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History says Horns can rebound. Texas has won at least nine games the last four times they started 4 – 2.

Upcoming opponents offer Texas chance to be 2-2 in Big 12. Iowa State and Baylor should mean two conference wins.

It’s never easy to lose to [tag]Oklahoma[/tag] but the Horns played their best game of the season and gave some hope that the all is not lost. ESPN’s highlights are below:

Tough loss to stomach made even tougher when USC and other top teams fell Saturday. Texas is clearly down this season but if they could have found a way to eek out a win against the Sooners they would have been right in the thick of things. Now with two Big 12 losses the Horns can’t afford to lose another game this year if they have any hopes of a conference title or major bowl appearance.

ESPN talks about Gut Check Saturday including the two young quarterbacks that will face off in Red River Rivalry.

Well there definitely isn’t as much fanfare going into the Red River Rivalry this weekend with both teams losing last week, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t start some of the trash talking between the schools.

Chance McClain from Sports Radio 610 down in Houston The Houston Chronicle hooked us up last year with some nice OU suckage songs from his band Apollo XVIII. So here are the songs, None Suck Better and OU Sucks. Both equally great. The lyrics to None Suck Better are available after the jump.

Apollo XVIII – None Suck Better

Apollo XVIII – OU Sucks

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Ricky Williams officially applies for reinstatement to the NFL. It could still be two months before commissioner (and others) makes a decision on his future.

Vince Young says the team needs more unity… “This team right here has all the talent in the world. They just need to pull together.”

Does Texas need to find a mean streak to beat Oklahoma? Definitely need to find some way to focus and find more consistency.

Not that anyone wants to relive yesterday’s game, but ESPN’s highlights of the loss to [tag]Kansas State[/tag] are posted below if you’ve got the stomach for it:

It makes it even worse to know how close we were to taking the thing back over at the end of the first half and again in the third quarter. The kick and punt returns for touchdowns just absolutely killed any momentum and fire the team was able to muster. Every time the team (and me at home on the couch) thought we were back in it KState would do something to rip out our hearts again.

Just to help me back away from the ledge a little, videos of Florida, West Virginia, and of course Oklahoma getting upset this weekend are posted after the jump.

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Former Longhorn [tag]Roy Williams[/tag] really knows how to treat the ladies. He’ll treat you to a Big Mac or if you’re a truly special woman maybe some Red Lobster.

On being cheap: I am cheap, I’m a cheap date. Get you some McDonalds, with some cheese on it and I’m just really cheap, man. I’m very low key, I like to stay home. I like to go bowling on Monday nights and I go to the casino every once and awhile. Other than that, you won’t see Mr. Williams out at all.

You do tip the pizza guy? There’s no such thing as a tip. But I am really polite and I say ‘Thank you sir.’ … The pizza man knows, when he comes to my address, he’s coming for free.

If you’re on a date and she wants to go to a nice place, what do you do? I might just take her to the casino and get her a free buffet. If I did take a date out to a nice place, I’d take her to a nice place, like a Red Lobster or something. It wouldn’t be Morton’s or nothing like that.

I love Roy. Most people don’t get him but the guy is just a character. There’s actually people on the Detroit Free Press that are taking his comments seriously. Lions fans are morons. Apparently they’re too dense to catch on even when he called Red Lobster a fancy place.

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