Nebraska Vs. Texas
Nebraska has shown everyone a lot with how well their defense has played. If only their offense could step it up and get some points on the board that don't involve their kicker. If anyone saw the halftime show it was pretty funny how bad those girls were at throwing the football but that was not what stood out. Dana Jacobson is one fat lady. I thought she was decent prior to seeing her on the field interviewing the winner. Whew
December 5th, 2009 at 11:39 PM ^
That is pretty callous. This isn't the same Nebraska that we had to share a MNC with. This team deserved to win and to get joy out of that is ridiculous. Grow up
December 5th, 2009 at 11:52 PM ^
Has nothing to do with the National Championship, and everything to do with the Alamo Bowl. I was there. It sucked.
And if they deserved to win, they wouldn't have done everything they could to help Texas get into field goal range. They basically handed UT 40 yards of free yardage between the kickoff and the horse collar.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:01 AM ^
Ok, substitute Alamo Bowl for MNC. You're jaded bc they beat us in a bowl that happened almost 4 years ago?
December 6th, 2009 at 12:13 AM ^
It's called historical Schadenfreude. Sorry, I'm not a Nebraska fan...
December 5th, 2009 at 11:34 PM ^
Why can't we learn from Nebraska?
It is obvious a tough D can make spread look like middle school scheme. Hats off to a great game by Nebraska. Their linebackers had speed and made plays - Ezeh and Mouton please see this game x 100.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:39 PM ^
I think an elite defense can make any offense look horrible. Look at Alabama vs. Utah or Alabama vs. Florida, or USC vs. anyone from the Big 10. Talented defenses can make offenses work for their points.
The only saving grace for Texas will be that Alabama has a pretty simple/predictable offense. Sure, they have some wrinkles that can flummox a team, but Texas has a great defense as well. I still think Alabama will run through them in the end, but the more I think about it Alabama has the type of offense that is going to have a hard time moving against Texas. We might have another 13-10 score for the MNC.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:42 PM ^
Well it proved that an elite defense is better than an elite offense. If Nebraska's offense would've had a pulse they would've come out on top tonight. It may not be pretty but I think that between the Bama/Florida and Texas/Nebraska games we found that defense is more important than offense.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:02 AM ^
One game doesn't prove anything. In recent years we've seen plenty of strong defenses get ripped apart in the national title game. The safest conclusion we can draw is that you have to be solid on both sides of the ball to win it all, and may have to rely on either one at times.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:34 PM ^
Nebraska got so many bad breaks from the refs.
I could care less about Texas vs. Alabama.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:37 PM ^
Wow, heartbreak for the entire state of Nebraska. Boy, the MNC game is going to be a serious mismatch; Nebraska's defense is good, but Alabama's defense is even better. Texas will be slaughtered.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^
I was thinking the same thing, but Alabama's offense is nothing to write home about, and Texas's defense looks to be one of the better ones in the country. This might be a defensive struggle/offensive ineptitude type game. Still, I have very little interest in the outcome. It would have been fun if Cincy or TCU had made a run.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^
Hard to feel bad for Nebraska. I am still bitter about their Osborn retirement gift fake share of the NT.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:37 PM ^
They got 30 free yards... Take those away and Nebraska wins...
December 5th, 2009 at 11:38 PM ^
Kicking it out of bounds.... what a frigging idiot...
December 5th, 2009 at 11:39 PM ^
I wanted that last second off the clock so badly just to see the meltdown Texas fans would have had. That would have been epic.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:39 PM ^
Texas didn't deserve to win that game. Move TCU or Cincy in front of them, please.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:47 PM ^
Just goes to show you anyone* can make it to the title game!
*"Anyone" does not include conferences outside of the SEC and Big 12. All contestants must be undefeated unless we change our minds.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:53 PM ^
Whether they deserved to or didn't, they won it. Isn't the main beef people have w/ the BCS is it doesn't allow what happens on the field to decide things? Like it or not, Texas got it done on the field. They deserve to play Alabama.
If TCU doesn't like it, they should move to a better conference.
And as for Cinci... They have no case. They're not in an elite conference and beat Pitt today by the skin of their teeth, and barely beat UConn a few weeks ago.
If you want to call for a playoff, go ahead and make that case. But under the current system, saying TCU or Cinci should jump over Texas is absurd.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:04 AM ^
The B12 was down this year. Cincy's best 2 wins were at Pitt and at Or State. That is better than Texas' best 2 wins (at Ok State and vs Okla). The rest is a wash, imo.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:20 AM ^
I don't have stats to prove it but my guess is that the B12 (and esp. the B12 south where Texas plays) is a better league top to bottom than the Big East, even though they are definitely down this year. The middling Big East teams probably aren't as good as the middling B12 teams.
In the Big East, their best are Cinci, Pitt, WVU.
B12 best are Texas, Ok St., and I guess Nebraska. Although they also have Texas Tech, and Texas A&M who looked good against Texas... Who else does the Big East have? Rutgers? UConn? Those teams are pretty good, but probably lose to Texas Tech or A&M... As far as strength of schedule goes, even if it's not huge, Texas still has the edge, IMO.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:41 PM ^
Damnit that would have been the sweetest way to lose a game, McCoy is an idiot for first dicking around in the pocket, and then tossing a floater out of bounds.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:43 PM ^
A new classic move: the Reverse Spartan Bob
December 5th, 2009 at 11:42 PM ^
Gary Danielson will be so happy with this matchup--Florida will destroy Texas, Tebow will account for 7 TDs and earn himself the #1 overall pick in the draft and--wait, what do you mean Florida's not in the title game? That's not what it says in the script CBS gave him. Wow, a lot of wasted time and Tebow BJs, now he's got some catching up to do with Mark Ingram...
December 5th, 2009 at 11:45 PM ^
He was consoling Tebow in the showers after the game.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:54 PM ^
It's true, I have a picture to prove it... Perhaps I'll post it later...
December 5th, 2009 at 11:46 PM ^
Who shed more tears in the 4Q: Tebow or Danielson?
December 6th, 2009 at 12:14 AM ^
Danielson
December 5th, 2009 at 11:44 PM ^
There was still time left on the clock when McCoy threw it away. You can't cheat a team out of a second when there's still time on the clock. They made the right call and the kicker put it through for the winner.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:47 PM ^
I agree there was still 1 second left, but that's some of the worst clock management I've ever seen at the end of a game. Let alone a game needed to reach the national title
December 5th, 2009 at 11:49 PM ^
There was time when he threw it away, but he tossed it so casually that it nearly expired - and actually, it's pretty routine for an extra tick to go off after the play ends (which is what happened the first time around). It wasn't a bad call, but Texas was fortunate to get that second back.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:56 PM ^
Watching the replays on that I was curious what the rule is... Does the clock stop when the ball crosses the sideline, or when it hits the ground? Anyone know?
December 5th, 2009 at 11:59 PM ^
To truely tell we would have to see an overhead view.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:45 PM ^
Wow, Zac Lee's stat line is Sheridanesque: 6-19, 39 yds, 3 INT.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:46 PM ^
I don't know why they didn't try that other QB. I know he was a freshman but as you've just shown, he couldn't of done much worse.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:46 PM ^
The one part of Texas game that'll hurt them is RB play. When the run game isn't there, the pass game will suffer. Just ask Colt tonight.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:50 PM ^
That's the problem. Texas' run game is non-existant, and McCoy has had to carry the whole team on his shoulders this year. The two competent defenses that UT played this year was Oklahoma and Nebraska, and they scored 16 and 13, respectively. Alabama's D is on par with Nebraska's D, if not better. Bama's offense may not be a world beater, but Alabama's offense destroyed a very good Florida defense (top 5 in the nation). I see Alabama winning 24-10 over Texas, as Bama's D will be too much for Texas' one-dimensional offense.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:47 PM ^
Someone correct me if i'm wrong but weren't we on the short list for Rex Burkhead?
December 5th, 2009 at 11:50 PM ^
is going to get blown out by alabama. they havent looked good all year outside of their game at Oklahoma state.
December 5th, 2009 at 11:52 PM ^
Yep, I wonder what the line will be. I'm seriously considering putting some $ on Bama
December 5th, 2009 at 11:55 PM ^
that might very well go down in history as the greatest kick of all time!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:58 PM ^
Beat Texas. I truely think Alabama has had the best football team all year long. I had a feeling they would beat Florida and now I can shove in my co workers faces who laughed at me.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:05 AM ^
1. It's "truly" - no "e"
2. Talking trash to co-workers about a game not even involving your school is dumb. Don't do it.
December 6th, 2009 at 12:10 AM ^
Texas played nobody in their Non-conference schedule this season. Why does Texas deserve to go to the BCS title game over Cinci? Cinci atleast had a road game at Oregon St. How many Big 12 teams lost to mid-majors this season? Is Texas really deserving of a shot at the BCS title based on their pre-season ranking? If so, this entire BCS system is a fraud!
December 6th, 2009 at 12:23 AM ^
i was going to make a thread about this but then i realized it would be completely redundant - honestly, college football needs a playoff, or at least a play-in game.
my god, i will watch the NC game and think to myself "these arent the 2 best teams playing" - same thing last year when Oklahoma jumped texas.
the system is flawed. too much of it is based on pre-season expectations, which are even more flawed. people predicted big12 champion and sec champion without thinking that, perhaps, THREE other teams including one from a big6 conference could go undefeated....