Longhorn:

I just wanted to congratulate you and your Horns on a great win last Wednesday night.

I will come right out and admit that I despise the University of Texas as much as any program in the country (solely because I had a roomate in medical school from Texas who talked nothing but Texas football and how great they were)....annoyed the $hit out of me.

Ten years later I still hate this team and had to eat alot of crow with him over this win.

I have always believed that Mack Brown was a clueless moron who couldn't win a National Championship despite having the best recruting class year after year. The state of Texas is in my opinion far and above any other state in producing big time college talent (more than Florida)...yet Brown couldn't win jack $hit.....untill Oklahoma fell flat on it's face and an easy non-conference schedule opened the door for him.

Vince Young is a fantastic college running QB...(I was literally screaming at the TV to USC..."he is gonna run the draw morons")....but I would be willing to bet he makes a substanbdard pro QB.....I am sure of it. There won't be arm tackles for him to break and the speed in the NFL will make him use his substandard and innacurtae arm and expose him for the Micheal Vick "wanna be" he is.

OK, reading over this...this is all defintely sour grapes...I admit it... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Congratulations.

Now let me ride over to hookemhorns.com and sabotage Billy Bob and the website with a virus.... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Lem

Hah!

Talk about left-handed complements. Whew! Nevertheless, all expressions of admiration for the Horns are gratefully accepted. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Vince Young does have some work to do on his passing, but he has another year for that. He's also made a tremendous amount of progress over the past few years. You should have seen him as a freshman. But, like you, I don't think his throws have the velocity and accuracy necessary for the NFL but there have been “weak armed” QBs in the league before. That having been said, he DID lead the nation in passing efficiency. <shrug> Who knows? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks again.

I thought he declared for the NFL draft yesterday? Where would he have the extra year to work on the passing game?

I think Young would be best served by going to a team where he could sit and learn an offense for 2 years, develop his passing ability and learn to read defenses. Unfortunately, he will end up going to a sorry A$$ team like the Cardinals or Jets and be forced to learn on the job.

Anyway....I am glad the Young is going to the NFL (Texas may have repeated next year with him at QB again). If I was advising Young, I would have told him to go Pro now also. His marketbaility is high and he will be a top 5 pick no doubt...irregardless of his passing deficenices. Bob Stoops is breathing a sigh of relief.

Lem

Ahem, Gentlemen,

Young had the highest percentage of pass completions in college football this year. I don't know how he will do in the NFL either, but he is a very very smart player. He is NOT a scrabler in the mold of Vick. He is more in the mold of Montana who did NOT have a strong arm either, and was extremely good at running when he needed to.

It remains to be seen how he will do in the NFL, but I wish him the best. AS for fans that drive you nutty, you have not lived on the left coast and heard the pompus USC fans have you? At least one can have some fun with us Texas fans because after all needling is an art down there, ask someone from College Station what the tee shirts said for this game. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> SC fans really have no sense of humor as near as I can tell.

As for Mack Brown... he is learning how to be a championship coach and I think it shows. He won a lot of big games this year. Still I pine for the days of James Street (have tipped a few with him in the 70's) and Earl Campbell, NOW THERE WAS FOOTBALL PLAYER. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> I liked that brand of football better.

Still even if you did not have a rooting interest in either team it was one heck of a good game and all the big stars had good games. Did anyone notice how few penalties there were? It was amazing or the ref's swallowed their whistles, I don't know which. Never saw a game without a single holding penalty.

Hook'em Horns,

JL

JL:

Your a Long horn supporter also?

WTH is the world coming to? Get me 5 mg of Ativan now, my secret "hero" loves the enemy.

I am sick....absolutely sick with this revelation.

Lem <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Yeah, JL it was a classic game. One for the ages.

I wholeheartedly agreed with Pete Carrol going for it on 4th and 2 with 2 minutes left. The outcome of this game was very predictable after the Horns stopped Lendell White a yard short.

Young was a stud no doubt, but I thought the Trojans tackled poorly. The only play that UT had that night was the QB draw and the Trojans knowing it was coming couldn't stop it. UT deserved to win because of this.

What are you gonna say. This was a great bowl season. I love college and pro football and mourn the off season that is coming.

I hate baseball....was very upset that they never had that strike. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Lem

I can't find anything that says he's opted to come out for the NFL. There's nothing on ESPN.com or NFL.com and I think there would be some big headlines on it. He probably will, I read somewhere most of the offensive line is graduating and I doubt he'll want to chance his valuable knee joints to an inexperienced line. Besides, why risk having a sub-par year and lowering his value? If I was him, I'd go through the draft and sit that extra year in some organization learning how to throw better. That's just me. I'm greedy. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I know what you're saying about USC fans, JL. I was stationed out there many years ago and had to suffer through a lot of...stuff. They're almost as bad as Nebraska fans. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3573146.html

Lem

Well, I'll be darned. Thanks. There's still nothing up on the ESPN site. Weird.

Longhorn,

Yes he has opted to go pro. It is in all of the papers out here.

Lemonman,

You know what I liked about that game as much as anything? You mentioned it, BOTH coaches went for it. Both went for 4th down plays and both won a few and lost a few. I will say that Carol's choice was dead on in my book and I loved the guts it showed.

Unlike a lot of big games where everyone plays NOT to lose, in this game they played to win. Even Bush's ill-advised lateral was gutsy. I liked that mindset and frankly it set the tenor of the whole game...go for it.

I must say I hold a lot of respect for USC because they did play to win.

I like pro ball some, but really like college and HS ball more. Although where I live we have to pro football and two pro baseball teams, I agree with you football season is the best. Baseball, has lost it as far as I am concerned too much moving from one team to another thus it is difficult to indentify with anyone in a game so slow that the fans do need someone to watch and recognize.

For me this last year was very strange. It is the first time in over a decade my W and I did NOT have a kid playing HS or college sports. We had withdrawal big time. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

And you are right many of the bowl games were good, with a lot of upsets by the underdog and very very close games. Good stuff. They keep this up and I may get a lifetime subscription to THE COUCH POTATO. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Take care,

JL

Ahhhhh, there it is. I must be losing it. I thought it would be on the ESPN NFL page. The announcement was, of course, on the College page. Sheeesh! A mind is such a terrible thing to lose.