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Adrian Peterson won’t be full strength, starting C is out & starting OT is questionable.

He thinks we beat OU. Alright, alright, alright.

Ex-Longhorn TE has 7 catches and a TD.

But the fun thing is we’re 4-0 and we don’t think we scratched the surface.

I’m surprised that was Huff’s first sack, I guess Mike Griffin ususally does the safety blitzing.

Be sure to check out the ESPN Motion video of Taylor’s fantastic catch and run.

It’s still amazing how little respect we receive nationally. [tag]Missouri[/tag]’s Brad Smith is better than Vince Young because he racked up stats barely beating two crappy teams and losing to one pretty bad one. Ugh. Brad Smith is good (though he didn’t play that way last year), but don’t try to base an opinion purely on non-conference stats. Then somehow Virginia Tech gets more credit for beating an average Georgia Tech team at home then we do for beating a top 5 Ohio State on the road. We’re just going to have to keep making statements all season long, beat Oklahoma, and play for the national championship. Then we might get some respect.

First Quarter

• Look at the kickoff coverage, great job. Hope that wasn’t a fluke.
• Some crazy holding on the first play by Missouri.
• Nice formation. They gave Smith a great spot, his knee was down and he slid for two yards.
• I was about to complain again about the atrocious and obvious uncalled holds, but… INTERCEPTION AARON HARRIS! Smith threw the ball right to him under pressure and he almost takes it all the way back.
• Jamaal Charles gets the start after all.
• Great tough running by Charles for a three yard touchdown. He took several hits but never even really seemed to lose his balance. Love it!
• David Pino nails the extra point.

Texas 7, Mizzou 0

• Better kick than the first one and even better coverage by Erick Jackson.
• Holy crap do they not know what an $#@*$@# hold is??
• Two penalties and some big chunks of yards, the Texas defense really needs to step up and get going today. The big interception was more of a mistake by Smith and Mizzou than good defense. I do have confidence defensive coordinator Gene Chizik will get them going, hopefully this timeout will give us a chance to regroup and get going.
• It’s amazing how much difficulty the announcers are having telling African American #16 Brad Smith and white boy #10 Chase Daniel.
• Big missed sack by Michael Griffin. Could have had a loss of about 8 but instead Missouri gets 5 yards on the completion.
• Another offsides on the defensive line! We’re killing ourselves.
• The Missouri offensive lineman are flat out wrapping up our defenders and tackling them with no call being made. This is embarassing officiating. Though my favorite part is that the announcers don’t bother mentioning it.

Texas 7, Mizzou 7

• Good return by Ramonce Taylor gets the ball out to midfield.
• Already our third penalty. We’re moving the ball easily and we shoot ourselves in the foot.
• Why in the world are they reviewing this? What a waste of time.
• Good job by the defense to force them 3 and out after our own mistakes forced us to punt.
• Argh. VY’s pass is tipped and intercepted. I really wish we’d just run this thing down their throats with Charles a little bit more while it’s still close. We need the D to step up again.
• That’s a fumble! Definitely. He sets the ball on the turf before his knees are down. Yes! Great call by Chizik on the safety blitz from Michael Huff!
• Ouch that looks liked it hurt! Smith was just crumpled up by Huff, no wonder he fumbled.
• Touchdown Vince Young!! Wow, almost untouched right up the middle by Vince.
• Dear announcers, that’s called a zone read not a draw. Both teams run it a ton, might want to get a clue.

Texas 14, Mizzou 7

• This is weird, why have there been so few commercial breaks? I’m not complaining though.
• Great kickoff for a touchback. Greg The Leg Johnson has done a fantastic job on them since being inserted into the role. We might have trounced Ohio State with good kickoffs and coverage.
• That’s a pretty weak late hit call. Still really dumb play by Robert Killebrew, which is why he doesn’t get more playing time.
• Backside linebackers and DB’s are chasing down fake options going the opposite direction. Read your keys and see the lineman not getting downfield.
• Brad Smith just ran off the field dangling his right arm. Real injury or fake one? Backup Chase Daniel sure was out on the field and ready fast. Plus you’d expect them to at least huddle in a situation like that.
• Announcers sure get excited about a 3 yard run by Missouri. Then they point out the difference in total yards. Maybe if we didn’t have two 1 play drives for touchdowns of one yard and 33 yards we’d have more.
• Missed extra point by Missouri, did I mention I love David Pino?

Texas 14, Mizzou 13

• Jamaal Charles is making good gains even when there’s nothing there. I wish we’d keep giving it to him, if he gets any kind of hole he’s going to break a big one.

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Greg Davis, Gene Chizik, and Duana Akina break down the Tigers.

Texas’ early morning game today at Missouri is definitely important for the Longhorns and their season, but probably not a big game nationally. If we’re not looking ahead at next week’s game with OU, the Tigers are a team a national title contender should handle.

Only three games between ranked teams this week, #1 USC’s defense faces a tough test against #14 Arizona State, #5 Florida travels to #15 Alabama, and overrated #13 Notre Dame goes to #22 Purdue. #3 Virginia Tech will face a pretty good test when they take on rival West Virginia, who is unranked but always puts up a good fight against them at home. Should be a great day of college football. Here’s how we think today’s games are going to go down:

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