Follow along below with our live thoughts and analysis during today’s Texas Longhorns game versus [tag]Kansas[/tag] on FSN. Participate in the discussion by following 40acressports on Twitter or by refreshing and commenting on this post.
Texas vs. Kansas tweets
- RT @suzhalliburton: Just saw Blake Gideon. Am told he’s fine. I was standing with Quan Cosby and Gideon waved at the WR. #UT postgame
- A couple of good Jeremy Hills runs and then a kneel down ends the game. Final score: #UT 35, KU 7 late fourth quarter
- And the defense holds despite the extra and goal snaps for KU. Sack and fumble recovery by #UT on 4th and goal from the one. Big stop. during fourth quarter
- Has Chykie Brown been playing today? If he’s not healthy why is he playing now? Did I just miss him earlier? during fourth quarter
- Roughing passer by R Palmer is huge penalty. Gives KU 1st down instead of 4th and long. Now #UT defense needs 4 more stops. during fourth quarter
- Backups are in for #UT defense in front 7. We need stops and to hold them at 7, every point matters this time of year. Right @kbohls ? during fourth quarter
- Texas safeties are really hitting today. Gideon, Scott, and Thomas have all gotten in a good lick or 2 for #UT defense. during fourth quarter
- Great run by Fozzy. We’re definitely trying to milk the clock here. Love to see long drive and get some points, then get Colt out of there. during fourth quarter
- Collins makes up for his false start by getting wide open on post route. Looked just like play last week against BU. 36 yd TD. #UT 35, KU 7 during third quarter
- Christian Scott sure likes to fly around at safety. Big hit, strip the RB, then recovers the fumble for #UT. Texas needs to put this away. during third quarter
- Not sure where the safety was but Cosby makes the catch on the slant on 3rd down for the TD. Good protection & good throw. #UT 28, KU 7 during third quarter
- Three straight Kirkendoll catches. That was a LOOOONG WR screen/hitch. Don’t like the play call but Kirk fought and got the 1st down. during third quarter
- Very nice catch on a quick slant by James Kirkendoll gets #UT another first down. during third quarter
- First long McCoy run in several weeks. Middle of the field opened up wide for him and he took off for 25 yards out to midfield. during third quarter
- Christian Scott catches like the guy he replaced (Gideon). Scott can’t hang on to the floater. #UT during third quarter
- Why do our DBs interfere after they’ve got great coverage? Beasley was there but got a little handsy once the ball was in the air. #UT during third quarter
- Blake Gideon is down with head/neck injury. Took a big hit from KU RB. during third quarter
- Wild 4th and long catch by KU extends drive and KU punches it in. Huge play keeps Kansas in the game. #UT 21, KU 7 during third quarter
- Blitzes by #UT defense have been successful today but KU has given QB decent time if we only bring 4. during third quarter
- Why can’t we run block like that outside the red zone? Another easy TD run, this time by Chris O. #UT 21, KU 0 during third quarter
- KU moved first and then Dockery. Bad false start call by refs but it was a close one. Sets up tough 3rd and 15. during third quarter
- #UT fakes the FG on 4th down and Shipley flies over top of everyone for 1st. Aggressive 3rd and 4th down play calls. during third quarter
- #UT will start 2nd half with good field position as kickoff goes out of bounds. start of third quarter
- RT @bevobeat: Halftime stats: Run yds: TX 38, KU 3 … Pass yds: TX 122, KU 99 … First downs: TX 12, KU 4 … McCoy 14 of 19 passing. during halftime
- First half ends with #UT leading by 14. Great job by the defense so far but the offense needs to pick it up. Remember style points matter. end of second quarter
- @bevobeat I’d rather not have repeat of Nebraska in snow. How bout a big 2nd half performance and an easy win? during second quarter
- Colt has all day to throw and then eventually scrambles in from about 5 yards out for the score. Great blocking. #UT 14, KU 0 during second quarter
- #UT coaches doing great job finding ways to get Fozzy involve in the offense. Couple of nice receptions on this drive. during second quarter
- Quan Cosby made great diving effort for the pass but I think he retweaked his back doing it. #UT during second quarter
- Bad chop block call against KU. But it doesn’t matter as next play is 20 yd gain. #UT during second quarter
- #UT offensive line is struggling pretty badly opening up running holes. during second quarter
- Looks like pretty clear fumble. Let’s hope replay doesn’t F it up for #UT during second quarter
- Great job by Shipley on the (as usual) mediocrely blocked WR tunnel screen. He fought and dove and just got the 1st down. during second quarter
- First issue with using Twitter to live bog. POS servers go down all the time. While we were out, #UT defense had another big 4th down stop. during second quarter
- Kansas just blew up rubgy punt with a quick edge rush and Tucker shanked it. #UT defense will have to defense a short field again. during second quarter
- 1st quarter ends with #UT holding 7 point lead. Horns will have to head into the wind now. end of first quarter
- good pressure by Acho and Houston on 4th down. #UT defense gets the ball back after the turnover. great job. during first quarter
- First snap for McCoy under new center D Snow is a fumble by #UT. Crap. KU football during first quarter
- Gotta be able to get a 3rd & 1. KU fans are pretty dense (& so is replay crew) as McGee was down for about 4 seconds before ball came out. during first quarter
- 3 and out for the defense. Pass into triple coverage popped the ball up in the air and could’ve been a pick for #UT. Punt time. during first quarter
- I LOVE that we’re finally able to run the ball on 2nd & 10. Great job by V McGee to scoot in for the game’s first TD. Gr8 run. #UT 7, KU 0 during first quarter
- Like the deep post to Shipley on 3rd and 5. Easy pass interference call for the refs givs #UT first down. during first quarter
- KU’s leading WR Meier is having hamstring issues which could be a story throughout the game. during first quarter
- KU linemen are cutting the d-line at the snap and so far it’s working. Kindle got his hand up and knocked that one down though. #UT during first quarter
- No Orakpo yet, FSN just said we’d see him mainly on passing downs. during first quarter
- Lots of guys down there on the opening kickoff but #UT missed two tackles. Still stopped them short of the 20. start of first quarter
- Gosh Mark Mangino looks warm. pregame
- Almost kickoff, if FSN is live the KU crowd looks pretty nonexistent. #UT pregame
- Retweeting @bevobeat: Real men don’t need sleeves. http://twitpic.com/lxle pregame
- RT @kbohls: Blistering cold. KU basketball SID told me it’s 30 degrees. Wind makes it much worse. Pity the players who don’t play today.#ut pregame
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kyle shaw
November 17th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Here’s what Bugs me. Most of the BCS predictions have UT playing in Cotton. However, I still have hope, that some how, we will be in the National Championship, deservedly. None of the analysts think WE will lose to aTm, so, that would mean, worst case, we end up no lower than 3rd in the BCS… right! There are 5 BCS games which means that the winners will be placed 1st through 5th after it’s all done and Texas would not be one of them because, in the scenario of the analysts, we weren’t in a BCS game. So basically, the analysts are saying that, again in “This” scenario, the 3rd ranked team in the nation, UT, wins the cotton only to be ranked no higher than 6th after it’s all left on the field. WTF!!!!!
I say marry the BCS with an 8-team playoff. It looks like this…
The day after conference championship games, which end on Dec.6th, the top 8 ranked teams in the BCS get seated for the four games the following saturday. The next saturday, Dec.13th,… round one, which leaves us with 4 teams left or two games. The next saturday, Dec.20th… round two, which leaves us with the 2 top teams in the nation who will play at the end of the 2nd week of January in three weeks. No need to cut regular season games out of the schedule, and the teams in the title game will have 3 weeks to prepare for “The Big Game” instead of 4(no big deal), the season is only one week longer, and all the others still get their bowls. What do Y’all think. Sounds good to me and makes sense, i think.