Posted September 22nd, 2011 by Ross
Filed under: Feature, Football

WTH?! (What the Heck?) moments are attempts to find the memorable and the off-beat perspective on Longhorns sports. Here are some interesting moments from the Texas’ game against the Bruins.

1st Quarter (15:00) WTH Bruin Fans?! I have never seen so many empty seats at the Rose Bowl (54,583 in attendance). The Rose Bowl is a beautiful venue, but it was an eye sore with the overhead shots of the stadium where there were plenty of seats to be had.

1st Quarter (12:35) WTH Prince?! UCLA QB Kevin Prince was in a royal mood by supplying the greatest of all gifts which were three interceptions all in the first quarter. The prince became a pauper and sat the bench for the rest of the game.

2nd Quarter (11:36) WTH Malcolm?! We have to call out the freshmen’s first touchdown run of his career as a Longhorn. Malcolm Brown had a spectacular day finishing with 110 yards while running for his first touchdown with only one shoe on. Wonder what he will do to top that feet on his next TD run?

2nd Quarter (:58) WTH Flag Football?! It is amazing to see how Marquise Goodwin has set the tone for this team with his speed and blocking. The hit that laid out the UCLA defender was a thing of beauty to spring Mike Davis for a nice reception. The referee thought that they played two hand touch in California when he threw the flag for the personal foul.

2nd Quarter (:21) WTH Horseshoe 1?! Shout out to Beau Edge from 104.9 The Horn to give the ultimate description for Case McCoy. Not a great practice player and not the measurable you would see from a top ranked prospect but the kid has a golden horseshoe up his butt and he just makes plays. Case scrambles around and makes something out of nothing by hitting Mike Davis for a 25 yard play that eventually leads to another touchdown before the half.

3rd Quarter (9:45) WTH Horseshoe 2?! Case McCoy delivers another crazy play when he throws up a prayer that is tipped by the UCLA defender right into the waiting arms of Mike Davis for 45 yards. Case will make more mistakes as he is growing into the leader of this team. But it does seem that he has the IT factor that we all want from the position.

3rd Quarter (1:40) WTH Harsin?! Coach Harsin is demonstrating how to operate an offense when he uses the wildcat formation to spring Fozzy Whitaker in for a back braking touchdown to put the Horns up by 22 points. Hope that Coach Applewhite is learning the play calling skills because Harsin will be head coach sooner than the Horn fans want to think about it.

4th Quarter (12:29) WTH DB’s?! What a coming out party for this young secondary. Adrian Phillips, Kenny Vaccaro, and Carrington Byndom all had interceptions. But Adrian needs to be singled out for the ferocious hit he delivered to force the ball out from the UCLA receiver which was recovered by Blake Gideon. Great job by the defense to switch momentum after the Horns suffered a fumble deep in their own territory.

Next up for the Longhorns are the Cyclones as they travel to Ames for the game on Oct. 1st.

Thanks for following my WTH articles throughout the season. I appreciate the opportunity to rant about the greatest University sports program in the country. You can continue to follow comments on all of UT sports on twitter at @40AcresSports or follow me at @Horns1991. HOOK EM!!

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4 Comments

  1. reply to  #1

    SEC

    54,583 is a stellar crowd for the Pac-10. Only USC would draw much more than that and only when ranked #1 for at least 5 consecutive weeks. Most of the stadiums out there don’t hold much more than that and the Rose Bowl is obviously too much stadium for UCLA. Sun Devil Stadium is a little bigger but only because of the Fiesta Bowl, Cardinals games, and the Super Bowl which are all gone now due to the new stadium in Glendale. If you want big crowds go to the SEC or the Big 10.

  2. reply to  #2

    Ross

    There would be more national championships, larger media markets, better venues, and more quality teams in the PAC 16 then any other conference.

  3. reply to  #3

    SEC

    @Ross:The media markets are large… but one thing you are not considering is whether or not anyone in some of these markets watches college football. Birmingham is actually one of the the top college football markets despite its size b/c the number of people watching the game is so large. The advertisers know that college football isn’t as big in SF & LA as some much smaller markets. Which conference has the last FIVE national champions? The settings might be nice but the actual venues are pure crap. Look at the actual stadiums in the Pac-12. They do not put money into them at all with the exception of Oregon and it isn’t a large venue. West coast people actually think there are better things to spend money on than football… can you believe that?

  4. reply to  #4

    SEC

    @Ross:Also you might want to check on total MNC as Bama has 12 all by themselves. I know that b/c they never shutup about it.

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