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There’s apparently an incredibly superstitious and psychotic Longhorn fan making threats to Doug Flutie and his family. The “fan” lives in California (figures) and believes Flutie’s comments before the game that Texas could only lose if Colt McCoy got hurt jinxed the Horns and caused the upset loss to Kansas State.

“We have intentions of finding this person and speaking to this person,� said [police Lt. Paul] Shastany. “As threats go, it’s a pretty serious incident.�

Although the exact nature of the threat was not disclosed, the man, who investigators believe lives in California, wrote, “You jinxed the Longhorn faithful and a chance at the national title,� Shastany said.

“He was upset, wishing bad will and speaking badly about his family,� said Shastany. “At this point, the information is disconcerting enough to follow this up the best we can.�

There’s lots of blame to go around for the loss, but if we’re pointing fingers and making threats Doug Flutie is probably the last guy on my list. Hopefully they catch this guy, anybody that threatens a guy’s family needs to be locked up for a long time.

I agree with just about everything he said. That reporter just never got the point.

The premier episode is tonight on NBC at 8/7c.

College football season is officially upon us as Saturday morning ESPN’s College Gameday aired their preview special. I didn’t even know it would be on, luckily the TiVo caught it and I saw it on there this morning.

In the first ten minutes of the show, the Gameday crew talks about Vince Young leaving and the remarkable 2005 Longhorn season, the quarterback situation, the many returning studs, and who will step up to fill Vince’s leadership role. Probably the most interesting comment comes from Mark May, he essentially says a two-quarterback system can have some success but it won’t win anyone a national championship. Kirk Herbstreit also brings up the need for offensive consistency without the explosive ability of Vince Young. Texas is going to have to put together some longer scoring drives and not put themselves in 3rd and 27 situations. Both are valid points.

May definitely appears to still be on the Texas bandwagon again this year. It seems he was big on the Horns every year except last season until real late. Whoops.

Click here to watch the entire 4+ minute segment. (Note: Video playback requires Flash Player 8.)

“If you had a perfect season and were still considered second best wouldn’t you have a chip on your shoulder?”

Wasn’t USC supposed to have one of the best teams of all-time? Oops…I guess next time ESPN will do those kind of polls AFTER the National Championship game.

And man, they still keep referencing that USC had previously won back-to-back championships. Apparently they haven’t heard about USC’s One-Peat.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Vince Young will be featured in a BET reality series titled “Next Level: Vince Young.” The show will chronicle Vince’s life as he makes the transition from college immortal to rookie NFL quarterback. No further details about when the show will air or when filming will begin.

BET unveiled a slate of new unscripted series including vehicles for football player Vince Young and rapper DMX at its upfront presentation Monday in New York.

“BET has always been known for hot music and great award shows, but now we’re moving into primetime with a broader mix of new shows than ever before,” BET president of entertainment Reginald Hudlin said.

Among the projects in the works is “Next Level: Vince Young,” a reality series that follows the quarterback as he ventures into the pro game, and “DMX: Soul of a Man,” which will take a look at the troubled rapper’s personal life.

Now I’ll have to find out what channel BET comes on with my cable.

ESPN’s NFL Draft Special was pretty darn entertaining last night. In addition to Merril Hoge’s idiotic opinions, they also had an excellent segment on Vince Young’s draft stock and his NFL potential.

I certainly don’t agree with everything said, but it was still really well done. Not that Vince should be compared to Alex Smith, but where was all the “takes most of his snaps in the shotgun” comments last year? Maybe it was Smith’s suckiness that made them pay attention to it with Young. I also call BS on Chris Mortensen’s claim that NFL scouts hadn’t studied Vince just because they didn’t think he was coming out this year. There was always a decent chance he’d leave early, I hope scouts put out enough effort to check in on one of the top players in the nation once in a while.

He creeps me out as an adult, I can’t imagine how scary he’ll be to elementary school kids.

ESPN analyst Merril Hoge, who has clearly taken too many hits to the head, says there’s not a single QB worth taking in the first round of this year’s NFL Draft.

“Kellen Clemens from Oregon is better than Matt Leinart and Vince Young when you study the tape.” Yikes. What tape is he watching? Compare Leinart, Young, and Clemens’ stats and it’s not even close. Maybe Hoge likes that he’s coming off a major injury or that he’s much smaller and slower than either of the two more heralded QB’s. Or maybe he’s got brain damage.

Wow, that’s one of the dumber things I’ve heard in a long time.

Update: Check out his latest idiocy.

Final Four? What Final Four? The national champs will be coming to a television set near you this Saturday at 6 p.m.

FSN Southwest will televise Texas’ spring football scrimmage at 6 p.m. Saturday. The game will be carried in many of FSN’s southern markets and by KDFI in Dallas. FSN will air a replay at 1:30 p.m. on April 5.

Don’t miss your first chance to see Colt McCoy, Jevan Snead, and the rest of the 2006 Texas Longhorns. Should be the best spring game in a long time, I’m as interested to see the second and third stringers as the guys who are starting.

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