Game Two: Texas 25, Ohio State 22 (final)

[BuckeyeSkins]

looking back at some of my posts, I really need to take more time and look at spelling and gramer.

Yep I would say you do.

[High Lonesome]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeSkins

Yep I would say you do.

wow a new all time low. I'm a math guy

[gregorylee]

Originally Posted by High Lonesome

looking back at some of my posts, I really need to take more time and look at spelling and gramer.

Oh, the irony...

[BuckeyeSkins]

wow a new all time low. I'm a math guy

Sorry, I couldn't contain myself.

[campies]

Originally Posted by ace1076

"Campies", can talk about all of the four star recruits Texas has on their receiving corps. None of them will matter though, because Vince young is a tailback playing Q.B. This is the same quarterback who through 2 ints against Rice...Rice! I can't believe they still play football there. Without Benson and no true or workhorse tailback Texas falls. Proving once again the Little 12 is the most overrated conference in the nation.

I'll be the first to admit as a Longhorn fan that some of the criticism to VY's throwing ability is valid. He doesn't throw for a lot of TD's, he has a high amount of INT's, and he passes with a side-arm motion thats not pretty to look at, and often inaccurate on easy throws. However, this is the same Vince Young who was the #1 rated Quarterback/Dual-Threat/Overall Player in the nation coming out of HS in 2001, the #1 rated quaterback at the Elite 11 QB camp for arm strength and MVP honors, and the MVP of the US Army AA game. Now, all of those accolades obviously do not make a top notch passer by themselves, but to act like VY is simply a track star with running back flair masquarading as a D-1 QB is insane.

This guy has a gun of an arm, made to throw a football, and more people knowledgable of the game than you or I have been able to see that. Some where along the adjustment to college, and exposure to the offensive developmental cancer that is our OC Greg Davis, Vince has either remained fundamentally much the same, or perhaps slightly degressed, mechanically, and that has effected his performance as a passer. Does he have accuracy problems? Yes. Has his reliance on running the past 2 years predominantly in terms of the offense overshadowed his prowess of a passing QB ? No doubt. Does any of this mean that he is unable to beat a team through the air by adapting to the team offensive changes vis a vis personel changes, w/o sacrificing his devestating ability to control the game with his feet? Absolutely not, and the primary reason is, Vince Young is a winner as much or more than he is a superb physical specimen and athlete, and winners do what is necessary to keep winning.
For those reasons, I believe its very reasonable to expect Vince Young to be an effective if not dominating passer to complement his most-definately dominating running ability to the effect of a complete player who has the tools to adjust as needed in order to win. Whether he is able to put all of that together and come out with a win in our game at the 'Shoe remains to be seen.

[Mobyhorn]

Originally Posted by High Lonesome

the figure of 50,377 at texas is only the austin campus. If you are talking about the UT system then it is quite a bit larger. If i am not mistaken the only one larger is the cal system. Texas has been trying to decrease its enrollment at the austin campus by accepting people into the other schools, utsa, utep, ut arlington and so on, as it turns out though most of the kids end up at atm or texas state. This has in turn began to make every other school in the state much more competitive, which is a good thing. atm is now pushing close to the 50,000 mark as well and they are trying to cut back enrolment. tceh still sucks

I'm not so interested in comparing campus enrollments. We all know both schools are major state universities. Each has comprehensive curricula and each has excellent faculties and noteworthy academic programs.

This game, on the other hand, is a rarity in college football today. While the recent BCS ranking systems have, possibly, forced schools to schedule much weaker teams, there is something great about scheduling a first-time meeting like this one, regardless where it is to be played. And there was a time when I think Texas would have avoided, and probably did avoid such a match. For example, Texas continually avoided games with LSU. They scheduled Tulane instead. South Carolina would be scheduled instead of Alabama or Tennessee. I do remember several games with USC (one included OJ) in which the games were both close and down to the wire. But those were few and far between. Texas only met big traditional schools in bowls, and being locked into the Cotton Bowl as the Southwest Conference Champ only prolonged the dearth of really classic matchups. When Texas beat Notre Dame in the 1970 Cotton Bowl, I thought it would open some eyes and improve the out of conference schedule. It did not, for the most part.

These two games in 2005 and 2006 will come and go before we know it. I plan to enjoy it regardless of the outcome. I also plan, as a UT alum, to keep lobbying for classic games such as these. Good luck to the Buckeyes. I hope you enjoy these as much as I will.

[MililaniBuckeye]

Mobyhorn, wow...what a great first post. Have a Great Post Award. Oh yeah, by the way, welcome to the board.