Empty Bowl

Well, the Longhorns won last night on a last minute drive. Colt McCoy proved he is a clutch player once again. And he should be a leading contender in the Heisman race next year. But it didn't mean anything this year. It wasn't enough. It pisses me off that my team won, again, and I'm not happy. My team won it's last game in a thrilling game and not only does it not matter. It might have dropped them from the No. 2 spot. USC and Utah made strong cases for themselves to be ranked above Texas by outclassing Penn State and Alabama respectively.

You might call me a spoiled Texas fan. But why shouldn't I want to strive for a National Championship. Isn't that what sports is all about? It's not winning bowl games. It shouldn't be about margin of victory. It should be about winning. Period. If last night's game was a playoff game. How happy is Texas nation right now? Advancing to a semi final round. Depending on the number of teams in the field, obviously. But instead, I don't even care. Wopty do. We beat Ohio State. And we're probably staying at No.3 or dropping lower. Excellent.

I know some of you are getting tired of the ranting and the pissing about a playoff system. I'm preaching to the choir for the most part. I just don't understand why you are still watching.

Texas vs Ohio State

I'm still not watching tonight's Fiesta Bowl but it might gain the Longhorns an AP National Championship. I doubt it though. Even if the Longhorns destroy the Buckeyes, I think it'll convince more people that the Big Ten has fallen even further than originally thought. Therefore, it won't convince enough of the AP that the Longhorns are the best team in the nation. Even if Oklahoma wins.

Who knows? Do I really want to win a championship that way anyway? Well, sure it'll help but isn't it a little stupid to win a championship that way. Waiting for someone else's game to finish and hoping and praying it's enough in someone's objective eyes that you're good enough. Good lord college football needs a playoff system. This is way too political. Well, Texas gained 2 points in the poll tonight. Are you kidding me? Although, it does give me something to blog about.

Texas Longhorns Football Preview '08

Most of the polls have Texas ranked outside of the Top 10. Not a bad estimation, much to the chagrin of the Longhorn Nation. We lost Limas Sweed and Jamaal Charles. That's enough to make any Longhorn fan sweat a little. Especially since Charles won a couple of last season's games by himself. Colt McCoy, our lone returning star on offense, threw 18 interceptions last year.

Foswhitt Whittaker is supposed to be quick and elusive. Which will be essential in the zone read play made famous by Vince Young. Other than Whittaker, Vondrell McGee will look to pick up the slack left by Jamaal Charles. The receiving corp has two dependable receivers in Quan Cosby and Jordan Shipley but won't threaten the secondary deep. Redshirt freshman Malcolm Williams will have to fill that void. Overall, the Texas offense just doesn't seem like a dangerous offense to face off against. There isn't that dynamic player that can score from any point on the field.

On defense, it doesn't look any prettier. The defense ranked 70th in pass efficiency defense and 109th in average passing yards allowed. Combine that with the fact that Texas might be relying on three redshirt freshmen at safety and new defensive coordinator Will Muschamp has a long season ahead of him.

Texas will face off against nine 2007 bowl teams and five opponents who ranked in the top 17 in passing offenses last season. In my opinion, Top 20 might be a little too high for Texas and I certainly don't think Mack Brown will extend his streak to eight straight ten win seasons.