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If you watched any of the game, no doubt the imagine above is something you saw often. Texas’ secondary continually got burned and ultimately just gave up too many points.

Texas fought hard to comeback and showed a lot of heart, but it was just too little too late and now Texas will miss out on their opportunity to repeat as National Champions.

This loss is tough to take, but now we have to focus and make sure to take care of business against A&M so that we can at least play in the Big 12 Championship game. Man this sucks…

For some reason it is hard for me to imagine big Frank Okam doing pilates.

The amount of media bias towards USC can get sickening sometimes. And this time it isn’t even ESPN.

Talk about getting things off to a good start for newcomers Kevin Durant, DJ Augustin, and Damion Jones. Texas dominated (more like annihilated) Alcorn St 103-44, with 20 points coming from Freshman blue chip Kevin Durant.

This is a good sign as I was quite nervous coming into this season. Texas lost all 5 starters from last year’s squad, including Lamarcus Aldridge, PJ Tucker, and Daniel Gibson. It is tough to fill that much loss of talent, but it looks like Durant, Jones, and Augustin may be the new trio. Can you imagine how good Texas would be with Durant, Tucker, and Aldridge on the front-line. That would be sick.

One funny note about this game is that Texas was actually down 9-1 at one point in the game. That means they went on a 101-35 run. Crazy.

Rutgers just beat Louisville with a game winning field goal. It was a weird feeling rooting for Rutgers like they were the Longhorns. The pressure is on now for the Horns as every game becomes a must win if they want to make it to the BCS National Championship. The Texas A&M game suddenly has a lot more meaning, especially if Texas wins this weekend against Kansas St.

Texas probably wouldn’t yet jump Florida in the BCS, but they would have a good chance to if they beat A&M. All eyes will be on Texas and Florida this weekend, with Texas playing on national television and Florida going up against their ole ball coach Spurrier.

This is an exciting time and definitely makes the games a lot more stressful. Just what we all need.

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

A match-up all Texas fans will probably be watching is Louisville at Rutgers. If Rutgers can pull off the upset, Texas will sitting in a nice position to get a spot in the BCS National Championship game. Another big game this week is in the SEC, where Tennessee tries to bounce back after their LSU loss and goes heads up against Arkansas. Arkansas controls their own destiny in the SEC and will have to lose twice relinquish their lead over Auburn.

Texas travels to Kansas St and can clinch a spot in the Big 12 Championship with a win. And Texas Tech travels to OU. You remember what happened last time they played right?

Here’s our picks for the games this weekend:

Related Links

• Last week’s winners
• SI.com Top 25 Scoreboard
• SI.com Big 12 Scoreboard

I think it could be a little higher, although Ralphie is pretty cool.

The coach was fired less than one month after suffering a heart attack. That just seems wrong.