October 11, 2008
Everything's coming up Milhouse.
Posted by pete at October 11, 2008 11:35 PM
Being an admittedly negative son of a bitch, I didn't have high hopes for today's Red River Shoot-Out (I'll call it the "Red River Rivalry" when Eddie officially recognizes David Lee Roth as the heart and soul of Van Halen). Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford has looked nigh unstoppable, and UT's pass defense was something like 96th in the nation. Happily, we actually managed to run the ball in our big fat win:
On an afternoon dominated by quarterbacks and wild swings of momentum in one of college football's most emotional rivalries, No. 5 Texas got a fourth-quarter shot of adrenaline from its ground game Saturday afternoon to take a 45-35 win over top-ranked Oklahoma.
Cody Johnson had three short scoring runs for the Longhorns, two of them in the second half, as Texas fought off the passing of Sam Bradford, who had five scoring passes for Oklahoma at the newly renovated Cotton Bowl.
Johnson's second TD run was set up by Colt McCoy's 37-yard dart to Jordan Shipley, and his third came on a two-yarder after Chris Ogbonnaya ran 62 yards to the Oklahoma 1-yard line.
Any year Texas beats OU is a good one, but this month is only half over. UT still has to play Missouri and Oklahoma State, and then Texas Tech. #3 Mizzou helpfully choked against OSU tonight (can we please shut the fuck up about Chase Daniel's Heisman hopes now?), and Florida clobbered #4 LSU, which would appear to be good news, except I wouldn't be surprised if they managed to install #2 Alabama in the top spot.
So if Texas comes through the next three weeks unscathed - and that's a tall order - I think a second national championship in four years isn't out of the question. McCoy looks solid, nobody can run against them, and the rest of the Big 12 showed some serious vulnerabilities today.
But talk to me next month.
I’m glad that UT beat Oklahoma! Totally bummed that Mizzou lost last night! But I am looking forward to Mizzou beating UT next weekend! MIZ-ZOU!!
We were thrilled at our house. UT beats OU and Florida rips LSU. Was really getting tired of the press bashing both winning teams. My son is still somewhat confused why Texas OU weekend is in Dallas. Just anoher reason to come home.
Who knew OU’s defense was that horrible? Jordan Shipley looked like Devin Hester on that kickoff return.
Yeah, that was a hell of a game and I really didn’t expect us to win. But it’s one down, four to go. The Longhorns must have the toughest schedule in college football. I was sort of hoping Mizzou would win last night so we could play two number one teams back to back. But I’m just fine with them losing. Hook ‘em Horns!