the air, seemingly commanding the referees to do their sworn Texas-guided duty to put that extra second on the clock."

It's more than the tough losses to Texas, Shearer says. It's the perception among Nebraska fans that Texas always gets its say."

http://huskerextra.com/sports/football/article_1e1fca8e-d8b9-11df-a6b5-001cc4c03286.html

[trumad]

20. Well in less there's a Corny miracle...

this coming attraction is going straight to DVD.

[enuegii]

21. Oh, the ignominy...

[El Supremo]

22. Hey. I like that made up word!

I'm going to start using it. :headbang:

[El Supremo]

23. I want to thank the Huskers...

for being the Longhorns' patsy for 15 years.

Now go run off like good little boys and try to start a real rivalry with your fellow Midwestern Yankees.

[Mudoria]

24. Nice one

[SpiralHawk]

25. Props to the Texas Longhorns

They played a smart and tough game, and deserved the win.

The Huskers looked flat and uninspired. Very disappointing. They might have won, but managed to drop every single opportunity.

As for me, I am having a late meal

[trumad]

26. Don't feel to bad

at least the Huskers are on the right track back.