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Will the fact that Vince is coming back hurt his chances for the Heisman?

Horns pull in several of the state’s top players, let’s hope they end up in school.

Several future Horns including Eddie Jones, Sergio Kindle, and Emmanuel Moody.

Georgia Tech cornerback Reuben Houston (allegedly) conspired to possess and distribute about 100 pounds of marijuana, yet an Atlanta-area judge has ordered him back on the football team. Despite facing felony drug charges and not being on the team at all this season, coach Chan Gailey said he’d be on the team and playing this weekend against Miami.

(Judge M. Gino) Brogdon said Georgia Tech’s decision to expel Houston, then readmit him but exclude him from football “was arbitrary and strikingly dissimilar to the school’s treatment of other similarly situated athletes who have been accused of breaking the law.”

The most troublesome thing about the ruling are it’s possible future implications. What are you allowed to suspend a player for? If you can’t do anything about a guy trying to sell $60,000 worth of weed, can you sit a guy for missing class? Disrupting the team? Nearly killing a childhood friend in a bar fight? Coaches and universities have to have the ability to discipline their players.

Since when is it the courts’ decision on who gets to play college football? As the Georgia Tech A.D. Dave Braine said, playing college football is a privilege, not a right.

Dallas and Houston both make the list.

Our Thoughts

Brian – And then there were two. There was essentially no way Alabama was going to win out and even if they had there wasn’t much of a chance they’d have moved above the three spot in the BCS standings, but you still heard a giant sigh of relief coming from the Austin area Saturday when the Crimson Tide lost to Louisiana State. All year Texas and Southern Cal have proven themselves to be the nation’s top two teams and this weekend was no different. Texas took a respectable Kansas team and beat them like a rented mule. Record setting day for Vince Young and 52 points for the Horns by halftime. 152 unanswered points in a row is unreal. The Trojans easily defeated a once again overrated Cal team 35 to 10. It wasn’t a crushing victory but the game was certainly never in doubt. They’ve got two pretty tough games coming up, but as long as they don’t mail it in it looks like the marquee Rose Bowl matchup everyone wanted will happen.

Man, did Texas Tech ever blow a chance at national respectability this year. Even their offense has been just average since they started Big 12 play.

Matt – Just like I thought, Alabama lost to LSU and luckily we don’t have to hear anything about how the SEC will be getting screwed again in the BCS Championship game. I think Texas proved even more that they are the best team in the nation, putting up 52 at half-time on the nation’s 5th best defense. Auburn showed me a lot this weekend with that impressive win at Georgia. I would definitely hate to play Auburn right now, as it looks like they have everything moving in the right direction. TCU had yet another blowout win, and if it wasn’t for a dumb loss to SMU, TCU would probably be a Top 8 team in the BCS poll.

Related Links

• Last week’s rankings
• Harris Interactive Poll (PDF, 28 KB)
• Master Coaches Survey

Good all around game and a win for the Horns in the season opener. (Photo gallery.)

Only one person doesn’t have the Longhorns in the Final Four, and I have no idea who Andy Glockner is.

Congrats to Rod, but I think Louisville’s Elvis Dumervil runs away with the award.

Good overview on the recent recruiting events including Snead to Texas.